'She disregarded flying bullets': How Irish nanny nursed fallen Sikh soldiers during a historic siege

Nanny and nurse, Teresa McGrath, found herself tending to the wounded during the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi. She was later awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria for her courage at Fort Gulistan.

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