India. 1857. A hand-tinted antique engraving entitled, “Repelling a Sortie Before Delhi”. “The 60th Rifles were ordered to conceal themselves as it was getting dusk and the ‘retire’ was sounded; the Sepoys thinking that they had actually fallen back, came up rapidly, when about 20 yards distant they were received by a tremendous volley which compelled them to retreat with great loss”. Depicting an action during the Indian Rebellion.

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