The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

The Bombay nmes, of Oct. 3, mays :
In our last summary we gave news from Delhi to
the 9rd September, when the siege train was daily
expected in camp. It arrived on the 3th Septem-
ber, and active preparations were immediately made
to commence offensive operations. Several batteries,
armed with heavy gnus, were established in com-
manding positions, within a short distance from the
city walls, so that the bastions could be destroyed
by our fire. This was successfully accomplished, but
with the lam of two officers, Lieu. Hildebrand, of
the Artillery, and Limit. Bannerman, of the Belooch
Battalion, who were killed. Having thus established
batteries in advanced positions, the bombardment of
the city commenced, and the Cashmere and Mooree
bastions suffered severely/rem our shot and shell. The
enemy replied smartly with pope and musketry, but
our lam was inconsiderable, and our tire was kept up
with undiminished vigour. On the lUth and 11th
of September, one or two sorties were made by the
enemy, but without any result, notwithstanding the
proximity of our batteries to the walls. For two
days longer, our artillery continued to play on the
sky, until, on the 12th, the Cashmere bastion and
half the adjacent curtain were in ruins. Preparatiou
were now made for the assault, and General Wilson,
in an order issued • few days previous, laid down
the line of conduct to be pursued by the troops. No
quarter was to be given to the mutineers, but the
women and children were to be spared. On the 14th
September, the assault was made on the city, which
was entered by a division of our troops, who suc-
ceeded in effecting a lodgment,and driving the enemy
before them. The following telegraphic message
from Colonel Durand, at Mhow, to Lord Elphinstone
at Bombay, gives particulars of the successful assault '
on Delhi :

"Captain FAlen, at Jeypoor, sends, by ►n express
dated 18th, the following from Colonel Young,
written from headquarters, Skinner's House, Delhi,
111th :—The assault took place yesterday morning
eosin after daybreak, and the storming was entirely
successful; we were soon in possession of the end of
the fort, with the Cashmere, Cabal, and Slooree
gaits, which we now hold, with the Church, Col-
lege, and other large buildings near this one, in
which the headquarters are. Preparations are
making for heavy batteries to knock the mutineers
out of those parts of the city in which they now are.
Many of the city people have come in for and re-
ceived quarter. Sepoys wanted to come, but not
permitted. Casualties said to be heavy. No artil-
lery officers killed or wounded. A great many of
the mutineers escaped. Cavalry left last night—it
is said, towards Rewaree."
Mr. Greathead writes :

DELHI, thrr. 12.
"It was before reported that the 18 gnu battery
No. IL, in front of Ludlow Castle. had, with the kid
a heavy mortars, quickly silenced the Cashmere
Bastion.

"That bution has not since replied, and heavy
salvos are continually directed against it. No. I.
battery continues to hre into the Moree : it is a heap
of ruins, but the gunners manage to fire light guns
from different parts.
"No.III. at the Custom-house his not yet opened.
Some alterations had to be made in it. It is ex-
pected it will be ready this evening.
"The enemy have not made any more eorties, but
they keep up a brisk Are of musketry in front of the
bastions from rifle pits and among the jungle, and
they have a flanking fire from held pieces on the
right, and from a heavy gun and mortar on the
other side the river. Suleymgarh and the Water
Bastion also tire on the left and centre batteries.
/Lockets are occasionally fired from a martello
tower in front, and there are singe light guns on
two others.

" All this does not ntard the progress of the siege,
or lead to any interruption of fire. And, though
the delay about No.III. is certainly a disappointment,
there is still every lemon for congratulation. A
position has bees seized and maintained for breath-
ing purposes which, if worked up to according to
rule, would not have been ours for some time, and
our fire is very destructive.
" A party of the enemy's cavalry, 200 in number,
got across the cut of the Canal yesterday, to cut utf
our camels. They retired on seeing a force coming
against them, and might have got off, but they were
met by 80 of the Guide Cavalry under Captain Sand-
ford, and two ressaldars and 2, sowers were killed
on the field. The rest got off to Delhi.
" The sense of impending danger his roused the
energies of the l'andics, and they talk of nothing
bat defence, and are making dumdummas near the
magazine and between the Cashmere and Cabulee
gates. But experience has hitherto shown that
, dime energies fail when the moment of action ar-
rives ; and I think it is generally a source of con-
gratulation that the rebel. are hot availing them-
selves of the many avenues of escape. The popula-
tion appears quiescent.
"Major Campbell, of the Artillery, was wounded
bya grape-shot in the leg in battery, and Lieutenant
Lockhart is also wounded. The enemy was quieter
last sight, and the casualty return for the last '24
boom G, I hope, moderate. The erections of No. 111.
aft • psi many men.
• All quiet above."
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"DELHI, SEPT. 13.
"Alter I wrote yesterday, the left batteries
opened against the Water Bastion and curtain, with
one gun bearing on the causeway leading to the
bridge, and have continued in full play. They have
to endure a warm musketry fire from the walls, and
shot and shell from Saleyingurh, and from across
the river.

" The army has suffered a severe loss in the death
of Captain Fagan of the Artillery, lie waa an ad-
mirable officer, and has been the life of the camp.
His daring was unbounded, and he could not be re-
strained from exposing himself over the breastwork
to observe the line of tire from the new battery, and
was shot through the head.
"The other casualties are lieutenant Earl, Artil-
lery, and Chancellor, 7.lth, wounded. The loss
among the men is held to be moderate.
" The centre batteries have continued an increas-
ing fire against the Cashmere Bastion and curtain,
and the mortars keep up a searching fire on its
neighbourhood. Nu. 1. still grinds away at the
Morey.

"The enemy have mounted a heavy gun in two
places on half moons in the wall, and are persevering
in their enfilade from the right, and are doing their
best to defend the place.
" The officers never leave the batteries, which are
open to the sky ; but the only men who are dispirited
are those whom sickness or wounds keep in camp.
" I have had no intelligence from the town since
the evening of the 11th.
"General Nicholson will command the moveable
column to be sent from this. We may expect to
hear of the assault in a day or two."

The following extra of the Delhi Genelie, pub-
lished at Agra, on the 18th September, gives details
of the storming operations on the 1 Ith :
Delhi, September 14.—Mr. Grcathed writes:
" Delhi was stormed this morning, and the British
forces are in possession of the line of defences from
the water bastion to the Cabal Gate, including the