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Book reviews: The Indian Mutiny 1857: The Indian mutiny and the bounty
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The Indian Mutiny 1857
Saul David
Viking, GBP 20
DURING the Indian Mutiny, native mercenaries caught and found
guilty of sedition were often executed by being blown from cannons.
Some 40 guns might be lined up wheel to wheel, while 40 sepoys
awaited their fate. The gun was primed with powder but no shot. The
prisoners were led to the gun and tied by the wrists to the upper
part of the gun's wheels. Their bodies were draped over the barrel,
so that the muzzle pressed into the pit of their stomachs. The order
was then given to fire the guns in unison. When the smoke cleared,
one noticed that ...
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