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London, England, 1858-01-13 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY

EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1858

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 Dilkoosba, and Ihaveanfdari‘thieinrertso. bring to your lordship's notice
the men were directed to have three day's food in their Lieut. Scott, Madras Engineers, who commanded the
haversacks. I changed the garrison at Alunabaeb, taking Sappers
fresh men from it, and leaving her Majesty's 75th Regt. lI 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. Ouvry, her Majesty's 9th Lancers ; Major Robertson,
On the 14th I expected a further reinforcement of 600 Military train ; Capt. Hinde, her Majesty's Bth Rae-
ore7oo men, composed as per margin,* who joined my ment ; Lir ut.-Col. Wells, 23d Fusiliers ; Lient.-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 leadirg 82d Regiment ; Lieut.-Col. Leith Hay, 93d Highlanders;
troops were met by a long line of musketry fire. Lieut.-Col, Hamilton, 78th Highlanders' commanding
The advance guard was quickly reinforced by a field let battalion of detachments ; Major Barnston, her
battery and more infantry, composed of companies of her Majesty's 90th Regiment, commanding 2d battalion of
Majesty's sth. 64th, and 78th Foot, under the command detachments (dangerously wounded) ; and Captain
of Lieut.-Col- Hamilton, her Majesty's 78th 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, Younghusband, and Gough, respectively corn-
able, the enemy was driven down the hill to the mending detachments of the Ist, 2d, and sth Punjaub
Martipere, and far beyond the canal. Hißl°-51. was Cavalry and Hodeon's Horse ; Captain Green, coin-
trifling, owing to the suddenness of the rdisat. mending 2d Punjaub Infantry ; Lieut. Willoughby, who
The Dilkoosha and Martinire were both occupied, succeeded to the command of the 4th Punjaub Infantry
Brigadier Hope's brigade being then brought up and on his three seniors in the corps being severely wounded ;
arranged in position in the wood of the Martiniere at the Lieut. Ryves, who commanded the 4th Panjanb Infantry
end opposite the canal, being flanked to the left by from the evening of the 16th ; Major Milman. sth
Capt. Bonrchier's field battery, and two of Capt. Peel's Fusiliers ; and Lieut.-Col- M'lntyre, 78th Highlanders,
heavy guns.
in
Shortly after these arrangements had been made the Dikoo
command
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andf detachments
the
enemy drew out a good many people and attacked our High'andere, who commanded at the barracks ; Capts.
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position in front. Ho was quickly driven off, some of our Dawson, 93d Highlanders ; Rollaston, her Majesty's
troops crossing the canal in pursuit. On this occasion 84th Regiment ; and Hopkins, 53d Regiment ; and
the 53d, 93d, and a body of the 4th Punjaub Sikhs, Lieute. Fisher and Powlett,. 2d Punjaub Infantry, who
distinguished themselves. Two very promising young commanded separate detachments or poets, 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 Wheaterofte-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
well, the army, Capt. Norman, who on this as on every other
With the exception of my tents, all my heavy baggage, occasion highly distinguished himself.
including provisions for 14 days for my own force and I have further to express my warm thanks to all the
that in Lucknow, accompanied me on my march across officers serving ou the general and personal staff of
country to Dilkoosha, covered by a strong rear-guard myself and Major-General Mansfield, as 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, RA,, baying been in unfortunately lost an arm) ; to Capt. Sir David Baird,
action for the greater part of the day. The rear-guard Bart, my first aide-de-camp ; and to Lieut. Hope John-
did not close up to the celnnen 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 Staff. The remaining officers of this staff were
description of baggage having been left at Dilkoosha, Lieut. G. Algood, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster-
which was occupied by her Majesty's Bth Regiment, I General ; Captains Maycock and Carey, Officiating
advanced direct on Secanderbagh early on the 16th. Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster-General ; Capt. Red-
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 was 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 Metcalf*, 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 np the lane to Mr. Cavenagh, of the uncovenanted civil service, who
the left of the Secunderbagh, fire was opened on us. came out from Lucknow in disguise to afford me infor.
The infantry of the advance guard was quickly thrown mation, at the imminent risk of his life, has won my
in skirmishing order, to line a bank to the right. The meet especial thanks, and I recommend him mostuor-
guns were pnshed rapidly onwards, viz., Capt. Blunt's dially to the notice of your lordship.
troop, Bengal Horse Artillery, and Capt. Travers's Royal Lord Seymour was present throughout these opera-
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.
derbagb, and opened fire within easy musketry range in I concur most fully in the commendations that have
a most daring manner. As soon as they could be pushed been bestowed by General Grant and officers commands
up a s ill hank, two 18-pounder guns, under Capt. Tra- ing brigades on their respective staffs as named below ;
yore, were also brought to bear on the building. Whilst but 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 Brieseeer the Hon. A. Hope, coming rapidly into Mejor of the 4th Brigade ; and Lieutenant Roberts,
action, caused the loopholed village to be abandoned ; Bengal Artillery, deputy assistant quartermaster-general;
the whole fire of the brigade being then directed on the Captain W. Hamilton, Ii M.'s 6th Lancers, depity-
Secunderbage. After a time, a large body of the enemy,
as,istant adjutant-general ; Captain the Hon. A. H.
who were holding ground to the left were driven in by Anson, H.M.'s 84th Regiment, aide-de-camp; and
parties of the 53d and P3d, two of Capt. Blunt's guns Lieutenant Salmond, 7th Light Cavalry, actie 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 pose, the 53d stretching 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 the enemy before them Barry and Lieut. A. Bunny, staff officers of Royal and
The attack on the Secunderbagh had now been pre- Bengal Artillery respectively ; Lieut. G. E. Watson,
ceeding for about an hour and a half, when it was Bengal Engineers, Brigade Major of Engineers ; Capt.
determieed to take the place by storm through a small H. A. Sarel, 17th Lancers, Brigade Major of Cavalry ;
opening which bad 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
Landers and the 53d and 441 Punjab Infantry, supported Brigade; alio Lieutenant P. Stewart, Bengal Engineers,
by a battalion of detachments under Major Baroston. superintendent of the electric telegraph, who accom-
There never was a bolder feat of arms, and the loss pulled the force, and made himself particularly useful
inflicted en the enemy, after the entrance of the throughout.
Secnuderbagh 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 Subader Gokul Sing, 4th Punjaub Rifler, who, in con-
officers who led these regiments were Lieut.-Col. Leith junction with the British officers, led the 4th Panjaab
Hay, her Majesty's 931 Highlanders ; Lieut.-Colonel Rifles at the storming of Secunderbagb, in the mast
Gordon, her Majesty's 93d Highlanders; Capt. Walton, daring manner.
her Majesty's 53d F ,ot ; Lieut. Paul, 4th Punjaub Captain A. D. Dickens, deputy assistant commissary-
Infantry (duce dead); and Major Barnston, her genera', and Lieutenant W. Tod Brown, deputy coin-
Majesty's 90th Foot. mismary of ordnance, have both distinguished themselves
Captain Peel's Royal Naval Siege Train then went to exceedingly in carrying on the intricate duties of their
the front and advanced towards the Shah Nujjeef, departments, with very scanty establishments, to meet
together with the field battery and some mortars, the the great 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, who's great exertions have been deserving of all praise.
of which the most had been made by the enemy. The He has since become superintending surgeon of the force.
wad of the enclosure of the mosque was loop-holed with The number of officers mentioned in this despatch may
great care, The entrance to it had been c esered by a appear large ; but the force employed was composed of
regular work in masonry, and the top of she building many detachments, and the particular service was calcn-
j was crowned with a parapet. From this, and from the lated to draw forth the individual qualities of the officers
defences in the garden, an unceaeinfi fire of musketry eegaged.
was kept up from the commencement of the attack. Annexed is a returned of casualties ; and a list of of&
Teis position was defended with great reselntion against cers, non-commissioned 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 Highlaudere tingeished themselves, will be separately forwarded.
under Brigadier Hope, supported by a battalion of de- I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most
tachments under Major Barnston, who was, I regret to obedient humble servant,
say, severely wounded; Capt. Peel leading up his heavy (Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General,
guns with extraordinary gallantry within a few yards of Commander-in-Chief.
the buildings, t 4 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 had 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. G. Mayne, Deputy Assistant
Quartermaster-General. I
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
93d -Highlanders ; Captain J. T. Lumsden, 30th Native In-
fantry, Interpreter to her Majesty's 93d Highlanders; and
Licut. 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 sth Bri-
gade, severely ; Major A. Alison, military secretary, severely;
Captain F. M. Alison, aidt-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., slightly.
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, slight y; 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. Seale,
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 MaSesty'e
53d Regiment, severely; Lieutenant A. K. Munro,
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, H.M.'s 90th
Regiment, severely ; Ensign H. Powell, H.M.'s 90th Regi-
ment, severely ; Lieut.-Col. J. A. Ewart, H.M.'s 93d High-
landers, slightly • Captain F. W. Burroughs; H.M.'s 93d
_Bighlanders, slightly; Lieut. R. A. Cooper, H.M.'s 93d
Highlanders, severely ; Licut. E. Welch, H.M.'s 93d High-
landers, severely; Lieut. 0. Goldsmith, H.M.'s 93d High-
lauders, severely ; Lieut. S. E. Wood, H.M.'s 93d High-
landers, severely • Ensign F. R. McNamara, ll.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 Panjaub In-
fantry, dangerously (since dead).
sth Infantry Brigade—Lieut. H. Henderson, 23d
Fusiliers slightly; Lieut.-Col. C. B. Hale, H.M.'s 82d Regi-
ment, slightly.
(Signed) H. W. NORMAN., Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army.

a close.
On the next day communications were opened to the
left rear of the barracks to the canal, after overcoming
con,iderable 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. 1 determined to use the guns as
much as possible in taking it. About three p.m., when
it was considered that Inca might be sent to storm it
without much risk, it was taken by a company of the
90th Foot under Capt. Weiseley, and a picket of her
Majest),'s 13,1 under Capt. Hopkins, supported by Major
Barnston's Battalion of Detachments under Capt. Gui-e,
her Majesty's 90th Foot, and somo of the Punj tuO In-
fantry under Lieut. Powlett. The mess-home was carried
immediately with a rush. The troops then pressed for-
ward with great vigour, and lined the wall separating
the mes -house from the Motes 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 broken in the wall, through which
the troops poured, with a body of Sappers, and accom-
plished our communications with the Residency. I had
the inevpressible satisfaction, shortly afterwards, of
greeting Sir James Outratn and Sir 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
arid men, had worked strenuously and persevered boldly
in following up the advantages gained in the various
attacks. Every man in the force bad exerted himself to
the utmost, and now met with his reward.
It should 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
dia to from
various directions to enable the Government of In
s the garrison of Lucknow. Some from Agra,
and some from Allahabad—all alike had undergone
the same fatigues in pressing forward for the attainment
of this great object. Of their conduct in the field of
battle the facts narrated in this dei.patch are suffi-
cient evideace, 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 an 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 bow 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 acknobwledg-
ments to Brigadier-General Hope Grant, C. 8.,
ho
this
in immediate command of the division by
service was effected, His activity in carry
details has been admirable, and hie vigilance indsup
tending the outpost duties has been unsure
inghjocutertihne.
My thanks are peculiarl due to B force;
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or who have been marked out by brigadiers :—Brigadier
Crawford, Royal Artillery, commanding the artillery ;
Brigadier Little, commanding the cavalry ; Brigadieraeg
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Greathed, commanding 3d InfanotyraylEg
Brigade;
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Capt.
Maxwell, Lieut. Lennox, R
chief engineer ; Lieut. Vaughan,
Brigade. BengalMajor, r, lu rne Artillery,
commanding the Bn gal Artillery
(to this officer my most particular acknowledgements are
due—he has few equals
as an artillery officer). Captain
Travers commanding Royal Artillery. Captains Rem-
miourgste°ll Artillery,an
and
Blunt, commanding
• of Bengal
H
Captains Middleton, Royal
oyal Artillery,
and Bourchier, Bengal Artillery, commanding horse
field batteries ; and Capt. Longden, Royal Artillery,
commanding the mortar battery.
It is impossible to draw a distinction between any of
these officers. They all distinguished themselves under
very arduous circumstances, and it was highly agreeable
to me 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 men'
Lieut. Walker, Bengal Artillery, in command of a dem,
field battery; Lieuts. Ford and Brown, who euccessvely
took up the command of the heavy field battery of Royal

In the following "General Order" Sir Colin
Campbell congratulates the army' Pon this great
exploit :

«Sead•quartere, La Martiniere, Lucknow,
November 23, 1857.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, Pia- 17;;et
Wo have no change to report inoar ifert:rfa., ruling
during the past fortnight, and therear
to 12 per
at the banks remain the sam, ioa
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Government seoutes oo

* 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 Fusileere. Detachment her
Majesty's 82c1 Infantry.

" The Commander-in-Chief has reason to be thankful
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
accomplish the duty before them, all ranks of this force
have compensated for their small number in the execution
of a most diffieult duty by unceasing exertions.
" 3. From the morning of the 16th till last 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
Nujeef has never been surpassed in daring, and the
success of it was most brilliant and complete.
" 6. The movement of the retreat of last night, by
which the final rescue of the garrison was effected, was
a model of discipline and exactness. The consequence
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 Ontram, G.C.8., for the
happy manner in which he planned and carried out his
arrangements for the evacuation of the Residency of
Lucknow.
" By order of his Excellency the Commander-Chief,
" W. MAYHEW, Major,
" Depnty-Adjutant-General of the Ann?