Ferozepore

The other districts are Hoshyárpur in the submontane zone, Jalandhar and Ludhiána, which belong to the Central Plains, and Ferozepore, which is part of the

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

Ahead of us the doab* (* The name given to the tracts between the rivers of the Punjab.) would be alive with the main body as far as the Sutlej, beyond which Lal Singh was already investing Ferozepore and Tej Singh's infantry would be advancing ... whither?

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

You escorted me from Ferozepore to Lahore six months ago.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

As near as I've been able to figure, Lal's head-quarters lay about two miles due north of Ferozepore, but it was still dark when we passed through the lines of tent-lanes, all ablaze with torches.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

I was in Gough's camp at Sobraon when the news came through, for Hardinge was in the habit of riding the twenty miles from Ferozepore every other day with his new staff of toadies, to have a sniff and a carp at Gough's dispositions,42 and Lawrence always went along, with your correspondent bringing up the rear.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

Lal was brave in silver armour, with a desperate glitter in his eye - half fear, half hashish, I would guess - and they held their conference on horseback, with Ferozepore in view.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

But it was still a long day, waiting in the baking heat of the Ferozepore lines, with the 62nd sweating in their red coats in the entrenchments, and the blue-jacketed sepoy gunners lying in the shade of their pieces, while only two miles away the sun twinkled on the arms of Tej Singh's mighty host.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

They keep telling me that Ferozepore can be plucked like a ripe fruit, if I will but give the word!

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

Nicolson, at Ferozepore, says the invasion began on the 11th; Abbott, however, is definite that Broadfoot received word of it on the morning of the 10th. [p. 186] 28.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

I had hopes of keeping clear, with my hand shot through and my supposedly bad leg, but once we'd settled in Ferozepore and taken stock, blowed if I wasn't the fittest junior in view.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990