Bachus. Painting by Diego Velazquez

Famous Art work & Drawing by Diego Velazquez - Bachus.

Bachus. 1628/29. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

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Suddenly, the Italian brigade started firing. Hand grenades, brainguns and tommy guns were used extensively. Under such heart-rending conditions. The Gorkha brigade climbed the mountains with all precautionary steps. The 35-year- old Subedar Lal Bahadur Tahapa was also a Gorkha. He was expert in gun and rifle firing. He had completed 17 years in the army. This humorous subedar was leading a mini brigade of 14 soldiers. They were to capture the next mountain in order to reach the gateway to Fatnasa. The enemy machineguns had blocked all the routes of this mountain-a mountain of zig-zag and a few 200 feet high peaks. But, Lal Bahadur Thapa went ahead with a pistol and ‘khukri’ in each hand. As soon as he reached the first camp of the enemy, he killed all their soldiers with the help of the ‘khukhri’ and a gun

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