Chapter I: Front Matter

THE TALE OF THE GREAT MUTINY

_From an engraving of the portrait by W. W. OULESS, R.A., by permission of HENRY GRAVES & CO., Ltd._]

THE TALE OF
THE GREAT MUTINY

BY
W. H. FITCHETT, B.A., LL.D.
AUTHOR OF “DEEDS THAT WON THE EMPIRE,” “FIGHTS FOR
THE FLAG,” “HOW ENGLAND SAVED EUROPE,”
“WELLINGTON’S MEN,” ETC.

WITH PORTRAITS AND MAPS

_THIRD IMPRESSION_

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1903

[_All rights reserved_]

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
At the Ballantyne Press

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. MUNGUL PANDY 1

II. DELHI 34

III. STAMPING OUT MUTINY 65

IV. CAWNPORE: THE SIEGE 84

V. CAWNPORE: THE MURDER GHAUT 111

VI. LUCKNOW AND SIR HENRY LAWRENCE 148

VII. LUCKNOW AND HAVELOCK 185

VIII. LUCKNOW AND SIR COLIN CAMPBELL 209

IX. THE SEPOY IN THE OPEN 237

X. DELHI: HOW THE RIDGE WAS HELD 263

XI. DELHI: THE LEAP ON THE CITY 305

XII. DELHI: RETRIBUTION 331

XIII. THE STORMING OF LUCKNOW 345

INDEX 373

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS, V.C., G.C.B. _Frontispiece_

LIEUTENANT GEORGE WILLOUGHBY _To face page_ 40

SIR HENRY LAWRENCE ” 148

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, K.C.B. ” 184

LORD LAWRENCE ” 264

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HERBERT EDWARDES, K.C.B. ” 270

BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN NICHOLSON ” 298

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JAMES OUTRAM, BART. ” 350

MAPS

PAGE

CAWNPORE, JUNE 1857 87

CAWNPORE, GENERAL WHEELER’S ENTRENCHMENTS 87

LUCKNOW, 1857 186

DELHI, 1857 275

MAP SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF TROOPS, MAY 1, 1857 _To face page_ 370

THE TALE OF THE GREAT MUTINY