...manned." We now resume our narrative of the operations at Delhi. The fortifications of the place extended about seven miles in circumference, and included an area of about three square miles. The eastern side of the city rests on the Jumna, and it was defended during the siege not only by that...

...counterscarp was simply an earthen slope, easy to descend. The glacis was very narrow, extending only 50 or 60 yards from the counterscarp, and covering barely one-half...included an area of about three square miles (see Colonel EairdSmith's report, dated September 17, 1857). and improved some years before the Mutiny by Lieutenant...

...feet in height and three feet iu thickness. 'The whole of the land front was covered by a faussebraye of varying thickness, ranging from sixteen to thirty...serve to show the great difficulties the officers of mutineering regiments had to face : Letter from Colonel HAMPTON, 50th Native Infantry, to Colonel KEITH...

...ancient city of the Mughals and chief capital of India was strong in its fortifications, that extended about seven miles in circumference, and included an area of about three square miles, while it was defended by a numerous army that expected little mercy, and fought with the courage of...

...now resume our narrative of the operations at Delhi. The fortifications of the place extended ahout seven miles in circumference, and included an area of about three square miles. The eastern side of the city rests on the Jumna, and it was defended during the siege not only by that...

...very narrow, extending only 50 or 60 yards from the counterscarp, and covering barely one-half oi' the walls from the besiegers' view. These walls were...included an area of about three square miles (see Colonel Baird-Smith's report, dated September 17, 1857). t The late Field Marshal Lord Napier of llagdala,...