Nizam-British Relations 1724-1857

In an army that consisted, in Bengal in 1857, of 85 regular regiments, but of which only three remained faithful {53 having mutined, and 29 being disarmed),* incidents of atrocity occurred sufficient to fill volumes of high and painful interest, surpassing in intensity those that accompanied the Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans ; but he leaves the recital of the majority of their sickening details to other pens to dilate upon, confining himself simply to those matters regarding which he was personally cognisant.