Today's installment concludes The Sepoy Mutiny,our selection from Short History of India and the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal, and Burma by

The highway from Calcutta to Delhi was blocked up by mutiny and insurrection; and every European soldier sent up from Calcutta was stopped for the

On July 7th, General Havelock left Allahabad for Cawnpore. The force at his disposal did not exceed two thousand men, Europeans and Sikhs.Continuing

Suddenly a bugle was sounded, and a murderous fire of grape-shot and musketry was opened upon the wretched passengers from both sides of the

At last, on the night of June 4th, the sepoy regiments at Cawnpore broke out in mutiny. They were driven to action by the same mad terror which had

The mutiny had become a revolt; the sepoys were on the way to Delhi to proclaim the old Mogul as sovereign of Hindustan.Continuing The Sepoy

The military authorities at Meerut seem to have been under a spell.Continuing The Sepoy Mutiny,our selection from Short History of India and the