. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. eir Homes at THE Instance of Martin Gubbins 582 I. The Battle of Chinhat 583 J. Lieutenant Havelock and the Victoria Cross . . 584 K. The Operations of the 25th of September, 1857 . . 585 xxiv CONTENTS L. Did John Lawrence send the Moveable Column to Delhi UNDER pressure FROM HIS MILITARY SECRETARY ? . 587 M. The Assault of Delhi 588 N. HoDSON of Hodsons Horse 591 0. Brigadier Greathed and the Battle of Agra . . 617 P. Was Holkar Loyal during the Indian Mutiny ?. . 619Q. Did SirRobert Ham
. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. eir Homes at THE Instance of Martin Gubbins 582 I. The Battle of Chinhat 583 J. Lieutenant Havelock and the Victoria Cross . . 584 K. The Operations of the 25th of September, 1857 . . 585 xxiv CONTENTS L. Did John Lawrence send the Moveable Column to Delhi UNDER pressure FROM HIS MILITARY SECRETARY ? . 587 M. The Assault of Delhi 588 N. HoDSON of Hodsons Horse 591 0. Brigadier Greathed and the Battle of Agra . . 617 P. Was Holkar Loyal during the Indian Mutiny ?. . 619Q. Did SirRobert Hamilton direct Sir Hugh Rose to proceed with the Operations against Jhansi ? . . 622 R. General Innes on Sir Hugh Rose 623 S. The Behaviour of the Talukdars of Oudh during the Mutiny 624 T. Sir Colin Campbell and his Critics 627 U. Alleged Causes of the Mutiny 630 y. The Authorities on which this Book is based . . 632W. Discussion on certain Statements challenged by Critics OF THE First Edition and on others which conflict WITH the Statements of later Writers . . .634 INDEX 639 lAliiff. CHAPTER P GENERAL SKETCH OF ANGLO-INDIAN HISTORY TO THE END OFLORD DALHOUSIES ADMINISTRATION Three centuries ago, when the East India Company was stillunformed, a great part of India submitted to thesway of a Mahomedan prince. This ruler, whose Empke^^^name was Akbar, was the most renowned of the of Baber, who, early in the sixteenthcentury, had swept down from the north-west upon Hindustan,and founded the Mogul Empire. Unlike Mahomedan con-querors in the rest of the world, the Moguls respected thereligion of their subjects, and established a government which,with all its faults, was contentedly accepted by the mass of ^ As I ouly profess to give in this chapter such an introductory sketch as mayhelp readers to understand the phenomena of the Indian Mutiny, I have notthought it necessary to give specific references to authorities except in a few cases,where it seemed possible that
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