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Cargando... The Path of Glory: being the memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp written by himself (1829)por John Shipp, C J Stranks (Editor)
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His description of a hand to hand fight with a Goorka chieftan (Ghurka) is remarkable. The Ghurkas later went on to form part of the British Indian Army, a tradition which has carried on ever since (2011). Their reputation for bravery is legendary, and Shipp makes his own observations "I never saw a steadier bravery than they showed in all my life. Run they would not, death held no terors for them, though they were so near that every shot told. ( )