1. Antoinette. I think that tribal ties were very important to the people of 19th-century India. For instance, the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry refused to charge a party of Afghan horseman in the first Afghan war. The 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry was raised from people of Afghan descent living near Lucknow, and it seems reasonable to think that they refused because they didn't want to charge fellow Afghans.
Mandy. But we have a better explanation! We can explain their behavior perfectly well if we just assume that they were all cowards.
How plausible is it to think that the entire unit would suddenly manifest a reluctance to attack at that particular moment?
Has Mandy given us any reason to think that cowardice is consistent with the previous behavior of this unit?
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