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Updated: June 22, 2025

It had suffered severely in the gallant exploit. Of 2600 who had left Cawnpore, nearly one-third had been either killed or wounded in forcing their way through the city, so that nothing could be done for the relief of the place. The united body was therefore as closely besieged as before. We must now describe more particularly how this gallant exploit had been accomplished.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign