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(DELHI) THE CHANDNEE CHOUK: Main Street and "Silver Bazaar.

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WE STORM AND TAKE THE MAGAZINE.

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the magazine, which was stormed soon after daybreak, and carried with scarcely any resistance on the part of the enemy, who ran off at once on hearing the shout of our men as they entered the breach. Our whole loss was three men wounded; and the mutineers had some fifty killed. In the magazine were found about one hundred and twenty guns and mortars, with lots of shot and shell; and several mortars, which had been placed in position to fire at us, have now been turned round to play upon the Palace and Selimgurh. Other batteries are ready, too, for this purpose, and I shall not be surprised if to-morrow we find both Palace and Fort evacuated. From the former they are unable to fire guns, nothing but muskets; and the fire from the latter is very slack, not above three or four shots an hour.

You remember the great high red walls surrounding the Palace; if they do not evacuate it soon, there will be a breaching battery to knock them down, and their extreme height will rather be an advantage to us. Twenty-four hours' battering will, it is supposed, bring them entirely down. Our other posts are being gradually advanced towards the Chandnee Chouk, and I believe we have now crept up quietly to the line of the canal; but all is being done very carefully, with guns and mortars as much as possible, so as to avoid risking the lives of our soldiers when it can possibly be avoided.

While I write this, a report has just come in of the suburbs, called the Telewara and Kissengunge, having been evacuated by the enemy. This was the party that thrashed the Cashmere contingent on Monday, and their retaining their position there since then has caused some little anxiety to our camp. They have now, however, gone off, leaving five of their guns, which bullocks have been sent to bring away. Norman has just returned from the place, and he says they had entrenched themselves very strongly, so it is a very good thing they have taken themselves off without its being necessary to turn them out. The supposition is that all are going away towards their homes. We have several guns now bearing on the bridge of boats, so that all crossing the river must do so lower down; and this they will be able to do, as they have plenty of boats, but I doubt their getting much heavy luggage or guns over.

It is very unfortunate Brigadier Nicholson being wounded, as

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