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64 16th) a detachment of the 61st regiment suddenly sprang forward with a ringing shout, and the terror-stricken rebel artillerymen threw down their lighted port fires and fled without discharging a single shot; six heavy guns, loaded with grape, frowned upon the breach. On the 17th the Bank and its extensive gardens, together with the Jamá Masjid, fell into the hands of the victors, and guns were placed to bear upon the palace and the bridge of boats.

Two hundred and six pieces of ordnance, besides a vast supply of ammunition, were the prize of conquest; in addition to an immense amount of plunder. It was not, however, until the 20th of September that the city and palace were entirely evacuated by the enemy, and Delhi became the undisputed trophy of British pluck and perseverance. On the following day, General Archdale Wilson and his gallant comrades pledged the health of the Queen in the famous Diwán-i-Khás, and loud and prolonged cheering proclaimed the re-establishment at Delhi of British supremacy. The aged monarch and his sons had fled for refuge to Humáyún's tomb, where they were discovered and arrested by Hodson, at the head of a handful of troops. The king's hoary head was duly revered, but the princes were shot. Tried afterwards by a military commission, the king was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and was transported to Rangoon, where he subsequently died.

Thus Delhi fell, although not without a loss to ourselves of about 60 officers and 1085 men killed and