Dehli—the British Position Outside the City—Lines of Communication Guarded by Sikhs—Proposed Assault Abandoned —Death of General Barnard—Capture of Ludlow Castle

Dehli was about 61 miles in circumference with 150,000 inhabitants, nearly equally divided as to religion. The city is built on a plain, enclosed on three sides by stone walls 11 feet thick on top, 15 feet below, 16 feet high, with ditches 25 feet wide and 16 feet deep. Mr. Barnes, the Commissioner, Mr. Douglas Forsyth, Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, and Mr. G. H. Ricketts, Deputy Commissioner for Lodiana, were all supported by the principal Sikhs, although the King of Dehli had written to them a command to return to the allegiance of their rightful monarch. The Deputy Commissioner and Lieutenant Williams having marched back, at 10 p.m. came on 16o° mutineers, lying down on the south bank of the river. The small gun was fired while being unlimbered when the ponies ran away, and the Sipahis carried the gun to Dehli, whence it was brought back eventually to the Rajah after the mutiny.