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The Defence of the Magazine at Delhi

Battles of the Indian Rebellion of 1857Use British English from June 2011
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The Defence of the Magazine at Delhi was an action of 11 May 1857 during the Indian Mutiny in which nine British soldiers of the East India Company defended the magazine at Delhi from rebelling sepoys. After more than four hours fighting against hundreds of attackers, and in order to deny the munitions to the enemy, the British defenders detonated the magazine, themselves with it.

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