BLOODLUST OF THE MUTINEERS; A Lottery-funded film on the Indian Mutiny shows the rebels as heroes - and (surprise, surprise) the British as sadists. In fact, the mutineers were ruthless butchers who massacred women, children and even their own countrymen with savage zeal.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: August 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: JONATHAN FOREMAN

TO THE steady beat of drums, the captured mutineers were first stripped of their uniforms and then tied to cannons, their bellies pushed hard against the gaping mouths of the big guns. The order to fire was given.

With an enormous roar, all the cannons burst into life at once, generating a cloud of black smoke that snaked into the summer sky.

When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left of the mutineers' bodies except the...

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