Identifier: indianmutinyof1801mall (find matches)
Title: The Indian mutiny of 1857
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Malleson, G. B. (George Bruce), 1825-1898
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Publisher: London, Seeley and co., limited
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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garrison had been but short, yet it hadbeen sufficient to show him how futile were the anticipa-tions of Lord Canning and Sir John Lawrence that thecity would surrender without a struggle. I propose, before describing the operations of the siege,to set before the reader a birds-eye view of the relativepositions of the combatants. The city of Dehli lies on a plain on the right bank ofthe river Jamnah, and is surrounded on three sides by alofty stone wall, five and a half miles long. The fourthside, nearly two miles in length, runs parallel to and iscovered by the river. On this face, the eastern, it is wellprotected. To the north-east it was defended by thefort of Salfmgarh, the circuit of the high and massivewalls of which covered three-quarters of a mile. In thiswere two gates, called respectively the Calcutta and theNorth gate. Adjoining the Salimgarh, to the south, wasthe Citadel or Kings palace, built by Shdh Jahan, havingwalls of red sandstone, very high, and with a circumference
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The Defences of Dehli, 279 of nearly a mile and a half. The entrance to this is fromthe west, by a gate opening on to the Chandni Chauk,known, in 1857 as the Ldhor gate. The other gates werethe Kashmir, to the north, near the English church andthe Kachahrf or Court of Justice ; to the west of this,though facing northward, the Mori gate ; to the properwest, at the angle formed by the north and west faces, theKabul gate ; then, midway between the two angles of thewestern face, the Ldhor g^ite, forming the entrance to the famous Chandni Chauk, leading through the city to the Citadel; further to the south, just after the wall ofdefence makes a bend inwards, was the Fardsh-khanagate ; at the angle beyond it, the Ajmir gate ; then, form-ing entrances to the southern face, the Turkoman, andbeyond it the Dehli gate; beyond again, facing the river,was the Raj-ghat gate. The fort had been strengthened by English engineersand provided with perfect flanking defences. Round thewalls, twenty-four fee

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