Talk:Charles James Napier

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Regarding this quote; "You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."

Where and when is he supposed to have made it? His time in the subcontinent was spent mostly in the west, and what is now Pakistan, as far as I can make out from his biography. It is not a region where sati is known in recent historic times, being mostly Muslim. Imc 18:21, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Whoever said it deserves +5 to awesome. 67.34.55.68

The quote is also attributed to him in a very good book on colonial wars called 'Queen Victoria's Little Wars by Byron Farwell. I added some more quotes on his general philosophy of war, since he fought many campaigns that were counter-insurgency in nature, and hence relevant to our times. A brilliant general in my opinion.

needs to include his time as governor of Kefalonia/Kefallinia/Cephalonia, Greece - MaikKef 01:14, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peccavi

It seems that Napier did not utter the famous line. It was a submission to Punch more than a year after the event, made up by Caroline Winkworth, a teenage schoolgirl. --Jumbo 07:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

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It is said that James Napier actually discovered Karachi and once at the beach he said: "O Karachi! You are the Jewel of the East". HOw much of this is true?202.163.100.62 11:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early career

Article needs more information on his early career, particularly his involvement in the Peninsular Campaign. Drutt (talk) 23:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)