The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

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We hid not gone far when I heard the English
challenge " who comes there" with a native accent.
We hart reached a British cavalry outpost 2 • my
eves filled with joyful tears, and [shook the Sikh
officer in charge of the picquet heartily bythe hand.
Tie old soldier was as pleased as myself when he
heard from whence I bad come, and he was good
enough to send two of Lis trento conduct me to
the camp of the advanced-guard. An officer of her
Majesty's 9th Lancers, who was visiting his pickets.
met me on the way, and took me to his tent, where
I got dry stockings and trousers, and what I much
needed—a glass of brandy, a liquor I had not tasted
for nearly two months.
I thanked God far having safely conducted me
through this dangerous enterprise, and Kunoujee
Lall tor the courage and intelligence with which he
had conducted himself during this trying night.
When we were questioned he let me speak as little
as possible. He always had a ready answer, and I
feel that I am indebted to him in a great measure
more thin to myself fur my escape. It will give
me great satisfaction to hear that he has been
suitably rewarded.
In undertaking this enterprise I was actuated by
a sense of duty, believing that I could be of use to
his Excellency the commander-in-chief when ap-
proaching, for its relief, the besieged garrison,
which had heroically resisted the attack of thirty
times its own number for nearly five months,
within a weak and irregul Ai. entrenchment ; and
secondly, because I was anxious to perform some
service which would ensure to, me the honour of
wearing our Most Gracious Majesty's Cross.
My reception by Sir Colin Campbell and his staff
was cordial and kind to the utmost degree, and if
I never have more than the remembrance of their
condescension and of the heartfelt congratulation
of S;r James On ram and of all the officers of his
garrison on any safe return ta them, I shall not re-
pine, though to he sure having the Victoria Cross
would make me a prouder and a happier man.
JAMES CAVANAGH.
Camp, Alumbagh, Nov. 24.

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my admiration of the provinceotbildf,'\
tation that it was now in the hands4ifiiretaltlii,
whose misgovernment and rapacity-mete ttairingW,
A further walk of a few.inilesLwas' taccornpliabitt:'
in high spirits. But there eras'
We had taken the wrong road',-
of our way in the Dilkooshah
cupied by the enemy. I went within 2124,yarigof
two guns to see what strength they were, and re.-
turned
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to the guide, who was in great alarm and
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away from the pickets of the enemy. I bade him
not to be frightened of me,
as such accidents were not for I was not annoyed,
unfrequent even when
there was no danger to be avoided. It was now
about midnight. We endeavoured to persuade a
cultivator,s
for a short distanoe, but he urged
and another whom I pe-
remptorily natolldanineteocsosm, e with us ran off scream-
ing, and alarmed the whole village. WO next
walked quickly away into thecanal, running under
the Charbagh, in which I fell several times, owing.
to my shoes being wet and slippery .and my feet
sore. The shoes were hard and tight, and had
rubbed the skin off my toes and cut into the flesh
above the heels.
In two hours more we were again on ilk; fight
direction, two women in a village we passed-laving
kindly helped us to find it. About two o'clock we
reached an advanced picket of Sepoys, who told us
the way, after asking where we bad come from and
whither we were going. I thought it safer to go up
to the picket than to try to pass them unobserved.
Kunoujee Lall new begged I would not press him
to take me into Alumbagh as he did not know the
way in, and the enemy were stronglyposted around
the place. I was tired, and in pain from the shoes,
and would therefore have preferred going into
Alumbagh, but as the guide feared attempting it,
I desired him to go on to the camp of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, which he• -said was near Bunnee
(a village 18 miles from Lucknow) upon the Cawn-
pore road. The moon bad risen by thi3lime, and
we could see well ahead. .
By 3 o'clock we arrived at a grove of mango
trees, situated on a plain, inwhiph a nian. was 'sing-
ing at the top of his voice. I thought he was a vil-
lager, but he got a.larmedon hfring us approach,
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Lall here lost' heart for the,tirat time, 'and threw
away the letter entrilated4o.hini for' Sir. Cohn
Campbell. I kept mine safe-in my, turban. We
satisfied the guard that we were poor men travel-
ling to Umroula, a viliage two miles this side of the
chief's camp, to inform a friend of the death of his
brother by a shot from the British entrenchment at
Lucknow and they tc ld us the road. They appeared
to be greatly relieved ondiscovering that it was not
their terrible foe, who was only a few miles in ad-
vance of them. We went in the direction indicated
by them and after walking for half an hour we got in
a jheel or swamp, which are numerous and large in
Dude. We had to wade through it for two hours up
to our waists in water, and weeds, for before we
found out that wo were in a
_Neel we had gone
too farto recede. I was nearly exhausted on get-
ting out of the water, having made great exertions
to force our way through the weeds, and to prevent
the colour being washed off my face. It was nearly
gone from my band,t.
I now rested for 15 minutes, despite the remon-
strances of the guide, and went forward, passing
between two picquets of the enemy who had no
sentries thrown out. It was near four o'cl.ock in
the morning when I stopped at the corner of a tope
or grove of trees to sleep for an hour, which
Kunoujee Lall entreated I would not do, but I
thought he overrated the danger, and, lying down,
I told him to sec if there was any one iu the grove
who would tell him where we then were.