[47] On the 16th.
[48] One of the officers present on this occasion, speaking of it in a letter to his wife, says, "I found time, however, for admiration of Hodson, who sat like a man carved in stone, and as calm and apparently as unconcerned as the sentries at the Horse Guards, and only by his eyes and his ready hand, whenever occasion offered, could you have told that he was in deadly peril, and the balls flying amongst us as thick as hail."
[49] Extract from the Despatch of Brigadier Hope Grant, Commanding Cavalry Division.
"Head-Quarters, Delhi, Sept. 17th, 1857.
"The behavior of the Native Cavalry was also admirable. Nothing could be steadier, nothing more soldierlike, than their bearing. Lieutenant Hodson commanded a corps raised by himself, and he is a first-rate officer, brave, determined, and clear-headed."
[50] Hervey H. Greathed, Commissioner and Political Agent.
[51] Extract from the Despatches of General Wilson on the Fall of Delhi.
"Delhi, Sept. 22d, 1857.
"I beg also to bring very favorably to notice the officers of the Quartermaster-General's Department, ... and Captain Hodson, who has performed such good and gallant service with his newly raised regiment of Irregular Horse, and at the same time conducted the duties of the Intelligence Department, under the orders of the Quartermaster-General, with rare ability and success."