28 JUNE 1957, Page 18

RANI OF JHANSI SIR,—Regarding the Indian Mutiny incident of the

Rani of Jhansi 'being cut down by a trooper' re- ferred to by your correspondent Mr. D. E. Lysaght.

As that brief statement, less the extenuating cir- cumstances, tends to give an incomplete impression, it should, I think, be recalled that the Rani met her end in the heat of battle dressed in man's attire —'the best man on the side of the enemy' as Sir Hugh Rose styled her—and that the trooper was unaware of her identity.—Yours faithfully,

A. J. SMITH

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