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Forty-one years in India

CHAPTER LI
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The two Gatlings fired 150 rounds.
At the tenth round one of the Gatlings jammed, and had to be taken to pieces.

This was the first occasion on which Gatling guns were used in action.

They were not of the present improved make, and, being found unsatisfactory, were made but little use of.] [Footnote 4: The troops available for this purpose were: One squadron 9th Lancers, 5th Punjab Cavalry, 12th Bengal Cavalry, and 14th Bengal Lancers; total, 720 of all ranks.] [Footnote 5: The guns included four English 18-pounders, one English 8-inch howitzer and two Afghan imitations of this weapon, and forty-two bronze Mountain guns.] [Footnote 6: The Asmai heights.] [Footnote 7: The Deh-i-Mazang gorge.] * * * * *.


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