ABSTRACT
General Outram heard of Mansab Ali’s plans, and made up the escort of the next column of empty waggons to a strength of 500 men. On January 12, when the Lucknow chiefs thought the convoy was about to leave Cawnpur, they delivered an attack on Outram’s position, in order to facilitate Mansab Al‘s operations. On January 15, under cover of a violent duststorm blowing from the north, Ahmad Ullah, the Maulavi Talukdar of Faisabad, led out from Lucknow a force to attack the approaching British convoy. Outram heard, on the 15th, of the movement during the previous night of a force to the southward, and sent Captain Olpherts with some mounted troops towards Banni. Outram was an ideal chief for the duty assigned to him. His unfailing courage, alike at all hours of the day or night, his winning personality and cheerful demeanour, exercised an inspiring influence throughout his command.
