. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ranee of Jhansi, remained encamped in agarden called the Phoolbagh, outside the city, and all due precautions were taken toguard the approaches : the property of the principal inhabitants was sequestered ; thetreasures of the maharajah were seized by the connivance of a treacherous servant,named Ameerchaud Batya, who had been his fathers tre
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ranee of Jhansi, remained encamped in agarden called the Phoolbagh, outside the city, and all due precautions were taken toguard the approaches : the property of the principal inhabitants was sequestered ; thetreasures of the maharajah were seized by the connivance of a treacherous servant,named Ameerchaud Batya, who had been his fathers treasurer; and a formal confisca-tion of all the royal property was declared. The possession of Gwalior by the rebels was not of long duration, for it wasconsidered by the supreme government to be of the greatest importance that the daringact of its seizure should be promptly and effectually chastised. A force, under the com-mand of Sir Hugh Rose, was therefore dispatched for its recovery; and so rapid were themovements of the British troops, that by the morning of the 16th of June they hadreached the cantonments. A series of engagements occupied the next three days,which all ended in the discomfiture of the rebels. By the evening of the 18th they had. 1^ lea t= ^ THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 143 completely lost heart; and on finding the heights surronnding a portion of the town inthe hands of the British, they threw away their arms and fled, pursued by the cavalry,which cut them down in great numbers; and, by four oclock in the afternoon of the19th, Sir Hugh Rose was master of Gwalior, to the utter dismay of the whole rebelconfederacy. On the 20th, Sindia—who had been sent for from Agra for the purpose—was restored to his throne with as much of Oriental pomp as could be made available underthe circumstances—the general and his staff accompanying him in procession throughthe streets from the camp to the palace; and it was deemed a good augury that such ofthe inhabitants as
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