See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

SMITH See also:

• JAMES GEORGE SMITH NEILL (1810-1857)

NEILL (1810-1857)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• AYR

Ayr, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the 26th of May 181o, and educated at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow University . Entering the service of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company in 1827, he received his See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission a See also:

• YEAR

year later . From 1828 to 1852 he was mainly employed in See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty with his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, the 1st See also:

• MADRAS

Madras Europeans (of which he wrote a See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record), but gained some experience on the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal staffs as D.A.A.G. and as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . In 185o he received his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, and two years later set out for the Burmese See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War with the regiment . He served throughout the war with distinction, became second-in-command to Cheape, and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor operations which followed, receiving the See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet of lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1854 he was appointed second-in-command to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• VIVIAN, RICHARD HUSSEY VIVIAN, 1ST BARON (1775—1842)

Vivian to organize the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish contingent for the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean War . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1857 he returned to India . Six See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks after his arrival came the See also:

• NEWS

news that all See also:

• NORTHERN

northern India was aflame with revolt . See also:

• NEILL, JAMES GEORGE SMITH (1810-1857)

Neill acted promptly; he See also:

• LEFT

left Madras with his regiment at a moment's See also:

• NOTICE

notice, and proceeded to See also:

• BENARES

Benares . The See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day after his arrival he completely and ruthlessly crushed the mutineers (4th June 1857) . He next turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to Ailahabad, where a handful of Europeans still held out in the fort against the rebels . From the 6th to the 15th of June his men forced their way under conditions of See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat and of opposition that would have appalled any but a real See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of men, and _the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, " the most See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious in India at that moment," as See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning wrote, was saved .

Neill received his See also:

• REWARD

reward in an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army colonelcy and See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of aide-de-camp to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen . See also:

• ALLAHABAD

Allahabad was soon made the concentration of See also:

• HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795-18J7)

Havelock's See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column . The two See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, through a misunderstanding in their respective instructions, disagreed, and when Havelock went on from See also:

• CAWNPORE, or KANPUR

Cawnpore (which Neill had reoccupied shortly before) he left his subordinate there to command the lines of communication . At Cawnpore, while the traces of the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre were yet fresh, Neill inflicted the See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty on all his prisoners with the most merciless rigour . Meanwhile, Havelock, in spite of a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of victories, had been compelled to fall back for lack of men; and Neill criticized his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior's See also:

• ACTION

action with a See also:

• TOTAL

total want of See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint . A second expedition had the same See also:

• FATE

fate, and Neill himself was nowattacked, though by his own exertions and Havelock's victory at Bithor (16th See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August) the tension on the communications was ended . Havelock's men returned to Cawnpore, and See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out there, whereupon Neill again committed himself to criticisms, this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time addressed to the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief and to See also:

• OUTRAM, SIR JAMES (1803—1863)

Outram, who was on the way with reinforcements . In spite of these very See also:

• GRAVE

grave acts of insubordination, Havelock gave his See also:

• RIVAL

rival a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade command in the final advance . The famous See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march from Cawnpore to See also:

• LUCKNOW

Lucknow began on See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 19th; on the 21st there was a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp fight, on the 22nd incessant See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain, on the 23rd intense heat . On the 23rd the fighting opened with the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on the See also:

• ALUM

Alum Bagh, Neill at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the leading brigade recklessly exposing himself . Next day he was again heavily engaged, and on the 25th he led the See also:

• GREAT

great attack on Lucknow itself . The fury of his assault carried everything before it, and his men were entering the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city when a See also:

• BULLET (Fr. boulet, diminutive of boule, ball)

bullet killed their commander .

Strict as he was, he was loved not less than feared, and throughout the British dominions he had established a name as a skilful and extraordinarily energetic commander . The See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence of the wife of a K.C.E. was given to his widow, and memorials have been erected in India and at Ayr . See J . W . See also:

• KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1876)

Kaye, Lives of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Officers (1889) ; and J . C . See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

Marsh-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Havelock (1867) .