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

CHAPTER IV
DELHI FALLS
WHEN the third chief commander of the
English army before Delhi became hopeless
of taking the town and resigned, Brigadier-
General Wilson replaced him. At that time,
in the camp of the English army maddened
by the attacks of the Revolutionaries, it was seriously dis-
cussed, in despair, whether the siege should be raised. It is
difficult to say what would have been the course of the
Revolution of 1857 if this plan had been resolved upon.
Still, it is clear that this one movement on the part of the
English would have harmed their cause more than many
defeats at the hands of the Revolutionaries. The English
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