The Tale of the Great MutinyFitchett, W. H. (William Henry)
History
The Tale of the Great Mutiny
Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)
India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858
⸺ Sir Henry, 16, 52;
warns Wheeler at Cawnpore not to accept terms of surrender, 106;
Lucknow and Sir Henry Lawrence, 148-184;
character, 151, 264;
provisions the Residency, 152, 263;
mortally wounded, 168;
dying instructions, 169;
death, 170
Lawrence, John (Lord), 10;
on the causes of the Mutiny, 14, 20;
on Christian missions, 18, 53;
the hero of Delhi, 265, 300-301;
characteristics, 266;
Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 268;
anticipates the Mutiny and disarms Sepoys, 269;
reinforces the besiegers at Delhi, 303, 304
Lawrence, “Sam,” 177
Lecky, W. E. H., 14
Leeson, Mrs., 82 _et seq._
Lester, General, 51
Lincoln, Abraham, 151
Lind, 73
Lisburn parish church, 323
Lockhart, 303
Longfield, Brigadier, 307
Loughnan, Lieutenant, 163, 234
Lowe, Captain, 164
Lucknow, 7, 9, 125
⸺ and Sir Henry Lawrence, 148-184;
Residency, 148 _et seq._, 349 _et seq._;
Chinhut disaster, 156;
Residency defences, 162;
number of the besieged, 165;
strength of the besiegers, 167;
the siege begins, 167;
standing orders, 172;
sorties, 172;
the great assault of July 20th, 179;
mines and countermines, 181
⸺ and Havelock, 185-208;
the relief force leaves Cawnpore, 187;
Havelock’s second start from Cawnpore, 192;
the Alumbagh carried, 195;
Charbagh bridge captured, 200;
death of Neill, 204;
Havelock’s column reaches the Residency, 205
⸺ and Sir Colin Campbell, 209-236;
Sir Colin Campbell advances to the relief of Lucknow, 214;
in communication with the garrison, 218;
storming the Secundrabagh, 220;
slaughter of Sepoys in the Secundrabagh, 227;
assault on the Shah Nujeef, 229;
capture of the Mess-house, 233;
the garrison relieved, 234;
evacuation of the Residency, 235;
losses of the garrison, 237;
the retreat to Cawnpore, 240;
survivors despatched to Allahabad, 254
Lucknow, the storming of, 345-371;
Outram holds the Alumbagh, 349-350;
death of Hodson, 360-362;
the Kaisarbagh carried, 365-367;
the fall of the city, 370
Ludlow Castle, Delhi, 291
Lugard, 351
M’Bean, Lieutenant, 233, 358
M’Carthy, Justin, “History of our own Times,” 8
M’Crae, 251
M’Donald, Captain, 359
M’Donough, 203
Macdowell, Major, 338 _et seq._
Mackenzie, Colonel, 31, 32
MacKillop, John (captain of the Cawnpore Well), 105, 106
M’Manus, Private, 207, 208
Macnab, Sir Donald, 324
Madras, 71
Mansfield, General, 261
Mardan, 63, 294
Margalla Pass, 324
Martinere at Lucknow, 355
Maude, Captain, at Allahabad, 76;
in the advance on Cawnpore, 125 _et seq._;
with the Lucknow relief column under Havelock, 192 _et seq._;
“Memories of the Mutiny,” 193;
holding the Alumbagh, 350
Meanmeer, 58
Medley, Lieutenant, 305-307
Meecham, 235
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