CHAPTER XIII.

THE REIGN OF VICTORIA (_continued_).

March of the British on Delhi--Battles on the Hindon--Wilson joins Barnard--Hodson reconnoitres Delhi--The Guides arrive--The Delhi Force in Position--An unfulfilled Prophecy--Lord Canning's Inaction--Lord Elphinstone's Discretion--Troops from Madras and Persia--Benares is saved--So is Allahabad--Cawnpore--Nana Sahib and Azimoolah--The Europeans in the Entrenchment--The Mutiny--Sufferings of the Garrison--Valour of the Defence--The Well--The Hospital catches Fire--Incidents of the Siege--Moore's Sortie--Nana Sahib's Letter--The Massacre at the Ghaut--Central India--Lawrence fortifies the Residency at Lucknow--The Death of Lawrence. 203