An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army . afety,lest by manifesting his mistrust he should provoke anoutbreak; but was forced to dissemble, and assumea confidence which he did not feel. Those were indeedfearful days!—There was too much real cause foralarm; and the sepoy readily penetrated the disguiseof assumed confidence. Seeing but a handful of Euro-peans opposed to him, he soon considered himself sureof success, and set on foot one vast con
An account of the mutinies in Oudh and of the siege of the Lucknow Residency; with some observations on the condition of the Province of Oudh and on the causes of the mutiny of the Bengal Army . afety,lest by manifesting his mistrust he should provoke anoutbreak; but was forced to dissemble, and assumea confidence which he did not feel. Those were indeedfearful days!—There was too much real cause foralarm; and the sepoy readily penetrated the disguiseof assumed confidence. Seeing but a handful of Euro-peans opposed to him, he soon considered himself sureof success, and set on foot one vast conspiracy,which was to extinguish the British rule and race inIndia in one general massacre. It was probably most mercifully ordered in our favourby a gracious Providence, that the ill-devised severi-ties at Meerut caused the outbreak to take place therebefore the plot was ripe. At other stations, and par-ticularly at Lucknow, Europeans took the alarm, andwere thus enabled to prepare for their defence; forhad the conspiracy been matured, and burst forth, asis believed was the intention, suddenly, upon one ap-pointed day; there is too much reason to fear that itwould have been CHAPTER VII. MUTINY AT LUCKNOW. The 30th of May.—Mutiny broke out in cantonments after evening gun-fire.—Watched by ourselves from the roof of my house at the Resi-dency.—Mutinous conduct of a Company of the 71st N. I. at the Residency Particulars of mutiny in cantonments.—Commenced by the 71st Regt.—Attempt of the men of that regiment to destroy theirofficers.—Brigadier Handscomb and Lieutenant Grant killed.—Beha-viour of the 71st Regt. N. I. ; of the 13th Regt. N. I.; of the 48thRegt. N. I. ; of the 7th Regt. Light Cavalry.—Sir Henry Lawrencesmeasures.—Plunder and burning of cantonments.—Escape of —Operations on the morning of the 31st of May.—Murder ofCornet Raleigh.—Mutineers driven off and pursued by Sir HenryLawrence.—Mr. Gubbins joins in the pursui
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