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DEATH OF LAWRENCE.

On the morning Oh July L, WHll0 GCli'
Lawrence was talking with his private
secretary in a small room of the resi-
dence, an S-inch shell crashed through
the wall and exploded between the two
men. but without injuring either. The
officers Of the generals staff begged him
to take up his quarters in more secure
part of the building, as the shot OF the
rebels seemed to be concentrated on that
section of the residence in which he was
living. The general laughingly replied
that a shell would hardly strike tho
same spot twice. On the next day n
shell entered the identical hole made by
the one of the preceding day and eX-
ploded near a couch on which the general
was sleeping. A fragment struck him
and inflicted a mortal wound.
He died three days later and was buried
in the garden of the Residency, while
shot and shell were HURTING over the
open grave. Just before has death he ap-
pointed Mai. Banks to succeed him as
chief commissioner and placed Col.
Inglis of the Thirty-second regiment In
command of the troops of the garrison.
All through these early days OF the
siege the fighting was constant and ter
rife There We're thousands without the
walls against hundreds within Solid
shot and shell rained on the houses with
in the Residency. The rebels succeeded
in firing the straw stacks that were
cooked for the buliockS feed, and the
flames had almost reached the maya
zine before they were were eXtingulshed
On the same day Maj. Francis had both
legs cut off by cannon ball while sit
ting in the messroom. At the same time
a prominent merchant was killed and a
clergyman was wounded. Many of the
rebels batteries we$e planted Wlthln
fifty yards of the incl osure. During the
first week of the siege the deaths
amounted to about fifteen a day, most
of them from musket bullets. An Afri-
can eunuch, who belonged to the court
of the king of Dude was an expert
sharpshooter, and to his deadly aim was
attributed almost a majority OF the
deaths by bullets during the siege. The
craftsmanship of the rebels generally
was surprisingly good, and the besiegecl
quickly discovered that it was dangerous
for any one to leave the protection of
building or barricade during the day.
The sharpshooters were constantly on
the alert and their aim was deadly.
FATAL sORTIES.
To relieve the terrible strain on the
nerves small parties would make an oc-
casional sortfe, spike a gun or two. and
then rush back to the fort" But these
sorties were always accompanied by loss
of life, and as lives-especially of SOL
diers-were precious, Brigadier 1nglis
forbade them. 1t was observed through
out the siege that the mutineers were
kept thoroughly posted on everything
that took place within the Residency-
probably through the native servants
or soldiers who remained with the Eng
fish. The first intimation of this fact
was received when the rebel fire was
concentrated on the brigade messhouse,
where the women and children had TAX
en- refuge. This piece Of cowardice arous-'
ed the British soldiers to pitch Of fury
that made 1t difficult for the commander
to restrain them from rushing on the
enemy and fighting it out man to man.
But Brigadier Inglis knew this would
mean the destruction OF all, as the rebels
outnumbered the British at least twenty
to one. The Sepoys knew the English
character we'll enough to realize that
they could wreak their vengeance on
their enemy more surely by striking at
their wives and children than by killing
the men. Consequently. throughout, the
mutiny the white women and children,
whenever they fell into the hands of tho
cowardly Indians, were subjected to the
most horrible and UNRELIABLE atrocities.
1t was for this reason that the British
soldiers gave no quarter when they got
the Sepoys in their power, and why the
urheard-of punishment of blowing pr1s-
oners from the mouths of cannon was
resorted to. >Nla
The assaults on the houses of the Resi-
dency was kept up constantly day and
night and almost every building In the
Enclosure was riddledS with shot and
shell. One morning mine, was exploded
under the Redan battery,s the principal
stronghold of the fort, and at the same
moment attacks were made. on every
point of the defenses for the purpose OF
forcing an entrance at some place.
But the sappers had miscalculated the
distance to the Redan battery, and it was
not destroyed, but desperate hand-to-s
hand fights ragged throughout the day
The muster call at night showed That the
British had lost thirty men, but the
grapeshot had moved down more than
900 of the enemy.
HOPE DEFERRED.
In the fourth week of the siege mes
sage came from Cawnpore, telling of the
victories of Havelock, 4nd of his 1nten-
ton of coming to the relief Of Lucknow.
Hope ran high for while, but it was
hope so long deferred as to lead almost to
despair before it was realized. In this
week Maj. Banks, the civil commission
er, was killed, as were three leutenants
and a chaplain. By the death OF MAJ.
Banks the entire command fell on Brlga-
der Inglis The heat was terrific and
constantly growing in intensity. The in
genuity of the rebels found new express
sion in killing the bullocks and artillery
horses, knowing that they must be buried
at once or the decaying carcaSses would
breed pestilence The work of 1nterment
was done at night, but even then the
rebels succeeded In picking off many
men.
F'eVers and cholera developed in the
camp and the children died by the score.
The officers were put on nalf ratons, am
these they were obliged to cook them-
selves. A message was sent to Gen. Hav-
clock begging MIN to hasten the rene1,
and the messenger was promised re-
ward of 5000 rupees if he returned with
an answer. But he never came back.
Within seven weeks twenty messengers
were dispatched with appeals for help,
and of this number only one returned.
On Aug 10 another desperate attempt
was made to break into the Residency
a mine was exploded under the Sikh
square and a breach of thirty feet was
made in the defense wall. 1t was quick
ly repaired, however, and part of the
garrison made sortie and blew up sew
eral of the enemy'S buildings and forts.
Two Gays later another Sortie was made
and the Johannes house. which had shell
tered the shorpshooters, was blown up
ard two guns were spiked.
Things were becoming desperate, how
ever by the end OF the eighth week, and
hope was almost dead in the hearts Of the
brave men and women of the Residency.
The rebels were constantly receiving
fresh reinforcements, while 1nglis' little
band was fast decreasing. New mines
were being run more rapidly than they
could be destroyed and the defenders
were in constant fear of being blown up
at any moment They ran out listening
galleries and kept track of most OF the
mines of the enemy and blew them up,
but the element of uncertainty was nerve
racking.
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