ABSTRACT
The supply line of the British force at Delhi could not be cut but, the freedom fighters persisted. In the first week of August, Alwar Raja Banne Singh had sent a 1,200 strong force with four guns towards Agra to assist the British authorities, but the daredevil Meos, in unison with the Neemach and Nasirabad brigades, attacked them fiercely. In spite of the best efforts of the freedom fighters, the British were able to maintain their supply line with the help of traitors like Sarup Singh and Narender Singh. A thrilling but concocted story of W. S. R. Hodson’s victory at Kharkhauda was projected as the biggest achievement of the British detachment. A decisive battle at Hisar was fought on 19 August 1857 when Lt. Mildmay Assistant Agent to Governor-General Rajpootana was commanding the British force. Mildmay has given the British strength to be only 818.
