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Blowing up the Cashmere Gate during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Lieutenants Duncan Charles Home- and Philip Salkeld, Bengal Engineers, upon whom the Victoria Cross was provisionally conferred by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B., for their conspicuous bravery in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of tho Fortress of Delhi, in broad daylight, under a heavy fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857. [b]View More:[/b] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=14622530][img]http://www.walker1890.co.uk/istock/istock-military.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2789749][img]http://www.walker1890.co.uk/istock/istock-engraving.jpg[/img][/url]