The message from Narayan Rao, which had caused the British troops to be summoned from their Church Parade during the reading of the Lesson by General Havelock, had stated that Bithur was denuded of rebels, the palace abandoned and unguarded, and the Nana dead by his own hand. This—although, as th...
The Hong Kong, with her light draught, got within sight of the first division of junks before she, too, was brought abruptly to a standstill in the shallow water and Commodore Keppel could be seen entering his six-oared galley and waving to the other boats to cast off their tow-ropes and follow h...