New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

Europeans Safety was only to be found in instant
flight Fraser dashed through the crowd In his
buggy, and Douglas threw himself into the re, moat
Badly bruised by the fall, he was carried by some
natives into the palace, and found Fraser anq
Hutchinson who had been wounded at the , COM
mencement of the ARRAY. AS Douglas and Hutch
inson being carried up TO the apartments
the gateway Fraser made one las, e n,o tho
court While he was an,s sprSNih and Instantly
King. The Whole fierce crew then rushed 70
las lay wounded and Mr.. jennings. the chaplain.
his daughter and young friend were onee tbs
dark throng poured in and miserably murdereo
them. Then the Sepoys, maddened with bloqd,
the scum of the city whose wickedness had be-
come a proverb rushed to the quarter where s.oSa
Europeans. THE The houses were quickly Quilted and
fired. and the English, wherever they were found
Seeing that the city could not be saved. Lieuten.
ant Wllloughby FASTENED to the arsenal, In hope
comrades to assist him. Nine Englishmen against
unnumbered host Of sepoys, Soon the enemy
and were received by the nine defenders with
warm fire Of grape of which every shot st 9d aleu- Bs
by fresh men swarmng up the ladders; and from
resolute men below deadly shower OF bullets.
Two of the nine fell mortaliy wounded But For.
comrades. careless of the storm of musketry which
was rafting upon them continued to load ana
steadiness as If on parade. When four rounds had
been fired they were struck as they were loading.
Forrest in the arm and Buckley on the hand The
guns could no longer be worked A shout Of tr-
umph rose from the walls Wlloughby, seeing that
the train crash of thunder followed. and the ex.
ultng assailants were dashed to pieces by the ex.
plosion of hundreds OF shells and powder barrels
Four of the heroic nine, wounded. shattered, ana
brpsed made good their m from the 81 ruins 9bs
sequent siege and storming OF Delhi by the British
IN as IN
the arm. Little Roberts is Lord Roberts,
George on August 1, 1851, occurred the great Ma.
hometan festival of Bukra Fed. when concerted
effort was made to destroy all the British ''un-
"A royal salute announced the day. The Jumm:.
Musjid rang with the prayers of the faithful ana
Brahmn priests stimulated the fanaticism of the
followers Of vishnu. In the afternoon, wild with with
se eay sates Which were Closed behind them
Their zeal rekindled by the loud cries which rang
trepid fanatics. shouting the old Moslem battle.
cry which had struck dismay in the ranks of the
4 deadly fire from our breastworks checked their
advance and broke their ranks. Again and again
works but the steady volIeys chopped their charge.
All that August night the battle RACED the bat
ing their shot and shell, and the ridge was lighted
by the flashes of our guns as they sent forth their
les and the rolling of musketry; The day dawnsd
and the fight still continued and i was past noon
tired baftied Their loss was great. In front of
breastw9rk at the right Of the Sammy Ho ysi
bodies were counted Y
So the great siege went on 1t lasted for more
than twelve weeks and during that time the smaN
force of besiegers fought more than thirty Well
contested combats against vast and disciplined
host. Neither heat rain pestlence destroyed
their courage or crushed their spirits In the mems
tents they made merry. and like the Greeks before
Troy, had their sports Stricken to death. the sol.
der told his officer he would be up again and
be ready for brush with the mutneers. These
warriors with disease. with constant
stormed in the face of day strong fortress de-
Tended by 10000 desperate men provided with every
thing necessary to defy assault The list OF killed
and wounded bears testimony to the intrepidty dis
played by all arms of the service. The effective
force at Delhi amounted to 1900 men, and
992 killed and 2,Si5 wounded. Many more died
from disease and exposure. This loss recalls to
memory some OF the bloodiest passages in
military history But the annals of the Peninsular
and Crimean hardly afford parallel
the slaughter at Delhi. -