The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-13
..r.uox1poW" xAVAHA0a.
~ Doa&h a th0 0G0VO Il00
man VINO Won TIE VIOtoeia
Gross By saving
Lucknow.

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to whom be- been awarded the pse-
cios,s little pjeee a guu metal known
Us the Victoria Cr0ss be- just die.l,
receiving scarcely . word It nottce
lrum the Engiish press. Thomas
Henry KAv.ns9h'y name b preceded
By the fatal astefisk In O'B3 mes
chroaiele 0f the Victoria Gross peb-
lisbed nearly three yeers ago, and .
still more accomplished contemp.r.-
~ historian records that ''Luckn0w"
! KavauaGh 'lost his lie shortly after
his hesulc exploit, IN hattie With the
enemy" yet be only paesed away .
few DAYS ag". The Official record Of
his dexd b brief: MT. Thomas Hen
~ Kavanagh. Assistant Cosunsis-
sioner at Oaisll,," we read, ION the
8th Of November, 1867, then serving
under the 0rdess Of Lieutenant Gen.
eenl Sir James Outsam, IN Lucknow,
volunteered on the dangesuaDe duty
ol proceeding through the city to the
camp Of the COMMUNICATIVE Chief,
lor The purpose u guiding the reliev.
ing force to the bejeaguesxd garrison
In the Residency, . task which be
performed with cbivalros,s CALAMITY
and deviation" In 1857 Mr.. Kavan-
aGh was . subordinate IN one of the
fovesnnent departments at Luck.
now. ALREADY two attempts had
been made to relieve the gafrts0n al
The Resjtlency and to raise the siege.
Havelock aud biz devoted little army
he'd succeeded In entering the plaee,
l'sat the nautineess closed around Il
Ill the more clnsely and the
garrison found IT, numbers increased
bwt with . daily diminishing supply
of food. ION Que side" We Rad,
were only . small prickly- pear hedge
and . narrow ditch, On another . low
fence like that which ordinarily en.
virous the common Indian COM
pound. but the men who were BE-
hiud these tri0inG obstacles never
thought for . moment Of 0inching.
They were half starved, many were
suffering from dysenttTv, more were !
wounded. the halt Of bullets under |
which they stood Was unceasinG, they |
had nothing to cheer them except
u cir own grand splrits, relief could
not possibly come for some time, and
every day made the foe more numer-
Dus and stronger, but their c0urase
never once Rave out" Sir Colin
Campbell was advancing, aud It was
Df the gro stest Importance that the
Exact position ~ the rebels and the
best line II approach to their works
ll,0uA be communicated 10 him.
Bat vi b the mutineers swarming
lround the Reejdency there were :
hundred chances to one that ans
undertaking the desperate
Quincy would l'e discovered, and
liacovery n.eant brutal-probably
J lingering death. Kavanagh, who
nd been fighting In the trenches
|ulO0g the civilians and had been
rounded several timer, volunteered
o carry deslatcl,es {" sir Colin's
amp, trusting to his nowlcslxe of
he native language aud customs aud
o bis disguise - . Badmash ar
waehbuckler. who had come from
)udh or Delhi to join the champions
Z the good cause. Outram endeav.
red to dieeuade him from hjs mis-.
ian BY frankly pointing out its dan
en-, bat Kavsnagh persisted in ten
jering his services, and they were
|nally accepted His features did
ut leod the.nselyes readily to his
isguise, hut he succeeded ~ we'll
nth the burnt cork aud other limit
d materials ct his command that
,heu towards sunset Ike presented
imsself ct the Generals quarters No
ne rec0gnixed him till he revealed
himself, giving bis costume and
. final touch, and hid .
nR . note al introduction to Sir C.,lin .
'ampbell In his turban, Kavauaxh
It on at ntghtfhll, accompanied by a
alive spy. Kanaoji Lal, bidding
md. by to Captain Harxlin9s ut thu
|ver's edge. The messengers fortle(l .
10 stream and passed the insurgeut
entries on the opposite tank. 1T Il. .
vt, satisfied that they were friends,
e allowed them to marcl, on. eyes,
ut It will he colder by and l,y." was
.avanagh's answer. They raased
.e ordeal Of the picket further on ~
'ccessfully. aftefa rigid questioning,
I'd pressed on, ut time marching
BOULDER to shoulder in the ranks
It'll their enemies. Once again .
sart! Vas turned out and they were
'es(toned narrowly: then they
anderesl into the eneny's lines 1t
Park, aud improved thu.
,postunity to count the guns and
innate the f0rre: then they wadesl
rough swamp f0r two hOurs aud
oased the canal, the Irishn.an's keet
ing badly cut during the paaaage,
ID, after other misllaps and labox.
-. n. they passed through thu
It two rebel plckets and SOM were
'ertoyesl ct being Challenged by an .
nglish sentry. After receiving .
~ ut hsandy fton, the officer IL
cket. Kavana9h Wa directed 10 b
G CommOnder in-Chief's tent o,
here be met an elderly gentleman u
Il leaving Il, Of whom he aakesi thu. u
'ereabouts OF SIR Colin Campbell. | p'
am SIR Cnlin Campbell," aaid the
officer, cycling the Sel,oy II
i'or!n from head 10 f;'0t "who are
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