A British East India Company officer instructs Indian Sepoys on how to load a greased cartridge into an Enfield Rifle

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The loading of a greased cartridge.

The cartridges were "greased with the fat of pigs and cows"

Oral contact was required as you had to bite the top off with your teeth in order to open it.
 

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