The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1857.

were doing. It was observed that a large building,
or semi, called the Bed Ohah, opposite the Lahore
gate, was occupied, and had been strengthened from
without by defences constructed during the day.
It was a 'Ellicott position to attack, the walls of the
place being high and thick. Major Tombs' battery
of horse artillery, the let Fusiliers, the 60th Rifles
and Ghoorkss went to the assault, and, after a short
resistance, carried all before them. The gates of
the Seri were burst in, the enemy's ammunition
blown up, a 9-pounder gun taken, and a less of a
hundred killed inflicted. Three or four of our men
were killed. The gallant conduct of Major Tombs
was noticed on this occasion, and a letter fr= nary
lays silt:
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Tbe position thus brilliantly earned by Major
Tombs with the Artillery, by a part of the ltifies,
Ist Fainters and Ohoorkas, had been taken by the
rebels for the purpose of makieg a battery to en-
filade our works at Hindoo Rao's house. Such a
battery being distant only. 1,200 yards, might have
done us enormous injury, inasmuch as the house of
}Endo° Rao is already within such good range of the
'Delhi guns, that a round shot entered the house on
the 17th, and killed one officer, two Carabineers, and
four Ohoorkis, and wounded four more. The danger
of our attack was increased by the vicinity of the
town wall guns. But the attention of the rebels in
the city was judiciously diverted, the assaulting
party moved in two division., and the affair was
speedily carried out.
The morning of the 19th revealed a new, though
not altogether unexpected, enemy. The Nusseerabad
mutineers, with a battery of six guns, made their
appearance in our rear, and attacked General Bar-
nard's force in the evening. They were engaged by
the force of the Rajah of Jheend, attacked by Major
Tombs' battery of field artillery, and charged by the
9th Lancers. Evening appears to have put an end
to the engagement, which was renewed on the morn-
ing of the 20th. This time the mutineers were
beaten with great slaughter. On our part we had
the misfortune to lose Colonel Yule, of the 9th Lan-
cers • Lieut. Whestlev, of the 54th ; Lieut. Hum-
pltrin, of the 20th N.l. ; and Lieut. Alexander, of the
3rd NJ. ; Col. Beecher, Capt. Brown, lit
Fusi-
liers ; Captain Daly, of the Guides ; and four other
officers, were wounded. _

Although the enemy was thus repulsed, he still
occupied positions in our rear. At least I infer this
from the fact that on the 2:frd, after two days' re-
spite, a general attack was made on our lines from
the rear by a force of considerable numberii. Their
chief position was a walled place of some extent on
our right rear due west of Delhi, called Subset
Mundee ; they were strongly postzd in a neighbour-
ing village, and took advantage of the walls of gar-
dens in the vicinity. The tight was desperately
maintained by the rebels the whole day, and the
loss they inflicted upon us was great. Their own is
described as considerable. The 24th, 25th, and 28th
seem to have passed off quietly.
It is a fortunate circumstance that, notwithstand-

ing the presence of the enemy in the rear of our
position at Delhi, comusaniestions have been kept
open with Menet, Agra, and the North-Welt, and
that throughout the l'unjaub everything has been
quiet. At l'eshawur, up to the 19th of June, the
presence of her Majesty a 27th, 70th, and ts7th, had
sufficed to awe and keep in order the disarmed
sepoys of four regiments; the 21st Native Infantry
were still faithful, whilst several regular and irre-
gular Sikh regime-Os assisted in the preservation of
order. Seven hundred European artillerymen formed
an additional element of security, and the authori-
ties hail been able to punish with severity all
disaffected and mutinous people. The natives are
not allowed out after gunfire. The safety of Pesha-
war and its escape from the fate of Nlcerut and
Urlhi, is due to the activity of the authorities. A
general rising had been determined on, and would
have taken place two hours later, on the very day of
the disarmament. This fact was elicited on the trial
of the jemadar, who was executed fur mutiny. The
death of forty of the 55th, mutineers Liken at Mur-
dun, is described as a fearful sight. The culprits
were fastened by the arms and legs to the gun
wheels, with their back to the murales. The dis-
charge cut the body in two. As there were only ten
guns, the mutilated remains had to be removed four
tunes. The men who thus suffered were supposed
to be honoured by this kind of death, which was re-
served for high caste men only. This 55th thrived
badly in their mutiny. They took refuge after the
defeat of Nlurdar, with the Swat tribe of hill people,
who, after subjecting them to the forcible adoption
of the Mahometan religion, -old them hack to us at
twenty rupees a head. Two hundred and fifty pri-
soners of this regiment and the slst were in gaol
waiting for trial, and twelve of the 51st had been
hung. The 27th Native Infantry was disarmed a
second time, as it was discovered ►hat not content
with their muskets and bayonets, each of the sepoys
was in possession of swords and maces. Of these it
is said that no less than 700 were discovered. A
similar process of searching seems to have been car-
ried out successfully (June 2'2) at Bnbathoo, Dagshai,
and Russowlie, nearer Lahore, 160 swords having
been found at the latter place, 70 at Dagshai, and a
similar number at Subathoo.
At I.abore everything proceeded quietly up to the
28th ult. The mutineers of Jullundint and l'hillour,
after they were dispersed at Loodhiana, divided,
some 300 in number making their way to the south-
west, towards the Jumna to Itajghaut, where they
were attacked and beaten on the 18th of June by a
force from Saharunpore and Deyra,which killed and
wounded many, and took several prisoners. The
rest retreated towards the Bikaneer territory, and
were pursued by Generalvan Cortland Lin command
of the Irregulars of Jowaheer Sing, Rajah of
Bhutiana, to the vicinity of Sirsah. Here the
general was joined by 2,700 Irregular Horse, fur-
nished by the Rajah of Bikaneer, and thus rein-
forced he advanced to Khyrakee, on the Sinuth road.
On the 19th of Juno ho found the insurgents, con-
sisting of rebel sepoys and others, strongly
posted in two villages, separated from each
other by the road. Both villages were at-
tacked at once, the road being commanded by
artilleny,and all resistance swept away in two hours.
The villages were stormed, 200 rebels killed, and 18
taken prisoners. The loss on our side was alight.
Jowaheer Sing's force behaved admirably. The
enemy having been thus destroyed, a detachment
under Captain Robertson scoured the country, and
order wu gradually restored. Another detachment,
consisting of a considerable body of horse and foot,
under Lieutenant Pease, was pushed on to Hussar,
the scene of a late frightful massacre, and Brigadier-
General van Cortlandt was to follow in the same
direction. Thus the country to the north and north-
west of Valhi has been entirely cleared of rebels, and
we may expect to hear that Coctlandt's column, after
reducing Hansi and Maur, has joined General
Barnard, and afforded him a useful reinforcement.
Disaffection in the meanwhile has spread alarm-
ingly in the territories of °wilier and Indore. The
mutiny tint commenced at Seepeee, about 70 miles
from °wallet, and soon spread to the capital, where
the troops rose on the 14th of June. They chose
Sunday, at 10 o'clock in the evening, for their move-
ment; attacked their °Seen in a place called the
Luau:, and killed three or kw ot then. The root

succeeded in escaping to the Residency, where the
Maharajah advised them not to stay. He assured
them that, in the present spirit of his men. he could
not undertake to defend them. Accordingly the
officers and civil servants, and even the resident,
were forced to leave Gwalior, and proceed to Agra,
where they arrived in safety. The movement then
spread to the Ist ()wailer Grenadiers at Etawah,
who, on hearing of the rising at the capital, re-
quested their officers to depart. This they did, taking
refuge unhurt in Agra. It is stated that the Maha-
rajah has collected and organised some of his personal
adherents, to recover his treasure, and punish the
rebels who have stolen it. We may well doubt,
however, whether the ruler of Owalior will remain
faithful to us when all Europeans have left his
territories.

The Rajah of Medwa's contingent mutinied with
the same unanimity as that of °wilier. At first
the Mehidpore contingent failed to induce the Malwa
infantry at Indore to rue, but the disaffected feeling
soon grew strong, and the troops both at Indore and
Mhow rose against their officer,. They proceeded at
the former place to massacre the Europeans,
whose names have not as yet been made
public. The resident (CoL Durand) and the post-
master (Mr. Beauvais) made their escape to Seepore.
The mutineer, proceeded to Mhow, where, in addi-
tion to the Maharajah Molkais contingent, a cam-
pasty of faa*awalauty, 446 slams batboy lambed,
part of the Ist Bengal Light Cavalry and the 23rd
Native Infuntry,were gameoned. The native troops
all rase on the 4th or 6th inst. Fortunately the
battery was one of European artillery under Captain
Itungerford, and the fort served as a refuge for
the Europeans of both services and for the ladies.
At first the insurgents surrounded the fort, and fears
were entertained Zest they might continue to do so,
as there was only provision inside for ten days, but
the mutineers did not keep up the siege. They pro-
ceeded towards Oojein with the intention of ad-
venting towards Delhi. They quarrelled amongst
I themselves about the treasure plundered at Indere,
and some of them returned to the capital. In the
meantime the Maharajah offered rewards for the
apprehension of the instigators of rebellion. Some
troops, considered staunch, were sent in pursuit,
and the remaining treasure was deposited for
safety in the fort of Mhow. As the monsoon
has set in there is no chance of these muti-
neer, reaching Delhi. They may return, perhaps,
to Gwalior, and there join the insurgents of that
state. Between them and Delhi are the forces lately
usembled by the people of Kotah and leypore.
The former are supposed to keep order from Nusseer-
abad to Muttrs, the latter in the districts of Goer-
gaon. There are levies of horse and foot also from
Keraalee. But no confidence can be placed in the
services of any of these corps, which only abstain
from rebellion that they may better plunder. 11cr
Majesty's 83rd, which has arrived at Nussecrabad
from Ikesa, and the let Bombay Cavalry, may help
to keep matter,' in order in the districts of Sodey-
poor and Jeypere, but there seems to be no present
means of reducing the rebels of Gwalior and Indore
north of the Nerbudda. That stream Bets as an
effectual barrier to military movements during the
monsoon, rising to an extraordinary height, and
overflowing its banks for mile.. The Bombay
government have, however, enough to do south of
the Nerbudda for the present, and the preparations
and movements they have made indicate that bodies of
rebels ere at Asscerghur, and that in °wailer,
I Khandrieh, and part of the Nizam's dominions about
Aurungabad, bands of Itohilla and other Muasulman
plunderers are in motion. In consequence of this
a light field brigade has been ordered to form at
Molligaum, under Colonel C. 11. Somerset, to consist
of a wing of H.M. Stith Foot, from Bombay, a de-
tachment of the Poona Irregular Horse, from Server,
the 3rd Cavalry Hyderabad contingent, the 6th
Bombay Native Infantry, and a detachment of Sap-
pers sad Miners from Poses. This wing of H.M.'s
S6lh was to proceed via Wassund and Nassiek to
Nlalligaum. the 3rd Hyderabad contingent, under
Captain Orr, is already on the scene of action,
having reached Akharpore on the Nerbudda. The
Consmauder.in-Chief had intended to send the head-
quarter wing of the 3rd Bombay Europeans to Au-
rungabad through Ahmcdnuggur, and a squadron
of the 14th lancers, with a half battery of Les-
lie's artillery, three guns and seventy-five men to
Malligitum, but affairs at Aurungabad seem not
to have improved, and the cavalry and artillery
are ordered thither from Poona, and whilst the 3rd
Europeans are to stand fast, the headquarter wing
of the 24th Native Infantry at Ahmednuggur, was
marched on the Nth to join General Woodburn's
force. The regiments under that general's charge
were to have started for Nlalligaum, but will now be
kept where they are, under the orders of Colonel C.
S. Stuart, of the 6th Bombay Native Infantry, who
succeeds General Woodburn in his command, that
(Meer having been so seduced by sickness since his
departure from Ahniednuggur, that his medical
advisers would not answer for his life unless he
retired.

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At Aurungahad more mutineer', of the let Hydra-
bad Cavalry, had heir' taken, of whom two were
shot, and one blown from a gun, on the 7th inst.

A horse battery of European artillery has been
despatched, in all haste, to Sattara, to relieve a
bullock battery with Golundauz (native gunners)
attached, which has been ordered to Poona, and will
eventually be sent to Bombay.
Our difficulties are trifling in the territories of the
tributary rajahs compared with those which beset
our forces in the cities bordering on the Ganges be-
tween Benares and Delhi. The communications be-
tween licnares and Cawnporo were, as you know
from the news of the last mail, interrupted. We
bad but an imperfect knowledge of the state of
affairs in Oude and Rohilcund. We are now certain
that the British forces in Cawnpore and Lucknow
arc besieged and hemmed in, and painfully aware
that no successful efforts have been made to release
them. It was necessary, in the first place, to clear
Allahabad, an important city, at the junction of the
Ganges and lumna, midway between Benares and
Cawnpore. Fortunately the Europeans had been
able to maintain themselves in the first when the out-
break commenced, and were materially assisted in
keeping off the ruffians of the 6th Native Infantry
by the Sikhs under Lieutenant Brasyer, who sue
ceeded in saving thelives of alltheladies,and disarm-
ing that portion of the sepoys who did duty inside the
works. For this signal piece of service, Lient.Brasyer
was immediately promoted by Lord Canning. Out-
side the works, even alter the arrival of reinforce-
ment speedily sent up from Benares, there was no
safety for Europeans or Christiana ; and night after
night the darkness was dispelled by the lurid fires of
burning bungalows and houses destroyed by the
sepoys and Mahommedans, whose atrocities ex-
ceeded in barbarity even those committed at Meerut
and Delhi.

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On the 11th Colonel Neile, of the Madras Fusi-
liers, reached Allahabad, and fresh troops came up
from Bemires in the steamers Cod, Sir Charles
Allan, and Jumna. The ladies and children were
removed as soon am passible, and sent down by the
Sir Charles Allan to Calcutta. Colonel Neils then
called together the whole staff of officer!), and made
arrangements for taking the city from the rebels.
The guns of the fort opened fire with round shot on
Daragungc, a suburb on the right bank of the river,
chiefly inhabited by Brahmins. After 18 or 20
rounds bad been fired, a detachment of 80
Madras Fusiliers, 40 of the 3rd Irregular Cavalry
(all that remained loyal out of 130), and
three companies of Sikhs, advanced out of
the place, and swept the mutineers before them,
bayoneting all that came within their reach, whilat
the Irregulars sabred those who fled. Daragunge
was thus cleared in a very skeet time, and the Sikhs
encamped on the ground nsar the fart. The 13th
and 14th were emit in organising a second attack on
other quarters, the rebels mustering very strong and
numerous; so great, Mcleod, was their confidence
that on the 13th they attacked the Sikhs with great
vigor: 1 they were quickly repulsed, and at gun-firs