DEFENCE OF DELHI ARSENAL
A Gallant Affair History records no more gallant affair than the defeuce of the Delhi Arsenal. Nino Englishmen, deserted by all their dependents, with bnt limited means of defence, kopt at bay a multitude of trained and disciplined men, and then, when defence was no longer possible, when two of their number bad been wounded and the last round had been expended, they fired the magazine to pnvent it falling into the hands of tho enemy. They gave their lives for their country, and gained for themselves a glory that can never fade as long as heroic deeds are valued and remembered. The historian of the Mutiny wrote" The effect of tho heroic deed, which has given to those devoted nine a cherished place in history, can never be exactly computed. But the grandeur of the conception is not lo be measured by its results. From one end of India to another it filled men's minds with enthusiastic admiration." The Government of India, to commemorate this great deed of heroism, has placed a marble tablet, with a suitable inscription, over the archway of the gate which was the entrance to tho magazine.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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196DEFENCE OF DELHI ARSENAL Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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