European officers, and upon their determination to treat the men with firmness and consideration, and to give them a fair trial. If the scheme succeeds, an effect will be produced upon the disarmed regiments, of whom there are so many in the Punjab, and who still believe that the British are bent upon their entire destruction sooner or later. It may also have some influence on the mind of Hindostanees generally, and show them that we do not wish to make the present contest a war to the death between the White and the Black, and so long as we undertake to govern Hindostan, we do not wish to proscribe Hindostanees, nor to deprive them of all chance of retrieving their reputations. NOTE R. STATEMENT OF THE 6 PER CENT. PUNJAB LOAN. *Of this the chiefs of Puttiala, Jheend, and Nabba contributed Rs. 8.35.000. Of this the Maharaja of Cashmere contributed Rs. 5.71.000. VOL. II. RETURN of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Delhi Field-Force, from the commencement of operations in the neighbourhood of Delhi on 30th May 1857, up to the capture of the city on the 20th September. Total. ABSTRACT of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Delhi FieldForce, from 30th May to 20th September. Memorandum.-Those officers who died of wounds during the siege, are included as killed, but those returned as killed of other ranks, were all killed at the time, there being no documents available to show what number of wounded soldiers died in consequence of their injuries: 2163 officers and men were killed, wounded, and missing, prior to September 8th, on which date the batteries for the reduction of the place were opened. 327 ditto ditto from above date until morning of assault. 1170 ditto ditto in the assault on September 14th. 177 ditto ditto from September 15th, until final capture of the city on the 20th idem. 3837 Total. LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED, DIED OF WOUNDS, OR WOUNDED, in the operations near and before Delhi, including the actions on the Hindon and at BadleeSerai, from the 30th May 1857 to the final capture of the place on the 20th September 1857. KILLED, OR DIED OF WOUNDS. Brigadier-General Nicholson, commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, wounded in the assault, September 14; died of his wound, September 23. Colonel C. Chester, Adjutant - General of the army, killed at Badlee-Serai, June 8. Captain E. W. Russell, 54th N. I., Orderly Officer to Brigadier Wilson, at Badlee-Serai, June 8. Captain J. W. Delamain, 56th N. I., Orderly Officer to Brigadier Wilson, at Badlee-Serai, June 8. Captain R. C. H. B. Fagan, Artillery (wounded June 30), killed in a breaching battery, September 12. Lieut. E. H. Hildebrand, Artillery (wounded June 30), killed in a breaching battery, September 7. Lieut. H. G. Perkins, Artillery, in action at the Hindon, May 31. Lieut. T. E. Dickins, Artillery, wounded July 20; died of wound, July 27. Second Lieut. F. L. Tandy, Engineers, in the assault at the Cashmere Gate, September 14. Second Lieut. E. R. Jones, Engineers, wounded July 18; died of wounds, July 24. Captain T. M. Greensill, 24th Foot, Assisting Field-Engineer, accidentally shot, July 20. Assistant-Surgeon S. Moore, 6th Dragoon Guards, wounded at the Hindon, May 31; died of wound, June 2. Brigadier Lieut.-Colonel R. A. Yule, 9th Lancers, in the rear attack, June 19. Lieut. W. W. Pogson, H.M. 8th Regiment, wounded July 23; mortally wounded in the breach, and died September 17. |