[The Queen’s Cup by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Queen’s Cup CHAPTER 4 3/33
We have got bread, but lay hands on any fowls or goats that you can find, and there may be some sheep." While this party was away, another tore down the woodwork of an empty house, and fires were soon burning, an abundance of fowl and goats having been obtained.
The cavalry had by this time come in. While the meal was being cooked the British and Punjaub dead were carried out to the spot where the grave had been dug.
The troops had a hearty meal, and then marched out from the village.
They were drawn up round the graves, and the bodies were laid reverently in them.
Captain Mallett said a few words over them; the earth was then shovelled in and levelled, and the troops marched to a wood a mile distant, where they halted until the heat of the day was over. They returned by the direct road to the camp, which they reached at midnight. All concerned gained great credit for the heavy blow that had been inflicted on the mutineers, and the affair was highly spoken of in the Brigadier's report to the Commander in Chief.
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