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London, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

SIB COLIN CAMPBELL'S DESPATCH.

THE RECAPTURE OF LUCKNOW.
(Fr.,m the Governor-General's Gazette. April 5.)
The Right Hon. the GO Ve! nor-General, having now re-
ceived the despatches from his Excellency the Cow inamler-
in-Chief, giving an account of the retaking of Lucknow by
the force under his Excellency's personal command, is
pleased to publish them for general information :
In December last it became the grateful duty of the
Governor-General in Council to promulgate in general
orders the announcement of the relief of the garrison of
Lucknow, so admirably achieved by General Sir Colin
Campbell, C.C.8., and the rescue of the women and chil-
dren, sick and wounded, long beleagured there. It is now
the Governor-General's privilege to convey to his Excel-
lency the tribute of his highest admiration, and of his
most cordial congratulation on the capture of the strong
city of the rebels.
From the 2d till the 16th of March a series of masterly
operations took place, by which the Commander-in-Chief,
nobly supported in his well-laid plans of attack by the
ability and skill of the General Officers, and by the indo-
mitable bravery and. resolution of the fficers and men of
all arms, drove the rebels successively from all their
strongly fortified posts, till the whole fell into the posses-
sion of our troops. .

The.t this great success should have been accomplished
at so Milo cost of valuable lives enhances the honour due
to the leader who has achieved it.
It is a pleasure to the Governor-General to acknowledge
publicly the services of the General and other officers who
took part in the capture of Lucknow.
During the last days of the operations the Nepaulese
force under Maharajah Jung Bahadoor was associated with
the army under General Sir Colin Campbell's command.
To the dintinguished loader of that force, the Maharajah
Jung Bahadoor, the Governor-General desifes to express
his thanks for the hearty co-operation which the Com-
mander-in-Chief received from his Highness, and for the
gallant bearing of his Highness's troops.
To Major-General Sir James ()Aram, G.C.8., the
Government of India is under a new debt of gratitude.
After having held the exposed post of the Alumbagh for
more than three months, in the face of powerful bodies of
rebels, whose attacks he never failed to repel, Sir James
Outram has further greatly distinguishe•l himself at the
head of tho Ist Division, by the brilliant and thoroughly
complete manner in which he executed the duties en-
trusted to him. The Governor-General requests that Sir
James Oatram will accept his most sincere thanks.
His Lordship offers his hearty acknowledgments to the
other General Officers whose services are prominently
noticed in these despatches :
To Major-General Mansfield, Chief of the Staff, of whose
eminent services the Commander-in•Chiof speaks with
well-meiited commendation.

To Major-General Sir A.rchdale Wilson, K.C.8., in chief
command of the artillery, who, after winning lasting re•
nown in the capture of Delhi, has borne a conspicuous part
in the reduction of Lu,lnow.

To Major-General Sir J. Hope Grant, K.C.8., com-
manding. the cavalry of the force ; to Brigadier-General
Franks, C. 8., Brigadier-General Walpole. and Brigadier-
General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., commanding the 2d, 3d,
and 4th Divisims of Infantry.
The Governor-General has to recordhis acknowledgments
to Capt. Sir W. Peel, K.C.8., commanding the Naval
Brigade of her Majesty's ship Shannon, and to offer his
especial thanks to hint far his remarkable services.
The Governor-General entirely concurs with his Excel-
le,.cy the Commander-in-Chief in prominently recognising
the great skill and ability of Brigadier Napier, who com-
manded the Engineers of her Majesty's and the East India
Company's services forming part of the force. Brigadier
Napier is especially entitled to the thanks of the Governor-
General, and to him, to Col. Harness, commanding the
Royal Eegineen, and to the several affi3ers under them, of
both the services, his Lordship's grateful acknowledgments
are offer3d. _ _

The Governor-General has much satisfaction in express-
ing bis high sense of the merits of the several officers com-
manding brigades and regiments.
To the commanding officers of the Royal Artillery, of the
Naval Artillery, and of the BArgal and Ma-4.as Artillery,
the Governor-General tenders his cordial thanks.

To Major Norman, Deputy Adjutant-General of the
army, to whose superior merits and distinguished services
the Commander-in-Chief bears willing testimony, a tribute
in which the Governor-General concurs; to Colonel the
Hon. W. L. Pakenham, C. 8., Officiating Adjutant-Gene-
ral of her Majesty's Forces in India ; to Lieutenant-Col.
Macpherson, Officiating Quartermaster-General of the
Army; to Captain Seymour, Officiating Quartermaster-
General her Majesty's Forces; to Captain Bruce, Deputy
Quartermaster-General, and Captain Algood, Assistant
Quartermaster-General; to Lieutenant-Colonel Keith
Young, Judge-Advocate-General ; to Captain Fitzgerald,
Assistant-Commissary-General, who is specially mentioned
by the Commander-in-Chief; to Lieutenant P. Stewart, of
Engineers, Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs ; to Dr.
WAndrew, Inspector-General of Hospitals her Majesty's
Forces, and to Dr. Brown, Superintending-Surgeon of the
Force, the Governor-General has much satisfaction in ex-
presoing his sense of the good service they have rendered.
To the officers of the personal Staff of the Commander-
in Chief, of the Chief of Staff, and of General Officers
commanding divisions, the thanks of the Governor-Gene-
ral aro due ; and his lordship records his acknowledgments
to the officers of the Staff of divisions and brigades, all of
whom have zealously performed their duty.
To the officers and men of every service, soldiers, sea
men, and marines, composing the force by which Luckuow
has been taken, the Governor-General desires to express
his admiration of their conduct, and to tinder to each in-
dividual the thanks of the Government of India. His
Lordship will take the earliest opportunity of bringing
under the favourable notice of her Mt,jesty's Government,
and of the Hon. Court of Directora, the services rendered
by the force.
Li testimony of these services, the Governcl-General is
pleased to direct that every officer and soldier, European
and native, and the officers and men of the navy, who took
part in the capture of Lucknow, shall receive a donation
of six months' batta.

By order of the Right Hon. the Gaverncr-Gral,
R. J. F. BIRCH, Colonel,
Saeratary to the Government of India, ➢lilitary
Department, with the Governor. General.

From Sir Colin Campbell, General, Commander-in-ghiel
in India, to the Right Hon. the Viscount Canning,
Governor-General of India, &c. .
Camp La Martiniere, dated Lucknow, March 22,1358.
My Lord,—l have the honour to announce to your Lord-
ship that I transferred my head-quarters to the camp of
Brigadier-General Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.8., at Bun-
tara, ou the 28th ult., the division which had been de-
tached under Brigadier-General Sir J. Hope Grant,
K.C.8., and that under Brigadier-General %V alpJle join-
ing the next day.
Having received tolerably correct information with re-
spect to the linos of works which 'nave been constructed by
the enemy for the defence of Lucknow, it appeared evident
to me that the necessity would arise for operating from
both sides of the Gomteo when the capture of the city
should be seriously entertained. Two very important
reasons conduced to show the expediency of such a course
the ono being that it would become possible to enfilade
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C. 8., Royal Horse Artilley ; Lieut.-Colonel Aguilar's
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Brigadier Hon. A. Hope, cemposeel of the 42d'and 931
Highlanders, with 4th Punjab Bides; and seized that
position after a skirmish, in which a gun was taken from
the enemy.
When the brigades of infantry began to close on the ad-
vance guard the enemy opened several guns which were in
position in strong bastions along the line of the cane].
This fire was heavy and well sustained. These guns com-
manded the plateau, and compelled me to retire the camp
as far back as it was possible, but not so far as I could
have wished, owing to the ravines in roar. The palace of
Dilkoosha was occupied as an advance picket on the right,
and the Mahornedbagh on the left—heavy guns being
placed in battery at both points to keep down the hostile
fire. During the whole of the 2d, until those arrange-
ments could be completed, the troope.wero much annoyed
by the enemy's guns. After that clay, until an advance
took place, although the shot ranged up to aed sometimes
into the camp, but slight loss ensued from this cause.
On the 3d and 4th the remainder of tire siege train, to-
gether with Brigadier-General Walpole's division,closed up
on the Dilkooeha position, the right of our line resting on
Bibiapore and the Goonetee,thelett beingtowards the Alum-
begin There was an interval of about two miles between
our left and Jellalabad, the right of the Alumtagh posi-
tion. This position was occupied by a regiment of Irre-
gular Horse (Ho ?son's). Brigadier Campbell, with a
strong brigade of cavalry and horse artillery, 'secured the
extreme left, and swept the country towards the north-
west. Three regiments were withdrawn from the Allum-
bagh, and joined the head-quarters camp.
On the !:th General Franks, of the 4th Division of In-
fantry, carne into direct communication with me. This
officer bed marched right accross the country of Oude,
having signally defeated many bodies of ineurgents, and
kept his time with punctuality according to the orders
given to him, with which your lordship is already ac-
quainted. On the same day the Goomtee was bridged
near Bibiapore. While the bridge was being formed the
enemy showed on the left bank, causing the necessity of
a disposition of troops and heavy guns. He did
not, however, make a real attack. These guns were
very useful in another respect, as their practice on the
Martieiere silenced much fire which would otherwise have
annoyed the pickets. They were accordingly kept on the
same ground for some days, till the advance of the troops
rendered thew unnecessary.
On the Rh Sir Janos Outran), G.C.8., who had been
withdrawn from the Alumbegh, crossed to the left bank
of the Goonitee, witn troops as below,*. the 4th Division
under Brigadier-General Franks, C. 8., taking the place
vacated by Brigadier-General Walpole in the line.
The plan of attack which had been conceived was now
developed, and Sir J. Outram was directed to push his
ad yenta up the left bank of the Goomtee, while the troops
in the position of Dilkooeha remained at rest till it should
have become apparent that the first line of the enemy's
works, or the rampart running along the canal, and abut-
ting on the Goomtee, had been tuned.
The works may be briefly described as follows :—The
series of courts and buildings called the Kaiserbregh, con-
sidered as a citadel by the rebels, was shut in by three
lines of defence towards the Goomtee, of which the line rif

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* Force sent across the Goomtee under Sir J. Outr an::—
Lieutenant-Colonel D'Aguilar's troop R.ll. A. ; Idajor
Remington's ad Captain MeStnnon's troops, R. A., under
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Turner ; Captain Gibbm's and
Middleton's Light Field Batteries, Royal Artillery and
Head-quarters Field Artillery Brigade ; her Majesty's 2d
D.G. (Bays) ; her Majesty's 9th Lanoars ; 2d Punjab
Cavalry; detachments Ist and sth Punjab Cavalry, under
Captains Watson and Sandford; 3d Infantry Division,
under Brigadier-General R. Walpole ; sth Brigade, Briga-
dier Douglas, C. 8., her Majesty's 23d Fusiliers, her Ma-
jesty's 79th Higblanders,lst Bengal Fusiliers ; Cth Brigade,
Brigadier Hereford, C.C. 2d Battalion Rifles, 3.1 Brigade,
Battalion ditto 2d, Punjab Infantry.