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
Meerut, 7, 47, 287, 325;
the revolt at, 23 _et seq._;
mutineers’ flight to Delhi, 28
Melbourne, 232
Mess-house at Lucknow, 233, 349 _et seq._
Metcalfe, Sir T., 80
Metcalfe House, Delhi, 291
Mirza Aboo Bukir, 338
⸺ Khejoo Sultan, 338
⸺ Mogul, 338
Mogul, Palace of the, 331
Montgomery, 58
Moore, Captain, at the siege of Cawnpore, 97 _et seq._;
organises a sally, 103;
confers with the Nana’s representatives, 108;
death, 117
Moore, Mr., 248
Mootee Munzil, 232
Moradabad, 48
Moree Gate, Delhi, 316
Mullahpore, 51
Multan, 61, 62
Mungul Pandy, 1 _et seq._
Mungulwagh, village, 193
Murphy, Private, 117, 121
Murray, Serg.-Major, 223
Musabagh, at Lucknow, 368
Mutchee Bhawan at Lucknow, 160, 161
Nadiree Regiment, 122
Nana Sahib (Sureek Dhoondoo Punth) of Bithoor, 8;
murder of refugees from Futteghur, 60;
receives charge of the Cawnpore Treasury, 86;
his ambition, 92;
persuades mutineers to return to Cawnpore, 92;
attacks Wheeler’s entrenchments, 93;
offers him terms for surrender, 108;
organises the Cawnpore massacre, 110;
the massacre, 114 _et seq._;
defeated by Havelock at Futtehpore, 128;
routed at the battle of Cawnpore, 134;
orders the murder of the captives in the Beebeeghur, 139;
a fugitive, 147;
his palace at Bithoor destroyed by Havelock, 191;
with the Gwalior contingent, 244;
fight with Windham, 245;
defeated by Sir Colin Campbell, 261
Napier of Magdala, Lord, 276;
at the recapture of Lucknow, 351, 360, 365
Naples, 332
Napoleon Buonaparte, 271
Neill, General, 363;
at Allahabad with his “Lambs,” 70;
lands at Calcutta and advances to Benares, 72;
punishes the mutineers, 74;
advances to Allahabad, 75;
retribution, 77;
vengeance at Cawnpore, 146;
holding Cawnpore, 185;
the quarrel with Havelock, 190;
on the march to Lucknow, 192 _et seq._;
death at the Kaisarbagh, 191, 204
Nelson, Lord, 349
Nepaulese contingent, 350
Nicholas, Czar, 293
Nicholson, John, 53-55, 265, 268, 269, 349, 363;
commands the Movable Column, 55;
overtakes the 55th Native Infantry, 63;
at Delhi, 293;
character, 294;
disperses the Sepoys at Mardan, 294;
overtakes the mutineers at the Fords of Ravi, 295;
worship of “Nikkul-Seyn” by the natives, 296, 324;
defeats the Delhi army at Nutjutghur, 298;
reminiscence of, 301-302;
leading the stormers at Delhi, 310, 325;
mortally wounded, 321, 322;
death, 323
Nicholson, 354
Nikkul-Seynees, sect of, 296, 324
Norman, 301
⸺, Captain, 234
North Curtain at Lucknow, 163
Nutjutghur, battle of, 297
Olpherts, W., at Benares, 73;
in Havelock’s advance on Lucknow, 191, 192;
at the capture of the Alumbagh, “Hell-fire Jack,” 195;
holding the Alumbagh, 350
Onao, village, 187
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