of Wajid Ali Shah, the ex-King of Oudh. It was captured by General Havelock on the 23rd September, 1857, and the wounded and sick, with spare stores, were left here on the General's advance to the relief of the Residency (see para. 97). The detachment that was left in Alambagh in charge of the baggage was closely invested by the enemy during the two months that elapsed until relieved by Sir Colin Campbell on 12th November, 1857. When the Commander-in-Chief returned to Alambagh, after extricating the Residency garrison, General Outram was left here with a strong force to watch the rebels and to avoid the appearance of having abandoned Oudh (see para. 116).
It was on the turret of this building that the Semaphore telegraph was erected, by means of which Sir Colin Campbell communicated with General Outram in the Residency (see para. 101).
General Havelock is buried within the enclosure, on the north side of the building, which is, at the present time, in a state of disrepair. An obelisk marks the spot where repose the remains of Major General Sir Henry Havelock. To this monument an addition has just been made of a tablet in memory of Sir Henry Havelock Allan, who was killed by the Afridis on 30th of December, 1597.
"Here in this park his sacred ashes lie,
No more a sweet and pleasant sylvan glade.
But now a waste of weeds and filthy wreck
Where starveling cattle browse a scanty blade,
Where foul and fetid odours taint the air,
Here on his battle ground he lies forgot.
A weeping widow, not his country, raised
The simple monument that marks the spot. "
Joseph B. S. Boyle.
