text:  The sepoy infantry has ever been _sans peur et sans reproche_; yet though some of the most distinguished regiments of the Bengal army were in the field before Gwalior the honour of storming the death-dealing batteries of Maharajpoor was reserved for the same gallant corps which led the way to victory under Clive at Plassey--her Majesty's 39th--and which has now once more proved its title to the proud motto emblazoned on its standards _Primus in Indis_! The words of Lord Lake (to refer to him once more ) in his account of the battle of Delhi might have been adopted without variation by Lord Ellenborough in describing the late actions