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Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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from the presence ofthe King to quiet the turmoil, but his presenceonly made it worse. He was joined by Mr.Eraser, the Commissioner, and Mr. Hutchinson,the Collector ; but the surging, roaring crowdclosed in upon them with murder in their eyes THE SIEGE AND STORMING OF DELHI. 121 The Englishmen attempted flight, CaptainDouglas flinging himself into the moat ; but hewas badly hurt by his fall, while Mr. Hutchinsonwas also wounded. As these two were beingcarried to the apartments over the palace Gate-way, Mr. Eraser made one last effort to appeasethe multitude ; but while in the act of speakinghe was cut down and hewn to pieces. The the points of their bayonets, and committingthe most inhuman barbarities on their mother*of which the very description would still brinaburning tears to the eyes. An English tele°graph clerk heard the awful uproar, but evenwhen the flood of murder came surging towardshim he went on with his work—click, click,click—flashing his warning message up to the
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THE COOL-HEADED SIG.NALLER DIED AT HIS POST. whole ferocious crew then rushed to the upperrooms, where Mr. Jennings, the Chaplain, hisdaughter, and a young lady friend were tendingthe wounds of Captain Douglas and Mr.Hutchinson. Bursting open the doors, the dark,demoniacal throng poured in and hacked them topieces. Then the sepoys, maddened with blood,streamed forth from the palace, and, accom-panied by the scum of the city—the very vilestof mankind—flew to the European quarters,where they slew, burned, ravished, and ragedwithout mercy—tossing English babies up on authorities at the various military stations inthe Punjab. The sepoys, he wired, havecome in from Meerut and are burning every-thing. Mr. Todd is dead, and, we hear, severalEuropeans. We must shut up. The last clickdied away. The red-handed rebels burst in, andthe staunch, cool-headed signaller died at hiipost, as most of his English countrvmen did,and all were prepared to do, on that awful dayof blood. Among these Eng

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