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The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8

Chapter 4: Various Tail-pieces, Vignettes, &c.
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A chronological narrative of a large-scale military uprising in India and the campaigns that suppressed it, recounting early insubordination, mutiny, sieges, massacres, desperate evacuations, and eventual restoration of order. The account surveys operations across multiple regions, contrasts the varying loyalties of different social, caste, and military groups, and highlights logistical, political, and administrative difficulties faced by authorities and troops. It describes relief efforts, tribunals and debates over punishment and army reorganization, and closes with concise notices of contemporaneous expeditions to Persia, China, and Japan and the transfer of civil governance.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
Delhi, 1
Initial Letter, 1
Tail-piece, 13
Initial Letter, 14
Boats on the Ganges, 19
Palanquin, 21
Indian Domestics, 22
Group of Sepoys, 28
Bungalow, 29
Troops on the March, 30
Initial Letter, 32
Viscount Canning, 41
Calcutta, 43
Council-house at Calcutta, 47
King’s Palace, Delhi, 48
Initial Letter, 48
Laboratory at Meerut, 55
Dâk Runner, 58
Initial Letter, 59
Bird’s-eye view of Delhi.—From a Coloured Lithograph by A. Maclure; taken from Original Native Drawings, 64
Howdah of an Indian Prince, 68
King of Delhi, 69
Initial Letter, 69
Escape from Delhi, 73
Delhi from Flagstaff Tower, 76
Elephant and State Howdah, 81
Lucknow, 82
Initial Letter, 82
Sir Henry Lawrence, 92
Residency at Lucknow, 93
Ekah, or Officer’s Travelling Wagon, 96
General View of Calcutta from Fort William, 97
Initial Letter, 97
Ghât on the Ganges, 105
City and Fort of Allahabad, 108
Agra Fort, 109
Nynee Tal—a Refuge for European Fugitives, 116
Palanquin, 120
Parade-ground, Cawnpore, 121
Initial Letter, 121
Nena Sahib.—From a Picture painted at Bithoor in 1850, by Mr Beechy, Portrait-painter to the King of Oude, 124
The Intrenchment at Cawnpore, 128
Plan of Sir H. Wheeler’s Intrenchment at Cawnpore.—From an Official Survey, 129
House at Cawnpore, in which the Women and Children were massacred, 141
The Well at Cawnpore, 146
House of the Rajah at Allahabad, 147
Initial Letter, 147
Mess-house of the Officers of the 6th Native Infantry at Allahabad, 157
Sikh Cavalry, 162
Initial Letter, 163
Simla, the Summer Residence of the Governor-general of India, 173
Tomb at Futtehpore Sikri, 175
Initial Letter, 176
Fort of Mhow, 185
Girls at the Ganges, 190
Akali of the Sikhs, 191
Initial Letter, 191
Sir John Lawrence, 193
Camel and Rider, 205
Catholic Church, Sirdhana; built by Begum Sumroo, 209
Sir Colin Campbell, 210
Initial Letter, 210
General View of Madras.—From a Drawing by Thomas Daniell, 216
Bombay.—From a View in the Library of the East India Company, 217
Jumma Musjid, Agra; Mosque built by Shah Jehan in 1656, 229
Initial Letter, 230
Sir Henry Barnard, 232
Hindoo Rao’s House—Battery in front, 237
The General and his Staff at the Mosque Picket before Delhi, 240
General Wilson, 244
Engineer Officers in Battery before Delhi, 245
Bullock-wagon, 246
Sir Henry Havelock, 247
Initial Letter, 247
Plan of Action near Cawnpore, July 16, 1857, 252
Plan of Action near Bithoor, August 16, 1857, 257
Brigadier-general Neill, 261
Initial Letter, 264
Major Vincent Eyre, 265
Mr Boyle’s House at Arrah, defended for seven days against 3000 rebels, 269
Initial Letter, 277
Fort at Agra, from the river Jumna, 281
Mount Aboo—Military Sanatarium in Rajpootana, 292
Native Musicians at a Sepoy Station, 294
Brigadier-general Nicholson.—Copied by permission from a Portrait published by Messrs Gambart, 295
Initial Letter, 295
Jumma Musjid at Delhi.—From a Photograph, 304
Corporal Burgess, blown up at Cashmere Gate, 308
Scene of capture of the Princes of Delhi—Tomb of Emperor Humayoon, 313
State Palanquin, 315
Sir J. E. W. Inglis, Defender of Lucknow, 316
Initial Letter, 316
Plan of Residency and part of the City of Lucknow, 321
English Church and Residency at Lucknow—from Officers’ Quarters, 329
Mr Colvin, Lieutenant-governor of Northwest Provinces, 338
Initial Letter, 338
Camp within the Fort, Agra.—From a Photograph, 349
Lieutenant Home, Bengal Engineers, 352
Colonel Burn, Military Governor of Delhi, 356
Ruins near Kootub Minar, Delhi, 358
Lucknow, from the Observatory, 359
Initial Letter, 359
Plan of the Residency and its Defences, Lucknow, 362
Plan of Fort of Alum Bagh, near Lucknow, 370
Group of Mahratta Arms.—From the Collection of Sir S. Meyrick, 373
Initial Letter, 374
Plan of the Battle of Cawnpore, December 6, 1857, 379
St James’s Church, Delhi, 384
Tail-piece, 387
Colonel E. H. Greathed, 388
Initial Letter, 388
Houses in the Chandnee Chowk, Delhi, 396
Tail-piece, 397
Sir James Outram, 398
Initial Letter, 398
Moulvies, or Mohammedan Religious Teachers, 408
Tail-piece, 411
Goorkhas in their native country, Nepaul, 412
Initial Letter, 412
Gateway of the Emanbarra at Lucknow, 420
Major Hodson, Commandant of Hodson’s Horse, 425
Hindoo Metallic Ornaments, 428
Barrackpore, 429
Initial Letter, 429
Kootub Minar, near Delhi, 436
Obelisk built on the Site of the Black Hole, Calcutta.—From a Drawing in the India House, 441
Group of Indian Arms, 445
Zemindar, Hindoo Landowner, 446
Initial Letter, 446
East India House, 452
Ganges Transport Boat, 461
Jung Bahadoor, of Nepaul, 462
Initial Letter, 462
Goorkha Havildar or Sergeant, 468
Ghazeepore, 471
Fort of Peshawur, 477
Tail-piece, 481
Summer Costumes, Indian Army, 482
Initial Letter, 482
Dacca, 485
Fyzabad, 489
Hindoo Fruit-girl, 493
Tail-piece, 503
Sir Hugh Rose, 504
Initial Letter, 504
Gwalior, 512
The Ranee of Jhansi, 513
Darjeeling—Hill Sanatarium in Sikkim, 517
Initial Letter, 517
Principal Street in Lucknow, 524
Surat.—From a View in the Library of the East India Company, 528
Lahore, 529
Kolapore, 533
Tail-piece, 536
Initial Letter, 537
Almorah, Hill-station in Kumaon, 537
Interior of Hindoo Rajah’s House, 545
Umritsir, 549
Jeypoor, 556
Poonah, 559
Hyderabad, 560
Government Buildings, Madras.—From a Drawing by Thomas Daniell, 561
Initial Letter, 561
Old East India House, Leadenhall Street, 574
Calcutta.—Company’s Troops early in the 19th Century, 576
Ormuz—Entrance to the Persian Gulf, 577
Initial Letter, 577
Bushire, 585
Chinese War-junks, 589
Canton, 592
Hong-Kong, 600
Sir Edward Lugard, 604
Fort St George, Madras; in 1780, 608
Tail-pieces, 612, 624

Various Tail-pieces, Vignettes, &c.

Map of India or Hindostan. (Facing Title-page.)  
Map of Part of India—Chief Scene of the Mutinies of 1857, 49
Sketch Map to illustrate Havelock’s Operations during July and August, 1857, 289
Map of Asia, 577