"Why do they not go, now they see that they cannot take the place ?" "Because were they to do so, Rajah, half India would be in arms against them in a fortnight.

Never before, since we set foot in India, have such defeats been inflicted upon us; and Lord Lake cannot march away and so own himself entirely beaten.

Never before has an English general out here so blundered.
"Still, although unable to take Bhurtpoor, General Lake knows well enough that he can easily repulse all attacks on his camp.

He knows, too, that the greatest efforts will be made to send up reinforcements.

Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta will all send every available man and, ere long, his losses will be much more than counterbalanced by the forces that will join him.