No. 19, captain george franklin atkinson, a view of the 'advance of the siege train', september 1857, from the book 'the campaign in india, 1857-8', published 1859. Depicts the advance of reinforcements from the punjab bound for the besieged city of delhi during the indian mutiny (1857-1859). The force, under the command of brigadier-general john nicholson, included a siege train of 32 guns and 2,000 men. The vast majority of the reinforcements were indian, mainly sikhs and punjabi moslems, and without their help the weak british forces besieging delhi from the nearby ridge would never have been able to take the city in september 1857. Object Type: print. Date: 1859. Medium: lithograph. Collection: National Army Museum. Plate No. 19. Advance of the Siege Train - NAM 173419
Loading...
