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Forty-one years in India

CHAPTER XXIII
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A few got up into the guard-room above the gateway, and tried to barricade themselves in; others sought shelter in the bastions, but none escaped the vengeance of the soldiers.

There were some deadly combats between the mutinous sepoys and the Sikhs.

Eventually all the rebels were killed, save three or four who dropped over the wall on the city side.

It is to be hoped they lived to tell the tale of the dauntless courage which carried everything before it.
Considering the tremendous odds which those who first entered through the breach were exposed to, and the desperate nature of the fighting, our losses were astonishingly small.

The 93rd had 2 officers and 23 men (including the Sergeant-Major) killed, and 7 officers and 61 men wounded.
The 4th Punjab Infantry went into action with four British officers, of whom two were killed and one was severely wounded.


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