[Footnote 3: Colonel Seton, 35th Native Infantry, was wounded in the stomach in this affair.]
[Footnote 4: One man of the 61st Regiment was killed by a round-shot, which in its course also knocked over some sandbags which sent Lieutenant Hutton flying about seven feet.]
[Footnote 5: Lieutenant Yonge.]
[Footnote 6: On August 7 they blew up one of their own powder factories, and with it a number of workmen.]
CHAPTER IV
CAPTURE OF THE CITY
The actual Siege of Delhi may be said to have commenced on September 7, 1857. All reinforcements that could possibly arrive had reached us with the siege-train, and the effective force now available for operations before Delhi consisted of the following troops:
European artillery 580
" cavalry 514
" infantry 2,672
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3,766
Native artillery 770
" cavalry 1,313
" infantry 3,417
Engineers, sappers, miners, etc. 722
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6,222
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Grand total 9,988