The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

TILE ATTACK ON AORA.

(From rho roam)

Camp of the loveable Cahoon 'South-mat of Aare,
Oet. 16.

• • The moveable column was urgently
called for, and, whin a very long faced march, it wound
under the Act, a galled spectacle, giaddenhig the eyes of
the long-isolated phison, amid their heerty plaudits. The
troops himeeeked on the amusement perade ground, malt-
lag the issduel 'mint of their tents sod baggage, on the
morning of the 10th of October, and the greeter peed= of the
Alain dispersed to ere zed breettbst CM their Mends in the
fort. Now, Agra, the head-querters of the Civil Government
andofitarowd of refugees, wee foU of purveyors of intelligence,
ofilital end non-ofilcial. There was nothing that happened
for a long way rernd of which gf.y e*,e people cad not their
own patients. end cirermstentlel intelligence. The mill-
buy reageoarts for guiding against surmises, strategwas,
rod treacherous =melee were alio the most patent rem
knosa. The authotitles managed to nuke the lime of their
friends thoroughly miserable by the moms of their meant-
time. It was impossible to go enywhera ado anything
wiNumt being hammed out of one's patience,

Wit, on r.li;e mot -r'ng of the 10th, for the f est erne
in the hirtory of beleaguered Agee, ell the nemmongers
ware of one accord—they had all Milian "ete,"gence
that the mutineers, after threatening to aces the aresq
thaw river ten miles daunt, had Slat to do
so, and retreated, end wen then ox miles on the other Me.
It was also found that they were unable to get the big guns
over the river. They were clearly meting off on beer'-.g of
the approach of the column. So, Mende arrived, imam
fry lug, an impessabh armee between, red moitabLerfuteelai
tions unrivalW, it weO might be that all Agra
that morning In peace and enmity, with relieved minds end
grateful hearts. But suddenly. veils breakfast wee in every
man's montlt,a big gun was heard, and another, and another,
end maay more ; people carted—" Oh, no • it moat be
• sante, though rather irregular." Sti'e man guns;
the. pimple were seen hurrying rem cantonment
—the camp war attacked. Yes so it wee. Among
that may legoanos precautions the Ages Mho-
Alas had segiened me my simple oue—vio, to send
ems cm with his eyesopa to look down the road, end the
fenny had quietly marched in big gem sad all, end in...
ma sot one signal of alarm till they actually opened An on
our disordered camp sad knocked lowa reveal men and
horses. The. there me of roan a seam of writ coetmion.
There was so commend end no mytt'ng, end camp-
followers and hones lied in all dimetime. I the enemy e
cavalry and nanny had been pealed be the result might
have been met disastrous, but, man like, they first welled to
see the abet of their big germ. Thee delay me Mel to them.
Oarsm" got into action, oareenhy zoomated, sad when I gal-
loped im to the ground we were returning their ilve. Then their
cavalry did charge right in the parade in a gnat " gore " But
they were too late. They took • detached red disabled gen
fee a moment, and they were so completely among as that
the artillery could not fire on then. But the tired Sikh, It-
Om on the ground formed quire with the utmost erya
and fired well into them. The Lancers Wee ready,
charged at them aa the Lancers can charge. They WON
broken and defeated ; yet some of them did annally sweep
right round the camp and cantonments, and emend each •
panic among the general population as scram was see—'
every cm riding over eery one elm in the moat indlecarei-
nate mamma; in fact, there never was and nem will be so
oneptits • surprise. But by this time anamaudgem
officers had come on the field and every erne was
in mien Our artillery fought rashly—in fact, all did ; end
though it we. some time before we could find erectly when
we were and where the enemy was, and they attacked us on
three aides at owe, eventually they were repulsed and
.began
to retreat. In fact, I think et moat be that in surprOung na
they surprised themselves. They could hardly have know*
what they Wert attacking, or surely would have made •
better Mad. Once they wee repulsed it wee all over with
them. Alter the charge their cavalry never sheared but he
the Hennes. As moon se they were dearly in es-
treat we followed, cad Wore we bad gone very far
they bed ebssdond their three big guns, end their IF
treat approathei to a fright. Hers wee enough for a
moderate mem Our troops, ft
_might be fairly mid, hedMd
enough alit ; • hat was Maid. But another sort at 11011
ca
But
play in the eight place. to Arra. the ormillord
wee take. by Brigadier Cotton, called " Oen Cotton." He
would not belt, and pushed on with fortunate dash. Speedily
the enemy were completely dispersed and ratted, and they
hardly returned our tire. Their infantry moray showed at
the edges of the fields, and then fled through them. Soon
we found and took their camp, than we came
on their baggage, which they gradually abeadonsd.
Our Hone Artillery, from time to tires, galloped
up and opined ire ; then that berme meneceemzi
sad mall bodies of cavalry °Mimed the Mesa Even
tee en twelve wall-mounted Moen made everything fly from
the re* Mlle the cavalry hunted up the fugitives on either
Me. Never wee dispireket more complete. All the guns
(13) end Mons were token, sad to six of the infantry
mat away fields,
These who med themselves did so by
biding is the Gelds, sod they were no doubt ormerous.
There was, in. en end et the Khow and Nemo&
brigades, escaping the Jeanine amity, sad, slier • Ma-
san clues, the troops reemed to relieve Agra. The Sikh
cavalry behaved admirably.
The state et thieve is now this—there le so spa maid
opposition of any oreseideeable incise meth tithe iffitelabraL
In Steelier, the Makarejah will keep aloof fees the mad-
mere with his own troops sod elms of the conffegaitt wham
he hae gained over, Including, I balm, meet of the cavalry.
Of infantry the mutinous contingent have now bat tom
nements, but they have a very large ertillery—Mout 30
geld-piaom and a magazine and third-clam idege-teals.
Though they have Men threatened to attack 4es, Myles..
not done so, sad have throughout Mimed a espsnas
of their own They are now and to be about to
on .1 hoed, its nen to Camp" but we AM
see. Bandlemend Is, I believe, in • bad Main and s
manes cold weather rampage will be then indimpasethie.
Irmo C.awspere and Lucknow we have requisitions for more
troops, end the column is now moving on Cawnpore. This
is the second march from Ages. At Mynnporee tht_orSed•
Son is not likely to be mime, though the Bajpoot MAIL Is
hostile. At Futtygbar there may be a strong force, but we
teed not go then, and oaken it prom that we an afford to
do so we may not yet attempt to weepy the country between
this sod Compere, en to keep open one communications be-
hind as.

no Oahu= is is pod hailtb and opirits, but dellcioat to
• modem of reliable iallustry, and 200 of the cavalry
adored to Say at Agr•.

A CITILtAW.

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