The Victoria Cross in India |
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1st Bengal 1st Madras Fusiliers 60th Rifles 78th Highlanders 7th Hussars 9th Lancers action Alumbagh assistance attack battalion battery bayoneted Bengal Artillery Bengal Fusiliers Bengal Native Infantry Bengal Staff Corps body of rebels Bolundshuhur brave Brevet Brigade bullet camp Captain capture carried Cawnpore charge Colonel commanding comrades courage Delhi desperate enemy enemy's fell fight force gallant gallantry garrison gate Gunner guns Havelock heavy fire Hodson's Horse Horse Artillery horsemen Indian mutiny intrepidity Jhansi Kerr killed Kunoujee Lal latter Lieutenant Salkeld Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Clyde Lucknow Major Major-General mentioned in despatches musket musketry obtained the Victoria officer Olpherts party peril picket Private received the Victoria regiment Residency Rooper Khan rushed Secunderbagh Sepoys September Sergeant severely wounded shot siege siege of Delhi Sikhs Sir Colin Sir Henry Sir Hope Grant Sir James Outram slain slew soldier sortie Sowars storm sword took troop troopers Victoria Cross village volunteered yards