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*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=7038 thread] about an incident involving the [[13th Regiment of Foot]], including a painting. This painting may also be seen in the following link: Click on right hand top corner to enlarge.*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-red-thread-of-honour-heights-of-truckee-1845-41012 Painting: 'The Red Thread of Honour: Heights of Truckee, 1845'] by David Cunliffe painted 1846. Collection of the Somerset Military Museum . Your Paintings bbc.co.uk Story behind painting can be found at [http://riflesmuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Rifles-History.pdf page 9 of The Rifles History] riflesmuseum.co.uk
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4vsbAQAAIAAJ&q=Truckee+Upper+Scinde&dq=Truckee+Upper+Scinde&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bs2zT7neLcqjiAeqqZCLCQ&sqi=2&redir_esc=y ''The United Service Magazine 1893''] page 1214 (snippet Google search result: there is a description of an incident in the storming of Truckee Hill, Fort Scinde, which may be the foundation of the story. ... the six to one computation is the best to accept Of the eleven British soldiers who reached the top, ...)
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== External Links ==
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-11-4-1 Painting: 'Trukkee, 28th February 1845, an incident during Sir Charles Napier's Hill campaign in Baluchistan, 1845'] National Army Museum
=== Historical books online===
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=d84BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA403 "Notes by Major Beatson, on his Separate Operations, and March to blockade the Northern Entrance of Trukkee, 1845, written at the time"], page 403
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_pMNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA55 1845], page 55 ''Record Book of the Scinde Irregular Horse Volume 1'', 1856 Google Books
[[Category:Truckee Campaign 1845]]
[[Category:Minor Campaigns]]
