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"Dinapore, July 13.
" My dear Grandfather,—lt is with feelings of
the deepest regret that I have to tell you that the
entire of India is one theatre of open and undis-
guised rebellion, bloodshed, violation, rapine, and
murder, and a rebellion of such an unnatural, elm-

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skirmishing ground, hitherto infested by the muti-
neers. On the right I threw forward Rothney's
Siks, some Guides, and a few of the 2d Fusiliers.
They advanced and again took possession of Subzee
Mundee. Between this and the batteries our skir-
mishers now had command of the whole ground. I
ordered the position I now held to be kept till, sun-
set, and then they were to retire to their camp.
"We were now masters of the field. The muti-
neers were completely beaten, and when they found
I intend.ed to hold my position they fell back upon
the town. Our loss was considerab!e, but, that of
the enemy was very severe. We suffered greatly
from the sun ; the Ist Fusileers alone had 5 officers
out of 10 struck down by coups de soleil. The work
for the troops is very hard, never getting a whole
night's rest ; but the wingof the 61st and one of the
Bth, besides some Sikhs, are expected, when they
will be relieved somewhat ; but it is very uphill
work against such fearful odds and at this time of
the year, but the men aro game and will never give
in."

meter that it stands out in bold relief in theriiistori
of the world, unequalled for its ingratitude,ctiita
unparalleled for the ferocity, brutality, and cruelty
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of iti acts ; is the rebellion of the Sepoys (native
soldiers)agamst the Government, against Christi-
anity, and against the life and property of every
white man in India ; and, not content with
attacking soldiers and using their firearms
against armed men these monsters in human
withe pregnant woman
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shape have waged war with ddefenceless women
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and innocent children, sacrificing in
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and brutal rage the old man and the maiden,- the
pr
pose the devil himself reigned paramount and
alone—that there was no Christ, no mercy, and no
fine m anden t ot fh crueltye unweaned

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hope, save of the revenge which most justly. will
be taken on these fiends. _

"In every station wherever Europeans _ have
fallen into their hands they have been murdered in
cold blood, their dead bodies mutilated, the raven

and the jackal preying on the remains of as brave
men and as fair women as ever left our shores.

However, we are getting our troops as fast as we
can, and against this day three mouths tbe name of
Sepoy will be erased from the dictionary• of the
world, and the homes of these devils will be but

ASSEERGHTTR.
The following is an extract of a private letter of
the Bth of August :
" In my last I communicated the safety of this
fortress, from the prompt measures taken by the
commandant. I will now detail the occurrences as
they took place regarding it. Prior to the 27th of
June official communications had been received
from the Resident at Indore that the greater por-
tion of the Gwalior (Scindian) Continient had mu-
tinied, and, Ayseerghur- being garrisoned by awing
of them; the head-quarters of which Tmutinied on
he 12th of June at Lellatpore, the commandant
felt anxiety for the safety of this fortress. The
sepoys at that tinee were obedient and orderly, mid
performed their duty satisfactorly, but he was ap-
prehensive' though they would march anywhere
they might be ordered, they would show reluctance
to fight against their own kindred. Under thesecir-
cumstances 'passiveness' was the utmost we could
expect them to show, if we were certain of their
remaining passive. The fact of their volunteering
to serve anywhere proves nothing, as the whole
contingent volunteered to do likewise, and in the
space of a few days broke out into open mutiny.
It was obvious how very disastrous the capture
by mutineers of a fortress with a prestige like As-
seerghur would be, and the extreme importance
that disaffected and fanatical men would attach to
such an occurrence. The inhabit tilts of Asseerghur
and its neighbourhood were well affected towards
the Government, and by embodying for temporary
ssrvice 100 to 150 active men the commandant con-
ceived the safety of the fortres.s could be secured.
He suggested that Major-General Woodburn might
be directed to detach a company or two of a Bom-
bay Native Infantry regiment for duty at Asseer-
ghur, and to take on with him the wing of the con-
tingent sationed at Asseerghur, and that instruc-
tions to this effect might be telegraphed to Mani-
wLence they could communicate by letter in
tune to enable eim to make the necessary arrange-
ments for procuring carriage, &e. But the removal
of the osntiugeut from the fort was required with-
out deity, in consequence of intelligence received a
few days after. On the night of July 4 the com-
mandant received a hurried note from the political
assistant at Demur, despatched from Boregatim,
giving ititelligence of the attack upon Mhow and
Indore, and clearly showing he entertained the
viorst apprehensions reg trding those stations, as
well as for the safety of Asseerghur. After a hurl isd
consultation only two measures appeared calculated
to meet the emergency—either to trust to the loyalty
of the contingent or to remove them, on plausible
grounds, from the fortress before the news regard-
ing Indore and Mhow could reach them. The com-
mandant unlies;tatinely decided on carrying out
the latter measure, and at daybreak on the follow-
ing morning the officer commanding the wing was
ordered to warn his wing that they were to accom-
pany the fie'd force expected at Asseerghur in a day
or two, and encamp below without any delay. The
convicts in the gaol carried down the tents of the
wing, and by evening -11 was in readiness. How-
ever, to avoid the er pearance of unusual hurry, the
troops were ordered not to move below till the fol-
lowing morning. A strong party of the police peons
were stationed at the notthern entrance, as well as
at the southern gate of the town, and every tra-
veller from either Indore or Boorampo, e rigidly
searched for letters, and spies were also distributed
all over the bazaar and Sepoys' lines to ascertain
the sentiments of the men regarding their contem-
plated march. Towards evening a good deal of
murmuring and dissatisfaction were heard in the
bazaar, and one or two Sepoys used in conversation
with a Marwaree the significant words, Wait, and
you will see whet happens to-motrow morning.'
The majority, though not satisfied perhaps, were
not likely, the commandant thought, to break out
in open mutiny, nor would the native officers, he
believed, have supported them in so acting. Still
he felt great anxiety, and shortly after midnight
the Fort Adjutant received an express from the
Soubah of Boorampore, conveying the alarming
news that the company of this regiment detached
from Asseerghur in June had broken into open
mutiny, and were making the beet of their way to
Asseerghur.. Under these circumstances a havildar
of the regiment, with two well-affected and loyally-
disposed Sepoys were immediately sent off by the
havildar-major of the regiment to meet the muti-
neers, and. endeavour to induce them to return to
Boorampore. Partly by persuasion and partly by
threats the company did return, and mainly to this
circumstance the safety of the fortress is attribut-
able. At sunrise the regiment paraded and march-
ed below in a quiet and orderly manner ; immedi-
ately after which a party of 85 men, who had been
quietly got together a day or two previously, and
warned to be in readiness, were marched into the
fortress, and in another hour the regimental guards
were relieved, and joined their comrades at the
encamped ground. The commandant had pre.
viously communicated to the officer commanding a
detachment of Bheel corps his wish that he should
disarm the mutinous company at Boorampore,
which duty he efficiently performed. The com-
mandant considers that, under Providence,
the precautions taken to prevent the men
receiving any news of the mutiny in their
regiment, and especially of the outbreak at
ludore and Mhow, have materially tended
to bring about the present satisfactory state of
things, and there is no doubt that had the wing of
the contingent seized the fortress very much
valuable time would have been lost in recovering
it, in addition to the confidence it would have
given to the thousands in rebellion against the
State.
The proceedings of the commandant were duly
reported to the authorities. The Commander-in-
Chief in communicating them to Government
stated he considered the prompt and decided con-
duct of the commandant (Colonel Le Mesurier) on
this occasion to have mainly contributed to our
tenure of that important stronghold at the present
crisis. Tire Government in reply remarked that
Colonel Le Mesurier deserved very high commen-
dation for the ready resolution with which he acted
on this trying occasion, and by which he had no
doubt secured the important fortress under his
charge from falling into the hands of the mutinous
troops, and requested his Excellency the Com-
mander-in Chief to warmly express to Colonel Le
Messurier the thanks of the Right Hon. the Go-
vernor in Council for the service he had rendered to
the State, which was accordingly done. We have
now four companies of the sth Regiment of Native
Infantry here. The two companies of the 19th
that were here marched for Malligaum yesterday.
We are looking for the London mail of July 10 to
bring us the feelings of England on this dreadful
revolt of the whole Bengal army, and the measures
adopted to save the country from utter destruction.
Havelock's success will he the first cheering news
since the outbreak. Had the troops for China not
been intercepted Calcutta would not have been
able to send Havelock's celumu against the muti-
neers. The news of these troops reaching Calcutta
a nsuffier-
magnified into many thousandslthasw
ful effect over the country. y
has di a w
e
of Europeans at the principal stations which
had emboldened ,the mutineers. The distress
throughout England will be greater than
that felt in the late Crimean war. There
we lost our brave officers and soldiers, but their
wives and children were safe at home. Here the
women and children massacred will far exceed the
number of officers killed. The scoundrels made no
distinction between them.
We have two or three dreary months before
us before English troops cau arrive iu any numbers
to settle the ceuntry. When they have all arrived
and taken the field then will the work of slaughter
be done ou the mutineers. Not one will be sp Lred.
The approach of our moveable columns of Euro-
e ins fi ons different points will so slum the scoun-
drels that they will Lot show fight, but settle among
themselves to disperse in small bodies over the
country, and by so doing will fall into the hands of
men who will be t ao ready to secure the reward of-
fered by the Government on every mutineer.
They will all be caught. They may make a stub-
born re istaece at Delhi, but when that is in our
possession the storm will gradually die away.

discernible by the burning embers and smoulderiiig
ashes of villages, which,like the Cibies of the'Plain
in Scripture, will at once serve for the scene c)f
their crimes and their sepulchres. .
" At Delhi, my dear grandfather, the diabolical
cruelty of the Seuoys is horrible to relate ; they
paraded all the European heads up and down the
city in a cart, awl at Altahabad the 61, Native
Infantry, who had received praise in the morning
for their loyalty to Government, fell on. their

officers in the eveninz:while they were at mesa, and
killed 17 of them. The Adjutant of the regiment
they nailed to an arm-rack, and made a target of bis
body ; another officer was pinioned to tlpkground
with bay onet, and a fire lit on his body. At another
station there was one officer alai his wife—be killed

seven of the miscreants with his own hand, and

when he saw there was no chance for bin:Pelf

or his wife, he shot her and then bimself, before
he would let her fall into the hands of the
Sepoys, because he was well aware what her 'fate
would be—rape and then murder. At a station
called Fyzabad two native regiments of foot and
one of horse, with a battery of gnus, mutinied and
kined some of their officers ; one colonel's lady
saw her husband shot in front of her eyes, she then
went raving mad through the jungle with her two
infants. I had this from a survivor, one that

escaped in a boat with about 20 more Europeans,
principally women and children • he saw the lady
with her children on the bank and called her to him,

but she looked at them fora moment and then-ran

screaming away, dragging her children after her.
They could not land to pursue, because the Sepoys
were coming down on them at the time to murder
them. I have since beard that the lady has been
rescued, but is still a maniac. At another still.: n
they have murdered 54 Europeans—the place is
called Jhansi ; one officer killed no less than 26 of
the ruffiins before he was killed himself. A
sergeant and his wife and two children barricaded
thrm.,,elves in their house ; the woman said she
would shoot the first man that entered, and she was
as good as her word. She did so, and then was
shot herself. The husband escaped and the two
children in attempting to follow him were c unlit
and thrown into the flame=, as they had set fire to
the house. I told you in my last letter that the
rebels made off to Delhi. They have fortified it in
every direc'ion and one Mauder Khan has styled
himself Commander-and-Chief of all the Mussul-
mans in India. I believe there are about 30,000
Sepoys in Delhi at present. We have a rumour
here that it has been re-taken by the British with
great loss, but I believe the place is still in the
hands of the mutineers. We sent two of our
companies from this to Benares ; they were ordered
with three guns to go and disarm the 37th Nativo
Infantry, which is stationed there. They fired on
our fellows and killed two and wounded eight
more, and one captain of the Irregular Cavalry
killed and two more wounded. Two of our men
have since died of their wounds.

" But the most fearful of all the tragedies I have
to tell you about. At Cawnpore all the Europeans
have been massacred to a man. They had in-
trenched themselves in the European hospital com-
manded by Major-General Sir H. Wheeler. He
was mortally wounded, and then the Europeans
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depart
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whattl came
money they had, which amounted to 3i lacs o
rupees, when this miscreant, Rajah Nana Sahib,
got them into the boats and launched out into the
river, brought cannon to bear upon them, and mur-
dered every one of them,—nearly 300 people in
all,—viz., 90 men of her Majesty's 84th Regiment,
17 men of the Ist Madras Fusiliers, and the whole
of the women and children of her Majesty's 32d
Regiment, 60 women and about 150 children, all
murdered in cold blood, and about a dozen officers
of note, and also a battery of guns, comprising
about 60 Europeans.
" There were about 132 Europeans, principally
females, coming from Furruckabad in boats.
They enticed them to the bank and brought there
on to the Sepoy parade ground, where they cruelly
butchered them all. I couldn't tell all the horrors
that have been enacted in this country. Some of
the horrible murders will never be known. I think,
grandfather, that there has been more European
officers killed here than there were altogether in
the Crimea.
" We never get any news here except by chance,
as all communication is stopped with the Upper
Provinces. They have cut the telegraph wire, and
no letters can pass up and down the country for
them. The Commander-in- Chief died at Kurnal
last month. There are many more stations that
have mutinied and killed their officers, but we have
not heard any account of them yet. I will give
you another instance of their horrible cruelty,—
one European officer, a commissioner at Delhi,
with his wife (who was pregnant), and four chil-
dren ; they tied the husband in a chair, and then
cut the heads off his four children, and ripped
open his wife, and took the unborn babe from
her, and struck the husband across the face
with it, and then shot him. My dear grand-
father you would scarcely credit all these
awful things ; but I can assure you it is all too
true. There was also a conspiracy discovered at
Calcutta to massacre all the Europeans there and
take possession of Fort William. It was fortunately
found out, and the King of Oude taken prisoner,
who, it was said, is at the bottom of all this rebel-
lion. I don't think there is any likelihood of us
going home this year, or the next, perhaps, if this
doesn't cease ; but we may only live in hope.
There is only one regiment here and only one com-
pany of artillery to watch three mutinous regi-
ments alongside of us, and murderers on all sides of
us. • Nothing but fear prevents them rising here
and enacting all the horrors, all the brutalities,
and
all the atrocious murders of their brother mis-
creants in the Upper Provinces ; but we have
abandoned sleep and watch them night and day ;
nothing but continuous patrols all the night long,
sentries challenging, armed parties passing each
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"I remain, my dear Grandfather,
" Your affectionate grandson,
" RICHARD DOUGLAS."

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