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Anglo-Sikh War
II Medal - 1849
The 1848-49 Sikh War medal
shows Khalsa warriors laying their arms at Lord Gough's
feet.
Sir Henry Daly recounts "They formed up and rode by
in twos and threes, every man depositing his arms as he
passed. Before night a mass of matchlocks, firelocks, swords,
shields, and spears was collected 20 square yards, and rising
8 or 10 feet high. A similar deposit took place at our yesterday's
ground. Every fellow after thus laying down their arms is
allowed to go free; poor devils, they seem starved"
Memoirs of General Sir Henry Daly (1905)
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