 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1863 - 364 pages
...AND THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. SKETCH OP HAJAH BEOOKE. SIR JAMES BEOOKE, Rajah of Sarawak, went out as cadet to India, where he distinguished himself in the Burmese war, and being wounded there, he returned home. A warm admirer of Sir Stamford Raffles, by whose enlightened... | |
 | Odoardo Beccari - Artocarpus - 1904 - 457 pages
...for half a century has now ruled over Sarawak, was born at Coombe Grove, near Bath, on April 2Qth, 1803. When quite a youth he entered the army and went...out to India again, he exceeded his furlough, and 355 was thus unable to resume his service in the Indian army. - He took the opportunity to travel to... | |
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When quite a youth he entered the army and went as a cadet to India, where he distinguished himself in the Burmese War and in Assam. 