(Frow me "Tries oF Crviox.") campaign produced several dents, hut none more striking than the defence t" the death of a mere block-house near Gulestan Fort by 21 men of the 8th Sikhs. They were attacked by:
erwhelming' for ridis, who. by mining under thy and escaladins., sueceedeid after three determined rushes in getting inside, the majority of the defenders having had to hold the door. We published special telegrams about the affair at the time. One sepoy, in defence of the guardhouse, killed 20 of the enemy with his own hand. He was then burnt alive inside the guard house. The signaller, too, remained at his post to th keeping up communication with the lain fort. 'The post was entirely demolished': but the Govern ment of India is perpetuating the affair by memorial and inscription which will stir the race specially concerned with increased martial ardour, if that be possible.
The Government of India has decided to have the following inscription upon the raghati Memorial erected at Amritsar "The Government of India has caused this memorial to be erected to the memory of 21 non-commissioned officers and men of the 36th Sikhs, whose names are engraved below, as a perpetual record of the heroism shown by these gallant soldiers, who died at their posts in defence of the frontier fort of Saraghari, 12th September, 1807, fight ing against overwhelming numbers, thus proving their loyalty and devotion to their Sovereign the Queen-Empress of India, and gloriously maintaining the reputation of the Sikhs for unflinching courage on the field of battle."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.