imaumbarah

Updated: July 11, 2025

On the 22nd, the last of the rebels evacuated Lucknow; and, on the 29th, the brigade handed over to the artillery, to go into park in the small Imaumbarah, the six eight-inch guns which they had brought from the Shannon. The word "Shannon" was deeply cut into each carriage, and must last as long as the wood exists. There they will remain, a memorial of what sailors can do on land.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign