The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

GENERAL HAVELOCK'S MARCH.

The following are extract, of a letter from a gen-
tleman volunteer attached to Bri6adiar-Cassel Neill's camp
eat Cawnpore, dated August 1
" On the 30th alt. General Havelock'. force had proceeded
about 20 miles tom& Lucknow. In the morning of that
day they yams seem • large body of the rebel. entrenched at
a bridge ; the meals surrounded our gallant little band, but
were beaten to nothing. Our force advanced and in the
evening attacked the rebels, who were in • second entrench-
ment. Our side gained the day, of course, and captured in
all 19 guns, but our lose ma heavy, 85 killed and wounded;
the guns were spiked or destroyed, and the general has
retired to within four miles of us. Cholera is
raging fearfully among our poor fellow, the casualties
being reported as 60 per day. The enemy is said to be ini,
tremendous force on the Lucknow road, so I presume the
general will not advance spinet them until reinforced and
he is relieved of his wounded. I believe it la' the general's
intention to bring away if possible all our poor people from
Lucknow, and abandon Oude altogether for the present. This
appears to me to be a very judicious plan,and I think gement-
meet should maks it publicly known, because the rebellious
scoundrels in the north-west would then make at once for
their darling Oude, and leave our upper provinces quiet.
A rumour is current here that Delhi has at last really
bean captured. I hope this may prove to be •
fact. We are la daily expectation of reinforcements
from Allahebad. If they don't come soon our position hers
will be • vary ticklish cm jest now; these are only about
830 man here, sod the rasedly stagers see said to be again
collecting at Bittoor. We have seat the Berhampooter
Mame, with 60 Europeans, 26 WM, two guns, and •
molar, up the river to dislodge them; we are in constant
expcnition'of being attacked—have to stand to arms at night.
It is said that the Nana's people have sworn to come and re- '
take the place, or perish ; they had better not attempt it. for
300 men with • commander like General Neill would give
them something to do. I have not been able to glean much '
information weaseling the noble Wheeler's gallant defence of
Cawnpore, but the enclosed little drape of paper which I
found among the clothes of our monk cod country-
I women will tend to throw some little light on the matter. I
also found in the heap of blood-stained clothes three Dopier-
rootype portents which I retain and intend to advertise them
hereafter. As soon an we reached C./drapes 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 C mmissariat Department. Ile had volun-
teered to leave the entrenchment, end endeavour to gain
some information for Sir H. Wheeler se to the probability of
relief being at bond or not, the rebels *deed him, tried him
as • spy, and condemned him to thee, pare' 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 shoots of our army, made • rush at their puede,
overpowered them, and escaped. Door fellow! (Hr. 8.) be
had loft all his family (nine) in the entrenchment, and they
have, with the rest of our people, been peony butchered. It
is a meet affecting eight to me the poor fellow marching
about the place where the bodies of our countrywomen were
found, I suppose hoping to find some trace of his slaughtered
family. He dams listlessly about, no ono speaking to him
or offering to sympathise with him, for wo all feel that it
would be elmost a mockery to offer consolation. Many
people say that Wheeler should hero gone into
the maguine instead of entrenching himself where
he did; that he would then have prevented the
meta getting the ammunition and guns. The Artillery
Hospital which Wheeler defended is fearfully battered ; the
rebels hod pins 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
pt 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 Bittoor traitors' proposal (that Wheeler
should evacuate Cesapore and retire to Allahatiad under his
protection) was accepted. We know what sort of protection
the villains showed them. All but our women end children
(who were made prisoners) were treacherously butchered as
coon as they had fairly placed themselves in the power of
the wretches.

On the 18th Major Renaud got shot in one of his legs,
which was shattered ; heard on the road, end as his regiment
peseta, said, "God be with you, Fusiliers, for I can't." Hie
men cheered him, and rushed forward to revenge him, and I
believe they did reedit] execution; they are tine soldiers, and
almost worshipped poor Renaud, who, I am sorry to say, is
lime dead. Captain Currie, her Majesty's 84th, was sick
when we were advancing upon this ; ha instated upon being
allowed to leave his douley and load Ida company—poor
fellow, he was shot in the loins, which proved mortal.
Major Benson died hare of dyaentery. We have
two or three officers now wounded ; Lieutenant

Seaton, of the Fusilier., mid to be mortally so,
Old Havelock merna to be a !ecca clomp, and well up to his
work as a general; hie son, Lieutenant Havelock, is s model
of a soldier, ► fine dashing fellow, in the Charles O'Malley
style.
We caught a Bubadar the other day ; be coarsened to
having been second in commend fighting against us on the
16th ult. We bang him up, but first made him clean up
soma of the blood of one slan,ghtered women.
I hope no Mumulman will be enlisted into the sad,
vauntenn now forming. In the Feeney's., Regiment of
Sikhs there are about 106 Mahoenedans, which the Sikhs
say never fired yot at the enemy ; they use iota of cartridges,
but all are fired over the enemy's beads positively.