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.