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have taken with him many unfortunate English women. After 

 sacking Cawnpore, the regiment started for Lucknow, fought 

 at Umritsur, Mungulwara and Busiratgunge, but owing to the 

 road being blocked by overwhelming hordes of mutineers, 

 was unable to reach its destination and had to retreat to 

 Cawnpore, but being reinforced in a few days, it took the 

 road again, and fought at Nawabgunge, and afterwards for 

 three days and nights outside the Alum Bagh, rain pelting 

 down on the conflicting forces the whole time. In the Amena 

 Bazar, when they got into Lucknow, they sustained heavy 

 firing from both sides of the street, till Henry Havelock or- 

 dered his men to fix bayonets, storm the houses, and heave 

 the mutineers into the street. Tom had a cut or two at several 

 of the curs. The y8th being in the rear were terribly cut up. 

 Captain Moore's Artillery were in front. Drs. Lee and Mac- 

 master, who nobly earned the Victoria Cross, attended to the 

 wounded. At night the English drove back the rebels, and 

 gained the shelter of the Residency, where they were besieged 

 two months ; the 32nd had been there six months. Tom 

 was instrumental in saving Miss Boileau, who was slightly 

 lame. From the other side of the Gumti the rebels 

 kept up night and day an unceasing fusilade. Then 

 Sir Colin Campbell arrived, and poor Havelock died and was 

 buried in the Alum Bagh. Lucknow was stormed and 

 fell after seven months' fighting, and shortly afterwards 

 came the welcome news that Delhi had fallen, and when 

 the troops heard it, they threw their caps into the air and 

 made the walls rr-echo to their cheers. Hell-Fire Jack Olphert, 

 a connection of Tumbling Tommy's, was conspicuous for his 

 bravery throughout the siege. At Bareilly Tom's regiment 

 fought those brave mutineers the red-puggried long-booted 

 Pathan cavalry, and horrible was the revenge dealt out to them, 

 for when they were routed and retreating, the sweepers caught 

 dozens of them, poured oil over, set fire to, an4 then threw 



