The list of killed and wounded bears witness to the gallantry of all arms of the service.  The effective force at Delhi never amounted to 10,000 men.  Of these 992 were killed and 2,845 wounded, besides hundreds who died of disease and exposure.  Where all behaved nobly, it is difficult to particularize; but it will not, I hope, be considered invidious if I specially draw my readers’ attention to the four corps most constantly engaged:  the 60th Rifles, the Sirmur battalion of Gurkhas, the Guides, and the 1st Punjab Infantry.  Placed in the very front of the position, they were incessantly under fire, and their losses in action testify to the nature of the service they performed.  The 60th Rifles left Meerut with 440 of all ranks; a few days before the assault they received a reinforcement of nearly 200, making a total of 640; their casualties were 389.  The Sirmur battalion began with 450 men, and were joined by a draft of 90, making a total of 540; their loss in killed and wounded amounted to 319.  The strength of the Guides when they joined was 550 Cavalry and Infantry, and their casualties were 303.  The 1st Punjab Infantry arrived in Delhi with 3 British officers and 664 Natives of all ranks.  Two of the British officers were killed, and the third severely wounded, and of the Natives, 8 officers[6] and 200 men were killed and wounded; while out of the British officers attached to the regiment during the siege 1 was killed and 4 wounded.  Further, it is a great pleasure to me to dwell on the splendid service done by the Artillery and Engineers.  The former, out of their small number, had 365 killed or disabled, and the latter two-thirds of their officers and 293 of their men.  I cannot more appropriately conclude this chapter than by quoting the words of Lord Canning, who, as Governor-General of India, wrote as follows in giving publication to the Delhi despatches:  ’In the name of outraged humanity, in memory of innocent blood ruthlessly shed, and in acknowledgment of the first signal vengeance inflicted on the foulest treason, the Governor-General in Council records his gratitude to Major-General Wilson and the brave army of Delhi.  He does so in the sure conviction that a like tribute awaits them, not in England only, but wherever within the limits of civilization the news of their well-earned triumph shall reach.’

[Footnote 1:  A report was circulated that a large number of our men had fallen into the trap laid for them by the Native shopkeepers, and were disgracefully drunk.  I heard that a few men, overcome by heat and hard work, had given way to temptation, but I did not see a single drunken man throughout the day of the assault, although, as I have related, I visited every position held by our troops within the walls of the city.]

[Footnote 2:  Sellers of grain and lenders of money.]

[Footnote 3:  ‘Silver Bazaar,’ the main street of Delhi, in which were, and still are, situated all the principal jewellers’ and cloth-Merchants’ shops.]