The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

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THE
INDIAN MUTINIES.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

BOMBAY, AvoraT 13.

•
It has been with feelings of disappointment that
we received the intelligence from Europe of the 10th
of July. To us who have witnessed the fatal effects
of over-confidence in the supreme government at
Calcutta, the prevalence of the same feeling in our
rulers at home is a source of increased anxiety. The
supreme government at first believed that the mutiny
would be suppressed with ease, that disaffection
would be partial and confined to a few of the troops
in the Bengal presidency. The movement might be
put down by English soldiers, the contingents of our
allies the protected princes, and even by native
regiments remaining staunch to combat the muti-
neers. It was only necessary for our commander-in-
chief to appear before Delhi to subdue that city, and
this victory being achieved the pacification of
the country must necessarily follow. A small
army accordingly marched towards Delhi, from the
north, whilst detachments came up tore the south,
small in number, far from support, and without any
military base. Our movements were those of men
pawing through a quiet and loyal country, from
which no hostility was to be expected.
Unforeseen difficulties impeded the progress of the
"army of retribution," ea it was somewhat pomp-
ously called. Transport was not at hand, the heat
was great, but above all things one was wanting,
and that was artillery. The city of the Moguls
which had fallen into the hands of the rebels was
then discovered to be, not a mere fortress to be be-
sieged and taken by assault, it was • large and
strong place, in which, with singular providence,
we had stored for years the appliances and means of
a first-clan arsenal, but which, with strange and per-
verscobstinacy,we had confided to native troops alone,
in spite of repeated warnings respecting the danger
of such • course. Delhi resisted, and thus overturning
the calculations of the over-confident supreme go-
vernment involved us in a series of unparalleled
disasters. A small force adventured forward at
Cawnpore in a cantonment was massacred ; an-
other force, which should never have been left where
it was, consistently with military tactics, was sur-
rounded at Lueknow, and thus, between I and
Calcutta, a barrier of rebels has been formed which
impedes the advance of our men and requires all
available reinforcements to break through it. The
rebellion, instead of being confined to the troops of
the Presidency, spread to the contingents, and at
last to the population of Central India, where bands
of pillagers and murderers commit the most stns.
Mous crimes with impunity, set • daily example
successful rebellion to the rest of the country, and
like a tide without ebb, encroaches constantly upon
fresh space, and threatens to swallow up all but the
best defended places.
The last intelligence forwarded to you was in sub-
stance that General Havelock had engaged the Nana
Sahib several times, and re-occupied Cawnpore. The
details of these engagements are full of interest. The
march to Futteypoor, although attended with great
fatigue and exhaustion from excessive heat, was ad-
mirably orderly in consequence of the excel.ent state
of the Grand Trunk road. The 64th led, followed by
the artillery, then the 75th Highlanders and Kith,
the baggage and tents on elephants, and irregulars,.
At the halting place the troops drew up in battle
array, waiting for the tents, and when they arrived
encamped in the order of the halt.
When Colonel Tytler was ordered forward to re-
connoitre on the morning of the 13sh and met the
enemy coming out of FuArypoor, the rebels believed
they had to oppose Major Renaud's column only.
Thor astonielmient at being encountered by up-
wards of a thousand men was excessive. The first
notice of the rebel's' approach was given by the re-
turn of the reconnsiesante and the appearance be-
hind Colonel Tytler of the Sepoy cavalry at a dis-
tance of 1,300 yards. In an instant the men were
in their places, and formed, whilst the artillery
moved forward and opened. The first practice was
not very good, but some saddles were emptied, and
this with the swampy ground confused the cavalry
in its endeavour to outflank us. Our eitirmishers
deploying, the irresistible power of the Enfield rife
kept the horsemen away. The guns pushed forward
to closer quarters to engage the infantry on its
flanks, and in doing so it was met by the artillery
fire of the enemy, which opened with round shot.
These our infantry charged upon and carried, driv.
ing back the enemy on Futteypoor in confusion,
through rice fields and swamps. The rebels never
rallied, but abandoned gun after gun almost without
resistance. As our force approached Futteypoor the
ground became more difficult, and offered the
fairest chances of successful resistance if the
enemy had (liftmen to stand. A barricade of bullock
flirts (hackeria) lay right Berea, the road and closed
'the passage, but as no effort was made to arrest our
progress, it became evident that this barrier was
merely the rebel baggage train jammed in confusion,
and so locked together that two six-pounders were
enclosed within it. These guns were in first-rate
order, and hail never been used. The ground was
here covered with plunder from Cawnpore. Dresses
of men and women lay in confusion around pell-mell,
with saddles, pistols, and furniture. Amongst the
rev two waggons were found laden with treasure,
oneof which was plundered by the men, and the
second brought in by the Sikhs. The enemy did
not pause to defend the streets, but fled towards
Cawnpore, receiving parting shots from us on the
outskirts of the town. The leader of the rebels rode
a richly-ornamented elephant, who was brought
down by a cannon shot. Whether or not this was
Nana Sahib or an officer of less note, was impossible
to ascertain.

On the 114th a detachment advanced to Mitoor,
which was found empty, and was burnt to the
ground. Here fifteen guns had been abandoned by
the enemy. The Nana, It its said, had left Bhitoor,
with his family and the remnants of the rebels, and
proceeded to cross the river into Gude, but a panic
seized his troop., which fled, leaving their arms
behind, and scattered themselves to their several
homes. In this extremity the Nana determined (so
writers affirm) to drown himself and his family.
Such, we are assured, was the fate of the adopted son
of Bajte ltaod, the lost of the Peishwas. His death
in the manner described is not improbable, if we
assume that he had kept the captives as a means of
purchasing his own safety: ; but losing this chance,
in consequence of the raging cruelty of his followers.
found no course left him but to die by our hands
or perish by his own.
On the 22nd of July, General Nel, who had
pulled forward with all speed from Alla-
habad with a reinforcement of 227 men 84th
Regiment. reached Can npore, and on the 23rd the
whole British force, with its guns, crossed the Ganges
into Onde, startling merely by their presence
several bodice of rebels in possession of the road to
Locknow. It was ascertained. says Mr. Tucker's
official bulletin from Bemires, that the garrison then
was safe, and that the enemy's attacks bad lan-
guished in consequent* of their want of ammunition.
The enemy between Lueknow and Cawnporo in
estimated at 12,000 men, with 42 gun•.
On the 25th of July General Havelock's force had
reached Mungora, on the road to Lueknow.
The melancholy state to which the unfortunate
force under General Wheeler was reduced on the
26th of June may be guessed from the following