Attack by 600 Santhals upon a party of 50 Sepoys, 40th Regiment Native Infantry, 1856. Account from a British officer: 'On one were surrounded by about 600 Santhals, who, shouting and screaming, and beating drums, seemed to spring out of the ground, so sudden was their appearance. They advanced, forming nearly a complete circle round our small band, who, with the utmost coolness, under the orders of their Adjutant - when the rebels had approached to within sixty yards, and when the arrows were failing thick amongst the Sepoys - commenced independent file-firing, killing and wound
Attack by 600 Santhals upon a party of 50 Sepoys, 40th Regiment Native Infantry, 1856. Account from a British officer: 'On one were surrounded by about 600 Santhals, who, shouting and screaming, and beating drums, seemed to spring out of the ground, so sudden was their appearance. They advanced, forming nearly a complete circle round our small band, who, with the utmost coolness, under the orders of their Adjutant - when the rebels had approached to within sixty yards, and when the arrows were failing thick amongst the Sepoys - commenced independent file-firing, killing and wounding a number of the rebels before they dispersed'. The Santhal rebellion took place in present-day Jharkhand and West Bengal, and was an uprising by the Santhal people against both the British East India Company and the zamindari system. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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