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guns placed in different positions in the neighbourhood. Artillery under Captain Hardy, en the death of that
I caused the post to be cleared of lumber and cattle,
I lamented officer; and Lieut. Bridge, who commanded
and placed all my tents in it.
two guns of the Madras Horse Artillery with great
I made my arrangements for marching without bag- ability.
gage when I should reach the park of Dilkoosha, and I have further to bring to your lordship's notice
tl.e men were directed to have three day's food in their Lieut. Scott, Madras Engineers, who commanded the
haversacks. I changed the garrison at Alumbaeb, taking Sappers and Miners.
fresh men from it, and leaving her Majesty's 75th Regt. 1 I would also bring to favourable notice the following
there, which had been so much harassed by its late officers in command of corps or detachments ;—Major
exertions,.
Ouvey, her Majesty's 9th Lancers ; Major Robertson,
,
On the 14th I expected a further reinforcement of 600 Military
joined train ; Capt. Hinds, her Majesty's Bth Regi-
or 700 men, composed as per margin,* who my ment ; Li:ut.-Col. Wells, 23d Fusiliers ; Lieut.-Colonel
rear-guard after my march had commenced in the Gordon, 93d Highlanders, in temporary command of her
morning of that day. Majesty's 53d Regiment; Lieut.-Col. Hale, her Majesty's
As I approached the park of Dilkoosha, the leading 82d Regiment ; Lieut.-eel. Leith Hay, 93d Highlanders;
troops were Met by along line of musketry fire. Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, 78th Highlanders, commanding
The advance guard was quickly reinforced by a field Ist battalion of detachments ; Major Barnaton, her
battery and more infantry, composed of companies of her Majesty's 90th Regiment, commanding 2d battalion of
Majesty's sth. 64tb, apd 78th Foot, under the command detachments (dangerously wounded) ; and Captain
of Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, her Majesty's7Bth Highlanders, Guise, her Majesty's 90th Regiment, who succeeded
supported by the Bth Foot. After a running fight of Major Barnston in his command. Lieuts. Watson,
about two hours, in which our loss was very inconsider- Probyn, Younghnsband, and Gough, respectively com-
able, the enemy was driven down the hill to the mending detachments of the let, 2d, and sth Punjanb
Martiniere, and far beyond the canal. His loss was Cavalry and Hodson 's Horse ; Captain Green, come,
trifling, owing to the suddenness of the retreat. mending 2d Punjanb Infantry ; Lieut. Willoughby, who'
The Dilkoosha and Martiniere were both occupiedßrigadier Hope's brigade being then brought up and
, succeeded to the command of the 4th Ptinjaub Infantry
on his three seniors in the corps being severely wounded ;
arranged jn position in the wo id of the Martiniereaathe
end opposite the canal, being flanked to the lett by Lfroieinuntr,eyveevaenwihnogof
commandedthe
4thM a ern
lbmlannf.a nsttr 1
i Copt. Bourchier's field battery, and fie() of Capt. Peel's Fusiliers ; and Lieut.-Cel. M'lntyre, 78th Highlanders,
heavy guns. in command of detachments employed 113 the advance on
Shortly after these arrangements had been made the Dilkoosha and the Martiniere ; Lieut.-Col. Ewart, 93d
enemy drew out a good many people and attacked our High-anders, who commanded at the barracks ; Carets.
position in front. He was quickly driven off, some of our Dawson, 93d Highlanders ; Rolleston, her Majesty's
troops crossing the canal in pursuit. On this occasion 84th egiment ; and Hopkins, 53d Regiment; and
the 53d, 93J, and a body of the 4th Panjaub Sikhs, Lieutr. Fisher and Powlett, 2d Panjaub Infantry, w .
distinguished themselves. Two very promising young commanded separate detachments or posts, and whose
officers lost their lives--Lieutenant Mayne, Bengal services have, for the most part, been noted in the body
Horse Artillery, Quartermaster General's Department, of the despatch.
and Captain Wheateroft, Carabineers, doing duty with It remains for me to express my high sense of the
her Majesty's 9th Lancers. All the troops behaved very services performed by the Assistant-Adjutant-General of
the army, Capt. Norman, who on this as on eatery other
With the exception of my tents; all my heavy baggage, occasion highly distinguished himself.
including provisiops for 14 -deye for my own force and I have farther to express my warm thanks to all the
that in Lucknow, accompanied me on toy march across officers serving ou the general and personal staff of
country to Ddkoosba, covered by, a strone rear-guard myself and Major-General Marsfieldots named below ;
under Lieut.-Colonel Ewart, of her Majesty's 93d High- but especially to Colonel Berkeley, her Majesty's 32d
lenders. This officer distinguished himself very much Regiment, who attended the Chief of the Staff in the
in this difficult command, his artillery, under Captain Field, and who displayed remarkable activity and
Blunt, Bengal Horse Artillery, assisted by the Royal intelligence ; to Major Alison, Military Secretary (who
Artillery under Col. Crawford, R.A., having been in unfortunately lost an arm) ;to Capt. Sir David Baird,
action for the greater pan of the day. The rear-guard Bart ,my first aide-de-camp ; and to Lieut. Hope John-
did not close up to the celnmn until late next day, the store, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General to the Chief
enemy having hung on it until dark on the 14th. Every of the state.. The remaining officers of this staff were
description of baggage having been left at Dilkoosha, Lient. G. Algood, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster-
which was occupied by her Majesty's Bth Regiment, I General ; Captains Maycnck and Carey, Officiating
advanced direct on Secunderbagh early on the 16th. Deputy Assi-taut-Quartermaster-General ; Capt. Rnd-
This place is a high-walled enclosure of strong masonry man, ActingAssistant-Adjutant-Generalof her Majesty's
of 120 yards square, and was carefully loopholed all Forces ; Captain Hatch, Deputy Judge-Advocate-
round. It Owes held very strongly by the enemy. General ; Captains Alison and Forster, my aides-de-
Opposite to it was a village at a distance of 100 yards, camp ; Captain Metcalfe, interpreter; and Lieutenant
which was also loopholed and filled with men. Murray. aide-de-camp to the Chief of the Staff.
Oa the head of the column advancing up the lane to Mr. Cavenagb, of the uncovenanted.civil service, who
the left of the Secunderbagh, fire was opened on us. came out from Lucknow in disguise to afford ?see infor-
The infantry of the advance guard was quickly thrown oration, at the imminent risk of his life, has won my
in skirmishing order, to line a bank to the right. The mast especial thanks, and I recommend him most cor-
guns were pushed rapidly onwards, viz., Capt. Blunt's dially to the notice of your lordship.
troop, Bengal Horse Artillery, and Capt. Travers'a Royal Lord Seymour was present throughout these opera-
-1 Artillery, heavy field battery. The troop 'passed at a tions, and displayed a daring gallantry at a most critical
gallop through a cross-fire from the village and Secun- moment.
derbagh, and opened fire within easy musketry range in I concur most fully in the commendations that kayo
a most daring manner. As soon as they could be pushed been bestowed by General Grant and officers command-
up a a id' bank, two 18-pounder guns, under Capt. Tra- ing brigades on their respective gaffe as named below ;
very, were also brought to bear on the building. Whilst hut I would especially draw attention to the services of
this was being effected, the leading brigade of infantry, Captain Cox, her Majesty's 75th Regiment, Brigade
under Brieeetier the Hon. A. Hope, coming rapidly into Major of the 4th Brigade ; and Lieutenant Roberts,
action, caused the loopholed village to bo abandoned ; Bengal Artillery, deputyassistantquartermaster-general ;
the whole fire of the brigade being then directed on the Captain W. Hamilton, II M.'s 9th Lancers, deputy-
Secunderbagb. After a time, a large body of the enemy, assistant adjutant-general; Captain the Hon. A. H.
who were holding ground to the left were driven in by LUSO!), H.M.'s 84th Regiment, aide-de-camp ; and
parties of tee 531 and 93t1, two of Capt. Blunt's guns Lieutenant Salmond, 7th Light Cavalry, aitier aide-de-
aiding the movement. The Highlanders pursued their camp to Brigadier General Grant ; Capt. H. Hammond;
advantage and seized the barracks, and immediately Bengal Artillery, brigade mejor of artillery (severely
converted them into a military post, the 53d stretchiee wounded) ; Captain H. Le G. Bruce, Bengal Artillery,
in a long line of skirmishers in the open plain, and who succeeded Captain Hammond ; Brevet-Major W.
dri . in; the enemy before them Barry and Lieut. A. Bunny, staff officers of Royal and
The attack on the Secunderbagh had now been pro- Bengal Artillery respectively ; Lieut. G. E. Watson,
reeding for rerout an hour and a half, when it was Bengal Engineers, Brigade Major of Engineers ; Capt.
determined to take the place by storm through a small H. A. Sandi, 17th Lancers, Brigade Major of Cavalry ;
opening which had been made. This was done in the and Captains Bannatyne, her Majesty's Bth Foot, and
most brilliant manner by the remainder of the High- Lightfoot, 84th Foot, Brigade Majors of the 3d and sth
lenders and the 531 and 4th Punjab Infantry, supported Biigade; also Lieutenant P. Stewart, Bengal Engineers,
by a battalion of detachments under Major Barnston. superintendent of , the electric telegraph, who accom-
There never was a bolder feat of arms, and the loss panied the force, and made himself partioularly useful
Inflicted en the enemy, after the entrance of the throughout.
Secenderbagh was effected, was immense—more than I must not omit to name, in the most marked manner,
2.000 of the enemy were afterwards carried out. The Subador Gokul Sing, 4th Putijanb Rifles, who, in cons
officers who led these regiments were LietetaCol. Leith junction with the British officers, led the 4th Fanjets))
Hay, her Majesty's 931 Highlanders ; Lient.-Colonel Rifles at the storming of Secnnderbagb, -in the most
Gordon, her Majesty's 93d Highlanders ; Capt. W7altnn, daring manner.
her Majesty's 53d F sot ; Lieut. Paul, 4th Punjanb Captain A. D. Dickens, deputy assistant commissary-
Infantry (since dead) ; and Maj-or Barnston, her genera', and Lieutenant W. Tod Brown, deputy corn-
Majesty's 90th Foot. missary of ordnance, have both distinguished themselves
Captain Peel's Royal Naval Siege Train then went to ex-eedingly in carrying on the intricate duties of their
the front and advanced towards the Shah Nujjeef, departments, with very scanty establishments, to meet
togethsr with the field battery and some mortars, the the giest demands upon them.
village to the left having been cleared by Brigadier Hope Brigadier-General Grant has made favourable mention
and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. of Surgeon J. C. Brown, M.D., Bengal Horse Artillery,
The Shah Nujjeef is a domed mosque with a garden, whose great exertions have been deserving of all praise.
of which the moat had been made by the enemy. The 110 has slice become superintending surgeon of the force.
we'l of the enclosure of the mosque was loop-holed with The number uf 'officers mentioned in this despatch may
great care. The entrance to it had then covered by a appear large ; but the force employed was composed of
regular work in masonry, and the top of the building many detachments, and the particular service was calorie
was crowned with a parapet. From this, and frotn the lated to draw forth the individual qualities of the officers
defences iu the garden, an unceasinfi fire of musketry engaged.
was kept up from the commencement of the attack. Annexed is a returned of casualties ; and a list of offi-
Tale position was deli ailed with great resolution against core, noneeominiseioned officers, and soldiers who have
a heavy cannonade of three hours. It was then stormed been brought to my notice as having particularly die-
\
in the boldest - manner by the 93d Highlander=,tingeished themselves, will be separately forwarded.
tattler Brigadier Hope, supported by a battalion of de- I have the honour to be. my lord, yourlordship'e most
teehments under Major Barnston, who was, I regret to obedient humble servant,
say, severely wounded; Capt. Peel leading up his heavy (S;gned) C. CAMPBELL, General, 'I
guns 0 ith extraordinary gallantry within a few yards of Commander-in-Chief.
the buildings, to batter the massive stone walls. The
withering fire of the Highlanders effectually covered the
Naval Brigade from great loss, but it was an action
almost unexampled in war. Captain Peel behaved very
much as if he bad been laying the Shannon alongside an
enemy's frigate. This brought the day's operations to

LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED.
General Staff—Lieut.-Col. G. Biddulph, Head of Intelli-
gence Department: and Lieut. 0. Mayne, Deputy Assistant
Quartermaster-General.
Naval Brigade—Midshipman M. A. Daniel.

Artillery Brigade—Captain W..N. Hardy, Royal Artillery
Cavalry Brigade—Captain G. Wheatcroft, 6th Dragoon
Guards, doing duty with Military Train. •
3d Infantry Brigade—Lieut. T. Frankland, 2d Punjaub
Infantry.
4th Infantry Brigade—Captain J. Dalzell, her Majesty's
93.1. Highlanders; Captain J. T. Lumsden, 30th Native In-
fantry, Interpreter to her Majesty's 93d Highlanders; and
Lieut. Dobbs, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
sth Infantry Brigade—Ensign W. T. Thompson, her Ma-
jesty's 82d Regiment.
LIST OF OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Staff—General Sir C. Campbell, G.C.8., commander-in-
chief, slightly ; Brigadier D. Russell, commanding stb Bri-
gade, severely ; Major A. Alison, military secretary, severely ;
Captain F. M. Alison, aide-de-camp to commander-in-chief,
slightly; Captain the Hon. A. Anson, aide-de-camp to Gen.
Grant, C. 8., slightly ; Lieut. C. J. Salmond, orderly officer
to General Grant, C. 8.,
Naval Brigade—Capt. J. C. Gray, Royal Marines, slightly ;
Lieutenant M. Salmon, Royal Navy, severely ; Midshipman
Lord A. P. Clinton, Royal Navy, slightly.
Artillery Brigade—Major F. F. Pennycuick, Royal Artil-
lery, slightly; Captain H. Hammond, Bengal Artillery, se-
verely ; Captain F. Travers, Royal Artillery, slightly ; Lieut.
W. G. Millman, Royal Artillery, slightly ; Lieut. A. Ford,
Royal Artillery, slightly ; Assistant Surgeon H. R. Veale,
Royal Artillery, severely.
Cavalry Brigade—Lieut. R. Halkett, Hodson's Horse,
severely.
3d Infantry Brigade—Ensign J. Watson, 2d Punjaub In•
fantry, dangerously.
4th Infantry Brigade—Captain B. Walton, her Majesty's
53d Regiment, severely; Lieutenant A. K. Munro, H.M.'s
53d Regiment, dangerously ; Lieut. F. C. French, H.M.'s
53d Regiment, slightly; Major R. Barnston, H.M.'s 90th
Regiment, dangerously ; Lieut. E. C. Wynne,
n.
Cs Ensign
gl J.
.A P. oEwweallr,t I H.M.'s.m 9903tdh Re g Regi-
ment, 90th
Le lyiutE
met, Regiment,
severelyse ve r. e
High-
landers, slightly ; Captain F. W. Burroughs, H.M.'s 93d
Highlanders, slightly; Lieut. R. A. Cooper, H.M.'s 93d
Highlanders, severely ; Lieut. E. Welch, H.M.'s 93d High-
landers, severely; Lieut. 0. Goldsmith, H.M.'s 93d High-
larders, severely ; Lieut. S. E. Wood, H.M.'s 93d High-
landers, severely ; Ensign F. R. Mq/slamara., H.M.'s 93d
Highlanders, slightly ; Lieut. W. Paul, 4th Punjaub Infantry,
dangerously (since dead) ; Lieut. J. W. McQueen, 4th Pun-
jaub Infantry, severely ; Lieut. F. Oldfield, 4th Punjaub In-
fantry, dangerously (since dead).
sth Infantry Brigade—Lieut. H. Henderson, H.M.'s 23d
Fusiliers, slightly ; Lieut.-Col. C. B. Hale, H.M.'s 82d Regi-
ment, slightly.
(Signed) H. W. NoIuLAN, Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army.

a close.
On the next day communications were 'opened to the
left rear of the ha, racks to the canal, after overcoming
considerable difficulty. Capt. Peel kept up a steady fire
on the building called the mess-house. This building,
of considerable size, was defended by a ditch about 12
feet broad and scarped with masonry, and beyond that a
loop-holed mud wall. I determined to use the guns as
much as possible in taking it. About three p.m., when
it was considered that men might be sent to storm it
without much risk, it was taken by a company of the
90th Foot under Capt. Wolseley, and a picket of her
Majesty's i 3,1 under Capt. Hopkins, supported by Major
Bernston's Battalion of Detachments under Capt. Gui.e,
her IVlajesty's 90th Foot, and some of the Punjiuh In-
fantry under Lieut. Powlett. The mess-helve was carried
immediately with a rush. The troops then pressed for-
ward with great vigour, and lined the wall separating
this rnes;-heuse from the Motee Mahal, which consists
of a wide enclosure and many buildings. The enemy here
made a last stand, which was overcome after an hour,
openings having been brokeu in the wall, through which
the troops poured, with a body of Sapper, and accom-
plished our communications with the Residency. I had
the inexpressible satisfaction, shortly afterwards, of
greeting Sir James Outran and S;r Henry Havelock,
who came out to meet me before the action was at an
end. The relief of the besieged garrison had been
accomplished. The troops, including all ranks of officers
and men, bad worked strenuously and persevered boldly
in following up the advantages gained in the various
attacks. Every man in the force had exerted himself to
the utmost, and now met with his reward.
It ehoul I not be forgotten that these exertions did not
date merely from the day that I joined the camp ; the
various bodies of which the relieving force was corn,
posed having made the longest forced marches from
variou directions to enable the Government of India to
save the garrison of Lucknow. Some from Agra,
and some from Allahabad—all alike bad undergone
the same fatigues in pressing forward for the attainment
of this great object. Of their conduct in the field of 1
battle the facts narrated in this despatch are suffi-
cient evidence, which I will not weaken by any eulogy
of mine.
I desire now to direct the attention of your lordship
to the merits of the officers who have served under my
orders on this occasion.
I cannot convey to your lordship in adequate terms
my deep sense of the obligations I am under to Major-
General Mansfield, chief of the staff, for the very able
and cordial assistance he has afforded me and the
service during these operations, and how admirably the
very many and important duties belonging to his
situation have been performed, for which his high talents
and experience of service in this country so peculiarly
fit him.
I have also to express my very particular acknowledg-
ments to Brigadier-General Hope Grant, C. 8., who was
in immediate command of the division by which this
service was effected, His activity in carrying out the
details has been admirable, and his vigilance in superin
tending the outpost duties has been unsurpassed.
My thanks are peculiarly due to Brigadier the
Hon.
Adrian Hope, who commanded thteheadßvaonycael o
Nf_athvye,fowrcheo
as also to Captain Peel, C. 8., of;
has distinguished ddiesstiirnegutoishberidnmanner. lord-
ta duties,
those who have been in the performance o s
himselfg
to th e Ens va o most
l ern andak rd
ship the officers commanded brigades regiments,
ff and
or who have been marked out by brigadiers :—Brigadier
Crawford, Royal Artillery, commanding the artillery ;
Brigadier Little, commanding the cavalry ; Brigadier
he titn onega e , e
Naval
actingial ev
y A r
Greathed, commanding 3d Infantry Brigade: Brigadier
Russell, commanding sth Infantry Brigade (severely
wounded); Lieut. Lennox,
Royal
Et
ngchief engineer ; Lieut. Vaughan, Royal Navy, and Capt.ral
Brigade.
Maxwell,
mßa
jeonrgia‘
ul r
ner Artillery,
commanding attached
(to this officer my most particular acknowledgements are
Travers, commanding Royal Artill
due—he has few equals as an artilleryer y. officer).
Captains
Rem Captain .
tnington and Blunt, commanding troops of Bengal
Horse Artillery. Captains Middleton, Royal Artillery,
and Bourchier, Bengal Artillery, commanding horse
field batteries •
and Capt. Long den Royal Artillery,
commanding the mortar battery.
It impossible
to draw a distinction between any of
these officers. They all distinguished themselves under
very arduous circumstances, and it was highly agreeable
to we to be present on this first occasion, when the
Bengal and Royal Artillery were brought into action
together under my own eyes. I wish also to mention
Lieut. Walker, Bengal Artillery, in command of a demi
field battery; Lieuts. Ford and Brown, who successvely
took up the command of the heavy field battery of Royal

in the following " General Order " Sir Colin
Campbell congratulates the army upon this great
exploit

" Sead-quarters, La Martiniere, Lucknow,
November 23, 1857.
" The Commander-in-Chief has reason to be thankful
to the forces he conducted for the relief of the garrison
of Lucknow.
2. Hastily assembled, fatigued by forced marches,
but animated by a common feeling of determination to
have
emcopsh
mlipenthsaetduty bortehfoeirre them,
smalln ua k
number
brearnine of
the thisexe forcecution
of a,
,a,3.
trdomiffiethulet
mduotrynibnyg unceasingor
the
exll u
till last
exertions.
,16th night the
whole force has been one outlying picket, never out of
fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to
permit the garrison to retire scathless and in safety,
covered by the whole of the relieving force.
" 4. That ground was won by. fighting as hard as it
ever fell to the lot of the Commander-in-Chief to witness,
it being necessary to bring up the same men over and
over again to fresh attacks ; and it is with the greatest
gratification that his Excellency declares he never saw
men behave better.
"5. The storming of the Secundra Bagh and the Shah
Nojeef has never been surpassed in daring, and the
success of it was most brilliant and complete.
retreat of
wofas effected,last nig night, by
which
a model of discipline and exactness. The consequence
nln t
o f the th e
garrison "6
the The
finraa rescuee
was that the enemy was completely deceived, and the
force retired by a narrow, tortuous lane, the only line of
retreat open, in the face of 50,000 enemies, without
molestation.
" 7. The Commander-in-Chief offers his sincere thanks
to Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.8., for the
happy manner in which he planned and carried out hie
arrangements for the evacuation of the Residency of
Lucknow.
" By order of his Excellency the Commanderin-Chief,
" W. MAYHEW, Major,
41 Depay.A.diUtant.GenerSl of the Army.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, Du'. 17.
We have no change to report in our money ssiar lf.f!
i
(luting the past fortnight, and the roe. ofie 1 tes:otirsuip":
iz
at the banks remain the mune, v,' from oto
cent. and we
rities °continue a all of Oil*,
Government secu

* Detachment joined on and up to the 14th. Two (2)
guns Madras Horse Artillery. Reserve Royal Artillery.
Royal Engineers. Military train. Head-quarters her
Majesty's 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers. Detachment her
Majesty's 82d Infantry.