. Battles of the nineteenth century . - the head-quarters staff. Neverhad the old building re-echoed with any soundhalf so fine. The cheer was taken up by thegallant Goorkhas of the Sirmoor Battalion whoformed the Generals personal guard, and was,indeed, soon re-echoed all over India, all overthe English world. Thus, then, ended this famous siege, one ofthe greatest and most memorable in the historyof England—a siege which, out of an effectiveforce that never amounted to 10,000 men, en-tailed a loss of 992 killed and 2,845 wounded,apart from all those who died from disease andexposure ; but a
. Battles of the nineteenth century . - the head-quarters staff. Neverhad the old building re-echoed with any soundhalf so fine. The cheer was taken up by thegallant Goorkhas of the Sirmoor Battalion whoformed the Generals personal guard, and was,indeed, soon re-echoed all over India, all overthe English world. Thus, then, ended this famous siege, one ofthe greatest and most memorable in the historyof England—a siege which, out of an effectiveforce that never amounted to 10,000 men, en-tailed a loss of 992 killed and 2,845 wounded,apart from all those who died from disease andexposure ; but a siege, at the same time, whichadded an imperishable leaf to Englands laurelcrown, and enabled her to retain her imperialhold on THE VICTORIA CROSS.
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