१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

DELHI
patriotism with English blood, the horsemen of the Meerut
cavalry descended and heartily embraced their comrades
from Delhi ! Just then the historic Kashmir gate of Delhi
opened, and this army of the heroes of liberty entered the
town of Delhi with the cries of " Din ! Din ! "
The second part of the Meerut army was also trying
to enter Delhi by the Calcutta gate. The gate was first
barred, but at the terrible knock of the Sepoys, it began
to open slowly, and soon the watchman at gate joined the
Sepoys with cries of " Din ! Din !! " The Sepoys who
entered by the Calcutta gate turned towards the bunga-
lows of the English at Daryaganj, and the buildings there
were all ablaze before long. Those Englishmen who
escaped the fire succumbed to the sword. The English
hospital was near by and it was found that it had given
shelter to the English bottles ! It is natural that the Se-
poys were enraged at the temerity of this hospital, after it
had seen the example of the bungalows of Daryaganj be-
ing razed to the ground for sheltering Englishmen ! So
they broke all bottles and after punishing the hospital,
they began the hunt for English blood in all the houses of
Delhi ! But what is an army without a banner and what
are mere cloth banners for an army like this ? So, where-
ver an English head was found, it was stuck at the ends
of lances, and with such terror-striking flags did the army
push forward at a rapid pace !
In the royal palace of Delhi, Sepoys and townsmen
were crowding together, shouting, " Victory to the Em-
peror." Commissioner Fraser was entering the gates of
the palace, wounded. A man called Nuzul Beg standing
near him pierced him in the cheek. At the sign, all the
Revolutionaries ran up the stairs, trampling Fraser down
all the way up. The Sepoys did not stop there, trampling
him, but went upstairs to the room in which Jennings
and his family were living. An attempt was made by
someone from inside to bolt the door, but a furious knock
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