The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.

(FROM OUR OWN COBBASPONDENTI
BOMBAY, Dec. 3.
Your Cakotts oorreeposdeut will doubtless W-
asik you with the necessary details respecting the
rivaoms of the ('ommandenin-Cdief into audit, but
IN the evest of the Bombay nail bedsit distributed
Is lead= befog, that of Calcutta, I think it best
to give you the news from that quarter se it hse
poached ma . .

T. first of all, with reference to Grant's column,
which crossed the Ganges in the last days of (cto-
ber, and proceeded to the Bunt«•bridge. The foroe
brought together ander this officer numbered 3,41)0
see, consisting of—Artillery : European 300, na-
tive 329-620; caveayL 400: engineers, sappern,

Lam, 1:)O ; infantry, European :OHO, native 910-
1,890; total, 2,760. 24-pounders, 2; 14 ditto, 2;
12 ditto. 2 ; 9 ditto, 4 ; 8 ditto, 8; 8-ineh mortars, 2.
Total 20 gins, forming the moTeable column. In
addition to these Brigadier Grant was reinforced
ham Cawnpore with 700 men. making his total
fore* about 3,490 men.

Colonel Leith Hay, of her Majesty's 92nd High-
landers, left Cawnpore on the evening of November
with 7 7.0 men and 4 21 pounders, to join Brigadier
Grant, and on the morning of the 9th detachments

Qom tho nil, 33rd. Sith,Stl, and other regiments

proceeded in the suns direction.
" It wee a glorious eight," says an officer, " to
witness the troops under Uric starching proudly
along, one solid man of stalwart fellows, of robust
and vigorous frames, but active and energetic,—
under thorough discipline, and every man having
as sir of Prm determination. The natives gm, at

the Highlanders with astonishment and dread, and
style them (Witlvreferenic to their garb) the ghosts
of the murdered Englishwomen risen to avenge!'
The Delhi column looked as if they had had hard

fighting and great exposure, but the men were in
capital spirits. The Sth and 73th were in moose-
cokared drawee, which looked odd at ficet, Mat ma.

questionably was a capital colon: to fight in, as it is
so difficult to peratire it at a distance. The Sikhs
were dressed in the same way. Two of our guns
were drawn by elephanta, which somewhat allto-
- the Royals, and would rather create a sem-
boa at Woolwich."

On the road to Bonnee-bridge the colt= nmet with

no opposition. The enemy ',red around, and on
the 3rd of November, expecting the troops to march,
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as they always did, at three or four in the morning,
they filled a village on the road with infantry, in-
tending. it is supposed, to allow our column to pus,
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and then to attack and to plunder the baggage. As
lock wouli have it an order came which caused the

troops to break up camp and march at daylight, so
the enemy was disappointed, andinetead of plunder-
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ing. u he expected, he suffered. Sixteen villages
were burnt round camp on this occasion. The
conduct o! the rebels was despicable as far

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as pluck went. Nero. were I;rge bodies of
men wen to fly so rapidly as those did which
attempted to oppoe our men on the 3rd, and
had it not been C.,r the high cover afforded

by the corn and ragar-cane defels, hundreds would
have fallen beneath the swords of the cavalry.
On the 3.h the village of Nawabgunge (iiananng!

Noeigunge) was ocjupicil, and The camp piiebid an
• Leval plain, where the enemy, about 1,000 or 1,200
string, appeared in a threatening attitude. They
were attacked, routed, and dispersed. Another
party from the Jeilalabad fort, south-east of Alum-
Ugh, approaching shortly after, met with the lame
fate; loiiog about 100 men and a qua they bad
with them. The best accounts h►d been received
Rom Alambagh, as will u front the troops under
General ((strain beleagued in the Residency, and
Machu Buren. The turner place was surrounded
by upwards of 12,000 men well provided with guns,
from which they kept up a constant the, distinctly
kurd from Navntbrarge. One immense piece of
ordnance, al,ed Luehmce, alone seems w have &s-
-trained the garrison. At Alumbagh, the enemy ones
never stationary, one rajah relieving the other at Ise
tweak, and each taking up • different position.
tin the 9th of November, Sir Colin Campbell,
taking with him a detachment of the 9th Lancers.
and Pirairob Irregulars, the Naval Brigade with sit
24-pounders, two bona:ere, and four large marts"
mated the Ganges, sad proceeded rapidly to

Blawatigunge, where he arrived on the 10th. The
columns mined op one mile nearer to Lucknow,
throwing out a maiu p:cket to within three miles
of Alacubagb. Sly Culin wee now able to dispose of
6.000 mete. eleven heavy guns, two 15 pounder, 18
field-pierce, and several mortars. He commenced
operations on the 10th by clearing Alumbagh ; and
the day cloaca with the capture of two guns and the
redaction of the square fort of Jellalabad, which
was s•bs..lueatly blown up. The capture of other
places between Alurnbagh and the Residency will
be made clear by a slight sketch of the ground on
which Lucknow lira. Alumbagh, as you are aware,
stands south of Lucknow about three miles. A
direct road runs due north, crosses th•• canal at right
engin in a point called the Charbagh bridge, and
diverging slightly to the westward, cuts through the
heart of the city, ar.d eeips at the Bailee guard, or
residency. The canal, which runs nearly east and
west, falls into the Goolotee at &point north of the
Marnuiere school. The ',loch,. Bawun and reel-
deacy cheat on the fair, which flows almost due
east and ;,arallel to the canal ; bat at some distance
the e,.1 r lie of the stream aiters and winds south, join-
ing the canal above the Martiniere school. Thus
Lucknow, the Muchee Bawun, the residency, and
other buildings, are enclosed north, south, and east
by • barrier of watery, which bathe en
area forming almost • rectangle. Near the
junction of the canal and Ooonitte, and consequently
mar the Nlartiniers, general bridges are built on the
canals, that which is nearest the river leading to a
group of buildings called the Itahals. These Ma-
hal* are the residence of Wsjid Ali's 800 wises, and
are an rotenone structure built of bricks, affording
exeeilent covering positions to infantry, but incapable
of resistance to &finery. Near theca are Sekunder-
bagh, the barracks, and mese-house. Troops occu-
pying the Mahal' and other buildings just named are
ander fire south eastward from the residency. Are
placed on the canal in front of the Martiniere
could fire on than in a north-westerly direction. It
is, then, obvious tl,at by an sdva•ce of our troops
from the southward or Slartiniere direction the occu-
pants of the M-rhuls would be under • double fire.
At no great distance in rear south of Nlartiniere is
Dilkliciesha, literally Heart's Delight, a palace cf
brick, composed of two rectangular blocks of hail&
hip, forming half • square. This much being pre-
mised, Sir Colin 's operations remain to be narrated.
Having reduced Jcilalabad and cleared the ground
about Alumbsgh up to the easel, be moved east-
ward on the 1511 t, and recopied the Dilkhoosha and
Mart/nine after a running tight of two hours. By
soon he held those points in strength. At three in
the afternoon the enemy adraneed to attack hiss
there—l know not hom what direction. They were
repulsed heavily, our loss being Lieutenant Mayor,
M.A., and Lieutenant Wheetcroft of the Carabineere
killed. On the lt;th the Commander-in-Chief ed-
earned straight across the canal, and occupied Se-
kanderbegh after a seine struggle, in which the

enemy suffered enormously. This position having
been occupied, a place called the Samoa, seer
the Mahal', was attacked with heavy artillery, and
battered for three hours. At dusk it was stormed
sad carried, after one of the severest fights ever wit-
' seemed. Early on the 17th a communication Was
opened with the residency to the left rear of the
canal, a. e., west of the residency. A vigorous can-
nonade was at the same time kept up on the mem-
house, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon that very
strong poeition wee carried by storm, the troops
pushing Tepidly on to seize the Motee Mahal (largest
of the palaces), which they did before dark. These
important operations had the effect of opening com-
munications to the residency, end in the dusk of
evening, on the bloody and hard won field, Sir James
Outmm, Sir Henry Havelock, and Sir Colin Camp-
bell met. The latter had been slightly wounded
during the day, but had not been incapacitated from
duty. On the 20th the garrison, which had so long
held the residency, was removed, the women and
wounded being taken to the rear. On the 21st, ope-
rations for the reduction of the western part of the
city were resumed, and a severe action ensued, of
which we have not the particulars. The 03rd and
naval brigade are described u having 'offered much
loss, but oar casualties, considering the time ex-
pended in this capital operation, seem not to have
been more than usually severe. The women, chil-
dren, and wounded, were escorted safely to Cawn-
pore, where thou hitherto confined in Alumbagh had
already arrived.

At Cawnpore troops continued to arrive more
rapidly, it is pleasing to be able to alarm, than they
had done hitherto. Once master of Locknow, Sir
Colin Campbell will, it is said, pause foe reinforce-
ments; and aa 3,500 men were reviewed at Calcutta
on• the 23rd, those reinforcements cannot be long

wanting. Cavalry alone will be the arm in which
our weakness will be shown. The lit Dragoom,
unable to obtain homes at Calcutta, were sent away
on that account to Madre' ; sad it is painful to think
that after months of warning of English cavalry
arrivals, no arrangements should have been made for
remounts. It will doubtless be urged, and eo for
with truth, that horses are not shipped Southward
from Persia and Arabia till after the monsoons; bat
there were ample resources to be drawn upon at the
Cape and Australis, had timely measures been taken;
and the neglect of theme measures will be a fair
subject of grievance with the English people.
The capture of Lucknow will not, it is needless to
say, produce the submission of Onde. The rebels
have placed a boy on the throne, and keep hint in
state at Pyrabad—a city of 100,000 inhabitants, de-
fended by a large fort with a wall, a ditch, and
round towers, lately repaired, and new entrench-
ments. Here the last great stand may be expected,
and the royalty of Cads moat finally perish.