The Tale of the Great MutinyFitchett, W. H. (William Henry)
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The Tale of the Great Mutiny
Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)
India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858
Indian Mutiny, outbreak at Barrackpore, 1;
causes of the, 8 _et seq._;
greased cartridges, 13;
chupatties, 17;
conspiracy for simultaneous revolt, 18, 47;
revolt at Meerut, 23
⸺ Delhi, 34-64;
defence and explosion of the great magazine, 40 _et seq._;
how the Ridge was held, 263-304;
the leap on the city, 305-330;
the great assault, 307 _et seq._;
the fall of the city, 329;
retribution, 331-345;
the king a prisoner, 334;
the three princes shot, 328 _et seq._
⸺ estimated number of British troops available and of the Sepoy
army, 48;
officers’ faith in their Sepoys, 50;
the Punjaub saved, 52;
doubtful regiments disarmed, formation of the Movable Column, 54;
Lahore garrison disarmed, 56;
Chamberlain disarms the garrison at Multan, 62;
outbreak at Allahabad, 65, 76;
mutiny at Benares, 73;
Futtehpore, 78;
Kotah, 79
⸺ Cawnpore, the siege, 84-110;
capitulation, 109;
the Murder Ghaut, 111-147;
Havelock’s advance on Cawnpore, 132;
Sir Colin Campbell defeats the Nana at, 260
Indian Mutiny, Lucknow and Sir Henry Lawrence, 148-184;
Chinhut disaster, 156;
the siege begins, 167;
death of Sir Henry Lawrence, 170;
Lucknow and Havelock, 185-208;
Havelock’s march to the relief of, 187 _et seq._;
his entry into, 205;
Lucknow and Sir Colin Campbell, 209-236;
storming of the Secundrabagh, 220;
assault on the Shah Nujeef, 229;
Lucknow relieved, 234;
the Sepoy in the open, 237-262;
the retreat to Cawnpore, 240 _et seq._
⸺ the storming of Lucknow, 345-371;
Outram holds the Alumbagh, 349-350;
death of Hodson, 360-362;
the Kaisarbagh carried, 365-367;
the fall of city, 370
Indus, _river_, 271
Inglis, Colonel, 148, 160, 167, 180, 255
⸺ Lady, 159, 160, 172, 175, 206
Innes, 172, 177
Innes’s house, 162
Jacob, Major, 319
Jakes, Corporal, 200
Jhansi, Ranee of, 8
Jhelum, _river_, 295
Jhind, Chief of, 9
“Jim the Rifleman,” 174
Johannes’ house, 174
Jones, Mr., 176
⸺ Brigadier, 307, 316, 325
⸺ Colonel, 333
Jones-Parry, 228, 235
Jullunder, 48
Jumma Musjid, 316, 324, 330, 367
Jumna, river, 65, 276, 301
Kaisarbagh (King’s Palace) at Lucknow, 191, 234, 348 _et seq._
Kandiel, 173
Kavanagh, T. H., 214 _et seq._
Kaye and Malleson’s “History of the Mutiny,” 8, 14, 16, 119, 222,
233, 255, 261, 313, 321
Kiernan, Sergeant John, 198
King’s Palace, Delhi, 316, 331
Kipling, Rudyard, “The Lost Legion,” 64
Knox, John, 266
Kotah, 79
Kotwallee, Delhi, 342
Kurnal, 273
Khyber Pass, 301
Lahore, 53;
plot discovered, 56;
garrison disarmed, 57
Lahore Gate, Delhi, 281, 307 _et seq._
Lake, Lord, 322
Lamb, 315
Lamont, Serg.-Maj. Alexander, 197
Lang, Lieutenant, 305, 329, 330
Langmore, Lieutenant, 163
Lawrence, Lieutenant, 163
⸺ George, 79, 168
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