* The telegram stated: ‘The cavalry have risen, setting fire to their own houses and several officers’ houses besides having killed and wounded all European officers and soldiers they could find near their lines: if aunt intends starting tomorrow evening, please detain her from doing so as the van has been prevented from leaving the station.’ It was the only warning of the Meerut outbreak to reach Agra before the rebels cut the wire. (Maclagan, 78–9.)

† Agra, Allahabad, Benares, Delhi, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Meerut and Rohilkhand.