Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c51.s7.12
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c51.s7.12
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v4.c51.s7.12
De Boigne's consideration for his soldiers was unapproached by any Indian prince. "Every officer and soldier when wounded, received a certain present, in proportion to his wound, from 15 days to 3 or 4 months' pay, without any stoppage of pay during the time of his cure. The disabled of his army had a pension for life to the amount of half their pay, and lands besides; and the relations of the killed and of those who died of their wounds, got the property of the deceased." (L. F. Smith, as quoted in Atkinson, ii. 113.)