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clothes of our murdered countrywomen will tend to throw
some little light on the matter. I also found in the heap
of bloodstained clothes three daguerreotype portraits which
I retain and intend to advertise them hereafter. As soon
as we reached Cawnpore after the battle we were met by a
man who rushed towards us much excited—he had the
appearance of a regimental cook—he proved to be a clerk
of the commissariat department. He had volunteered to
leave the intrenchrnent, and endeavour to gain some infor-
ination for Sir H. Wheeler as to the probability of relief
being at hand or not; the rebels seized hint, tried him as
a spy, and condemned him to three years' hard labour in
irons. Accordingly he was confined with about 300 natives
(most of them imprisoned for their inability to supply the
Nana with funds), who, when they heard the victorious
shouts of our army, made a rush at their guards, over-
powered them, and escaped. Poor fellow ! (Mr. S.) he
had left all his family (nine) in the intrenchment, and they
have, with the rest of our people, been cruelly butchered.
It is a most affecting sight to see the poor fellow searching
about the place where the bodies of our countrywomen
were found, I suppose hoping to find some trace of his
slaughtered family. He roams listlessly about, no one
speaking to him or offering to sympathise with him, for
we all feel that it would be almost a mockery to offer con•
solation. Many people say that Wheeler should have
gone into the magazine instead of intrenching himself
where be did; that he would then have prevented the
rebels getting the ammunition and guns. The Artillery
Hospital which Wheeler defended is fearfully battered ; the
rebels had guns bearing upon every inch of it, and at last I
believe brought a 24 pounder to bear upon the well, which
was the only one they had ; numbers were shot trying to
get water from the well, and at last it was found impossible
to get what was life itself, " water." It must have been at
this time that the Bbitoor traitor's proposal (that Wheeler
should evacuate Cawnpore and retire to Allahabad under
his protection) was accepted. We know what sort of pro-
tection the villains showed them. All but our women and
children (who were made prisoners) were treacherously
butchered as soon as they had fairly placed themselves in
the power of the wretches.—Letier from Cawnpore.
This account is believed to be substantially correct.
From a document discovered in a native doctor's
house at Cawnpore the names of all the prisoners
under his charge between the 7th and 15th July are
found to be carefully registered. There were 163
from Cawnpore and 47 from Futtehghur. Of these
some 32 died from cholera before the fatal 15th.
or the ultimate movements of General Havelock no
detailed account has yet reached us. On the 20th,
Colonel Neill, with three companies of the 84th and
some of his own Madras Fusiliers, joined him at
Cawnpore, and on the some day Bhitoor was entered,
blown up and burned, and thirteen heavy guns taken.
Leaving Neill as brigadier-general in charg3 of
Cawnpore, Havelock crossed the Ganges at the head
of 1,000 men, fought the bloody but successful battle
of Oonao on the 29th, and carried the position at
Bupeer-ul-Gunge the same dey, with the loss of
eighty-eight killed and wounded.

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On Saturday, August 1, General Neill telegraphed
to the Governor-General, dated Cawnpore, 29th July,
1857, as follows :
Havelock's forced march at five a.m. to-day, found
strong post of enemy, captured three brass guns, lost one
officer killed, three wounded ; slaughtered many of the
enemy. In about an hour after, enemy in force with
many cavalry advanced to meet them, were soon routed,
with the loss of all their guns, twelve in number; total,
fifteen brass guns taken. The enemy numbered at least
thirteen thousand. The force rested a little, when it
pushed on to Basanagunge, near which the enemy is said
to be in force. All is well here. The Nana is about
twenty miles off, on the Oude side. If he passes near
Bintoor, as he threatens, we shall give a good account of
him here.

The following iq an extract of a letter from an
officer with General Havelock's force :

Camp, Ist August.—We marched from the river on the
29th, and fought three actions with the enemy on the road,
who were strongly posted with heavy guns, and lots of
cavalry and infantry, among the gardens and inclosures.
We took all their guns, defeating them with great loss, and
halted at a village called flupeer-ul-Gunge' where we en-
camped, or rather bivouacked, for none of us have any
tents. We were at it from five a.m. to six p.m. The heat
was intense.

The mutineers have blown up the bridge at Bunnoo,
and we have returned to our old ground to remain until
arrangements can be made for a forward movement. I
am much disappointed, for I hail hoped to have been at
Lucknow by this time, but I suppose there is some good
reason for the delay. The garrison at Lucknow are all
safe, and can hold for some time longer. We have lost
nearly 100 killed and wounded ; on the three actions I
had one killed and seven wounded. Thank God all of us
officers escaped, although we had to stand the brunt of the
enemy's fire, which was heavy, and from heavy guns, 24,
18, and 12-pounders. These twenty total guns taken, and
most of them all hours—it was quite amusing to see the
villains come out so cocky with our horse field batteries.
No time for more.
" We have returned to our old ground " may be in-
terpreted that Havelock, finding the rebels very
strong in his front, with cholera breaking out in his
little force, weakened by his losses, and encumbered
by the guns he had captured, retreated to Cawnpore
to place both his sick and his trophies iu safety, and