MUTINY MEMOIRS MUTINY MEMOIRS BEING _PERSONAL REMINISCENCES_ OF THE GREAT SEPOY REVOLT OF 1857 BY COLONEL A. R. D. MACKENZIE, _C.B._, HONY. A.-D.-C. TO THE VICEROY _Forsan et hæc olim meminisse juvabit_ Allahabad AT THE PIONEER PRESS: 1891 TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST HONORABLE The Marquess of Lansdowne, _G.M.S.I._, _G.C.M.G._, _G.M.I.E._, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. THIS SHORT RECORD OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE DURING THE GREAT INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857 IS, BY PERMISSION, AND WITH PROFOUND RESPECT, DEDICATED BY The Author. _PREFACE._ _The reminiscences contained in the following pages were originally published in the columns of the_ PIONEER; _and it is with the kind permission of the Editor of that Journal that I am enabled to re-issue them in the form of this little book_. _They do not pretend to any merit but that of truth. In that respect they may claim to present a record of actual events, and thus to bring before the Reader, however imperfectly, a rough sketch of the great Indian Mutiny such as it appeared to the eyes of a young Subaltern Officer of Native Cavalry, who had the good fortune to be engaged in its suppression._ _CONTENTS._ PAGE. I.--THE OUTBREAK 1--30 II.--SKIRMISHING 31--61 III.--BEFORE DELHI 62--86 IV.--STORMING THE CITY 87--108 V.--CAPTURE OF JHUJJUR 109--133 VI.--EN ROUTE FOR LUCKNOW 134--163 VII.--DILKHOOSHA 164--187 VIII.--LUCKNOW 188--204 IX.--A HERO'S DEATH 205--211 MUTINY MEMOIRS. I. THE OUTBREAK. In jotting down the reminiscences and sketches contained in the following pages, my aim is to record simply and truthfully certain episodes of a stirring period of Indian military history. Englishmen can never cease to be interested in the story of the great Sepoy Mutiny; and I trust that even so modest a contribution as mine to the narrative of some of its details may not be considered superfluous. Often have I been urged to give the semi-permanence of printer's ink to some story told over the walnuts and the wine; and at last I am tempted to take advantage of the enforced leisure which has been imposed on me by the recent regulations limiting tenure of regimental command, and placing me, with many other better men, unwillingly _en retraite_, while still in the prime of life and energy.