Part Two of my series on the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
In today's episode, the mutiny moves to Delhi and the regiments of the Bengal army turn on their European officers. In a bloody fight at the Magazine, the oldest ever recipient of the Victoria Cross wins his award.
It is an amazing story.
My sources for this video include: The Indian Mutiny by Saul David - https://amzn.to/3U68FBy
The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 (Osprey) by Gregory Freemont Barnes - https://amzn.to/3Kx0RWz
The Sepoy Mutiny as seen by a Subaltern from Delhi to Lucknow by Edward Vibart - https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.116947/page/19/mode/2up
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