Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31

fourth side OF the city is defended By
the River Jumna. 10 addition 70 these
two defences OF wall and water, there
were 10000 Sepoys, all armed. Twelve
hundred British soldiers were TO take
that city, Nicholson, the immortal
General, commanded them, and you
must visit bis grave before you leave
Delhi. He iall leading bis troops. He
commanded them even after being NOR
| tally wounded Nou will read this In
scriDtion On bis tomb.
John Nicholson, who led the assault
OF Delhi, but fell To- the hour OF victory,
mortaly wounded, and died 23d Sep
TENDER, 1857 Aged 80 years.
WITH WHAT GUNS AND MEN
I General Nicholson could muster be had
I laid siege 20 this walled city filed with
devils. What fearful Odds. Twelve
hundred British troops uncovered by
euv military works, 90 take a city sur
rounded by firm aud high masonry, on
| The TOD OF which were ia guns and de-
1 tended by 1000 foamiug SepO7s. a
I larger percentage of troops fell here
I than in any great battle l happen 10
know OF. Tns Crimean percentage or
/ the fallen was las. but the percentage
/ of Delhi was $40 Yet that city must
| be taken. aud itcln only be- taken by
such courage as had never been record
I cd In an the annals of bl0Odshed. Every
/ charge Of the British regiments against
! the walls and gates had been beaten
I back. The hyenas Of Hinduism
and N0gammgdaDism hOWed over
/ the walls. aud the English
army could do nothing but
| bury their own dead. Bg. at this gate
I I stand aud watch an exploit that makes
I the page Of history trem0le with aglJa-
| ton. This city has ten gates, but the
most famous is the one before which We
now stand, aud 10 Is called the Cashmere
Gate. Write the words ia red ink, be-
cause Of the carnage. Write them In
I letters OF light, for the ilius,rIous deeds.
I Write them 10 letters Of black, for the
/ bereit and the dead WIi the world
ever forget that Cashmere Gate? Lieu
tenants SllkeId and Home, and Ser
geanLS Burgess, Carmichael aud Smith
offered 90 take bags OF powder % the
I foot Of that gate and set them on IRE,
| blowing open the gate, although they
must die i0 doing &c. There they 90,
Just after sunrise, each one carrying
sack containing twsnty-i0ur pounds or
powder and doing this under the fire
of the enemy Lieutenant Home WAS
toe first TO Jump into che GJch, which
sill remains by the gate. As they go
one by one
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with him.
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elephant. Permission Obtained for
your visit the day before at 5eypore, an
elephant U.s. in waiting for You about six
miles out Co take you uD the sleeps To
Amber You pass through the awiuily
quiet streets, all the feet thattrOd them
In the days of their activity having
gone
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