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'''This event was part of the [[Delhi Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]'''
== Summary ==
Following the uprisings at [[Meerut]] and elsewhere mutineers converged on [[Delhi]]. The 54th BNI were marched in to restore order but shot their officers and joined the mutiny. The sepoys then killed all the Europeans they came across. A party of officers and NCOs defended the magazine until their field guns were out of ammunition. Conductor Scully then blew up the arms store perishing in the process. A number of women and children, including George Buckley's wife & four children, who had taken refuge in the magazine were also killed. The rebels took possession of the city.
== Native Regiments ==
'''In Delhi'''
*[[38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|38th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|54th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[74th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|74th Bengal Native Infantry]]<br>
'''From Meerut'''
*[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]
== Defenders of the Magazine ==
*Lieut George Dobson Willoughby, Bengal Artillery, Deputy Commissary at Delhi - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
*Lieut William Raynor, Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut
*Lieut George Forrest, Ordnance Dept - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
*Conductor John Buckley, Deputy Assistant Commissary Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut
*Conductor George William Shaw, Ordnance Dept
*Conductor John Scully, Bengal Commissariat - killed in the explosion
*Sub-Conductor William Crow
*Sergeant Edwards
*Sergeant Peter Stewart, Bengal Artillery
== European Casualties ==
*Miss Jennings
*Miss Clifford
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/indianrebellion.cgi 345 other casualties] www.roll-of-honour.com
== External Links links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Capture_of_Delhi_by_the_Rebels Siege of Delhi] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/10/1100/ "Delhi, 1857"] William Dalrymple's article on the massacre, originally printed in ''The Guardian'' (May 10, 2007)<br>
[http://www.rlc-conductor.info/home.htm This Trying Occasion] www.rlc-conductor.info Click on "Articles, Features & Essays" then click on "A Trying Occasion: An account of the Indian Mutiny" which gives an account of the blowing up of the Delhi ammunition magazine on the 11th May 1857<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buckley_(soldier) John Buckley's VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Forrest_(VC) George Forrest's VC] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raynor William Raynor's VC] Wikipedia<br> ==== Historical books online ==== *''Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857'' 1858 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q=&f=false Mutiny at Delhi] Google Books<br>*''The History of the Indian Revolt'' 1859 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A10LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA69&dq=Eventful+Escapes%2BDelhi%2B1857&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=VUa_SpjOCYiqzQSqk5TQDw#v=onepage&q=Eventful%20Escapes%2BDelhi%2B1857&f=false Escapes from Delhi] Google Books<br>*''Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857'' 1858 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Dr Batson's journey to Meerut] Google Books<br>*[https://archive.org/details/b28710812 ''Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi''] translated from the originals by Charles Theophilus Metcalfe 1898 Archive.org
== Recommended Reading ==
''"The Last Mughal"'' by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654
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