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instructions for the conduct of the defence, calmly 

 discussed the causes and mistakes of the Mutiny, 

 and finally died at sunrise on the 4th, having said 

 that he wished to be buried " without any fuss, as 

 became a British soldier," and dictated his epitaph, 

 "Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his 

 duty." 



The following weeks were occupied with continual 

 sorties and attempts to blow up houses offering 

 shelter to the besiegers, which in many cases were 

 carried out successfully with the greatest daring. 

 By September the garrison had been reduced by 

 bullets and sickness to about one third of its origi- 

 nal number. Cholera and smallpox were rampant, 

 all were afflicted with scurvy, a terrible plague of 

 flies had set in, which was increased by the unsani- 

 tary conditions of the inclosure, and the nervous 

 strain resulting from poor food and incessant anx- 

 iety and physical exhaustion was beginning to tell 

 cruelly on the women and children. 



Meanwhile Havelock had been attempting to 

 fight his way up from Cawnpore, but as yet with 

 little success on account of the overwhelming num- 

 bers of the enemy through which his comparatively 

 small force had to pass. It was on September 15 

 that Major-General Sir James Outram joined him, 

 having been recalled from Persia, where he had been 



