their officers were murdered by the cavalrymen. Then commenced a scene of
murder and atrocity which is happily without parallel in history. Suffice
to say, that with the exception of some half-dozen who in one way or other
managed to escape, the whole of the white population inside the walls of
Delhi were murdered under circumstances of the most horrible and revolting
cruelty. Had the news of the outbreak of Meerut been sent by a swift
mounted messenger, the whole of these hapless people would have had time
to leave the town before the arrival of the mutineers. Those in the
cantonments outside the city fared somewhat better. Some were killed, but
the greater part made their escape; and although many were murdered on the
way, either by villagers or by bodies of mutineers, the majority reached
Meerut or Aliwal. The sufferers of Delhi did not die wholly unavenged.
Inside the city walls was an immense magazine containing vast stores of
powder, cartridges, and arms. It was all-important that this should not
fall into the hands of the mutineers. This was in charge of Lieutenant
Willoughby of the royal artillery, who had with him Lieutenants Forrest
and Rayner, and six English warrant and non-commissioned officers,
Buckley, Shaw, Scully, Crow, Edwards, and Stewart. The following account
was given by Lieutenant Forrest:

"The gates of the magazine were closed and barricaded, and every possible
arrangement that could be made was at once commenced. Inside the gate
leading to the park were placed two six-pounders doubly charged with
grape. These were under acting sub-conductor Crow and Sergeant Stewart,
with lighted matches in their hands. Their orders were that if any attempt
was made to force the gate the guns were to be fired at once, and they
were to fall back to that part of the magazine where Lieutenant Willoughby
and I were posted. The principal gate of the magazine was similarly
defended by two guns and by the _chevaux-de-frise_ laid down in the
inside. For the further defense of this gate and the magazine in its