The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

THE TAKING OF GWALIOR.

(Front tAe Daily News Correspondent.)
BOMBAY, JULY 5.
I believe it can now be said with truth that the

reb.llion of Central India has been effectually put
down. Gwalior is re-occupied, and the army of
the so-called Peshwa cut down and dispersed with
the lose of its guns. A few of the dispirited rem-
nants may yet rally in the north, at Jeypore,
whither Tantia Topea an]. other chiefs appear to
have directed their steps, but measures have

already been taken to meet them there, by the
despatch of a force from Musseerabad, which will
have the effect of overawing the disaffected, and
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preventing the fugitive chiefs from gathering any
more of the discontented round them.
The news of the fall of Gwalior reached us by
electric telegraph on the 20th of June, the very

day of the departure of the last mail. The sketch
then afforded has gradually been filled, antcan,
I believe, give you something like a complete
picture of the operations.
The two brigades under Sir Hugh Rose having

joined each other in advance of Indoonhee, on the
11th of June, marched to camp at Soopoorlee,
within ten miles of the Gwalior cantonment of
Moorar, on the 15th. The force underiStuart, of
the Bombay service, and Colonel Napier, had been
brigaded as follows :-Ist Brigade : Brigadier G.
S. Stuart, commanding ; Left Wing, 4th Light
Dragoons, 3d Hyderabad Cavalry, No. 4 Light
Field Battery, 2d Company Royal Engineers, Boni
bAy Sappers and Miners, H.M.'s 86th Regiment,
25th Regiment Bombay N.I. ; a siege train, con-
sisting of two 16-pounders, four 8-inch mortars,
and one 8-inch howitzer. 2d Brigade ; Brigadier-
General R. Napier, Bengal Engineers, command-
ing ; Head-quarters and Right Wing, 14th Light
Dragoons ; two troops 3d Bombay Light Cavalry ;
Ist (or Leslie's) troop of Bombay Hoye Artillery ;
No. 18 Light Field Battery ; Madras Sappers and
Miners ; Right Wing 71st Highland Light Infan-
try ; Left Wing 3d Bombay European Regiment ;
4 companies 24th Bombay Native Infantry ; sth
Regiment of Hyderabad Infantry ; a siege train,
consisting of three 18-pounders, two 10-inch mor-
tals, and four 8-inch mortars.
Moorar, from all I can learn, is to the south-east
of Gwalior—that is, in the direct line of march
taken by Sir Hugh Rose. From the southward
another column, of smaller numbers than that of
Sir H. Rose, but comprising Orr's brigade of Hyde-
rabads and Smyth's force. The 95th, 10th
Nati trovelopn
fantry, Ist Bombay Lancers, Hus-
sars, and Artillery advanced on the 15th from An-
tree. To the north Dhlpore, on the Chumbul,
was held by Riddell's column of 3d Bengal Euro-
peans, Sikhs, and Artillery. To the eastward all
retreat of the enemy was impossible, except across
the Jumna. There the rebels bad no choice but to
fight out the game, and make at Gwalior a final
stand.
On the 16th Sir Hugh Rose left Soopoorlee, and
surprised the cantonment of Moorar, after a short
but decisive action, of which we have as yet but
imperfect details. The following letter describes
the utter panic of the enemy, and the bold stand of
a few fanatics before a detachment of H.M.'s 71st:
" The action commenced by the enemy opening
tire on us from some six or eight guns; their practice,
while it lasted, was sharp and accurate, but did not
last long ; the sight of our Horse Artillery dashing
to the frunt induced them to send their guns out
of the way in double quick time ; and shortly a
general retreat was commenced by them., The Ist
Brigade pursued the enemy on the right and the
2d Brigade on their left. The enemy's cavalry
bolted clean away almost at the very beginning
of the fight ; their infantry were not slow to
follow their example, but they were soon
overtaken by the Dragoons and Highlanders
of the 71st. Two companies of the Highlanders
who pursued them at the double came up with
about 50 Pandies, who had got into a deep nullah;
these fellows Might desperately, but the ?Ist
killed every one of them—not, however, without a
loss to themselves of;one officer (Lieut. Neave) and
four men kale), and five or six men wounded.
Some more of their infantry tri, d t J make a stand
on the top of a small LH; these also were picked off
after one another by the 71st ; and a third party,
who tried to escape round the base of the same bill,
were pursued and cut up by the 14-h Dragoons.
cannot describe what took place on the right ; but
I believe that there also the enemy suffered pretty
severely. Altogether their loss is estimated at
about 300. They did not make any stand at Moorar
i:self."

An express had already informed Sir Hugh Rose
of the approach from the southward of Smythe's
brigade, which on the evening of the 16th, ap-
proached Kotah Keserai, having had some skir-
mishes with the rebels under the orders of the
Ranee of Jhansi, whose force lay in a strong po-
sition on the hills, four miles west of Gwalior. On
the morning of the 17th, Brigadier Smyth engaged
the enemy and assailed their entrenched position.
I can do no better than let you read the following
extract of a letter, describing the action e—
" We arrived at Kotah Keserai on the morning
of the 17th inst. Here is a small square fort, and
a native travellers' . bungalow, from which it de-
rives its name. I imagine it bears nearly due
south of Gwalior about five miles; a river runs
past the fort. As we approached this place, we
could see the enemy's cavalry and infanty moving
about at the bottom of the hills. To get to Gwalior
from the direction in which we came, you must
cross a range or hills. It was at the bottom of these
hide that Wd saw Luc) enemy. A company of the
95th and one of the 10th were thrown across the
river I mentioned as skirmishers, with some Hus-
sars as videttes, whilst another company of the 10th
and the 95th, with a squadron of Hussars and two
guns, Horse Artillery, remained on this side of the
river, with the double object of protecting the ford
and fort. commanded one company and I
the other. About 8 a.m. the squadron of Hussars
crowd the river to reconnoitre, and as they ad-
vanced a battery, which was unperceived by us,
opened fire, and the first shot fell right amongst
them, killing one horse and wounding a trooper
severely. This threw them into confusion, and
caused them to retire, which they did without sus-
taining further injury, though they were fired at
several times. About 9 o'clock the order was given
for the two guns, Hussars, and some Lancers, with
the infantry, to advance, and take possession of the
battery and the hills. We did this, the enemy
pouring intojus, till they were silenced.by our aras:
lery, and the cavalry which charged. As soon as
the infantry approached near the hills, we gave
such a cheer as evidently frightened the rascals,
and charged and took possession of the first range
of hills. Instead of allowing us to remain and keep
possession of what we bad won, we were ordered
to retire, and as we came again on the plain, we
saw the whole brigade out, but retiring, and we
then learnt that the enemy bad made a flank move-
meut, and were in our camp, and the brigade was re-
tiring to attack them. The rumour turned out to
be incorrect, but unfortunately the evil was done.
Immediately on our returning, the enemy re-occu-
pied the hills we had vacated, and placed their
guns so as to bring us under a cross-fire. It was
whilst we were again moving
up to the attack that
Captain Anderson, of the Lancers, was wounded,
and a few men. After a little time our artillery
silenced their guns, our skirmishers took the
hills, and the whole brigade advanced further on.
You must understand that the range of hills was
divided in two by a very large, deep, precipitous,
dry nullah. By sunset we had possession of the
hills en the right side of the nullah, and the enemy
those on the lefr, which we ought to have held in-
stead of allowing the enemy to do so. A squadron
of the Hussars made a splendid chsrge, capturing
three Horse Artillery guns and burning their
camp. In this charge the Hussats had some offictrs
and men killed and wounded. Lieut. Riley was
wounded,
and died the same evening, not of his
wounds, bbt sunstroke. The Ranee of Jhausi is
credibly reported to have been killed this day : she
was shot through the clisst. The Europeans say it
was a rifle bullet which settled her, but this is very
doubtful, as none of us saw h r, and her body was
burnt directly she died. There were two splendid
haystacks about three-quarters of a mile from the
fort, and at the entrance of a narrow ghaut, which
was an important position to keep. A company of
the 9oth and one of ours was ordered to hold them.
I could not get any rest at the hay picquet, as it
was imagined the enemy might make a night attack,
with the view of burning the hay, and so I had to
keep awake, The next morning I was quite done

up. The-het-it-during the day was something fright-
ful ; no less than eighty men and four officers of
the 95th alone were knocked down by the sun—
thank God, only one man died, the rest recovered.
One of the Hussars died from sunstroke. We had
an officer floored for some time, and I was nearly
so. After we charged up the hill, I was so done up
from the sun, that if I had been attacked, I could
have only used my pistol, and not my sword. The
force bivouacked for the night on the hills we had
taken."

Sir H. Rose now determined that the grand
attack on the enemy's positions 'should be made
from the south-west, and he accordingly marched
his division by a circuit of 12 miles to Kotah
Keserai, joining Brigadier Smyth on the hills in
front of the enemy on the afternoon of the 18th.
The Moorar shad been left in charge of a wing of
the 3d Boiibay Europeans, and some irregulars

and guns.
The enemy in front of Brigadier Smyth had
been keeping up a cannonade during the whole
of the day at long range without doing much
mischief, their nearest battery being on an ac-
clivity on the left side of a nullah in front.
On the morning of the 19th, preparations were

made for a general reconnaissance. Heavy ord-
nance:was brought out to the front, and skirmishers
lined the hills. It was not Sir Hugh Rose's pur-
pose to engage that day ; but the enemy forced him
to action. At noon it commenced by her Majesty's
86th taking possession of the battery on the left side
of the nullab, which was done in gallant style.
Then followed the occupation of the whole
of the heights to the left by the 86th, the 71st
taking those on the right. Between the heights
on the left and the lines of Scindia's own army,

;here was a plain about a mile broad. This was
fined by cavalry, covered by guns which fired from

the walls of the lines. On coming to the edge of
the ridge overlooking this plain, the 86th soon
drove the cavalry off, having silenced every
gun that showed a match. A detached force of the
enemy now appeared on the extreme left, and
threatened the flank. The skirmishers were, there-
fore, unable to go into the plain, particularly as
they had far outrun their support. A company of
the 95th came to the left; and Colonel Lowth,
detaching half this company, and one-half of the
86th, sent them to attack the force on the left who
now opened from two guns on the 86th. This com-
pany moved along the heights in beautiful style,
and, walking straight up to the guns, captured both
at the point of the bayonet. The Ist Lancers
(Bombay) coming up, the skirmishes charged into
the plain, and the enemy bolted in all directions
the cavalry, as usual, going without drawing a

sabre.
In the cavalry charge the Lancers captured some
guns, but they went too far, and got amongst lanes,
in one of which Cornet Mills was shot dead through
the chest. The enemy plied their guns to the last,
until our Artillery was within 300 yards of them—
they then ran. The rebels this time were real mu-
tineers, and their Goltindauzo behaved very well,
and served their guns beautifully. The Bombay
Artillery no doubt fire well, but it was thought
that on this occasion the firing of the enemy was
superior. The rebels were some thousand strong,
headed by Tantia Topee. They were composed of
men of some Bengal regiments and the Gwalior
Contingent. The whole of the sth Bengal Cavalry
were there. How many they lost there is no
knowing, as they burnt the bodies, but no doubt
a good round number bit the dust. We took ten
guns, all of which at one time belonged to the
Bengal army ; they had Horse Artillery guns with
" Agra" and other names written on them. By 3
p.m. our men were swarming through the town,
shooting down every sepoy they came across. Be-
fore dark all the troops returned to camp, except
the 86th end part of the 10th N. 1., who kept the
I town.

No time was lost in organising a pursuit. The
rebels had fled towards Sheopoor, in the direction of
the Chumbul, avoiding the ford of Dholpore, and
making for one higher up the stream. Orders were
issued to move the 3d Bengal Europeans, some
Sikhs, and Artillery across the Chumbul and up the
south bank of the river, and thus the enemy were
headed in that direction. Brigadier Napier, with a
proper forco, started westward towards Sheopoor,
and about 30 miles from Gwalior came up with the
fugitives, captured 25 guns, and killed numbers of
the enemy.
In the meanwhile the re-occupation of Gwalior
had taken place, and the Maharajah, who had been
called in from Agra by Sir Robt. Hamilton, was re-
instated in great parade, and escorted to his palace
by all the regiments remaining with Sir Hugh
Rose. During the passage from the camp to the
palace the Maharajah was not:a little astonished at a
salute of a cannon ball from the Fort, which up to
that moment had been believed to be empty. It
became evident that the fanatics who still held out
there must be reduced, and the mode in which this
was done by a detachment of the 25th Bombay
N. 1., is one of the most interesting episodes of the
Gwalior operations. Lieut. Rose, of the 25th Bom-
bay N. 1., had been sent early in the morning to
occupy the Kotwallee, with a few men. He was
joined there by Lieut. Waller, and, says a corres-
pondent :
" He learnt that there were only about 10 or 15 in
the fort, and proposed to Waller that we should storm
the place, saying that though the risk was
great, yet if thee succeeded the honour would
be great too. A blacksmith was procured, and the
outer gate burst open, during which operation the
enemy fired a few shots on the party. The steps of
the hill, however, were ascended, and the five remaining
gates forced open. The top was gained, and while
passing through an archway a gun was fired on the
party, but being overlo:.ded, it burst. The party then
charged the rebels waom they found there. Lieut,nsant
Waller and seven men got on the top of a house close
by, and shot the people who had been working tlie guu.
Five of the enemy leaned to some trees, and gut behind
them. Rose, with half a dozen of the sepoys of the 25th,
went after them, and after a desperate hand-to hand
conflict, killed them all, losing, however, three men
fee-fully wounded. Too much praise cannot be bestowed
on these brave fellows. Waller, as soon as be could,
proceeded to help R iees party, but the fight was over
before be cool. reach the spot. lie was then told to
collect the me '; while Rose walked on to look about
him, followed by one man only. Snddenly from behind
a wall Rose was fired at, the ball striking him to the
right of the spine, and passing through his body. Out
then rushed a Bareilly Pathan (who had fired) and pur-
sued Rose, cuttinr; him acro 1 the right knee, and nearly
dividing his right hand. P ise ran back to his party,
and then lay down. The Pathan then went into a but,
and pre:einly rushed out, sword in hand, flourishing his
weapon above his head, and recognising the white face
cf Waller, he eared him to come on. When he was
about thirty paces from Waller, the latter fired at him
with a wounded man's orthket, the fellow gave a scream,
•as if hit, which he probably was in the thigh. As he
advanced towards the party, he received another shot,
which brought him to the ground. Ile is said to have
been Rabies allee of Bareilly.
"The fort of Gwalior is considered impregnable if
properly garrisoned; and I believe has never before been
taken, excepting by some stratagem or bribery. Oa the
present occ-sion, however, it has been fairly taken--
both defending and aceaulting parties being small, it is
true, but nevertheless not unfairly proportioned, as at
the utmost only about 20 sepoys of the 25th made the
atttack, accompanied by a few of the Kotwal's men.
Our loss is Rose and one aepoy killed ; five very badly
wounded. Had Rose lived, he would doubtless have
received the Victoria Cross—not less desarviu,g is young
Waller."
Thu following brigade order was issued by Bri-
gadier Stuart, when he heard of Lieut. Rose's
death :

"Brigadier Stuart has received with the deepest re-
gret a report of the death of Lieut. Rose, 25th R. gt•
NJ., who was mortally wounded yesterday on entering
the fort of Gwalior with hi, men.
"The Brigadier feels assured that the whole brgade
uuite with him him in deploring the early death of this
ga!latit officer, whose many sterling qualities none who
knew him could fail to appreciate."
The prac' lcal results of the military movement
have been considerable. In 20 days the Mahara-
jah lo,t and won bile his capital. On the let of
June he fl. l to Agra deposed by a rebel army of
14,000 or 15,000 MCI). On the 20th, he was rein-
stated with all the pomp required by the circum-
stance=, and the rebels had been killed or dispersed
and deprived of their guns, taken, as may be sup-
posed, from flit) Maharajah's own arsenal. Sir
Hugh Rose deserves a peerage. Unknown in India,
he has persuaded those who most doubted his abi-
lities, that they are of the highest order; unaccus-
tomed to the fierce heat of the Indian sun, he has
braved it successfully, and accomplished great
things. He has earned his laurels, and we expect
to cee him here shortly and give him a reception

wrrm as he deserves.
The Central India force is to he broken up,

Bligadier Napier will remain in command, I be-
lieve, at Gwalior.
Whilst our successes are thus cheering in that
portion of India in which Bombay troops are em-
ployed, the intelligence which we receive from
°tide and Rohilcund is no less gratifying in a poli-
tical point of view. In the latter province order
is perfect ; whilst on its southern border an inci-
dent of considerable influence on futuro movements
has occurred. The celebrated Lucknow Moulon,

Ahmed Oolla Shah, whilst on a plundering expedi-
tion, with 500 horse, against the chief of Powane,

was killed, his head cut off and taken into Shah-
jehaopore on a pole. Other chiefs have also

perished in other quarters. You may recollect that
movements of large boclie3 of rebels were taking

place round Lucknow in the early clays of June,
and that insurgents of every grade were described
as concentrating themselves at Nawabgunge, Barra
Bautie, near the Gogra, south-east of Lucknow.
After strengthening Oonao and Poonwa, Sir J.
Hope Grant moved to Chinhut with a division of

5,000 men and a siege train, on the 12th of June.
On the 13th he advanced against Nawabgunge.
On his approach the enemy came out, 18,000 in
number, to meet him, bringing heavy guns to
their front in the plains and attacking him at once
in front, rear, and flank. They were allowed
to advance within 200 yards when our guns

opened on them with terrific effect. They were
repulsed in all directions, 800 or 900 of them
killed, and they lost five guns. Sir J. H. Grant
then retired to Chinhut, having had but few
casualties from the enemy's fire, but many from
the effects of the sun.
Almost simultaneously with this victory came
the news that Lord Canning had issued a new pro-
clamation to the people of Oude. Its tenor is as
follows
" The Right Hon. the Governor-General hereby noti-

fies, for the information of all those concerned in the
present rebellion, hie ultimate views and intentions re-
garding principals, seconds, and followers engaged in the
same, during the past twelve months.
"To all parties immediately concerned in the murder
of Christian British subjects, no hope of pardon, on ar-
rest, can be held out ; they must pay the forfeit the laws
of this and every civilised country have decreed to a mere
brutal and gratuitous slaughter of the unprepared, the
defenceless, and tue innocent ; they are out of the pale
of humanity, and magnitude of their offence while they
live will ever call aloud for retribution. With these the
British Government can make no terms.
" To all those who have offered asylum to refugees or
others, being the murderers of Christian British subject-,
and knowing them to have been such, or who have been
leading movers against the authority of the British Govern-
ment, and have persistently acted throughout this rebellio❑
against the constituted paramount power of the land,
the Right lion. the Governor-General can offer only
terms of life : their punishment will be proportioned to
the offences they have committed against the State. All
those who shall surrender on or before the 30th day of
September next, will have their lives guaranteed to
them, after which date, should they still continue in
arms, or in opposition to the Government, their several
cases shall be summarily dealt with by the authority in
whose hands they may chance to fall, whether civil or
military.
"To all others, second to principals, zemindars,
sepoys disbanded, fugitives throughout the country, or
any person whatsoever in arms against the Government,
nut acting on his own free will and authority, but aid-
ing and abetting some principal, the Right. Hon. the
Governor-General offers at once a general amnesty. Let
them return to their homes and pursue their ordinary
avocations, using their best endeavours to maintain
peace and quiet. Their estates shall be guaranteed, and
act of oblivion thrown over the past. Should they, how-
ever, still continue to bear arms against the Bri ish
power, they must bear the consequences of their own
acts. The time for clemency will have passed away."
Instructions were at the same time sent out to the
district magistrates, that all mutineers consenting
to come in should be disarmed and allowed to take
their departure unmolested. They were to have no
promise of immunity, however, lest some amongst
them should turn out to have been concerned in the
murder of Europeans and Christians. With respect
to insurgents not mutineers who might come in
and lay down their arms, they were to receive a
full pardon on condition of registering their names
and places of abode, and of going home and re-
maining peaceable.
The punishment received by the rebels at Naw-
abunge may induce many men to take advantage
of these conditions.
In Behar the bands driven out from Jugdespore,
by Sir Edward Lugard, have committed great ra-
vages amongst the indigo factories on both bank,
of the Ganges. What is worse, Umma Sing, after
being driven out and committing these ravages,
has returned to Jugdespore. Rattray, with 500
Sikhs, and Brigadier Douglas, from Buxur, have
been sent afresh to put him down. The cutting
down of the jungles, at the same time, proceeds
actively.
At Allahabad Sir Colin Campbell and Lord
Canning are now united. In the Doab all is pretty
quiet. Tej Sing, of Mynpoorie, who had re-occupied
Ajeetmul quite lately, frightened at the arrival of
Riddell's column at Dholpore, surrendered, and is
now a prisoner. Gunga Sing, the chief of Bab, near
Delhi, fled to join the Gwalior rebels.
Nana Sahib is still in Oude. Calpee has been
occupied by the sth Fusileers from Cawnpore, and
Whitlock's column disposed, without a blow, of a
chief named Narram Row and his army near Banda,
taking many guns and a considerable amount of
powder and stores.
In the southern Mahratta country all is quiet
since the death of the Rajah of Nurgoond, the
Jurbeedam of Meetuj and Sangulee having sur
rendered between them 400 cart loads of ammuni-
tion and all their arms.

Tin) following has just been received from
Government :

Sarvica Message from G.F. Edmonstone, Esq., date'

Allahabad, June 21, 8.5 p.m.
Intelligence has been received from Dholepore of the
capture of Ameer Chund Batya, Sciudia's traitoronF
trea-urer at Jowra, by a party of -- -. Tantia
Topee and the Nawab of Banda as usual quitted
Gwalior before the final contest, and are said to be on
their way to Subglghur and Jeypore. They have four
heavy guns and three horse artillery guns. Brigadier-
General Napier is in pursuit.

GAZETTE.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S CAMP, EXTRA.

ORDINARY.
PIIBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

ALLAHABAD, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1858.
GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.
(No. 1,855.)
Foreign Department, Allahabad,
June 24, 1858. _

The Right Hon the Governor-General has the
highest gratification in announcing that .fte town
and fort of Gwalior were recovered by Major-Gen.
Sir Hugh Rose, on the 19th inst., after a general
action, in which the rebels, who had usurped the
authority of Maharajah Sciudia, were totally de-
feated.
Oa the 20th June, the Maharajah Scindia, at-
tended by the Governor-General's Agent for Central
India and s'ir Hugh Rose, and escorted by British
troops, was restored to the palace of his ancestors,
and was welcomed by his subjects with evary mark
of loyalty and attachment.
It was on the Ist June that the rebels, aided by
the treachery of some of Maharajah Scindia's troops,
seized the capital of his Lighness's kingdom, and
hoped to establish a new government under the Pre-
tender in his highness's territory. Eighteen days
had not elapsed before they were comptllcd toevacuate the fort and town of Gwalior, and to re
linquish the authority which they had endeavoured
to usurp.

The promptitude and success with which the
strength of the British Government has been put
forth for the restoration of its faithful ally to
the capital of his territory and the continued pre-
sence of British troops at Gwalior to support his
highness iu the re-establishment of his administra-
tion, will afford to all a convincing proof that the
British Government has the will and the power to
befriend those, who, like Maharajah Scindia, do
not shrink from their obligations or hesitate to
avow their loyalty.
The Right Hon. the Governor-General in order
to mark his appreciation cf the Maharajah Scindia's
friendship, and his gratification at the re-establish-
ment of his highness's authority in his ancestral

donlini(is, is pleased to direct that a royal salute
shall be died at every principal station in India.
By order of the Right Honourable the Goyernor.
General of India.

G. F. EDMONSTONE,
S€cretary to the Government of India
with the Governor-General.