Tragical adventure in the Subseemundee, 1857

Tragical adventure in the Subseemundee, 1857. Mutiny in India. "We had been out fighting all day in the heat of the sun, clearing Subseemundee of mutineers, and had at last finished when, quite exhausted, our men lay down to rest. Two of the fusiliers and a little Ghoorkah were sitting by a window, when one of the enemy, who had concealed himself in a dark corner, finding all was quiet, popped out his head to see what was doing. He happened to look first the other way, when the Ghoorkah whipped out his koorkerie and sliced his head off in an instant, to the great delight of the Fusiliers, who could not for ten minutes shoulder their muskets for laughing."

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