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132 prostrated. Lord Canning was so alarmed at these dismal forebodings that he wished to send his Bodyguard to the assistance of the Central India Force; but before this and other contemplated reinforcements could be despatched, and before the expiry of the term specified by Dr. Arnott, Kálpi was taken.

So admirable was the conduct of the men under these trials that their Commander wrote of them in his official despatch: 'These noble soldiers, whose successes were never chequered by a reverse, with a discipline which was as enduring as their courage, never proffered one complaint. They fell in their ranks, struck down by the sun, and exhausted by