| John Tulloch Nash

“ And as with heavy hearts we stood over those rough and shallow graves, and with moistened eyes gazed on the sad interments, our souls sickened at seeing the remains of our comrades, who but only a few hours before were full of life and chivalry, now being shovelled away into earthen holes like dogs. ”

“ I need not dwell upon the harrowing scene — the like of which God grant I may never witness again — in the hospital tent after the return of the Brigade to the camp; for the horrors of war and its attendant misery are bad enough to those before whom they are laid bare, without being revealed to those happily unacquainted with them. ”

“ Azimghur, the adjoining district, invaded by Kuer Singh’s rebel army; and Gorukpūr itself, offering comparatively a safe and central asylum, fast filling with marauding bands of insurgents, things began again to assume a threatening aspect. Reinforcements were urgently applied for, but none could be sent — not a man could be spared, while all European soldiers were required where they were. So that, in the very teeth of at least twenty thousand infuriated and exultant rebels, it was tolerably evident that the Brigade was expected to fight on, and hold on, where it was. ”