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Informationen zum Autor John Kaye (1783-1853) was Bishop of Bristol and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Among his publications are 'The First Apology of Justin Martyr,' 'Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Clement of Alexandria,' and 'Some Account of the Council of Nicea.' Klappentext Kaye and Malleson's comprehensive first-hand History is a lucid and interesting account covering the Indian Mutiny's causes and events. Zusammenfassung Malleson's edition and continuation of Kaye's seminal History of the Sepoy War in India was published as the History of the Indian Mutiny in 1890. Volume 4 covers the storming of Delhi and continues to follow the events in Agra! Cawnpore! Lucknow! Oudh! and Bihar with detailed narratives of the actions of key figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List and short description of places mentioned in this volume; Book X. The Reconquest of the North-West (September-December, 1857): 1. The storming of Dehli; 2. The Agra surprise and the Duab; Book XI. The Reconquest of Oudh: 1. Preparations and action in Bengal; 2. The second relief of Lakhnao (November, 1857); 3. The Gwallar contingent and General Windham at Kanhpur; 4. Sir Colin Campbell retrieves Windham's disaster; 5. Further operations in the Duab; 6. Movements preliminary to the reconquest of Oudh; 7. The advance into Eastern Oudh; 8. Outram at the Alambagh; 9. The storming of Lakhnao; Book XII. Progress of Events in Orisa, Bihar, Oudh, Eastern Bengal, Rohilkhand, and Rajputana: 1. Eastern Bengal, Eastern Bihar, and the South-Western Province; 2. Kunwar Singh and Lord Mark Kerr; 3. Kunwar Singh and his successors at bay in Western Bihar; 4. The progress in Oudh and Rohilkhand; 5. George St. Patrick Lawrence in Rajputana; Appendix.
