FALL OF DELHI.
(From the Bombay Telegraph and Courier Extra- _ ordinary.) Bombay, 30th Sept., 1857. Delhi fell on the 18th insfc.! The loss on both sides is immense. The whole of the city is in our possession. (From the Bombay Times.) " The news of the fall of Delhi, which arrived by the Ajdaha on the night of Thursday last, reached the Government while a large dinner party was being entertained at Government House. Lord Elphinstone immediately announced the joyful tidings to the assembled company, and called upon them to fill their glasses; and drink to the health of ' General "Wilson and his brave army.' This was done with much enthusiasm, the band striking up ' The British Grenadiers.'
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Colonist, Issue II, 8 December 1857, Page 2
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117FALL OF DELHI. Colonist, Issue II, 8 December 1857, Page 2
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