Delhi - 1857: The Siege, Assault, and Capture - Keith Young

SIEGE OF DELHI (continued).-19th to 24th August.

Sepoys deserting from Delhi-An account of the Delhi massacre

-News from Brigadier Neill-Mutiny of 10th Cavalry at Ferozepore

-Lieutenant Delafosse's account of the Cawnpore massacre-

Arrival of the siege-train at Umballa-Return of Hodson to Camp

-Enemy reported in force near Nujufghurh

CHAPTER XI.

219-232

SIEGE OF DELHI (continued)-VICTORY OF GENERAL NICHOLSON.

-25th to 31st August.

Nicholson's Movable Column sent out to intercept the enemy-

Letter from Cawnpore-The 'Mutiny speeches' in the House-Letter

from London-Mistaken estimates of Delhi's strength-50th Native

Infantry still staunch-Nicholson meets the rebels and defeats

them-Return of victorious Column-Enemy attack us in force and

lose many guns-Sir Colin Campbell to be Commander-in-Chief-

Hodson at Nujufghurh-Siege-train at Kurnaul-Reinforcements

at Calcutta and Bombay-Letters from London-Indignation at

Home-Indian Mutiny Relief Fund opened at the Mansion

House

233-254

CHAPTER XII.

SIEGE OF DELHI (continued)—ARRIVAL OF SIEGE-TRAIN.—

1st to 13th September.

Letter from Mr Bartle Frere-The mutiny at Aboo-News of
the evacuation of Herat by the Persians-Newsletter from Delhi
-Preparations for the Assault-Much sickness in Camp-Arrival
of the Rifles and Artillery-News of Lucknow-The batteries are
commenced, and possession taken of the Koodsee Bagh-Arrival
of the Cashmere troops-The Engineers too sanguine-Wilson
defended for delaying the Assault-The telegraph established
in Camp-Eve of the Assault

255-281

CHAPTER XIII.

ASSAULT AND Capture of DELHI.-14th to 24th September.

Letter from the Church at Delhi-Telegrams from Delhi to Simla
-The Palace is shelled-Brigadier Nicholson dangerously wounded
-Many mutineers leave the city-The magazine stormed and
taken-Delhi 'plunder'-Death of Mr Colvin at Agra-Gradual

CONTENTS.

occupation of the city-Our losses during the Assault-Burn Bastion

and Lahore Gate taken-Palace and Fort evacuated and taken-

Death of Mr Greathed-Colonel Keith Young leaves Delhi; his

LETTERS RECEIVED OR DESPATCHED AFTER the fall of Delhi.

The Mansion House Mutiny Fund-Ignorance at Home of the

causes of the Mutiny-The King of Delhi-Letter from Sir Donald

M'Leod

302-310

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D. MUTINY OF THE 50TH NATIVE INFANTRY

E. THE ORIGIN OF THE SEPOYS BEING CALLED PANDIES

F. LORD Lake and DELHI

H. THE MUTINY PREDICTED BY SIR CHARLES NAPIER

TRANSLATION OF COSSID LETTER

GLOSSARY OF HINDOOSTANI WORDS

INDEX TO REGIMENTS AND CORPS

D

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF COLONEL KEITH YOUNG WHEN ABOUT TWENTY YEARS OF AGE. (Photographed from an oil-painting) Frontispiece PORTRAIT OF COLONEL KEITH YOUNG. (From a photograph by Mayall taken in 1861, when fifty-three years of age)

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PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SIR HENRY WYLIE NORMAN, G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G., C.S.I., GOVERNOR OF CHELSEA HOSPITAL. (From
a photograph by Elliot & Fry)
'ELLERSLIE,' COLONEL KEITH YOUNG'S HOME AT SIMLA

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PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SIR ARTHUR BECHER, K.C.B. (From
a photograph by A. Bassano) -
VIEW OF THE TAJ MAHAL AT AGRA
THE RUINS OF KUTUB MINAR NEAR DELHI. (Showing the iron
pillar said by tradition to reach to the centre of the earth)

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THE PURANA KILA OR OLD Fort, near DELHI, ON THE ROAD
TO HAMAYOON'S TOMB
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PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE, COMMISSIONER OF THE
PUNJAB; AFTERWARDS LORD LAWRENCE AND GOVERNOR-
GENERAL OF INDIA. HE WAS CALLED THE 'SAVIOUR OF
INDIA.' (From an engraving)
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VIEW OF SIMLA, FROM A HILL CALLED JAKHO
INSIDE THE PALACE AT DELHI; THE DEWAN-I-KHAS OR KING'S
PRIVATE HALL OF AUDIENCE. (Round the roof is written,
'If there be a Paradise upon earth, it is this! it is this!')

CARVED MARBLE INLAID SCREEN INSIDE THE

DELHI.

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PALACE AT
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PORTRAIT OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN NICHOLSON, WHO WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ASSAULT OF DELHI. (From an engraving)

IN THE FORT AT AGRA, THE TAJ MAHAL IN THE DISTANCE

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE JUMMA Musjid, or GREAT MOSQUE of Delhi

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PORTRAIT OF BRIGADIER - GENERAL SIR HENRY LAWRENCE,
K.C.B., WHO WAS KILLED IN LUCKNOW.
engraving)

(From an

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BUKTAWA Khan, the KING OF DELHI'S GENERAL. (Facsimile

of two humorous pen-and-ink sketches by Captain Maisey)

COLOURED PLAN OR MAP OF THE CITY OF DELHI AND SUR-
ROUNDING COUNTRY, SHOWING THE POSITION OF OUR

CAMP ON THE RIDGE. (From the original, drawn in the
Quartermaster's office in Camp)
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THE MEMORIAL MONUMENT AT CAWNPORE, ERECTED OVER THE WELL TO COMMEMORATE THE MASSACRE FACSIMILE OF A 'COSSID' OR SECRET LETTER, AND OF IMPRESSIONS FROM THE KING OF DELHI'S SEALS. (The seals were taken from the King by Major Hodson of Hodson's Horse,' and these sealing-wax impressions were made from them at Simla towards the end of the year 1857) To face page 243 (Inside the Palace at To face page 262

THE MOTEE MUSJID, OR PEARL MOSQUE.

Delhi)
COLOURED SKETCHES OF SUGGESTED MUTINY MEDALS AND
RIBBONS. (Drawn by young officers in Camp before Delhi, and
also in Camp before Lucknow)

THE CHANDNEE CHOUK, OR MAIN STREET OF DELHI

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274

THE TOMB OF HAMAYOON, NEAR DELHI. (Where the King and Princes took refuge after the capture of the city) To face page 299 VIEW OF ELYSIUM HILL AT SIMLA

308

MAP OF INDIA, SPECIALLY PREPARED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS
BOOK
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The photogravures are by Annan of Glasgow, and the collotype illustrations by Frith of Gloucester. The engravings from which—by permission-the photogravures are taken, were published by Graves, of Pall Mall, London.

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