Maria Germon

PREFACE.

THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW.

RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.

FOOTNOTES.

The cover image was created by the transcriber, using the book's original title page, and is placed in the public domain.

Transcriber's Note:

The following handwritten dedication and letter were included on the front leaves of the original book. They were written by Miss M. A. Garratt, sister of Mrs. R. C. Germon. A transcription of the letter is included below its scanned images, and the original line breaks have been preserved for easy comparison. Click on any image for a higher quality version.

Given to

Herbert Litchfield

by Miss M A Garratt sister of

Mrs Germon the Authoress

You ask about the "Diary of Lucknow"
My sister never intended publishing
them—but she was so continually
pressed to do so by a few friends who
thought it such a pity the manuscript
should get lost or injured—two in
particular, Mr Burham a friend
here, the one who wrote his Father's
Biography which I gave you—& an
old Admiral an old friend here
(since dead) that at last she had
it done, but only for private circulation—&
only she and I had the
copies—I shall send one to
you today by Post & hope it will
reach you all right—she wrote it
entirely for my dear mother & myself

& the report of each day is perfectly
correct—I suppose if nothing unforeseen
occurs we shall be going to London
as usual the end of May—but it
depends upon the time of the "Lucknow
dinner"—so as to bring that in during
my sister's & Colonel Germon's stay in
London—it is the old Garrison—the
Officers who were shut in all the
time—& year by year the party becomes
smaller, partly from some being
removed by death & others not able
perhaps to be in London at the time
When in London I shall hope to see
something of you—& with kind love
believe me your affecte Cousin
M A Garratt

my sister & the Col. send
kind remembrances