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and sixty-two wounded out of a strength of less than four hundred. From thefirst theyhadbeen short of food. The hospital hadalways been full of sick and disabled men. Yet when the end came the garrison showed as bold a front as in the first week, and as ready if need be to holdon still longer.

eventfulstory of the siege. He was fortunatein being seconded by a group of splendid young officers— menof the best type of those wholead the Indian armies. The garrison, too, thoughit had its weak points,contained a big proportion of the best fighting material in the whole -i Hindostan— the Sikhs, to whom war is almost The defence had been inspired and directed by Sir G. Robertson, who afterwards told the a religion, and the Goorkhas, to whom it is a sport.

SHER ArZUL KUAN.