Excerpt from Selections From the Letters Despatches and Other State Papers, Vol. 4
The first volume of the Selections from the Letters, Despatches and other State Papers in the Military Department of the Government of India, 1857-58, contained the documents from the first outbreak of disaffection to the siege and storming of Delhi by the English troops. The second and third volumes contained in a similar form all papers relating to the mutiny at Lucknow and the defence of the Residency by the garrison; General Havelock"s march from Allahabad and the first relief of Lucknow; General Outram"s defence of Lucknow; Sir Colin Campbell"s relief of Lucknow in November 1857; General Outram"s defence of the Alumbagh; General Windham"s defence of Cawnpore; Sir Colin Campbell"s storming and capture of Lucknow; all documents relating to the outbreak at Cawnpore, the defence of the intrenchment, and the massacre of the survivors. The present volume contains in a similar form all papers relating to Sir Hugh Rose"s campaign in Central India from the capture of Rathghur and the action at Barodea to the siege and storming of Jhansi, 3rd April 1858; all the documents detailing the operations attending the capture of Calpee on the 24th May 1858; all the despatches and reports relating to the Gwalior operations, from the march from Calpee on the 6th of June to the capture of the Rock of Gwalior, held to be one of the strongest and most important fortresses in India.
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