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 . right path along the river. But not alew, it is sad to think, were cut oil: the doolies having been abandoned by the bearers in that fatalsquare, where many of our poor wounded officers andmen afterwards perished miserably. Nine unwounded men of the escort, including C. Home,* of the 90th Begt., with five woundedofficers and men, being cut off from advance or retreatby the enemy, took refuge in a
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 . right path along the river. But not alew, it is sad to think, were cut oil: the doolies having been abandoned by the bearers in that fatalsquare, where many of our poor wounded officers andmen afterwards perished miserably. Nine unwounded men of the escort, including C. Home,* of the 90th Begt., with five woundedofficers and men, being cut off from advance or retreatby the enemy, took refuge in a small building whichformed one side of the gateway where General Keillhad fallen on the previous evening, and there defendedthemselves with heroic and marvellous fortitude andcourage, during the whole of the day of the 26th andthe succeeding night, though surrounded by hordes ofthe enemy, and almost hopeless of relief. They wereprovidentially rescued early on the following morningby the force which, as just described, escorted in theheavy guns from the Motee Munzil. * This officer has also received the Victoria Cross. PLAh OJ -r>J£ LOCALE. •I Street W Strt > t PLAN OF THK HOVSB. (i,r f > u rf i f Ji u ft, i Mm, i / PAZAt ES &n t>itAsr occyfuo D< i /i SqwcWA Gateway when <•,» .\// 1 -A--/ A. .Zfcw ^j/ n h >< A th oor iruto -the. Street:.C . £>oor into the Sqzmrx D. Clustered Vene-tia/» WindUmE Venetian Window into Sginzrt JV3. The shculed_pcirt is thatoccupied, ?>\ ourMt n 13H:Ei ch ara B entL 5 8. THE MUTINIES IN OTJDH. 323 I think it will be allowed that history records fewnobler instances of intrepidity than was afforded bythis little garrison. To my mind, Privates McManus,Eyan, and Hollowell deserve as well to have theirnames inscribed in the annals of heroic fame, as anywhich have found a place in them. All three werepresented with the Yictoria Cross by General feel sure that the following more full account of thegloriou
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