11. The 32nd Regiment, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Inglis, marched into Lucknow in January, 1857, relieving H. M's. 52nd, under Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, the first British Regiment to garrison Lucknow after the annexation of Oudh.[1] At that time Mr. Coverly Jackson was Chief Commissioner. He was succeeded by Sir Henry Lawrence. Mr. Gubbins was Financial Commissioner, Mr. Ommanney, Judicial Commissioner, Major Banks, Commissioner, Mr Martin, Deputy Commissioner, Captain Carnegie, City Magistrate, and Doctor Fayrer, Residency Surgeon.
The men of the 32nd Regiment occupied the Chaupar Stables, (now known as Lawrence Terrace) as their barracks. The officers were scattered about the station; some occupied the houses along the road leading directly from Huzrutgunj towards La Martiniere. The rest lived in apart merits of the Chutter Munzil Palace and Khursheid Munzil, which last was the Officers' Mess-house.
12. East of the Mess house and close to the river, is, the Kadam Rasul, an old tomb built on high ground which was converted into a powder-magazine and was protected by a native guard. In this neighbourhood were the lines of the 3rd Regiment Military Police, which furnished all the Civil guards at Lucknow, The Tarawali Kothi, or observatory, (now the Bank of Bengal) was occupied by the Civil Courts, and other buildings in the neighbourhood by the European officials.
13. About one mile from the Residency, up stream, are the Daulat-khana and Sheesh Mahal, which in 1775 formed the palace of King Asuf-ud-daula. Two miles higher up is the Moosa Bagh Palace, where the 4th and 7th Regiments of Oudh Infantry were stationed. The headquarters of Brigadier Gray, who commanded the Oudh Irregular Force, were in the Daulat-khana. In the Sheesh Mahal was the Magazine, where a considerable number of stand-of-arms, as well as 200 mounted guns belonging to the Native Government, were deposited. Many of the guns were of large calibre, cast for the Oudh Government by General Claude Martin.
14. Before the seige began these were all brought in and laid out on the low ground close to the Redan Battery.[2] This battery was, by far, the best we had in the line of defences. It was defended by soldiers of the 32nd
- ↑ One Company of the 32nd, under Captain Moore, principally married men, with their wives and children, a few of the 84th, and some Artillery, all under the command of Sir Hugh Wheeler, were massacred at Cawnpore.
- ↑ On that memorable day, the 20th July, the enemy advanced within 25 paces of this battery, but was repulsed with heavy loss.
