In consequence of the very deeply-to-be-lamented death of
Brigadier-General Sir H. M. Lawrence, K.C.B., late in command of the
Oude Field Force, the duty of narrating the military events which have
occurred at Lucknow since the 29th of June last has devolved upon myself.
On the evening of that day several reports reached Sir Henry Lawrence
that the rebel army, in no very considerable force, would march from
Chinhut (a small village about eight miles distant, on the road to
Fyzabad) on Lucknow on the following morning; and the late
Brigadier-General therefore determined to make a strong reconnaissance
in that direction, with the view, if possible, of meeting the force at a
disadvantage, either at its entrance into the suburbs of the city, or at
the bridge across the Gokral, which is a small stream intersecting
Fyzabad road, midway between Lucknow and Chinhut.
The force destined for this service, and which was composed as follows,
moved out at 6 A.M. on the morning of the 30th of June:--
_Artillery._--Four guns of No. -- Horse Light Field Battery, four guns
of No. 2 Oude Field Battery, two guns of No. 3 Oude Field Battery, and
an 8-inch howitzer.
_Cavalry._--Troop of Volunteer Cavalry, and 120 troopers of detachments
belonging to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of Oude Irregular Cavalry.
_Infantry._--Three hundred of Her Majesty's 32nd, 150 of the 13th Native
Infantry, 60 of the 48th Native Infantry, and 20 of the 71st Native
Infantry (Sikhs).
The troops, misled by the reports of wayfarers--who stated that there
were few or no men between Lucknow and Chinhut--proceeded somewhat
farther than had been originally intended, and suddenly fell in with the
enemy, who had up to that time eluded the vigilance of the advanced
guard, by concealing themselves behind a long line of trees in
overwhelming numbers. The European force and the howitzer, with the
native infantry, held the foe in check for some time, and had the six
guns of the Oude Artillery been faithful, and the Sikh cavalry shown a
better front, the day would have been won, in spite of an immense
disparity in numbers. But the Oude artillerymen and drivers were
traitors. They overturned the guns into ditches, cut the traces of their
horses, and abandoned them, regardless of the remonstrances and
exertions of their own officers, and of those of Sir Henry Lawrence's
staff, headed by the Brigadier-General in person, who himself drew his
sword upon these rebels. Every effort to induce them to stand having
proved ineffectual, the force, exposed to a vastly superior fire of
artillery, and completely outflanked on both sides by an overpowering
body of infantry and cavalry, which actually got into our rear, was
compelled to retire with the loss of three pieces of artillery, which
fell into the hands of the enemy, in consequence of the rank treachery
of the Oude gunners, and with a very grievous list of killed and
wounded. The heat was dreadful, the gun ammunition was expended, and the
almost total want of cavalry to protect our rear made our retreat most
disastrous.
All the officers behaved well, and the exertions of the small body of
Volunteer Cavalry--only forty in number--under Captain Radcliffe, 7th
Light Cavalry, were most praiseworthy. Sir Henry Lawrence subsequently
conveyed his thanks to myself, who had, at his request, accompanied him
upon this occasion (Colonel Case being in command of Her Majesty's
32nd). He also expressed his approbation of the way in which his
Staff--Captain Wilson, officiating deputy assistant adjutant-general;
Lieutenant James, sub-assistant commissary-general; Captain Edgel,
officiating military secretary; and Mr. Couper, C.S.--the last of whom
had acted as Sir Henry Lawrence's A.D.C. from the commencement of the
disturbances,--had conducted themselves throughout this arduous day. Sir
Henry further particularly mentioned that he would bring the gallant
conduct of Captain Radcliffe and of Lieutenant Bonham, of the Artillery,
(who worked the howitzer successfully until incapacitated by a wound,)
to the prominent notice of the Government of India. The manner in which
Lieutenant Birch, 71st Native Infantry, cleared a village with a party
of Sikh skirmishes, also elicited the admiration of the
Brigadier-General. The conduct of Lieutenant Hardinge, who, with his
handful of horse, covered the retreat of the rear-guard, was extolled by
Sir Henry, who expressed his intention of mentioning the services of
this gallant officer to his Lordship in Council. Lieutenant-Colonel
Case, who commanded Her Majesty's 32nd Regiment, was mortally wounded
whilst gallantly leading on his men. The service had not a more
deserving officer. The command devolved on Captain Steevens, who also
received a death-wound shortly afterwards. The command then fell to
Captain Mansfield, who has since died of cholera.
It will be in the recollection of his Lordship in Council that it was
the original intention of Sir Henry Lawrence to occupy not only the
Residency, but also the fort called Muchee Bhawun--an old dilapidated
edifice, which had been hastily repaired for the occasion, though the
defences were, even at the last moment, very far from complete, and
were, moreover, commanded by many houses in the city. The situation of
the Muchee Bhawun, with regard to the Residency, has already been
described to the Government of India.
The untoward event of June the 30th so far diminished the whole
available force that we had not a sufficient number of men remaining to
occupy both positions. The Brigadier-General, therefore, on the evening
of July the 1st signalled to the garrison of the Muchee Bhawun to
evacuate and blow up that fortress in the course of the night. The
orders were ably carried out, and at 12 P.M. the force marched into the
Residency, with their guns and treasure, without the loss of a man; and
shortly afterwards the explosion of 240 barrels of gunpowder and
6,000,000 ball cartridges, which were lying in the magazine, announced
to Sir Henry Lawrence and his officers, who were anxiously awaiting the
report, the complete destruction of that post and all that it contained.
If it had not been for this wise and strategic measure, no member of the
Lucknow garrison, in all probability, would have survived to tell the
tale; for, as has already been stated, the Muchee Bhawun was commanded
from other parts of the town, and was, moreover, indifferently provided
with heavy artillery ammunition; while the difficulty, suffering, and
loss which the Residency garrison, even with the reinforcement thus
obtained from the Muchee Bhawun, has undergone in holding the position,
is sufficient to show that if the original intention of holding both
posts had been adhered to, both would have inevitably fallen.
It is now my very painful duty to relate the calamity which befell us at
the commencement of the siege. On the 1st July an 8-inch shell burst in
the room in the Residency in which Sir H. Lawrence was sitting. The
missile burst between him and Mr. Couper, close to both; but without
injury to either. The whole of his staff implored Sir Henry to take up
other quarters, as the Residency had then become the special target for
the round shot and shell of the enemy. This, however, he jestingly
declined to do, observing that another shell would certainly never be
pitched into that small room. But Providence had ordained otherwise, for
on the very next day he was mortally wounded by the fragment of another
shell which burst in the same room exactly at the same spot. Captain
Wilson, deputy assistant adjutant-general, received a contusion at the
same time.
The late lamented Sir H. Lawrence, knowing that his last hour was
rapidly approaching, directed me to assume command of the troops, and
appointed Major Banks to succeed him in the office of Chief
Commissioner. He lingered in great agony till the morning of the 4th
July, when he expired, and the Government was thereby deprived, if I may
venture to say so, of the services of a distinguished statesman and a
most gallant soldier. Few men have ever possessed to the same extent the
power he enjoyed of winning the hearts of all those with whom he came in
contact, and thus ensuring the warmest and most zealous devotion for
himself and for the Government which he served. The successful defence
of the position has been, under Providence, solely attributable to the
foresight which he evinced in the timely commencement of the necessary
operations, and the great skill and untiring personal activity which he
exhibited in carrying them into effect. All ranks possessed such
confidence in his judgment and his fertility of resource, that the news
of his fall was received throughout the garrison with feelings of
consternation only second to the grief which was inspired in the hearts
of all by the loss of a public benefactor and a warm personal friend.
Feeling as keenly and as gratefully as I do the obligations that the
whole of us are under to this great and good man, I trust the Government
of India will pardon me for having attempted, however imperfectly, to
portray them. In him every good and deserving soldier lost a friend and
a chief capable of discriminating, and ever on the alert to reward
merit, no matter how humble the sphere in which it was exhibited.
The garrison had scarcely recovered the shock which it had sustained in
the loss of its revered and beloved General, when it had to mourn the
death of that able and respected officer, Major Banks, the officiating
chief commissioner, who received a bullet through his head while
examining a critical outpost on the 21st July, and died without a groan.
The description of our position, and the state of our defences when the
siege began, are so fully set forth in the memorandum furnished by the
garrison engineer, that I shall content myself with bringing to the
notice of his Lordship in Council the fact that when the blockade was
commenced, only two of our batteries were completed, part of the
defences were yet in an unfinished condition, and the buildings in the
immediate vicinity, which gave cover to the enemy, were only very
partially cleared away. Indeed, our heaviest losses have been caused by
the fire from the enemy's sharp-shooters stationed in the adjoining
mosques and houses of the native nobility, the necessity of destroying
which had been repeatedly drawn to the attention of Sir Henry by the
staff of engineers. But his invariable reply was, "Spare the holy
places, and private property too, as much as possible;" and we have
consequently suffered severely from our very tenderness to the religious
prejudices and respect to the rights of our rebellious citizens and
soldiery. As soon as the enemy had thoroughly completed the investment
of the Residency, they occupied these houses, some of which were within
easy pistol-shot of our barricades, in immense force, and rapidly made
loopholes on those sides which bore on our post, from which they kept up
a terrific and incessant fire day and night, which caused many daily
casualties, as there could not have been less than 8,000 men firing at
one time into our position. Moreover, there was no place in the whole of
our works that could be considered safe, for several of the sick and
wounded who were lying in the banqueting hall, which had been turned
into a hospital, were killed in the very centre of the building, and the
widow of Lieutenant Dorin and other women and children were shot dead in
rooms into which it had not been previously deemed possible that a
bullet could penetrate. Neither were the enemy idle in erecting
batteries. They soon had from twenty to twenty-five guns in position,
some of them of very large calibre. These were planted all round our
post at small distances, some being actually within fifty yards of our
defences, but in places where our own heavy guns could not reply to
them, while the perseverance and ingenuity of the enemy in erecting
barricades in front of, and around, their guns in a very short time,
rendered all attempts to silence them by musketry unavailing. Neither
could they be effectually silenced by shells, by reason of their extreme
proximity to our position, and because, moreover, the enemy had recourse
to digging very narrow trenches about eight feet in depth in rear of
each gun, in which the men lay while our shells were flying, and which
so effectually concealed them, even while working the gun, that our
baffled sharp-shooters could only see their hands while in the act of
loading.
The enemy contented themselves with keeping up this incessant fire of
cannon and musketry until the 20th July, on which day, at 10 A.M., they
assembled in very great force all round our position, and exploded a
heavy mine inside our outer line of defences at the Water Gate. The
mine, however, which was close to the Redan, and apparently sprung with
the intention of destroying that battery, did no harm. But as soon as
the smoke had cleared away, the enemy boldly advanced under cover of a
tremendous fire of cannon and musketry, with the object of storming the
Redan. But they were received with such a heavy fire, that after a short
struggle they fell back with much loss. A strong column advanced at the
same time to attack Innes' post, and came on to within ten yards of the
palisades, affording to Lieutenant Loughnan, 13th Native Infantry, who
commanded the position, and his brave garrison, composed of gentlemen of
the Uncovenanted Service, a few of Her Majesty's 32nd Foot and the 13th
Native Infantry, an opportunity of distinguishing themselves, which they
were not slow to avail themselves of, and the enemy were driven back
with great slaughter. The insurgents made minor attacks at almost every
outpost, but were invariably defeated, and at 2 P.M. they ceased their
attempts to storm the place, although their musketry fire and
cannonading continued to harass us unceasingly as usual. Matters
proceeded in this manner until the 10th August, when the enemy made
another assault, having previously sprung a mine close to the brigade
mess, which entirely destroyed our defences for the space of twenty
feet, and blew in a great portion of the outside wall of the house
occupied by Mr. Shilling's garrison. On the dust clearing away, a breach
appeared, through which a regiment could have advanced in perfect order,
and a few of the enemy came on with the utmost determination, but were
met with such a withering flank fire of musketry from the officers and
men holding the top of the brigade mess, that they beat a speedy
retreat, leaving the more adventurous of their numbers lying on the
crest of the breach. While this operation was going on, another large
body advanced on the Cawnpore battery, and succeeded in locating
themselves for a few minutes in the ditch. They were, however, dislodged
by hand-grenades. At Captain Anderson's post they also came boldly
forward with scaling ladders, which they planted against the wall; but
here, as elsewhere, they were met with the most indomitable resolution,
and the leaders being slain, the rest fled, leaving the ladders, and
retreated to their batteries and loopholed defences, from whence they
kept up, for the rest of the day, an unusually heavy cannonade and
musketry fire. On the 18th August the enemy sprang another mine in front
of the Sikh lines with very fatal effect. Captain Orr (unattached),
Lieutenants Mecham and Soppitt, who commanded the small body of drummers
composing the garrison, were blown into the air; but providentially
returned to earth with no further injury than a severe shaking. The
garrison, however, were not so fortunate. No less than eleven men were
buried alive under the ruins, from whence it was impossible to extricate
them, owing to the tremendous fire kept up by the enemy from houses
situated not ten yards in front of the breach. The explosion was
followed by a general assault of a less determined nature than the two
former efforts, and the enemy were consequently repulsed without much
difficulty. But they succeeded, under cover of the breach, in
establishing themselves in one of the houses in our position, from which
they were driven in the evening by the bayonets of Her Majesty's 32nd
and 84th Foot. On the 5th of September the enemy made their last serious
assault. Having exploded a large mine, a few feet short of the bastion
of the 18-pounder gun, in Major Apthorp's post, they advanced with large
heavy scaling ladders, which they planted against the wall, and mounted,
thereby gaining for an instant the embrasure of a gun. They were,
however, speedily driven back with loss by hand-grenades and musketry. A
few minutes subsequently they sprung another mine close to the brigade
mess, and advanced boldly; but soon the corpses strewed in the garden in
front of the post bore testimony to the fatal accuracy of the rifle and
musketry fire of the gallant members of that garrison, and the enemy fed
ignominiously, leaving their leader--a fine-looking old native
officer--among the slain. At other posts they made similar attacks, but
with less resolution, and everywhere with the same want of success.
Their loss upon this day must have been very heavy, as they came on with
much determination, and at night they were seen bearing large numbers of
their killed and wounded over the bridges in the direction of
cantonments.
The above is a faint attempt at a description of the four great
struggles which have occurred during this protracted season of exertion,
exposure, and suffering. His Lordship in Council will perceive that the
enemy invariably commenced his attacks by the explosion of a mine,--a
species of offensive warfare, for the exercise of which our position was
unfortunately peculiarly situated; and had it not been for the most
untiring vigilance on our part, in watching and blowing up their mines
before they were completed, the assaults would probably have been much
more numerous, and might, perhaps, have ended in the capture of the
place. But by countermining in all directions, we succeeded in detecting
and destroying no less than four of the enemy's subterraneous advances
towards important positions, two of which operations were eminently
successful, as on one occasion not less than eighty of them were blown
into the air, and twenty suffered a similar fate on the second
explosion. The labour, however, which devolved upon us in making these
counter-mines, in the absence of a body of skilled miners, was very
heavy. The Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council will feel
that it would be impossible to crowd, within the limits of a despatch,
even the principal events, much more the individual acts of gallantry,
which have marked this protracted struggle. But I can conscientiously
declare my conviction, that few troops have ever undergone greater
hardships, exposed as they have been to a never-ceasing musketry fire
and cannonade. They have also experienced the alternate vicissitudes of
extreme wet and intense heat, and that too with very insufficient
shelter from either, and in many places without any shelter at all. In
addition to having to repel real attacks, they have been exposed night
and day to the hardly less harassing false alarms which the enemy have
been constantly raising. The insurgents have frequently fired very
heavily, sounded the advance, and shouted for several hours together,
though not a man could be seen, with the view, of course, of harassing
our small and exhausted force; in which object they succeeded, for no
part has been strong enough to allow of a portion only of the garrison
being prepared in the event of a false attack being turned into a real
one. All, therefore, had to stand to their arms, and to remain at their
posts until the demonstration had ceased; and such attacks were of
almost nightly occurrence. The whole of the officers and men have been
on duty night and day during the eighty-seven days which the siege had
lasted, up to the arrival of Sir J. Outram, G.C.B.
In addition to this incessant military duty, the force has been nightly
employed in repairing defences, in moving guns, in burying dead animals,
in conveying ammunition and commissariat stores from one place to
another, and in other fatigue duties too numerous and too trivial to
enumerate here. I feel, however, that any words of mine will fail to
convey any adequate idea of what our fatigue and labours have
been--labours in which all ranks and all classes, civilians, officers,
and soldiers, have all borne an equally noble part. All have together
descended into the mine; all have together handled the shovel for the
interment of the putrid bullock; and all, accoutred with musket and
bayonet, have relieved each other on sentry, without regard to the
distinctions of rank, civil or military. Notwithstanding all these
hardships, the garrison has made no less than five sorties, in which
they spiked two of the enemy's heaviest guns, and blew up several of the
houses from which they had kept up the most harassing fire. Owing to the
extreme paucity of our numbers, each man was taught to feel that on his
own individual efforts alone depended in no small measure the safety of
the entire position. This consciousness incited every officer, soldier,
and man to defend the post assigned to him with such desperate tenacity,
and fight for the lives which Providence had intrusted to his care with
such dauntless determination, that the enemy, despite their constant
attacks, their heavy mines, their overwhelming numbers, and their
incessant fire, could never succeed in gaining one inch of ground within
the bounds of this straggling position, which was so feebly fortified,
that had they once obtained a footing in any of the outposts, the whole
place must inevitably have fallen.
If further proof be wanting of the desperate nature of the struggle
which we have, under God's blessing, so long and so successfully waged,
I would point to the roofless and ruined houses, to the crumpled walls,
to the exploded mines, to the open breaches, to the shattered and
disabled guns and defences, and lastly to the long and melancholy list
of the brave and devoted officers and men who have fallen. These silent
witnesses bear sad and solemn testimony to the way in which this feeble
position has been defended. During the early part of these vicissitudes,
we were left without any information whatever regarding the posture of
affairs outside. An occasional spy did indeed come in with the object of
inducing our sepoys and servants to desert; but the intelligence derived
from such sources was, of course, entirely untrustworthy. We sent our
messengers, daily calling for aid and asking for information, none of
whom ever returned until the 26th day of the siege, when a pensioner
named Ungud came back with a letter from General Havelock's camp,
informing us that they were advancing with a force sufficient to bear
down all opposition, and would be with us in five or six days. A
messenger was immediately despatched, requesting that on the evening of
their arrival on the outskirts of the city, two rockets might be sent
up, in order that we might take the necessary measures for assisting
them in forcing their way in. The sixth day, however, expired, and they
came not; but for many evenings after officers and men watched for the
ascension of the expected rockets, with hopes such as make the heart
sick. We knew not then, nor did we learn until the 29th of August--or
thirty-five days later--that the relieving force, after having fought
most nobly to effect our deliverance, had been obliged to fall back for
reinforcements, and this was the last communication we received until
two days before the arrival of Sir James Outram on Sept. 25th.
Besides heavy visitations of cholera and smallpox, we have also had to
contend against a sickness which has almost universally pervaded the
garrison. Commencing with a very painful eruption it has merged into a
low fever, combined with diarrhoea; and although few or no men have
actually died from its effects, it leaves behind a weakness and
lassitude which, in the absence of all material sustenance, save coarse
beef and still coarser flour, none have been able entirely to get over.
The mortality among the women and children, and especially among the
latter, from these diseases and from other causes, has been perhaps the
most characteristic of the siege. The want of native servants has also
been a source of much privation. Owing to the suddenness with which we
were besieged, many of these people who might perhaps have otherwise
proved faithful to their employers, but who were outside of the defences
at the time, were altogether excluded. Very many more deserted, and
several families were consequently left without the services of a single
domestic. Several ladies have had to tend their children, and even to
wash their own clothes, as well as to cook their scanty meals entirely
unaided. Combined with the absence of servants, the want of proper
accommodation has probably been the cause of much of the disease with
which we have been afflicted. I cannot refrain from bringing to the
prominent notice of his Lordship in Council the patient endurance and
the Christian resignation which have been evinced by the women of this
garrison. They have animated us by their example. Many, alas! have been
made widows and their children fatherless in this cruel struggle. But
all such seem resigned to the will of Providence, and many, among whom
may be mentioned the honoured names of Birch, of Polehampton, of Barbor,
and of Gall, have, after the example of Miss Nightingale, constituted
themselves the tender and solicitous nurses of the wounded and dying
soldiers in the hospital.
It only remains for me to bring to the favourable notice of his Lordship
in Council the names of those officers who have most distinguished
themselves, and afforded me the most valuable assistance in these
operations. Many of the best and bravest of these now rest from their
labours. Among them are Lieutenant-Colonel Case and Captain Radcliffe,
whose services have already been narrated. Captain Francis, 13th Native
Infantry--who was killed by a round shot--had particularly attracted the
attention of Sir H. Lawrence for his conduct while in command of the
Muchee Bhawun; Captain Fulton, of the Engineers, who also was struck by
a round shot, had, up to the time of his early and lamented death,
afforded me the most invaluable aid; he was indeed indefatigable; Major
Anderson, the chief Engineer, though, from the commencement of the
siege, incapable of physical exertion from the effects of the disease
under which he eventually sank, merited my warm acknowledgments for his
able counsel. Captain Simons, commandant of artillery, distinguished
himself at Chinhut, where he received the two wounds which ended in his
death; Lieutenants Shepherd and Arthur, 7th Light Cavalry, who were
killed at their posts; Captain Hughes, 57th Native Infantry, who was
mortally wounded at the capture of a house which formed one of the
enemy's outposts; Captain M'Cabe, of the 32nd Foot, who was killed at
the head of his men while leading his fourth sortie, as well as Captain
Mansfield, of the same corps, who died of cholera--were all officers who
had distinguished themselves highly. Mr. Lucas too, a gentleman
volunteer, and Mr. Boyson, of the Uncovenanted Service--who fell when on
the look-out at one of the most perilous outposts--had earned themselves
reputations for coolness and gallantry.
The officers who commanded outposts--Lieutenant-Colonel Master, 7th
Light Cavalry; Major Apthorp, and Captain Sanders, 41st Native Infantry;
Captain Boileau, 7th Light Cavalry; Captain Germon, 13th Native
Infantry; Lieutenant Aitkin, and Lieutenant Loughnan, of the same corps;
Captain Anderson, 25th Native Infantry; Lieutenant Graydon, 44th Native
Infantry; Lieutenant Langmore, 71st Native Infantry; and Mr. Schilling,
principal of the Martiniere College--have all conducted ably the duties
of their onerous position. No further proof of this is necessary than
the fact which I have before mentioned, that throughout the whole
duration of the siege, the enemy were not only unable to take, but they
could not even succeed in gaining, one inch of the posts commanded by
these gallant gentlemen. Colonel Master commanded the critical and
important post of the brigade mess, on either side of which was an open
breach, only flanked by his handful of riflemen and musketeers.
Lieutenant Aitkin, with the whole of the 13th Native Infantry, which
remained to us with the exception of their Sikhs, commanded the Baillie
Guard--perhaps the most important position in the whole of the defences;
and Lieutenant Langmore, with the remnant of his regiment (the 71st),
held a very exposed position between the Hospital and the Water Gate.
This gallant and deserving young soldier and his men were entirely
without shelter from the weather, both by night and by day.
My thanks are also due to Lieutenants Anderson, Hutchinson, and Innes,
of the Engineers, as well as Lieutenant Tulloch, 58th Native Infantry,
and Lieutenant Hay, 48th Native Infantry, who were placed under them to
aid in the arduous duties devolving upon that department. Lieutenant
Thomas, Madras Artillery, who commanded that arm of the service for some
weeks, and Lieutenants Macfarlane and Bonham, rendered me the most
effectual assistance. I was, however, deprived of the services of the
two latter, who were wounded, Lieutenant Bonham no less than three
times, early in the siege. Captain Evans, 17th Bombay Native Infantry,
who, owing to the scarcity of artillery officers, was put in charge of
some guns, was ever to be found at his post.
Major Lowe, commanding Her Majesty's 32nd Regiment; Captain Bassano,
Lieutenants Lawrence, Edmonstoune, Foster, Harmar, Cooke, Clery, Browne,
and Charlton, of that corps, have all nobly performed their duty. Every
one of these officers, with the exception of Lieutenants Lawrence and
Clery, have received one or more wounds of more or less severity.
Quartermaster Stribbling, of the same corps, also conducted himself to
my satisfaction.
Captain O'Brien, Her Majesty's 84th Foot; Captain Kemble, 41st Native
Infantry; Captain Edgell, 53rd Native Infantry; Captain Dinning,
Lieutenant Sewell, and Lieutenant Worsley, of the 71st Native Infantry;
Lieutenant Warner, 7th Local Corps; Ensign Ward, 48th Native Infantry
(who, when most of our artillery officers were killed or disabled,
worked the mortars with excellent effect); Lieutenant Graham, 11th
Native Infantry; Lieutenant Mecham, 4th Oude Locals; and Lieutenant
Keir, 41st Native Infantry, have all done good and willing service
throughout the siege, and I trust that they will receive the favourable
notice of his Lordship in Council.
I beg particularly to call the attention of the Government of India to
the untiring industry, the extreme devotion, and the great skill which
have been evinced by Surgeon Scott (superintending surgeon), and
Assistant-surgeon Boyd, of Her Majesty's 32nd Foot; Assistant-surgeon
Bird, of the Artillery; Surgeon Campbell, 7th Light Cavalry; Surgeon
Brydon, 7th Native Infantry; Surgeon Ogilvie, sanitary commissioner;
Assistant-surgeon Fayrer, civil surgeon; Assistant-surgeon Partridge,
2nd Oude Irregular Cavalry; Assistant-surgeon Greenhow;
Assistant-surgeon Darby, and by Mr. Apothecary Thompson, in the
discharge of their onerous and most important duties.
Messrs. Thornhill and Capper, of the Civil Service, have been both
wounded, and the way in which they, as well as Mr. Martin, the deputy
commissioner of Lucknow, conducted themselves, entitles them to a place
in this despatch. Captain Carnegie, the special assistant commissioner,
whose invaluable service previous to the commencement of the siege I
have frequently heard warmly dilated upon, both by Sir H. Lawrence and
by Major Banks, and whose exertions will probably be more amply brought
to notice by the civil authorities on some future occasion, has
conducted the office of provost marshal to my satisfaction. The Reverend
Mr. Harris and the Reverend Mr. Polehampton, assistant chaplains, vied
with each other in their untiring care and attention to the suffering
men. The latter gentleman was wounded in the hospital, and subsequently
unhappily died of cholera. Mr. M'Crae, of the Civil Engineers, did
excellent service, at the guns, until he was severely wounded. Mr.
Cameron, also, a gentleman who had come to Oude to inquire into the
resources of the country, acquired the whole mystery of mortar practice,
and was of the most signal service until incapacitated by sickness. Mr.
Marshall, of the road department, and other members of the Uncovenanted
Service, whose names will, on a subsequent occasion, be laid before the
Government of India, conducted themselves bravely and steadily. Indeed,
the entire body of these gentlemen have borne themselves well, and have
evinced great coolness under fire.
I have now only to bring to the notice of the Right Honourable the
Governor-General in Council the conduct of the several officers who
composed my staff:--Lieutenant James, sub-assistant commissary-general,
was severely wounded by a shot through the knee at Chinhut,
notwithstanding which he refused to go upon the sick list, and carried
on his most trying duties throughout the entire siege. It is not too
much to say that the garrison owe their lives to the exertions and
firmness of this officer. Before the struggle commenced, he was ever in
the saddle, getting in supplies, and his untiring vigilance in their
distribution after our difficulties had begun, prevented a waste which
otherwise, long before the expiration of the eighty-seven days, might
have annihilated the force by the slow process of starvation.
Captain Wilson, 13th Native Infantry, officiating deputy-assistant
adjutant-general, was ever to be found where shot was flying thickest;
and I am at a loss to decide whether his services were more invaluable
owing to the untiring physical endurance and bravery which he displayed,
or to his ever-ready and pertinent counsel and advice in moments of
difficulty and danger.
Lieutenant Hardinge, an officer whose achievements and antecedents are
well known to the Government of India, has earned fresh laurels by his
conduct throughout the siege. He was officiating as deputy-assistant
quartermaster-general, and also commanded the Sikh portion of the
cavalry of the garrison. In both capacities his services have been
invaluable, especially in the latter, for it was owing alone to his
tact, vigilance, and bravery, that the Sikh horsemen were induced to
persevere in holding a very unprotected post under a heavy fire.
Lieutenant Barwell, 71st Native Infantry, the fort adjutant and
officiating major of brigade, has proved himself to be an efficient
officer.
Lieutenant Birch, of the 71st Native Infantry, has been my aide-de-camp
throughout the siege. I firmly believe there never was a better
aide-de-camp. He has been indefatigable, and ever ready to lead a
sortie, or to convey an order to a threatened outpost under the heaviest
fire. On one of these occasions he received a slight wound on the head.
I beg to bring the services of this most promising and intelligent young
officer to the favourable consideration of his Lordship in Council.
I am also much indebted to Mr. Cooper, Civil Service, for the assistance
he has on many occasions afforded me by his judicious advice. I have,
moreover, ever found him most ready and willing in the performance of
the military duties assigned to him, however exposed the post or arduous
the undertaking. He commenced his career in Her Majesty's service, and
consequently had had some previous experience of military matters. If
the road to Cawnpore had been made clear by the advent of our troops, it
was my intention to have deputed this officer to Calcutta, to detail in
person the occurrences which have taken place, for the information of
the Government of India. I still hope that when our communications shall
be once more unopposed he may be summoned to Calcutta for this purpose.
Lastly, I have the pleasure of bringing the splendid behaviour of the
soldiers, viz., the men of Her Majesty's 32nd Foot, the small detachment
of Her Majesty's 84th Foot, the European and Native Artillery, the 13th,
48th, and 71st Regiments of Native Infantry, and the Sikhs of the
respective corps, to the notice of the Government of India. The losses
sustained by Her Majesty's 32nd, which is now barely 300 strong; by Her
Majesty's 84th, and by the European Artillery, show at least that they
knew how to die in the cause of their countrymen. Their conduct under
the fire, the exposure, and the privations which they had to undergo,
has been throughout most admirable and praiseworthy.
As another instance of the desperate character of our defence, and the
difficulties we have had to contend with, I may mention that the number
of our artillerymen was so reduced that on the occasion of an attack,
the gunners, aided as they were by men of Her Majesty's 32nd Foot, and
by volunteers of all classes, had to run from one battery to another,
wherever the fire of the enemy was hottest, there not being nearly
enough men to serve half the number of guns at the same time. In short,
at last, the number of European gunners was only twenty-four, while we
had, including mortars, no less than thirty guns in position.
With respect to the native troops, I am of opinion that their loyalty
has never been surpassed. They were indifferently fed and worse housed.
They were exposed--especially the 13th Regiment--under the gallant
Lieutenant Aitken, to a most galling fire of round shot and musketry,
which materially decreased their numbers. They were so near the enemy
that conversation could be carried on between them; and every effort,
persuasion, promise, and threat was alternately resorted to, in vain, to
seduce them from their allegiance to the handful of Europeans, who, in
all probability, would have been sacrificed by their desertion. All the
troops behaved nobly, and the names of those men of the native force who
have particularly distinguished themselves, have been laid before
Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B., who has promised to promote
them. Those of the European force will be transmitted in due course for
the orders of His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief.
In conclusion, I beg leave to express, on the part of myself and the
members of this garrison, our deep and grateful sense of the conduct of
Major-General Sir J. Outram, G.C.B.; of Brigadier-General Havelock,
C.B., and of the troops under those officers who so devotedly came to
our relief at so heavy a sacrifice of life. We are also repaid for much
suffering and privation by the sympathy which our brave deliverers say
our perilous and unfortunate position has excited for us in the hearts
of our countrymen throughout the length and breadth of Her Majesty's
dominions.--I have, &c.,
(Signed) T. Inglis,
Colonel, Her Majesty's 32nd, Brigadier.
No. V.
_From the Homeward Mail._
A COMPLETE NOMINAL LIST OF THE OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE UNCOVENANTED
SERVICE, AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE LUCKNOW GARRISON; AND AS THE
RETURN PROCEEDED FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE THE AUTHENTICITY MAY BE FULLY
RELIED ON.
_General Staff._
Brigadier-General Sir H. M. Lawrence, chief commissioner, killed;
Lieutenant Hutchinson, aide-de-camp; Captain Hayes, military secretary,
killed; Captain Edgell, officiating; Captain Wilson, deputy
assistant-adjutant-general, contused, recovered; Lieutenant Hardinge,
deputy assistant quartermaster-general, twice wounded, recovered;
Lieutenant James, sub-assistant commissary general, wounded, doing well;
Major Anderson, chief engineer, dead; Major Marriott, pension-paymaster.
_Brigade Staff._
Brigadier Handscomb, commanding Oude brigade, killed; Brigadier Inglis,
commanding the garrison; Lieutenant Birch, aide-de-camp, slightly
wounded, recovered; Lieutenant Barwell, town and fort adjutant,
officiating major of brigade; Captain Carnegie, provost marshal.
_Artillery._
Captain Simons, wounded, since dead; First Lieutenant Alexander,
wounded, recovered, since killed; First Lieutenant Thomas (Madras);
Second Lieutenant Lewin, killed; Lieutenant Brice, wounded, since dead;
Second Lieutenant Bonham, wounded three times, doing well; Second
Lieutenant J. Alexander, slightly wounded, recovered; Second Lieutenant
MacFarlan, wounded, doing well; Second Lieutenant Cunliffe, wounded,
since dead.
_Engineers._
Captain Fulton, garrison engineer, killed; Lieutenant Anderson (Madras)
officiating; Lieutenant Innes.
_7th Regiment Light Cavalry._
Lieutenant-Colonel Master; Captain Staples, killed; Captain Radcliffe,
wounded, since dead; Captain Boileau, slightly wounded, recovered;
Lieutenant Arthur, killed; Lieutenant Boulton, killed; Lieutenant
Warner, adjutant; Lieutenant Martin, killed; Lieutenant Farquhar,
wounded, convalescent; Lieutenant Raleigh, killed; Surgeon Campbell;
veterinary surgeon Hely, killed; riding master Eldridge, killed.
_Her Majesty's 32nd Foot._
Lieutenant-Colonel Case, killed; Major Lowe, commanding, twice wounded,
doing well; Captain Stevens, killed; Captain Mansfield, dead; Captain
Power, wounded, since dead; Captain Bassano, wounded, recovered; Captain
M'Cabe, mortally wounded, since dead; Lieutenant Lawrence; Lieutenant
Edmonstoune, twice wounded, doing well; Lieutenant Webb, killed;
Lieutenant Foster, wounded, recovered; Lieutenant Clery; Lieutenant
Brown; Lieutenant Brackenbury, killed; Lieutenant Harmer, wounded, doing
well; Lieutenant Cook, slightly wounded, recovered; Ensign Charlton,
wounded, doing well; Ensign Studdy, killed; Paymaster Giddings;
Quartermaster Stribbling; Surgeon Scott, M.D.; Assistant-Surgeon Boyd.
_Detachment of Her Majesty's 84th Foot._
Lieutenant O'Brien, wounded, recovered; Ensign McGrath.
_13th Regiment Native Infantry._
Major Bruère, killed; Captain Waterman, wounded, recovered; Captain
Germon; Captain Francis, killed; Lieutenant Aitken, Quartermaster;
Lieutenant Chambers, adjutant, wounded, doing well; Lieutenant Thain;
Lieutenant Loughnan; Ensign Green, dead; Surgeon Pitt.
_41st Regiment Native Infantry._
Major Apthorp; Captain Kemble, wounded, recovered; Captain Sanders;
Lieutenant Ruggles; Lieutenant Graves, dead; Lieutenant Darrah;
Lieutenant Inglis, wounded, recovered; Lieutenant Keir; Ensign McGregor,
dead; Ensign Hewitt, slightly wounded, recovered; Surgeon Macdonald,
dead.
_48th Regiment Native Infantry._
Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer; Major Bird; Captain Burmester, killed;
Captain Green; Lieutenant Huxham, twice wounded, doing well; Lieutenant
Smith, Adjutant, wounded (accidentally), doing well; Lieutenant Ouseley,
Quartermaster; Lieutenant Fletcher, wounded, doing well; Lieutenant
Dashwood, wounded, since dead; Lieutenant Hay, wounded slightly,
recovered; Ensign Farquharson, killed; Ensign O'Dowda, slightly wounded,
recovered; Ensign Ward; Surgeon Wells, wounded slightly, recovered.
_71st Regiment Native Infantry._
Colonel Halford, dead; Captain Strangways, slightly wounded, recovered;
Captain Dinning; Captain Maclean, killed; Lieutenant Langmore, Adjutant;
Lieutenant Sewell; Lieutenant Grant, killed; Ensign Worsley; Ensign C.
W. Campbell, wounded, doing well; Ensign W. Campbell; Surgeon Brydon,
wounded, recovered.
_Officers not belonging to the Oude Brigade._
Major Banks, Provisional Chief Commissioner, killed; Captain Stuart, 3rd
Native Infantry; Captain H. Lloyd Evans, 17th Bombay Native Infantry;
Lieutenant Fullerton, 44th Native Infantry, dead; Lieutenant Lester,
32nd Native Infantry, killed; Lieutenant Tullock, 58th Native Infantry;
Lieutenant Birch, 59th Native Infantry, killed; Ensign Inglis, 63rd
Native Infantry, doing duty 13th Native Infantry; Captain Weston, 65th
Native Infantry, Oude Frontier Police; Ensign Dashwood, 18th Native
Infantry, mortally wounded, since dead.
_Oude Irregular Force._
Brigadier Gray, Commanding; Captain Barlow, Major of Brigade, wounded,
since dead; Captain Forbes, 1st Oude Cavalry, slightly wounded,
recovered; Lieutenant Bax, Second in Command, killed; Lieutenant Graham,
Officiating Adjutant, dead; Assistant-Surgeon Greenhow; Major Gall, 2nd
Oude Cavalry, killed; Lieutenant Shepherd, Second in Command, killed;
Lieutenant Barbor, Adjutant, killed; Gentleman Volunteer Fayrer, killed;
Assistant-Surgeon Partridge; Lieutenant Graham, Adjutant, 3rd Oude
Cavalry, slightly wounded twice, recovered; Lieutenant Clarke, 1st Oude
Infantry; Captain Hughes, 4th Oude Infantry, wounded, since dead;
Lieutenant Soppitt, 4th Oude Infantry; Assistant-Surgeon Hadow; Captain
Hawes, 6th Oude Infantry, wounded, recovered; Lieutenant Grant, Second
in Command, wounded, since dead; Apothecary Thompson; Lieutenant
Graydon, 7th Oude Infantry, very dangerously wounded, since dead;
Lieutenant Watson, Second in Command; Lieutenant Mechamns, Adjutant;
Lieutenant Vanrenen, 9th Oude Infantry; Assistant-Surgeon Darby, M.D.,
10th Oude Infantry; Captain Hearsey, unattached; Captain Orr, unattached.
_Assistant Chaplains of Lucknow._
The Reverend H. P. Harris; the Reverend H. S. Polehampton, wounded,
since dead.
_Civil Surgeons._
Surgeon Ogilvie, Superintendent of Jails; Assistant-Surgeon Fayrer,
Residency Surgeon.
_Gentlemen of the Civil Service._
Mr. Gubbins, Financial Commissioner; Mr. Ommanney, Judicial
Commissioner, killed; Mr. Cooper, Secretary, Chief Commissioner; Mr.
Martin, Deputy-Commissioner, Lucknow; Mr. Benson, Deputy-Commissioner,
Durriabad; Mr. Capper, Deputy-Commissioner, Mullaon; Mr. Lawrence,
Officiating Deputy-Commissioner, Gondah, wounded, recovered; Mr.
Thornhill, Assistant-Commissioner, Lucknow, slightly wounded,
recovered--dangerously wounded, since dead; Mr. Boulderson,
Assistant-Commissioner, Lucknow, slightly wounded, recovered.
_Ladies and Children in Garrison._
Mrs. Hayes and child, Mrs. Edgell and child, Mrs. Marriot, Mrs. Inglis
and three children, Mrs. Barwell and child, Mrs. Thomas and child (Mrs.
Thomas, dead), Mrs. Lewin and two children, Mrs. Staples, Mrs. Radcliffe
and three children (one child dead), Mrs. Boileau and three children,
Mrs. Case and sister, Mrs. Steeven, Mrs. Giddings, Mrs. Bruère and four
children, Mrs. Germon, Mrs. Aitken, Mrs. Pitt and child, Mrs. Apthorp
and child (child dead), Mrs. Darrah and two children, Miss Palmer
killed, Mrs. Bird and two children (one child dead), Mrs. Green (dead),
Mrs. Huxham and two children (one child dead), Mrs. Ouseley and three
children (two children dead), Mrs. Dashwood and three children (one
child dead), Mrs. Wells and child, Mrs. Halford, Miss Halford, Mrs.
Strangways and four children (one child dead), Mrs. Brydon and two
children, Mrs. Stuart and child, Mrs. Banks and child, Mrs. Birch, Mrs.
Orr and child, Mrs. Hearsey, Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Forbes and three children
(two children dead), Mrs. Graham and two children (one child dead), Mrs.
Gall, Mrs. Barbor, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Soppitt, Mrs. Grant and child (both
dead), Mrs. Watson and child, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Polehampton, Mrs.
Ogilvie, Mrs. Fayrer and child, Mrs. Gubbins, Miss Nepean, Mrs. Ommaney,
two Misses Ommaney, Mrs. Couper and three children, Mrs. Martin and two
children (two children dead), Mrs. Benson and child (child dead), Mrs.
Thornhill and child (child dead), Mrs. Schilling, Mrs. Hale and child,
(both dead), Mrs. Fullerton and child (child dead), Mrs. Dorin, killed;
Mrs Kendall and child (child dead), Mrs. Bartrum and child (child dead),
Mrs. Clarke and child (both dead), Mrs. Anderson and child (both dead),
Mrs. Anderson, Dr. Mrs. Boileau and four children (one child dead), Miss
E. E. Birch.
_European Women and Children in Garrison._
Mrs. Evans, dead; Mrs. Brett and child (child dead), Mrs. Ball and
child; Mrs. Cane and three children; Mrs. Court and two children; Mrs.
Connell and child; Mrs. Grant; Mrs. Abbott and child (child dead); Mrs.
Hembro and three children; Mrs. Purcell and child; Mrs. Longton and
child; Mrs. Morgan; Mrs. Sexton; Mrs. Ramsay; Mrs. Watson and child;
Mrs. Ryder; Mrs. Wells and child; Mrs. Woods and three children (one
child dead); Mrs. Morton and child (child dead); Mrs. Baxter and three
children; Mrs. Fitzgerald and child; Mrs. Fitzgerald and three children
(one child dead); Mrs. Martin; Mrs. Kinsley and four children; Mrs. Rae;
Mrs. Gabriell and three children; Mrs. Pew, senior; Mrs. Pew, junior,
and four children (two children dead); Mrs. Ireland and child; Mrs.
Swarris and three children; Mrs. Gambooa; Mrs. Blyth and child (child
dead); Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Luxted; Miss Luxted; Mrs. Catania; Mrs. Forbes;
Mrs. Blaney; Mrs. Hyde and two children; Mrs. Sequera, senior; Mrs.
Sequera, junior, killed; Mrs. Chrestien; Miss Sequera, Mrs. Vaughan and
two children; Mrs. Beale; Mrs. Hardingham; Mrs. Sinclair; Miss Hampton;
Mrs. Elliott; Mrs. Sangster and two children; Mrs. Barnett and child;
Miss Sangster; Mrs. Browne; Mrs. Hamilton and three children (two
children dead); Mrs. Velozo; Miss Velozo; Mrs. Horn and three children;
Mrs. Parry and four children; Mrs. Ereth; Mrs. Bates; Mrs. Scott and
child (child dead); Mrs. Need and three children; Mrs. Higgins, dead;
Mrs. Williams and child (child dead); Mrs. Wilkinson, dead; Mrs. Allnutt
and child (child dead); Mrs. Reilly and child (child dead); Mrs. Collins
and child (both dead); Mrs. Macgrenan; Mrs. Garland and child; Miss
Clarke; Mrs. J. J. Phillips; Mrs. W. Phillips and child; Mrs. Leslie;
Mrs. Lincoln and child; Mrs. Chick and two children (one child dead);
Mrs. Clancey and two children; Mrs. Joyce and child; Mrs. Best and child
(child dead); Mrs. Pidgeon; Mrs. Todd and child; Mrs. Blunt; Mrs.
Garrett and two children; Mrs. Pedron; Miss Marshall; Miss Savaille;
Miss Campagnac; Mrs. Dudman and three children (two children dead); Mrs.
Ward and child; Mrs. Dudman 2nd, Mrs. Rennick; Mrs. Derozario; Mrs.
Dacosta; Mrs. Archer and two children; Mrs. Hilton and two children;
Mrs. Dera Vara and two children; Mrs. Pender and four children; Mrs.
McDonnough and two children; Mrs. Oliver and two children; Mrs. Brown;
Mrs. Rontleff and child; Mrs. Curwan and child; Mrs. Lynch and child;
Mrs. Moreton and two children (both children dead); Mrs. Smith and three
children; Mrs. Brandoff; Mrs. Curtain and three children; Mrs. Kennedy;
Mrs. Bally and two children; Mrs. Peter; Miss Kennedy; Mrs. Burnet and
child; Mrs. Cook and four children (one child dead); Mrs. Bryson and
four children (one child dead); Mrs. Marshall; Mrs. Rutledge and two
children; Mrs. Lawrence and two children (one child dead); Mrs. Samson;
Mrs. Horan and three children; Mrs. Kavanagh and four children (one
child dead); Mrs. F. Marshall and two children; Mrs. Sago; Mrs. Virtue;
Miss Virtue; Miss Brown; Mrs. F. Williams and two children; Mrs. Gordon
and two children; Mrs. Hoff; Mrs. Wittenbaker and eight children; Mrs.
Donnithorne and two children (one child dead); Mrs. Pearce and two
children; Mrs. Mendes, dead; Miss Gardner; Miss Roberts; Mrs. Dubois,
senior; Mrs. Dubois, junior; Mrs. Campagnac, senior; Mrs. Campagnac,
junior, and four children; Miss Campagnac, 1st; Miss Campagnac, 2nd;
Mrs. Mahar and two children; Mrs. Twitchem; Mrs. Marley and one child;
Miss Hampton; Mrs. Longden; Miss Rodgers; Mrs. Duff and child; Mrs.
Griffiths and three children; Mrs. Keogh and five children (three
children dead); Mrs. Molloy and five children; Mrs. Hernon and four
children; Mrs. Bickers and three children; Mrs. Barrett and three
children (one child dead); Mrs. Casey and five children (one child
dead); Mrs. Alone, Miss Alone; Miss Arno; Miss Robinson; Miss Bowhear;
Mrs. Johannes and child; Mrs. Queiros and child; Mrs. Dias; Mrs.
Pelling; Mrs. Nazareth and two children (Mrs. Nazareth, dead); Mrs.
Nugent, junior, and three children; Mrs. Joseph and three children; Mrs.
Hamilton; Mrs. Blenman; Mrs. Bates and child; Mrs. Barfoot.
_Members of the Uncovenanted Service._
Messrs. J. F. Macgrenan, R. Garland, W. E. Fitzgerald, R. M. Collins, F.
Leach, F. Williams, F. Knight, J. Gordon, E. Hoff, R. Dorrett, Anthony
Wharton, Wittenbaker, Wittenbaker junior (killed), S. Williams,
Donnithorne, Velozo, Pearce, Mendes (killed), Phillips, French, Leslie,
Lincoln, Chick, W. Phillips, Clancey (killed), Ewart, Todd, R. Joyce,
Thriepland Blund, Forrester (wounded), Potter, Kavanagh, Marshall,
Forder, May, Martin, Morgan (wounded), McRae (wounded), Bryson (killed),
J. Brown (killed), C. Brown (killed), O. Browne (dead), W. Marshall
(killed), E. Sequera (killed), Blancey (wounded, recovered), Rutledge
(wounded, recovered), Duhan, Hutton, Owen, Morgan, Lawrence, Sarle,
Sequera, Parey, Allnutt, B. Alone, A. Alone (wounded), A. Bates, Blenham
(wounded), Bailey (wounded, recovered), Bickers (wounded), Ereth
(killed), T. Catania, C. Catania, Hardingham, Rees, J. Sinclair
(wounded), McAuliffe (killed), Sinclair (pensioner), Rae, Gabriel,
Samuels, Pew, sen., A. Pew, jun., G. Ireland, W. Ireland, Swarries
(wounded, recovered), Fernandes, Blythe, Jones, Luxted (pensioner), Hyde
(wounded, slightly recovered), Howard, Forbes, Blaney, Deprat (killed),
W. Hamilton, Sequera, Sequera, jun. (wounded, recovered), Chrestien,
Schmidth (wounded, since dead), Collins, Vaughan (wounded, recovered),
Elliott, Sangster, Beale (killed), Queiros, Queiros junior, Queiros 3rd,
Johannes, Nazareth, Dias, Signor Barsotelli, Jeoffry, W. Brown,
Mitchell, Johnson, Symes, Wells (killed), Dubois, Campagnac, C.
Campagnac, E. Dudman, Owen, Hill, Crabb (killed), Need (killed), Ward,
Barry, Casey (dead), Barrett (dead), Wiltshire (dead), Macmanus
(killed), Cameron (dead), Gerald Cameron (merchant), H. H. Birch (son of
the late Lieut.-Col. F. W. Birch).
_Martiniere School._
Mr. Schilling, Principal; Mr. Crank, Assistant; Messrs. Archer, Dodd,
Wall, Hilton, Dera Vara, De Verrine, and boys.