The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-24
HE WAS At LCCRNOF,
And TIE Was n Brave Man. for He Vow Drives
y Cab In Chicago.

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T. J. McNally. a cab driver with a station Mt
the northeast corner OF Dearborn and Monroe
streets. "a one OF the survivors Of that regiment
Of British soldiers who went to the relief of
Lucknow. He is a hardy, rugged. stout-built
man, with IA medal of honor on his breast and a
memory of ten years service IN the army of
Great Britain. The command with which he
served in lndin was. composed In part OF that
littlc band OF heroes left from the famous light
at Balaklnvn-tha immCmorial Charge of the
Light brigade" And lie shared with them the
Lucknow Ia" English Women and childrcn. and
the English Officers and men as well, who had
fought for more than life against the savugcry
u was born in Scotland. but of Irish parents"
said MIR. McNally today, chatting Of Tho rough
fought undcr in those dnys, which rcscmblcd
80 closely the perilous phases Of Ensland's
head. Jan. -, 1886. | enlisted at i.%n"r K in the
Nincty-sccond. or Gordon Highlandcrs. and
after some , months nor of dr!ll and garrison duty
or sutherland Highlanders, who were sta.
toned at Dover Heights. There was continual
wanted the adventure and the experience of
1T was Dover Castle those days. for the castle
fences, and had been for centuries. i am told
the @W Sast dnb Ii * T" a, sn, fna So .JSn noM Y, 1857, for
coast of Africa. After we were out at sea We
E'''N 81 N'NN'i iI''i' Nv w hHNi 'Nll vi ll'
Indian mutiny; but. of course, our duty was to
go :, on to China ! where we had been ordered. IT
W into India, where they needed rs. And at
Cape of Good Hope a lighter vessel from Eng.
We were sent from there with all haste TO Cal
cutta and landed Sept. 30. 1867. Think of that.
Nor, than three month! getting 10 the muti"y!
There were no railroads. and we started
right out and marched up country as far as
CawGpore; $50 miles; 1t was a hard hGrd
soldiers ever did anywhere. At Cawnporo VIZ
were Joined by Gen. Hope Grant and Sir Colin
mrnts, SO they could hurry on InIcknow.
Then we went on and reached the ~bcsiccCd
S Sny H Says IS; w l%si had TSf zoo "oo miles msn in nl isns , 'm"n
And there were $4,000 native soldiers. armed
a AS we nr WGEe armed, for they had been part Of
mandcd 80 well, and they did not have SO much
They could not stand tho rushes. We forced
our, way 10 tho citadel. and the third day we
i"3N Of ~ i'm hno women women a"a rS Snr'n wn an irc Mh1 IN T thS
night. They could not realize va had done so
m Mii h6r and N me they could d not Nb, nsli"yS S wS - wGn Ia
hold the, place, and selected n position ~ our
own at AlumbauRh, three miles away. If they
had known we were going TO slip away they
could have massed their forces, leGving the city
oMny n%d and and heinm med US in: , hut we View were
There Hayclock died OF dyscntcry three days
after tho relief. lie would have hc"n dead n
lie lei had to defend fer G" t%"se "W WoI NJ" "T and c Hi p.'''
81 wns wounded at III" LicknOw tight,
but II did not amount to much. stayed on
lnty all the time. The bullet was extracted and
| got along. No, there is no pension, Non get
n pension after twenly-Onr years service, in
lhG british Army, or after being positively d.
nbled. was only Ten years in tho. service;
;Aflcr, that ! came to America to ,htctgo
have had money, and am getting on all right fcl,
Mcdali Yes, wear the medal. That r"gi'
mGnt is The only, one thai. wears is medal o. It's
Colors. That IL because il fought NJ BalaklnNa
and at Lucknow, too, Many a time the other
follows told me of the fight with tho lilssihn-,
M. ! did not see II. ! was not in the command
The Indian insurrcc,ion broke out on the
i H'S"' fo ri tf S51i' tho re- lsh iGcnG sir AID n,fG rHyrr rs% ,""i #
with $50 British troops. .Iuly ] the place was
nIsesirgrd. July l Sir Henry died from a wgnni.
7 rec tiinca the galltut little army beat back 'l,
q, .aul's of tho multilulipous cncmy, Jus -
,nNelock captured Alqmbaugh, and four days
latcr reached the residency. Bul he with lhr
others was at once, penucd up there. Then
came, Colin Campbell's long. walled, almost IN;
hoped'for relief. and the little garrison and
colony were saved.