The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . confidence wereon the wane. The revolt was now in a greatmeasure confined to Eohilcund, to the territory between Agra and Allahabad, to Bundelcuud, andto Oude, while the great metropolis of the insur-rection after the fall of Delhi was the populous,warlike, and stiongly-fortified city of strike a mortal blow, therefore, at the headof the evil, by the final con([uest of this place, wasthe aim of the commander-in-chief after
The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . confidence wereon the wane. The revolt was now in a greatmeasure confined to Eohilcund, to the territory between Agra and Allahabad, to Bundelcuud, andto Oude, while the great metropolis of the insur-rection after the fall of Delhi was the populous,warlike, and stiongly-fortified city of strike a mortal blow, therefore, at the headof the evil, by the final con([uest of this place, wasthe aim of the commander-in-chief after he hadeffected the liberation of the garrison. All being in readiness for this important enter-prise. Sir Colin Campbell commenced operationsby sending forward two regiments on the 1st ofJanuary, 1858, to prevent the rebels from destroy-ing an iron suspension-bridge across the riverKallee Nuddee. He then commenced his ownmarch two days after to Futtehghur, where heremained till the 1st of February, restoring orderin the disafiected districts of the Doab, afterwhich he proceeded to Cawnpore, for the purposeof crossing the Ganges at that place; and to clear. t Chuttue Munzil Palace, Lucknow.—From a pliotograph engraved iu the Illustrated Times. his line of march, strong detachments were sentforward, by one of which, commanded by GeneralFranks, a brilliant victory was gained over anarmy of rebels 21,000 strong, who were encoun-tered and completely scattered at Badsliahgunge,about two miles from Sultanpore. On the 5thof March Sir Colin was before Lucknow withhis whole force collected, and his siege tiainbrought up, the right of his line resting onBibiapore and the Goomtee river, and his leftstretching towards the Alumbagh. With such aforce as was now arrayed against the devotedcity, the issue could not long be doubtful. Onthe 9th the attack commenced, and by the 21stall the .strong defences of Lucknow were stormedand won ; the rebels were fleeing in every direc-tion, and a scene
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