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At last the work was over, and on June 16th, 1876, the "monster" rolled on a mahogany pole presented by a London friend, and encased in American cloth was placed in a carriage to be conveyed to the House of Commons; the heading ran: "The petition of the undersigned Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, Charles Watts, and 102,934 others". Unrolled, it was nearly a mile in length, and a very happy time we had in rolling the last few hundred yards.

Annie Besant - Autobiographical Sketches

Ep. 1533. p. 696. Ep. 528. p. 400. Ep. 610. p. 938. Ep. 530. p. 911. Ep. 592. p. 934. Ep. 1569. p. 708. See also Ep. 1576. p. 710. L. 3. ep. 9. p. 278. Ep. 1478. p. 668. Ep. 595. p. 929. Ep. 637. p. 948. Ep. 260. p. 88. Ep. 265. p. 99. & 368. p. 134. Ep. 525. p. 908. Ep. 42. p. 41. Ep. 83. p. 84. Ep. 579. p. 930. Ep. 111. p. 110. Ep. p. 203. Cent. 2. p. 448.

M. de (Jean Lévesque) Burigny - The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius: Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works

Even so, Maiwand was one of the gravest disasters ever sustained by our Indian army. It cost Burrows' force nearly half its numbers; 934 officers and men were killed and 175 wounded. The strange disproportion between these totals may serve as a measure of the ferocity of Afghans in the hour of victory. Of the non-combatants 790 fell under the knives of the ghazis.

John Holland Rose - The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)