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A Year On The Punjab Frontier In (1848 - 49)
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By Edwardes , Major Herbert B.
Richard Bentley, London, 1851. 1st Edition. Two volumes 8vo. Volume 1. xxiii, 608, with frontispiece portrait of Henry Lawrence, 3 engraved plates (1 is folding). Volume 2. xiv, 734, with chromolithograph frontispiece, 2 chromolithographs plates and a folding facsimile letter. Major- General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes KCB (1819–1868) was an English administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab, India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivotal role in securing the British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, he published his memoirs on his return to England.