Вы, вероятно, мало осведомлены о методах подавления восстаний в британских колониях. Как цивилизованные люди, они использовали штыки и виселицы.
В другом месте, но примерно в то же время:
A letter published after the fall of Delhi in the "Bombay Telegraph" and reproduced in the British press testified to the scale of the Indian casualties:
"All the city's people found within the walls of the city of Delhi when our troops entered were bayoneted on the spot, and the number was considerable, as you may suppose, when I tell you that in some houses forty and fifty people were hiding. These were not mutineers but residents of the city, who trusted to our well-known mild rule for pardon. I am glad to say they were disappointed."
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Date: 2015-11-24 05:57 pm (UTC)В другом месте, но примерно в то же время:
A letter published after the fall of Delhi in the "Bombay Telegraph" and reproduced in the British press testified to the scale of the Indian casualties:
"All the city's people found within the walls of the city of Delhi when our troops entered were bayoneted on the spot, and the number was considerable, as you may suppose, when I tell you that in some houses forty and fifty people were hiding. These were not mutineers but residents of the city, who trusted to our well-known mild rule for pardon. I am glad to say they were disappointed."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857