Légende

Message communicating the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, 11th May 1857. This message reports the burning down of bungalows by sepoys, as well as the killing of Europeans. 'Sir, I beg to forward for your information the following sad intelligence just recd. from the Delhi Telegraph Office. "We must leave Office, all the Bungalows are being burnt down by the Sepoys from Meerut, they came in this morning. We are off. Mr C. Todd (assistant in charge of the Delhi Office) is dead I think, he went out this morning and has not yet returned, we hear that nine Europeans are killed." The above message I think was sent by one of the assts. Of the [tel.?] Office...'.

Date

1857

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_441

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,8Mo (1,3Mo) / 29,3cm x 46,0cm / 3459 x 5434 (300dpi)

Mots clés

alert library event communication communications India politics country warning law trade crime British letter dramatic death political military war text telecommunications location Armed Forces century Colonial empire Britain handwriting message rebellion document news concept correspondence telegraph telecommunication controversy B&W British Library lettering Army warfare controversial Regiment 19th century revolt infantry black & white black and white B W deaths armed services nineteenth century British Empire British Indian Army British Raj colonialism East India Company Great Sepoy Rebellion 1857 Hindoostan imperialism Indian Mutiny 1857 mutiny Raj sepoy Indian Army ink manuscript sepoys Unknown The Raj Indian Rebellion of 1857 Sepoy Mutiny Indian Rebellion British India Revolt of 1857 Heritage Art 19th-century