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1857 The Great Uprising

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British troops and a Beehive

November 8

Yesterday, some sepoys reported a funny incident.

The sepoys were on a hill not too far from Alambagh and saw a column of British soldiers move. And suddenly, the soldiers were moving all around and running like being followed by some invisible force and removing their jackets and and helmets.

It turned out that they had inadvertently stepped on a bee hives and the bees were following them.

With the uniform that they have, if a bee gets in to it, it would be impossible to get it out!

It was a funny site.

We should use this technique when nothing else works!

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  1. Bookish Said,

    I think the unconventional warfare of using bee hives or cobras might have worked better during the uprising.

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