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midway between that city and Cawnpore, and
their presence there was a thing calculated,
according to every military principle, to throw
great difficulties in our way. It would en-
tirely cut off Sir Cow; from his base of opera-
tions, and he would, of course, he unable to
proceed with the subjugation of Oude till this
impediment had been removed. To remove
it, however, supposing the enemy to be as
strong as represented, he would have to fall
back upon Futtehpore and attack them him-
self; for it would be very unwise in such a
case to send a mere detachment against them,
and nothing could be done by the troops on
the other side. It is not by men straggling up
the Great Trunk Road to join the army in
batches that the mutineers, if in strength, could
safely be met; and it would be a useless risk,
and probably sacrifice of soldiers, to make the
attempt. But Sir Cotis CAMPBELL cannot
afford at the present juncture to waste any,
and therefore we have little doubt that unless
the mutineers move off of themselves, he will
fall back and attack them at Futtehpore, and
perhaps afterwards adopt as his starting point
the strong and, as far as a native foe is con-
cerned, the impregnable fortress of Allahabad.
There is no doubt that if he should be com-
pelled to do so, this will give considerable
heart to the rebels; but, after all, the position
he is placed in leaves him but a choice of evils,
and perhaps this may be found by him to be
the least. One thing is certain—namely, that
he will require all the science he is master of
to make up for the inefficient manner in
which both as to men and materiel he has been
equipped.
It is this inadequacy of the means at his
disposal that has been, and will be, Sir Coutes
chief difficulty throughout. He is, perhaps,
the most admirable workman that the nation
possesses at the present moment, but the best
workman can do little if not supplied properly
with materials and tools. Now, as to these,
Sir Cour; has been left by far too scantily
provided; indeed, considering the magnitude
of the task he has to perform, it may be said.
that there has been no provision made for him
at all. The whole of North and Central India,
from Dacca to Nassick, and from Nagpore to
Meerut, is in a state of tumult ; in some
places the revolt assuming a milder, and in
others a more malignant type. The area of
disturbance, excluding altogether the Mah-
ratta country, may be said to be about four
hundred thousand square miles ; and we
would put it to any man of common under-
standing whether the means at the Comman-
der in-Chief's disposal are anything like ade-
quate to restore order over such a space of
country as that. He may beat the mutineers
whenever they choose to encounter him, • but
his successes will produce very little fruit,
unless he can succeed in awing them into sub-
mission, and securing the ground that he has
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