The Press.
London, England, 1858-01-16 00:00:00

untiring vigilance in their distribution after our
difficulties hnd begun, prevented a waste which other-
wise, long before the expiration of the eighty-seven
days, might have annihilated the force by the slow
process of starvation."
The " splendid behaviour" of the soldiers is also
brought before the special notice of the Government
—viz., the men of her Majesty's 32nd Foot, the
small detachment of her Majesty's filth Foot, the
European and native artillery, the 13th, 413th, and
71st Regiments Native Infantry, and the Sikhs of the

respective corps :
The losses sustained by her Majesty's 32nd, which is
now barely 300 strong, by her Majesty's tilth, and by the
European artillery, show at least that they knew how to
die in the cause of their countrymen. Their conduct
under the fire, the exposure, and the privations which they
have had to undergo, has been throughout most admirable
and praiseworthy.
" As another instance of the desperate character
of our defence, and the difficulties we have had to
contend with," observes Colonel Inglis, " I may
mention that the number of our artillerymen was so
reduced that on the occasion of an attack, the
gunners—aided as they were by men of H.M.'s 32nd
Foot, and by volunteers of all classes—had to run
from one battery to another, wherever the fire of the
enemy was hottest, there not being nearly enough men
to serve half the number of guns at the same time.
In short, at last the number of European gunners
was only twenty-four, while we had, including
mortars, no less than ihirty guns in position."
With respect to the native troops, Colonel Inglis is
of opinion "that their loyalty has never been sur-
passed " :
They were indifferently fed and worse housed. They
were exposed, especially the 13th Regiment, under the
gallent Lieutenant Aitken, to a most galling fire of round
shot and musketry, which materially decreased their
numbers. They were so near the enemy that conversation
could be carried on between them ; and every effort, persua-
sion, promise, and threat was alternately resorted to, in
vain, to seduce them from their allegiance to the handful
of Europeans, who, in all probability, would have been
sacrificed by their desertion. All the troops behaved
nobly, and the names of those men of the native force who
have particularly distinguished themselves have been kid
before Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.11., who has
promised to promote them. Those of the European force
will be transmitted in due course for the orders of his Royal
Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief.
Sir James Outram, on receiving the report of
Colonel Inglis, issued an order of the day, dated
Lucknow, Oct. 5, in which occurs the following noble
tribute to the heroism of this unrivalled defence :

The major-general believes that the annals of warfare
contain no brighter page than that which will record the
bravery, fortitude, vigilance, and patient endurance of
hardships, privation, and fatigue displayed by the garrison
of Lucknow, and he is very conscious that his unskilled
pen must needs fail adequately to convey to the Right
Hon. the Governor-General of India and his Excellency
the Commander-in-Chief the profound sense of the merits
of that garrison which has been forced on his mind by a
careful consideration of the almost incredible difficulties
with which they have had to contend.
The term " illustrious" was well and happily applied
by a former GovernorGenerll of India to the garrison of
Jellalabad; but some far more laudatory epithet, if such
the English language contains, is due, the major general
considers, to the brave men whom Brigadier Inglis has
commanded, with undeviating success and untarnished
honour, through the late memorable siege; for while that
devoted band of heroes who so nobly maintained the
honour of their country's arms under Sir R. Sale were
seldom exposed to actual attack, the Lucknow garrison, of
inferior strength, have, in addition to a series of fierce
assaults gallantly and successfully repulsed, been for three
months exposed to a nearly incessant fire from strong and
commanding positions, held by an enemy of overwhelming
force, possessing powerful artillery, having at their com-
mand the whole resources of what was but recently a
kingdom, and animated by an insane and bloodthirsty
fanaticism.
It is a source of heartfeltioatiatiction to the major-
general io be able to a certain extent to confer on the
native portion of the garrison an instalment of those re-
wards which their gallant and grateful cominander has
sought for them. and which he is very certain the Governor-
General will bestow in full ; and though the major-general,
as regards the European portion of the garrison, cannot do
more than give his most earnest and hearty support to the
recommendations of the brigadier, lie feels assured that
the Governor-General of India will fully and publicly
manifest his appreciation of their distinguished services,
and that our beloved Sovereign will herself deign to con-
vey to them some gracious expression of royal approbation
of their conduct.
In acknowledging the above, the Governor-General
in council, "in recognition of the heroism of the
native troops engaged in the defence of the Resi-
dency of Lucknow, decrees that the soldiers of the
13th, 48th, and 71st Regiments of Native Infantry,
.who constituted part of the garrison, shall be formed
into one regiment of the line, to be called the Regi-
ment of Lucknow." As a mark of his approbation
of the conduct of the defence, the Governor-General
bestows upon the garrison a reward of—six months'
hatta! and in the last paragraph If his general order
remembers the death of Havelock in the following
terms:—