. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . t battle of the war. The English were com-pletely victorious. About two thousand ofthe mutineers were killed outright ia the en-gagement. A hundred cannon were takenfrom the rebels, and the army of insurgents,broken into fragments, was scattered in all di-rections. Lueknow was completely did the Sepoys make any further seriousefforts for
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . t battle of the war. The English were com-pletely victorious. About two thousand ofthe mutineers were killed outright ia the en-gagement. A hundred cannon were takenfrom the rebels, and the army of insurgents,broken into fragments, was scattered in all di-rections. Lueknow was completely did the Sepoys make any further seriousefforts for the recapture of the ancient capitalof Oudh. In the last conflicts of the war, several GREAT REBELLION. 365 eminent soldiers lost their lives. Among therest may be iiieutioned Sir William Peel, whowas seriously wounded in the battle beforeLucknow, and who shortly afterwards died ofsmall-pox at Cawnpore. Another hero of fierycharacter and strange career, who fell in the had taken refuge. In that retreat, Hodsou,with his own hand, seized the fallen mouarchdrew him forth, and delivered him to hishorsemen to be borne away to the head-quartersof General Wilson. Hodson also capturedthe three royal princes of Delhi, and in a fit. OUTRAJt, CAMPBELL, AXh II \VKL(JCK. last battle, was Colonel Hodson, known in India as Hodson of Hodsons Horse. Hiscareer had been one of singular reckless-ness and daring. He it was who, after therecapture of Delhi, had, with the help ofHindu spies, penetrated the tomb of Hani- 4yun, where the last of the Mogul EmperorsN.—Vol. 4—23 of rage had them condemned to death. Hethen took a carbine from the hands of one ofhis men, and shot the princes dead, leavingtheir bodies before the gates of Delhi. Duringthe rest of the war, he had gone through allhazards and perils, to fall at last by a Sepoybullet in the hour of final couquesu The UNTVEBSAL HISTORY.—TEE MODERN WORLD. reader may not have forgotten that out of thedisasters of Cabul, eu
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