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 . himself? No, but yonder is AlumBagh, and we are going to take up a position on theCawnpoor side of it. Pickets of cavalry and horseartillery now advance over the plain in front oi* AlumBagh, and take up their position; and presently thestream of troops and refugees flows on again, andsettles for the night within the assigned a mile of clear ground separates the cam]) fromAlum Bagh, beyo
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 . himself? No, but yonder is AlumBagh, and we are going to take up a position on theCawnpoor side of it. Pickets of cavalry and horseartillery now advance over the plain in front oi* AlumBagh, and take up their position; and presently thestream of troops and refugees flows on again, andsettles for the night within the assigned a mile of clear ground separates the cam]) fromAlum Bagh, beyond which again are seen the suburbsof Lucknow. November 2rot7i.—The camp halted to-day to allowOutrams Division to come up. I went over tothe Alum Bagh.—It was one of the royal gardens,being a square of 500 yards, enclosed by a wall about9 feet high, and entered through a handsome interior had been full of large fruit trees, andthe centre is occupied by a double-storied summer-house of masonry. All traces of the garden havenow disappeared, the fruit-trees having all been cutdown. The wall, on the city side, has been strength-ened by a strong ramp of earth; and an interior.
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