The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . The Palace of the King, Delhi. From the Hon. C S. Hardinyes Recollections ol concealed. Lieutenant Hodson, who was com-missioned for the purpose, soon found the oldman, who could not flee far, and brought himback to Delhi. Learning that two of the kingssons had concealed themselves in the tombof the Mogul sovereign Humaioon, a huge pileof buildings at some distance from Delhi, Lieu-. The Tomb of Humaioon, neab Delhi.—From an or
The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . The Palace of the King, Delhi. From the Hon. C S. Hardinyes Recollections ol concealed. Lieutenant Hodson, who was com-missioned for the purpose, soon found the oldman, who could not flee far, and brought himback to Delhi. Learning that two of the kingssons had concealed themselves in the tombof the Mogul sovereign Humaioon, a huge pileof buildings at some distance from Delhi, Lieu-. The Tomb of Humaioon, neab Delhi.—From an oriental drawing in the East India House. tenant Hodson on the following morning re-paired to the place of refuge, with a companyof 100 soldiers. He sent two natives into thispalace of the dead, to pei-suade the princes tocome forth; and as soon as they appeared they were thrust into a carriage, and whirled offunder a small guard towai-ds Delhi. LieutenantHodson at the head of a few soldiers then en-tered the building, and there found above 5000fugitives variously armed, whom he commanded 60 HISTOEY OF ENGLAND. [Civil and Military. to throw down their weapons and surrender—with which order, being awed by his bold bear-ing, they instantly complied. He then returnedto the city, but not far from the walls he foundthe carriage of the two princes, surrounded by amob who were evidently attempting their that such oifenders should not Hodson dashed through the crowd,and exclaimed, These are the men who havenot on
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