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 NANA SAHIB'S DEFIANCE.

"The arsenal was soon after confided to a guard of the soldiers of Naha Sahib. Then the traitor displayed the standard of rebellion; and, on the 7th of; June, the sepoys, at their own desire, attacked the barracks, which was not defended by more than three hundred men who could be relied upon. They held out bravely, however, against the besiegers' 'iire, beneath showers of projectiles; suffering sickness of all sorts, dying oi hunger and thirst, for the supply of provisions was insufficient, and they had no water, because the wells dried up. "This resistance lasted until the 27th of June. Nana Sahib then proposed a capitulation."—Page 198. Vol. 12.