* 172 Europeans and 193 Indian soldiers. With no quarter given, a staggering 118 European officers and men were killed at or during the retreat from Chinhut. The number of loyal sepoys killed and missing – mainly the latter – was 182.

‘It was a primitive machine, consisting of one post, with a bar at the top from which were suspended, in one row, black stuffed bags, each having its own pulley to work with.’ (State Papers, II, intro., 49.)