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The defence of Lucknow : T.F. Wilson's memoir of the Indian Mutiny, 1857 / introduction by Saul David.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, T. F. (Thomas Fourness)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, T. F. (Thomas Fourness).
- Lucknow (India)--History--Siege, 1857--Personal narratives.
- Lucknow (India).
- Lucknow (India)--History--Siege, 1857--Sources.
- Wilson, T. F. (Thomas Fourness)--Diaries.
- Wilson, T. F.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Greenhill Books ; St. Paul, MN : MBI Pub., 2007.
- Summary:
- For five months during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 30,000 sepoy rebels besieged the small compound in Lucknow, North India, where 1,700 colonials and loyal sepoys were sheltering. In this honest and enthralling account. Staff Officer T. F. Wilson records the bravery and desperation of the defenders as they battled to survive against overwhelming odds.
- Contents:
- The Defence of Lucknow 17
- I Captain Radcliffe's Narrative 133
- II Account of the Explosion at the Seikh Square 136
- III Division Orders / Major-General Sir J. Outram, G.C.B. 138
- IV From Brigadier Inglis 141
- V From the Homeward Mail 163.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858.
- ISBN:
- 9781853677236
- 185367723X
- OCLC:
- 73957207
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