. Battles of the nineteenth century . to the point of junction. After threenights marching the Meerut column, at dawn. ^^v. JUMMA MUSJID, DELHI. [F/uto.: Frith, Reigate. the work of vengeance at Delhi. As it was thehottest season of the year, with its burning sunsand blistering airs, the men rested in their tentsduring the day, and marched by night. * Thenights were delicious, wrote one who took partin the campaign ; the stars bright in the deepdark sky, the fireflies flashing from bush to bush,and the air, which in Europe would have beencalled warm and close, was cool and refreshingto cheeks
. Battles of the nineteenth century . to the point of junction. After threenights marching the Meerut column, at dawn. ^^v. JUMMA MUSJID, DELHI. [F/uto.: Frith, Reigate. the work of vengeance at Delhi. As it was thehottest season of the year, with its burning sunsand blistering airs, the men rested in their tentsduring the day, and marched by night. * Thenights were delicious, wrote one who took partin the campaign ; the stars bright in the deepdark sky, the fireflies flashing from bush to bush,and the air, which in Europe would have beencalled warm and close, was cool and refreshingto cheeks that had felt the hot wind duringthe day. Along the road came the heavy rollof the guns, mixed with the jingling of bits,and the clanking of the steel scabbards of thecavalry. The infantry marched on behind with on Ma} 30th, reached the village of Ghazi-ud-din-Nagar, near the river Hindun, about tenmiles from Delhi ; and here the bugler hadbarely time to call to arms when the rebelsopened fire wdth heavy guns placed on a ridge. The first few rounds from the insurgentguns, wrote an eye-witness, were admirablyaimed
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