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alone lc,st nine officers, and other regiments, I be-
lieve, in proportion. The Engineers suffered hea-
vily ; the three officers conducting Nos. 1,2, and
4 columns (Lieutenants Medley, Greathed, and
Maunsell) we to all struck down early in the fight,
and of the 17 0 fficers on duty that day 10 were put
hors de combat. The loss of the enemy is never
likely to be cornlctly ascertained, but at the end
of the operations it is probable that at least 1,500
men must have been killed between the 7th and
20tb, and a very large number wounded who were
carried away.

For the complete success that attended the pro-
secution of the siege the chief credit is undoubtedly
due to Colonel Baird Smith, the Chief Engineer,
and to Captain A. Taylor, the director of the at-
tack. On this latter officer, in fact (in consequence
of the Chief Engineer being wounded), devolved the
entire superintenJence of the siege works ; and his
energy and activity will doubtless meet with their
due reward. Throughout the operation he seemed
to be omnipresent, and to bear a charmed life, for
he escaped without a wound. The plan of the at-
tack was bold and skilful ; the nature of the enemy
we were contending with was exactly appreciated,
and our plans shaped accordingly. Pandy can
fight well behind cover, but here he was out-
manceuvred—his attention being diverted from the
real point of attack till the last, and then the cover
which might have proved such a serious obstacle
to us was seized at the right moment without loss,
and all its advantages turned against him. With
plenty of skilled workmen the siege works might
have been more speedily constructed, but with the
wretched means at our disposal the wonder is that
so much was done with so little loss.

If the siege of Delhi was not a regular siege in
the same sense with that of Bhurtpora or Seringa-
patam, it may yet bear a fairer comparison with
a greater than either, that of Sebastopol. In both
the strength of the fortifications was as nothing—
it was the proportion of besieged to besiegers, the
magnitude of the arsenal inside and the impossi-
bility of a thorough investment that constituted the
real strength of the place ; in fact, neither were
properly speaking sieges, but rather attacks on an
army in a strongly intranched position.

THE CAPTURE OF THE KING.
( From the Bombay Gazette, Oct. 17.)

We had the gratification of announcing the Fall
of Delhi in our last despatch. In the brief and
fragmentary notices then alone available to us, it
was stated that the assault had been made on the
14th ult., when a lodgment was effected at the north
end of the city, and that after six days of hard fight-
ing, from house to house, and from street to street,
the mutineers had been finally driven out of the
place on the 20th. Later and fuller accounts verify
these statements, and show that on the evening of
the 20th the capture of the place was completed by
the seizure of the palace, Selimgurh, and the bridge.
Details of the operations leading to this glorious
result will be found elsewhere. The mutineers
seem to have contested every foot of ground so
long as they could fight under cover ; and though
it appears that very many of them have been killed,
the loss on our side was necessarily great. We have,
however, no trustworthy statement of the entire
number of killed and wounded. Between 10 o'clock
a.m. and noon of the 20th the palace, which had
been cleared of its defenders and inmates by the
shells of our force, was taken possession of by our
troops. The King and his sons had fled in disguise
along the road to the south, and large bodies of the
mutineers had effected a timely escape in good order
before the beaten remnant were driven in headlong
rout from the city. Delhi, after its capture, is
described as a perfect picture of desolation. Its
Louses in ruins, and valuable property lying about
the streets, while living figures were few and far
between, the victors having allowed the non-com-
batant inhabitants safe conduct out of the place.
On the night of the 21st September, the con-
queror, General Wilson, proposed the health of
Queen Victoria in the Dewan-i-Khas, the beautiful
white marble durbar hall of the palace, where once
stood the famed peacock throne., and which bears
the well-known inscription, meant to apply to the
palace and its gardens generally, and which now
reads like a mockery,—
'Oh if there's an Eden on earth it is this.'

Here, in the palace of the Great Moguls, the
health of our Queen ;ma drunk by her victorious
soldiers with enthusiastic cheers, which were taken
up by the gallant Ghoorkas who formed the per-
sonal guard of the General.

On the 21st the old King surrendered to Captain
Hodson and his cavalry near the Kootub Minar,
which is about 15 miles south of Delhi. He was
accompanied in his captivity as in his flight by his
chief wife, the Begum Zeenut Mahal, the " orna-
of the palace." The King is said to be nearly 90
years of age, and it is probable that he is scarcely
in any way responsible for what has been done in
his name, so that, as at present informed, we can-
not condemn the clemency which has spared his life.
He is now a prisoner in what was once his own
palace. Two of his sons and a grandson, however,
who were captured also by Captain Hodson, at the
tomb of Humayoon, about five miles from Delhi,
and who are known to have been leaders in the
rebellion, have received the reward of their treason.
They were shot on the spot, and their bodies were
brought back to the city and exposed at the Kot-
wallee or chief police-office, where it is said so
many of our countrymen were brutally murdered.
On the 23d two columns of our troops started in
pursuit of the fugitives, one under Colonel Great-
hed, of H.M. Bth (King's) Regiment, marching .on
Allyghur, the other proceeding down the right
bank of the Jumna towards Muttra and Agra. We
have no precise information as to what these pur-
suing forces have done, bet by accounts from Agra
one appears to have reached the neighbourhood of
Allyghur, and the other that of Muttra on the 28th
ult. We are also, as yet, uninformed of the desti-
, nation or fate of the fugitives, but it is thought that
some are making for Oude, and others for Gwalior.
We trust that, numerically weak as our loyal forces
are at present, the mutineers driven from Delhi
may not be found more troublesome elsewhere than
they we-e there.
" Foramost in the list of officers who fell in the •
capture of Delhi, we regret to state, is the name of
the able awl gallant Brigadier-General John Nichol-
son, whose distinguished but too brief career was
olosed by a mortal wound received in tho storming of
the city.

The following is the substance of a letter from the
Chief Commissioner, dated Labor°, 20th Septem-
ber, 1857 :

The Palace of Delhi was found to be 'evacuated
this morning, and is now i❑ our possession. The
mutineers had lost all the gates of the city but the
Turkoman and Delli;. The Ajniere gate was taken
without loss, the mutineers deserting fast. The
King and Royal family have fled.
Mr. Greathed, the Commissioner, died of cholera
list night at Delhi.
A t:legraphic message from Colonel Durand an-
nounces the arrival of an express from Neemuch,
Ist inst., containing a cppy of a letter from Delhi
of the 22d nit., from Col. Beecher to Capt. Nixon,
and giving further particulars of the capture. It
says :

All going on wonderfully well at Delhi. The
Princes MUOTZI illoghul, Abu Bukhur, and Khey-
ear Soultan, were brought in by Hodson flora Hu-
ma3- oon's tomb, and shot at the Delhi gate on the
221. Their bodies are lying at the Kotwallee,
where so many of our poor countrymen wore mur-
dered and exposed.

A pursuing column under Col. Greathed (MM.'s
Bth) of 1,600 infantry, 18 guns, and GOO c2valry,
was t' leave on the 23d.

Delhi is a perfect picture of dezolation, com-
pletely abandoned, and a vast amount of property
left behind.

We !egret to learn the death of the gallant Ni-
cholson. The officer appointed Governor of Delhi
is Lieut.-Col. H. P. Barn, Ist Bengal Native In-
fantry and Superiat3ndent of Army Clothing.
Colon 1 Hugh Fraser, C. 8., Bengal Engineers,
has been appointed Chief Commissioner for
the districts of Agra, Delhi, Meerut, Rohileund,
Ajmere, Mhairwara, Nimar, and Neemuch.

We have to add another large instalment to our

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list of casualties, occasioned chiefly by the late vic-
torious operations at Delhi and Lucknow :
Engineers—Lieutenant Ferris.
Artillery—Majors George Larkins and George
Lewis Cooper ; Lieutenants Burnett Ashburner
and James R. Martin.

Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Sotherby.
Her Majesty's 32d.Reziment—Lieutenant Fred.
Wainwright ; Ensign Hill.

Her Majesty's 64th Foot—Lieutenant Bateman.
Her Majesty's 78th Foot—Lieutenant Webster.
Her Majesty's 84th Foot—Captain Packenham
and Lieutenant Saunders.

Ist Bengal Fusileers—Lieutenant Hanwall.
Ist Light Cavalry—Captain Charles Vanbiugh
Jenkins and Lieutenant Sterling.
2d Light Cavalry—Major Edward Vibart ;
Lieutenants Quin, John Hammond Harrison, Wm.
John Manderson, Franois S. Montagu Wren, Mur-
ray George Daniell, Balfour, Mainwaring, and
Boulton.

Ist Native Infantry—Captains Athil Turner,
Edward John Elms, and Henry Sydney Smith ;
Lieutenant Richard Murcott Satchwell and God-
frey Richard Wheeler.

14th Native Infantry—Lieutenant Charles
Battine.

28th Native Infantry—Captains Marshall James,
Henry Wilder Lambie Sneyd, Cornelius Lysaght,
and Mordaunt Money Salmon ; Lieutenants Alex.
Key, Colin Alexander Robertson, Charles Fred.
Scott, William Wilberforce Pitt, and George Wil-
liam Rutherford ; Ensigns Thomas George Hope
Spens, Scott, Johnson, and White.
42d Native Infantry—Lieutenant-Colonel Thos.
Dalyell.
52d Native Infantry—Lieutenant A. R. M.
M 'Gregor.

53d Native Infantry—Captain Henry Belson ;
Lieutenants F. Gilbert Jellicoe, Herbert Holmes
Armstrong, Gilbert Augustus Master, and Oliver
Simpson Bridges ; Ensign Alexander D3WSOII and
Thomas W. Forman.

56th Native Infantry—Capt. Gaorge Kempland ;
Lieutenants Charles Reilly Goad, Horuby Fagan,
William Lucas Gordon Morris Henry John Gre-
gory Warde, and J. W. Henderson.
67th Native Infantry—Lieutenants Philip Hayes
Jackson, Robert Robinson Harris, and Ensign
Lindsay.

74th Native Infantry—Captain George Henry
Monk Mason.

Ist Madras Fusiliers—Brigadier-General J. G.
L. Neill.

12th Irregular Cavalry—Lieutenant Warren.
3d Bombay Europeans—Lieut. J. W. Henry.
Civil Service—Lieutenants Cockerel], M. C. Om-
maney, and Leopold Berkeley.

Medical Service—Surgeons Nathaniel CAlyer
and Henry Hawkins Bowling; Assist 4nt-Surgeons
R. W. Macaulay, J. B. Allen, H. P. Harris, and
J. P. Bowling.
Ecclesiastical Establishment—E. T. R. Moncrieff.

AT DELHI.

6th Carabineers—Captain Rosser.

Her Majosty's Bth Foot—Lieutenants William
Waldegrave Pogsoa and John Yore W. Henry
Webb.

Her Majesty's 52d Regiment—Lieut. Bradshaw.
Her Majesty's 60th Rifles—Lieut. Tytler.
Her Majesty's 75th Regiment—Lieutenants Jobn
Richard Sherlock Fitzgerald and Edward Villiers
Briscoe.

Engineers—Lieutenant F. L. Tandy.
Ist Fusiliers—Capt. George Ogle Jacob.
11th Native Infantry—Lieut. Thuillier.
17th Native Infantry—Lieut. Robert Popkin
Homfray.
26th Native Infantry—Lieut. Davidson.
27th Native Infantry—Brigadier-General John
Nicholson.

42cl Native Infantry—Lieutenant Alexander W.
Murray.

55th Native Infantry—Capt. George Gordon M.
Barnett.

Artillery—Lieutenants W. T. Somerville and
Edward Henry Hildebrand ; Captain Robert
Charles H. B. Fp.g3n.
let Bombay' Nativ Infantry—Lieutenant Ban-
nerman.

AGRA FORT, SEPT. 28.
A force of about 400 of all arms is going out this
evening with the view of intercepting the fugitives
from Delhi, now said to be passing Muttra.

I do not pretend to be an authority in military
matters, but nevertheless I venture to consider it
an unwise movement sending out so small a party
as 400 men, whereof one-half are Inefficient—that
is to say, undisciplined, though brave enough to
cut off what may prove to be 10,000 or even 20,000
desperate and well-trained soldiers fighting to save
themselves from a pendent halter. The expedition
is an act of madness, and will lead to no good re-
sult
under any circumstances.

Two flying columns have left Delhi in pursuit of
the mutineers. One, said to be under Col. Great-
bed, Bth Foot, is supposed to have been close to
Muttra yesterday evening,land according to native)
report, marched onwards towards Agra before day-
light this morning. The other column is know
to have been near Allyghur yesterday, and will, I
imagine, go down the Grand Trunk Road leading
to Cawnpore, and join Havelock's force in Oude.

DETAILS OF THE SIEGE OF DELHI.
OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CHIEF COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, LAHORE,
SEPT. 18, 1857.

FROM THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE

AR MY, DELHI, 10 A. M., SEPT. 17.

Early this morning we took possession of the
Bank-house, and we hold the position of the city
between it and the magazine. Skirmishing has
been going on near the Bank, but we are firmly
established there : our guns command the bridge
and Selimghur entirely. The Palace and Selimghur
are under a constant fire of shells. The enemy are
flying in bodies of 100 and 200 men towards Gwa-
lior via Muttra. Property of every kind left in
the city immense. All the streets we occupy have
been abandoned by the inhabitants. The number of
dead Sepoys in wry quarter is very great.
Another message, of an hour previous, from the
Adjutant-General, from Skinner's house, Delhi,
says,—" We have advanced our line of posts to the
Canal, and on the left as far as the Bank. The
Palace is to be broached as soon as possible, and
all our mortars are to pity upon it ; it will be our
first point of attack. Selitnghur only fires occa-
sionally, and without—effect, our fira keeping down
that of the enemy. The report is that the Royal
family, the King's three regiments, regiments of
Native [nfantry, and some Light Cavalry troopers
hold the Palace, and intend to fight out to the last.
The mutineers are less active to-day. The Bareilly
and Neemuch troops are said to have come into
the town, and have started off their baggage, under
an escort, down the Muttra road towards Gwalior,
intending to follow by forced marches when the
baggage shall have had a fair start. The towns-
people continue to fly to the I a' ace, and numberless
women have come into our camp. No attempt will
be made to occupy the whole town until the Palace
and Selimghur are taken. The magazine ii full of
stores of every description except powder, and, not-
withstanding the enormous quantity expended by
Vie rebels during
the last three months, no impres-
sion appears to have been made on the huge piles
still left. Brigadier-General Nicholson is a little
better; sick and wounded doing pretty well."
" SEPT. 17, 6 p. ?J.

" Our position is the same as this morn'ng, the
mortar battery has bee❑ keeping up a continued
and heavy fire throughout the day, and will do so
throughout the night ; the King reported to be in
the Palace still. If so his residence must be a very
warm one, for our shells ate pouring into the
whole length of it from noon to sunset. Great
flumb,rs of the inhlbitants of the city have come
in, and are being passed out of the t by mt, and
he lo tk-out at tlindoo It to's house reports streams
of people and animals as having issued from the
Ajmer° gate. A correct return of guns captured in
the magazine and on the works will be sent to-mor-
to ,v."

" SEPT. 19.
The news from Delhi to 2 p.m. yesterday is,
our position the same as last reported. We are
strengthening ourselves at the Bank, and the Sap-
pers are working towards the houses which com-
mand the Burree Bastion; no suitable plAco h's
yet been found from which to breach the Palace,
which we continue to shell. Selimghur has only
fired a few shAs to-day, and does no harm. Few
people have crossed the bridge ; no townspeople
have come in to us to-day, nor have we any real in-
formation as to the movements of the rebels. Yes-
terday the Delhi gate of the Psla3e was reported to
be open, and covered carts passing out from it. No
certain intelligence of the King and his family

3 •,

The following is the number of guns taken :—On
the works and in use by the enemy, 55; in the ma-
gazine, 171. Total, 226. Immense stores of shot
and shell, but very little powder. Large quanti-
ties of percussion caps. The whole of tho build-
ings of the magazine remain uninjured, excepting
that part which was blown up by the explosion :
no increase of sickness in camp. The report of
General Nicholson to-day is not favourable ; his
brother, Lieutenant Nicholson, doing. well. A
fall of rain since the eclipse has cooled the atmos-
phere floely, which is good for the wounded. The
report of the death of Captain Ross (Carbineers)
was incorrect, but he is dangerously wounded.
Lieutenants Pogson and Webb, Bth Foot, have died
of their wounds.

SEPT. 20.
From Delhi, 9 a.m., Sept. 19, the following has
been received :

Our mortar batteries continued to fire during the
night towards the south of the Palace and in the
direction of Duryao Gunge. We have now turned
in the direction of the Jumna Musjid and neigh-
bouring Mohullas, as they have not yet been sub-
iocted to our fire. Abbott's house was occupied at
dawn without opposition, and our advanced picket
is now at Khan Mahomed Khan's house. We are
securing ourselves in that position, preparatory to
going at the Palace.
On our right the Sappers have worked about 360
yards through the house, and are getting opposite
the Burree Bastion, and once we take the guns upon
it we shall have the Lahore Gate.

Selirughur has not fired at all this morning.
Parties of armed men and townspeople have been
seen crossing the bridge, and the report is that the
town is being completely evacuated by the popu-
lation ; that the King has gone to the old fort (ou
the Agra road). The Palace is being emptied.
We shall push on a small party during the day to
ascartiin whether this is the case, and, if sc, at
once to seize the gateway. All our cavalry sent
out this morning under Brigadier Grant to recon-
noitre the western and southern faces of the town,
and it is hoped this demonstration may hurry the
evacuation of the town.

DELHI, SEPT. 19, 7 P.m.
We have not yet got the Bare," Bastion. On
the left we are strengthening our position, prepa-
ratory to bringing up our mortars and heavy guns.
The Palace has not been abandoned by the muti-
neers, as reported by spies. They have a field-
piece behind a breastwork, in front of Chandnee
Chouk gateway of the Palace, from which they fire
on the Bank, &c., but without much effect. The
report of the Kiag and family having left the
Palace is still doubtful. More of the mutineers
have fled from their colours, and have taken the
Muttra road.

We have had hardly any casualties to-day.
SEPT. 21.

The capture of the city of Delhi, of the Palace,
and the Fort of Selimhgur, was completed. yester-
day. All honour to the noble army which, under
command of Major-General Wilson, has effected
this most important conquest, by which the wide-
spread rebellion of the mutinous Bengal army has
received a complete defeat in Upper India. The
days of Clive and Lake are again ravived among us.
Neither the devastation of that terrible scourge,
the cholera, nor the deadly stroke of an Indian
summer's sun, which have so grievously thinned the
ranks of our small arm during the past three
months—the harassing and almost incessant duties
of the camp, the ever-recurring combats with a
highly-trained and veteran enemy, who out-num-
b2red us by thousands in men and by hundreds in
guns of all calibres—the stubborn and desperate
resistance offered by the mutineers during and
since the assault on the 14th inst.—nothing has
abated the ardour of our troops, European and
native, nor quelled that indomitable courage and
persevering energy which take no denial, and will
brook nothing short, of 811C3eSS.

It will be a-for a grateful Government to acknow-
ledge, as they deserve, the services of Major General
Wilson and his army to the British Empire in
India, but the Chief Commissioner cannot refrain
from offering the warm tribute of his heartfelt ad
miration. Sir John Lawrence requests that a
Royal salute may be fired at the principal stations
in the Punjaub, in honour of the capture of Delhi.
The follo wing are the messages received since
last precis from the Adjutant-General of the
Army :

Sept. 20, 9 a.m.
The Baree Bastion was assaulted yesterday
evening, and six guns and one mortar captured,
without loss. Lahore gateway has been occupied
this morning. The Ajmer() gate and outworks do
not fire ; they appear deserted, and our people are
going ou to take possession. The townspeople are
all leaving the city ; the mutineers blew up a ma-
gazine, in their camp this morning, and our cavalry
patrols, who moved round towards the southern
face of the town, report that they saw nobody in
the camp. We hope to establish our line along
the Chandnee Chouk in the course of the day.
The mutineers are offering much less resistance,
and are evidently &creasing in number. The
whereabouts of the King and Royal family is still
unknown.

SKINNER'S-HOUSE, SEPT. 20.

It :is now 10 a.m. We have taken the Ajmer.-
gets and outworks, without opposition, and scoured
three heavy guns and one 8-inch howitzer. We
are sending up heavy mortars to the Buree Bai-
tion, to shell the portion of the town not yet in
our possession. A continuous mortar fire was kept
up on the town throughout last night. On our
loft we hold the same position as last evening, but
we have have just spiked the mutineers' guns in
front of the Palace. Wo are going to form a column
to go into the Palace.

NOON'.

Wa have possession of the Palace, Juma Mus-
jid, and Ajnaere gate. 7 guns were found at the
gateway of the Palace.

2 P.M.

We now have Selimghur and the bridge. I hope
to be able to report shortly th et we are in posses-
sion of the Torkman and Delhi gates and 'bastions,
and entirely masters of the whole town.

5 P. M.

Our struggle has ended hero. We have posses-
sion of the whole city, therala?,e, Selimghur, and
the bridge. Number of guns taken in the town
and Delhi bastions are unknown, our loss to-day
is trifling. The King and Royal family are said to
be in a village four cost from this towards the
Kootub.

SEPT. 22.

" There is nothing further from Delhi. The
telegraphic communication is interrupted from Sur-
sowlee downwards.
Captain Elphinstone, the Deputy-Commissioner
of G3ogaira, reports, that having received accura'o
information on the 20th inst. that Ahmed Khan
Khurral and his men had taken refuge about 12
miles distant from that station, a party of the Pun.
jaub Police Horse and Foot, under Capt. S. Black
a detachment of Capt. Wales's Sikh Cavalry, under
Lieut. the Hon. F. Chichester, and of the Goo-
!vim Levy under Lieut. Mitchell, wore forthwith
ordered against him, and the result, after a some-
what severe fight, was, that the Khurrals were cut
up, Ahmed Khan himself and his son being among
the killed. This petty outbreak has thus received
its death-blow, it is hoped,
Ahmed Khan and his followers are said to have
fought stoutly, and Capt. Black and Lieut. Chi-
chester to have been surrounded more than once
during the melee, the country being by no means
favourable for the action of cavalry. Our loss was
rather severe, considering the small number of men
engaged. About 10 killed. but particulars not yet
received. Sirdar Nehal Sing Chachee (orderly
officer to the Chief Commissioner), whose gallantry
was conspicuous, was wounded in the leg by a
ma'chlock ball. Quiet prevails in all other parts
of the Punjaub.

" SEPT. 23.
The last accounts from Googaira mention the
death of Mr. Leopold Berkeley, Extra Assistant
Commissioner, a most promising officer, whose loss
is much to be regretted. He had been detached
with slme sowars, and a party of Kutar Mookheers
(3d Police Battalion) to try and open communica-
tion to wards Mool'an, which had been cut off by
the Futtianahs, Bhurmshas, and other tribes, and
other tribe 4. Mr. Berkeley attacked the insur-
gents in a very spirited manner, but in the melee
he was cut off from the party of the Kutar Mook-
heeas, and was overpowered. He MI fighting man-
folly, and cut down five or six of the enemy with
his own hand, besides shooting Rhawul, ono of the
Futtianalis ; Moorad, another of their leaders, was
killed on the same occasion, and their total loss is
estitnaied at not less than 100 men.
The Bhurmanahs and Futtianahs have entirely
dispersed. The Klitirr Lis have also fled to a place
in the Bar, some 40 miles from Googaira. They
have p- ()wised to come in by the day after to-mor-
row, and give over their arms and all plundered
property.
The news fLom Delhi is that the King was taken
prisoner yesterday by a party of Sowars under
Lieutenant flodTm, near the Kootub, where four
guns w,re also found.
No sign of a mutineer is now to be seen at Delhi.
They abandoned their camp outside the Ajwere
gate, in their hurry leaving all sick and wounded
who could not walk, their drums, band instruments,
clothing, bedding, cooking pots,
luxuries. The report is that a number, and all
of them
are collecting at Bullubghur. Some talk of going
to Luckuow and some to Gwalior.

Cholera Iris shown itself in the town. Dead
bodie3 and carcases were being removed. The
stench in some places is described as unbearable.
General Nicholson was slightly better.
P.S.—The following has j ust been received from

Delhi :—Captain Hodson Las just returned from
Hoomayon's 'Tomb?, and reports having killed the
King's two sous, Mirza Mogul and Mirza Kiza
Sultan, and his grandson Mitzi. Aboobukur. A
quantity of the arms of the King's late attendants,
the King's personal elephants, carriages, and horses
have been taken.

SEer. 24.
It is the painful duty of the Chief Commissemer
to announce the death of Brigadier-General John
Nicholson, on the morning of the 23d inst. This
officer, it is well known, led the attack on the me-
morable morning of the 14th instant, when the
city of Delhi was assaulted and captured. On this
occasion General Nicholson was mortally wounded.
General Nicholsou's loss is greatly to be de-
plored. He was an officer of great promise. He
possessed some of the highest qualities of a solder,
brave, sagacious, and devoted to his profession.
The Bengal Army contains no more able or more
noble soldier.
A strong column has moved from Delhi down
the Doab, in pursuit of the fugitive mutineers, and
to clear and settle the country.
Lieut.-Colonel H. P. Burn has been appointed
Military Governor of the city of Delhi.
The following extracts from Delhi letters will be
found interesting. They date from the 14th to the
21st of September :
The city was stormed, and that portion of it from
the river side up to the Cabul-gate taken on the
morning of the 14th. The troops were under arms
from 3 a.m., and as soon as day broke the work
commenced. By 10 a.m. the staff were in the city,
and, although the columns were progressing slowly,
all was going on successfully. The people of the
city camp into camp, and sought protection from
the army, craving pardon, and disavowing all par-
ticipation in the rebellion, saying that they were
compelled to remain prisoners in the city, and de-
nying having taken any active part in the insur-
rection. They were told to prove their loyalty
by removing the bodies of the dead Sepoys, which
work they at once commenced upon, and were
clearing the city of them apparently with right good
wilL Although every step of ground, compara-
tively speaking, is obstinately disputed, and the
guns of Selimghur Fort were firing unceasingly, all
was going on ;favourably—the mutineers taking
every opportunity of deserting in large numbers.
As we have a battery, it is to be hoped that
many large parties of them will be cut up
The church of St. James's, built by the late Col.
Skinner, C.D., was occupied on entering by the
General commanding and staff. H.M.'s ath Rifles
occupy the Colonel's family house near the church ;
H.M.'s 61st the Magazine ; 4th Sikh Infantry the
College and Ahmed Ali Khan's house ; and the
Beelooch Battalion and Jheeud Rajah's force, the
Main Guard.
On the morning of the 16th the Magazine was
assaulted and taken possession of by our troops with
very small loss on our side. The enemy did not
stand, but about 40 were killed as they were de-
camping. We took 125 guns, besides mortars, and
contents of the Magazine. The palace is now sur-
rounded by our troops, and cannot hold out much
longer, as our siege guns and heavy mortars are
playing incessantly on the walls, which must soon
give way, when great will be the fall thereof. At
Selimghur the final stand will be made, and then I
fear our loss, already heavy, will be considerably
augmented, unless -the rabble collected there take
warning and seek safety in flight.
Our loss is reported 500 of all ranks killed and
wounded, but we have been great sufferers in our
officers, Brigadier Nicholson, dangerously wounded,
heading the list, which contains the names of be-
tween 30 and 40 officers placed hors de combat.
There was something like a panic at the Lahore
Gate during the assault, which was made by the
Dogr, s, a Got regiment and a few Europeans,
and I fancy we felt the effects of it in the slow pro-
gress of our columns. It was merely temporary,
however, and will not interfere materially with the
complete capture of the city, which cannot now be
long delayed.
There were three assaulting columns, two of
1,000 men each, a,nd one of 900. Assault was
made on three different points of the Cashmere
bastion, one immediately in front, and two from the
Custom-house, better known as Smith's garden.
These were most successful, and by 10 o'clock a.m.
the General and staff were in the city : a nice
change to camp life at this season of the year. The
buildings in the neighbourhood of the Cashmere gate
afford comfortable quarters for our brave troops,
as well at capital cover, from which to continue the
work already so well begun.
Our mortars, which continued to fire to the
southward of the palace in the direction of Derio-
gunge, are now turned in the direction of the Jumna
Musjid and neighbouring Mohullas. Advanced
pickets at Khan .13abadoor Khan's house. We are
securing ourselves without opposition, preparatory
to going at the palace.
Our Sappers have worked upwards of 300 yards
through houses and other buildings to wards the Burn
Bastion, situate between the Cabullee and Lahore
gates of city. We have, furthermore, taken
possession of the Begum Sornroo's house, near the
canal, formerly occupied by Major Abbott, late
Executive officer of Delhi, and more recently by the
missionaries. In another direction our troops have
progressed a considerable distance up as treat leading
into the centre of the Chaudney Chouk, and it is
hoped that a house within a few yards of the street
will be occupied by us in the course of a day or two.
I am sorry to say there has been another repulse
at the Lahore Gate ; Capt. Briscoe, of H.M. '7sth
Regt., killed. These assaults, wh n unsuccessful, do
us harm and I hope they will not be persisted in.
Time will do much for us, and without reinforce-
ments we must fight our way slowly and surely. We
can now afford to wait, as the King and Royal
Family are reported to have left Delhi Palace and
gone to the Old Fort, a building about five miles
along the Muttra-road, where, I suppose, another
gathering and stand will be made. Alarga party of
Cavalry, European and Native, have gone out to
the southern side of the city to make a demonstra-
tration, which it is hoped will hasten events.
Armed parties of the enemy are constantly leaving,
and I trust soon to be able to tell you that some
have been intercepted.
On the 17th the Junatna Musjid was-stormed'aml
carried without much difficulty, the Lahore gate
will, it is expected, speedily follow, and our footing
in the city be then secure. Had it not been for the
utter cowardice of the Dogras (Jummoo troops) we
should be now holding all the gates. These troops
were to have driven the enemy out of Kishengunge,
entered at the Lahore gate, occupying the Sahiba-
bad garden ; but they left their guns, and ran like
so many hares, leaving the other columns to do the
work, notwithstanding that there was a strong party
of Europeans with them. It is plain that such sol-
diers are only fit for chasing runaways ; they can-
not stand anything like opposition.
We hive established a funk at Kisheugunge, the
west suburb of Delhi. The Pandies have evacu-
ated it, and left all their guns, which we are now
bringing it. We hive recovered about 200 guns

since emeriti., the city, and there are more yet to
come, and skirmishing, not to say hard fighting, is
going on all in advance of us. We have made good
our position as far as we have gone, and it will
trouble Pandy to turn us out.
The magazine was taken on the I.6th. A breach

was made in the wall on the College side, and with
a rush and a cheer it was in our possession. The
enemy had six heavy guns, loaded with grape to
the muzzle, f icing the breach ; but the whole thing
was so suddenly carried out that they had not time
to fire them. In this affair we had very few
casualties.

You may fancy the style of fighting we have had
when I tell you that in the reserve column alone
the number of killed is 81, wounded 293, and 15
missing—in all 389. Every column had an equal
share of fighting.
•

This style of -fighting from house to house is very
harassing for our troops, and our los3 must bo heavy
so long as it lasts. But it is hoped that before lung
the palace will be stormed and taken, after which
all will he easy enough.

I aim gltd to say that there is every hope enter-
tained of Captain Salkeld's leg being saved ; he is
doing well considering the severe character of Lis
wounds.

The ruin and desolation apparent all over the
city are indescribable. Valuable property of_ all
kinds is lying about broken and uncated for. Our
brave troops will not want for prize-money, even if
they should not get a Leap of it in the palace. The
enemy's killed lie about in all directions, and those
who oppose us are losing what little organisation
and discipline they had left. Still their obstinate
defence is wonderful, and can only be attributed to
bhang. A couple or even one flesh European regi-
ment at Delhi would act like magic, but I fear there
is no chance of g-tting it. We are in for it, and
must work away with the materials we have, worn
though they be.

Pandy is beginning to find out his mistake. Day
by day, and hour by hour, are we improving our
position, while that of the enemy is becoming hope-
less, An attempt was made on the 16th to retake
the magazine, but the enemy was repulsed with
heavy loss. The sepoys are lying in heap 3 all over
the roads ; and the destruction of almost every
house in the immediate vicinity of the gates and

bastions, against which we have been directing our
mortar guns, proves that our shelling did more
mischief than we at first thought.

The Cashmere-gate of the city was blown open
by an Engineer officer, Captain Salkeld. This was
effectually done, hut the gates falling outwards
across the entrance the process of getting in was
slow. Captain Salkeld lost both an arm and a leg
in the explosion at the gate, and cnly one man out
of five who assisted him in his duty escaped. An

unfortunate European soldier was found tied to a
stake, and burnt to death outside the Cashmere-
gate ; and the scene within, the heaps of mangled
bodies of the enemy, and general ruin around,
baffles description.
The Bank-house was captured on the morning of
the 17th, which gives our guns complete command
of the bridge and palace. The Bank-house entrance
is in the Chamblee Chouk, the principal street of
the city, and immediately fronting the principal
entrance to the palace, the distance being about
250 to 300 yards from the palace walls. The fort
of Selimghur is deserted by the enemy, also the
Kisserigunge Battery ; the guns in the latter have
been taken possession of by our troops. Women
are flying frantic illy about in all directions, un-
molested by our troop, in awful fright ; property
of great value lying about the streets everywhere,
and the enemy in htradreds hurrying away from
the doomed city some say to Gwalior, via.Muttra,
where, I suppose, they will make another stand.
The slaughter of the enemy has been very great,
and in the smaller thoroughfare, where our troops
bad to fight from house to house, the sepoys fell
where they were found, entreating the Sahib lok,
as they called our Europeans, not to give them the
cold steel, but to shoot them at once. A good deal
of skirmishing is going on in the streets, but Pandy
don't stand so firmly as people expected ; arid al-
though the city, which many supposed was to fall
at once into our possession—has taken so long to re-
cover, I think the worst for us is over, and bad
enough it is, as far as loss of life is concerned.
Many will be glad to learn that women and chil-
dred are suffered to go unmolested. This is a stretch
of mercy I should not have been prepared to make
had I a voice in the matter. It ought to be re-
membered that many of these very women (or fiends
in female form) were foremost in inflicting cruelty
upon our own women and children ; and it must be
fresh in your memory that when the mutineers
came out of the city for a grand attack upon our
camp, while Nicholson's force was at Nujujghur,
they were followed by crowds of these very women,
whose sole object in venturing out was to loot our
camp when the mutineers took possession of it,
which they calculated would be an easy affair,
as our troops were away It must not be for-
gotten either that these cooly women of Delhi
were with the men who looted all the European
houses in Delhi, and they are, therefore, to my
thinking, equally deserving of punishment. How-
ever, it is the General's hovum that they should
be spared—and I hope he won't rue it. I won-
der if one of these women would have spared
one of our women if she had the chance of mur-
dering her ? Mercy to such wretches is a mistake
they are not human beings, but at best wild beasts,
deserving only the death of dogs.
The General, Wilson, is feeling the fatigue and
anxiety of his post ; he ' has been ailing, but I
hope will be able to reap the reward of his suc-
cessful siege and recapture of Delhi.
On the 20th instant the Burn Bastion was taken
possession of by our troops without opposition,
six guns and one mortar falling into our pos-
session ; also the Lahore gate of the city, the
capture of which gave so much trouble and
caused such heavy loss. The enemy when they
fight show much less energy and obstinacy than
characterised their former resistance, and every-
thing betokens the closing scene being near.
The mutineers who were encamped outside the
city blew up their magazine on the 20th, and left,
leaving their colours behind them. Our cavalry,
which went out to reconnoitre, found all in ruins
and the camp deserted.
The resistance has been meagre compared with
what was shown at the commencement of the
assault ; this is perhaps to be accounted for by
the fact that their guns were, with the excep- •
tiou of seven or eight, in our possession. Occasion-
ally a shot was fired from a fieldpiece placed in
front of the Palace gates facing the Chandne/
Chowk, but this was very feeble, and did very lit-
tle damage to the Bank House on which it was di-
rected.

At noon on the 21st the Palace, Jumma Musjid,
and Ajmere•gate were taken, and soon after the
whole city was in our possession. The latter P°r-
tion of the work has been done with but little 105
on our side, and not much on that of the mutiseers
as they only waited a sight of our invincible Euro-
peanosf
the field."decampto
in disorder, leaving them ' mas-
ters Mr. Greathed, Civil Service, formerly Commis-
sionersircommissioner
T.
Metcalfe,
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the
attack,
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but is recovering fast. Nothing is known of future
movements, but I fancy we shall wait for reinforce•
moots to pus'i our advantage. •
The old King has been taken, that is, he surren-
dered himself to Captain Hodson, together with his
favourite Queen, Zeenut :Mahal. Hodson's party
cut up the old traitor's two sons, Mirza Mogul and
Mirza Ki,sc) Sultan, together with his grandson,
Mirza Abouker—all of whom were found in Hums-
yoon's Torah, about seven miles from Delhi, A
large quantity of " Loyal property," consisting of
elephants, horses, camels, carriages, &e., were
taken possession of by Hodson's troops.
The city is completely deserted by all the muti-
neers, and, in fact, there are 'esv natives of any
sort to be found, excepting those of our army. All
the city people found within the walls when our
troops entered were bayoneted on the spot, and the
number was considerable, as you may suppose when
I tell you that in some houses 40 and 50 persons
were hiding. These were not mutineers, but resi"
dents of the city, who trusted to our well-know°
mild rule for pardon. lam glad to say they were
disappointed.
The mutineers abandoned their camp outside
the city in such haste that they even left their
sick and wounded to look after themselves • their,
band instruments, bedding, clothing, in fact al:
they possessed, fell into our hands. It is said
they have made off for Gwalior, and that
a stand will be made at Bullubghur, where there
is an independent chief of doubtful politics.
think it most likely they have gone t°
their homes in Oude, and it is there we shall require
a large force and great vigilance to hunt them nova
in the ensuing cold weather.

Serr. 15,
No serious attempt has been made by the enemy
to recover the valuable lino of defences they lo 3!
yesterday. On our part measures have been adopted
o
to consolidate the conquest, and to add to it.
been
magazine is the first point. Batteries have „
turned against it, and ten heavy mortars are raw
ing on the city. The camp which remains on the
old ground has not been molested. The enemy'#
retention of the suburb of Teleewara prevents it
being advanced under the walls of the city. Our
flag floats over the Cashmere gate, and head-
quarters are established in Colonel Skinner's house.
Suleywghur still continues to send an occasional
discharge of shrapnel or grape into the Church-
square, and there is a desultory fire of musketry
from tops of houses in the distance.
Two regiments are reported, to have left the city
last night by the Rewaree road. An organised
body of troops were seen marching off yesterday
morning over the bridge soon after the attack.
The column that entered the city yesterday con-
sisted of 2,000 Europeansand 2,oooNative soldiers.
The casualties amount to nearly 650. The 10,4
among the officers has been very heavy :—N'"
officers of Engineers, eight of Her Majesty
and nine of the Ist I'll3lleers.. The heaviest raja-.
f.:rtune is the wounding of General Nicholson. Se
may perhaps survive, but is in great danger.
The killed and mortally wounded among the
officers are : 'it Bth,

Fitzgerald, 75th ; Bradshaw, 62d ; 'Murray,
Guides • Rosser, Carabineers ; Tandy, Engineers ;
Jacob, Ist Fusileers; M‘Barnet, 55th Native
Infantry ' • Davidson' 26th Native Infantry.
This is the correct list. 3J more wounded.
Among the wounded officers, besides the names
already given, are mentioned General Nicholson's
brother, 31st Native Infantry ; Greville, Ist
Fusileers, severely; Major Baynes.

SEPT. 16.
A battery was opened on the 15th 110'31
the Col!ege-garden against the magazine.,
The breach was completed during the night,:-
writes Mr. Greathod on the 16th; "and tb
morning the magazine was carried with
the los3 of three men wounded, the enemy aband°ll-
- the post as soon as the column appeared over
the crest of the breach. 120 pieces of heavy ord-
nance and a vast supply of shot and shells Were
found in IL A battery is now constructed at we;
Palace end of the magazine, and the embrasures
the battery in the College-garden are altered 0°
that the guns may boar on 8 uleyrnghur and on the
Palace.

" A great number of dead Pandies, in varioll!
stages of decomposition, were found in and aho°'
the magazine.
" Mortars will now play our the magazine jut°
the palace. The capture of this important poet 110
secured our possessic,n of that portion of the toWn•
The chief annt,yance now is from musketry from the
palace walls, from a light gun that moves about the
foot, of the palace walls and from the Suleymghur•
The road from the Cashmere to the Cabul gate
is now quite safe. That quarter of the town up 0
the street leading from the Cashmere bastion t 0
the Juturna Musjid is entirely evacuated by the in:
habitants. Some few old women are found here
and there, and aro kindly treated by our welt
There is only one instance known of a woman
having been killed, and that was by au aceide.
The force at the Cabul gate have extended t_
occupation along the canal to the point where the
road o
11: leads a
gate, and
°allindth-he e direction
s tos fa
rteh ei
lion with the outposts from the magazine 01 e•
Pala
utonitor

troops ar near rnor,4 ceileAe(l, and uuder ly-;.lter
control. They get their rations cooked en the spot,
and they are being reinforced by recovered men
from the hospital. The 52d were reinforced by 25
men to day.
The enemy's force in Kishengunge made a recon-
noisance of the right flank of our men yesterday,
to ascertain apparently the strength left to defend
the camp. Finding the picqu-t posts all occupied,
they re l'eated, and the camp has remained unmo-
lested. It is said they are now evacuating Kishen:
gunge. It is impossible to get information from
the city. The enemy's cavalry cut off communica-
tion outside to the right, and no messenger can
penetrate from the side in our possession. It is
believed the troops are deserting the city, but the
Palace is still strongly occupied.
We all look on the complete occupation of the
city and palace as a certainty.
The following details are from another letter of j
the same date :
We are now inside the walls pounding away at
Suleymghur and interior defences. There is a good
deal of musketry fire going on from houses and the
tops of the houses, and now and then a round shot
and shrapnel play among our devoted infantry,
who, aided by the Artillery, are working their way

,
solidly on to the occupation of the vast city. We
hold now all on our side the canal, except the
-Lahore Gate, which will probably fall in the course
f the day.
The magazine was taken this morning with a
dash and cheer, the latter of which carried such
terror to the heats of the Pandies that they
dropped their lighted potfires, leaving their loaded
guns an easy prey to us ; 125 guns, besides a vast
amount of ammunition, fell into our hands.
In the assault " the Engineers suffered much.
Out of the party of three that applied the powder
bags to the Cashmere one officer only escaped,
bully wounded. The enemy had loop-holed the
door, and the sergeant had only time to fire the
bag and say " I have lighted it," when he was shot
dead.

Mr. Greathed gives the following list of officers
'wounded on the 14th, though he fears it may not
be quite complete :

WOUNDED.

Staff—Brigadier Nicholson, and Captain Anson,
aide-de-camp.
Engineers—Limits. Greathed. Salkeld, Mann-
tell, Home, Pemberton, and Medley.
Artillery—Lieuts. Lindsay, and Elliott.
Cavalry—Lieut. enplane.
Bth Foot—Colonel Campbell, Captains Bailey
Ind Atkinson.
60th Foot—Lieutz. Curtis and Waters.
61st Foot—Colonel Deacon.
nth Foot—Colonel Herbert (slightly), and
Lieut. Armstrong.
Ist Fusiliers.—Captain Greville, Lieutenants
Wemyss Owen, Lambert, Speke, Caulfield (3d
Native Infantry), doing duty, and Graydon, doing
duty.

2d Fusiliers.—Capt. Hay (GOthNative Infantry),
doing duty, and Lieut. Elderton.
Sirmoor Battalion.—Major Reed and Capt. Bois-
ragon.

Ist Punjab Infantry.—Lieutenants Nicholson,
Gambier, and Gustavinski.
In a postscript Mr. Greathed adds the satisfac-
tory intelligence that "Kishengunge has been eva-
cuated. The enemy left four heavy guns arid mor-
tars, which are being brought into camp.
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE ASSAULT

OF DELHI ON THE 14TH OF SEPT.
Killed.—Tandy, Engineers • Fitzgerald, 75th
Foot ; Bradshaw, 52d Foot ; Al Barnet, 55th Foot ;
Murray, 42d Foot ; Davidson, 26th Foot ; Jacob,
Ist Fusiliers ; Rosser, 6th Cavalry ; and Hemfrey,
17th N.I.

Wounded.—Nicholson, 27th N.I. ; Nicholson,
31st N.I. ; Greathed, Engineers ; Maunsell, En-
gineers ; Medley, Engineers ; Brownlcw, Engi-
neers; Chesney, Engineers; 11ovinder, Engineers;
Greville, Ist Fusiliers ; Wemyss, Ist Fusiliers ;
Owen, Ist Fusiliers ; Surmour Reid, 10th • Bois-
ragon ; Chuppage, 6th Cavalry ; Baley, 52dFoot ;
Atkinson, 52d Foot ; Salkeld, Engineers ;_ Pem-
berton, Engineers ; Nator, 60th Rifles ; Curtis,
60th Rifles ; Anson, 64th Foot ; Baguer, 52d
Foot ; Pugson, 52d Foot ; Colonel Campbell, 52d
Foot • Hay, 6th N.I. ; Lambert, Ist Fusiliers;
Maydon, 16th N.I. ; Shibbeare, 60th N.I. ; Speak,
65th N.I. ; Ederton, 2d Europeans ; Gambier,
38th N.I. ; Prior, Ist P. Cavalry ; Bond, 57th
N.I. ;-60 Europeans killed and 200 wounded.—
Biwa. 11 ews, Sept. 22.
Extract from a private letter from Delhi, no
glue

T
bilk ,r ff " Signal giventhe rush at the walls was the
"wing open of the Cashmere gate, which most
serous duty devolved on Lieut. Salkeld, of the
lig ineem
The Whole was done by escalade, as the broach
o t complete enough to enter s About ladders.
eld approached with three sergeants under a
tremendous fire of musketry. He was first shot
through the arm; notwithstanding that. he went on
to the gate with the bags of powder ; as they ap-
proached one sergeant was killed ; the second ser-
geant took up th bags, assisting Lieutenant Sal-
keld, knocked them. on to the spikes of the gate,
not being able to put them underneath, as the
wicket gate was opened, and about 20 muskets
pointed up as well as through many holes iu the
gateway firing from both flanks from the wall. As
Lieutenant Salkeld put. on the bags he was shot
through the leg, and fell ; the second sergeant lit
the match, but after lighting it he said to Lieut.
Salkeld en the ground. I fear the match has not
taken light, Sir ; at the word Sir,' he fell dead
riddled with balls ; the match did ignite, blew open
the gate • the third sergeant escaped unhurt. At
the signal the troops rushed on—every one who car-
ried the scaling ladders of the 2d Fusileers was
knocked over ; however, they rushed on, put up
the ladders (many of which were found to be too
short), changing their positions, got on the walls,
cheered, and rushed down upon the enemy and car-
ried the place. On they went along the walls
taking the Mores Bastion, Ajmere ga`e, the other
column taking the Church Battery, Water Battery,
Treasury Compound, and Skinner's-house.

THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
(From the Bombay Gazette of llth, of October,)

Lucknow was relieved on the 25th ultimo, and
only just in time, as it was found thet the enemy
had run two mines far under the defences, which,
if exploded, would have left the garrison at the
mercy of its savage besiegers. Its defenders had,
moreover, been closely pressed by the enemy, who
doubtless saw his time running short, and had
only repulsed a final and most desperate assault by
the desperate expedient of throwing lighted shells
with their hands into the masses of their as-
sailants. The advance to Lucknow and the
raising of the siege appear to have cost us
about 400 men killed and wounded, as well
as several officers slain, foremost among whom we
have to lament the brave Neill, of Madras, whose
valour and energy had made him the centre of so
many hopes. We have yet but vague and imperfect
accounts from Lucknow, and are waiting further
particulars with great anxiety. There is a report,
strongly requiring confirmation, which we trust it
may not receive, that the place is again besieged,
our force having been surrounded by Nana Sahib
with 50,000 men. It has, on the other hand, ben
stated that the arch-ruffian of Bi hoer has been bs-
trayed by one of his own followers and is now a
captive, but this report also needs confirmation.
F--

'rein Bassarutgunge, Sept. 21, via Cawnpore,
Wdnesday, Sept. 23.
FROM BRIGADIERe:GENERAL HAVELOCK TO GENERAL
MANSFIELD, CHIEF OF THE STAFF.
I have to request that you will inform his Ex-
cellency the l-
Commander •-1 Chlef that I was joined
n
by my reinforcements o thei 15th and 16th inst.
On the 19th I crossed first to the island on the
Ganges, and then to its left bank by a bridge of
boats which bad been laboriously constructed by
Capt. Croramehn, Field Engineer. The enemy re-
tired after a very feeble (in a nominal) resist-
ance to his position at m(in
arw' ra.n. The two bri-
gades of my force occupied an
the right centre behind sandhillq, theitnnaent with
centre and
left on a plain extending to tberyoandeafvroym
ethic
Lucknow Glatt to Muugarwar, m
and baggage were passed over on the 20th. This
morning I attacked the enemy, turned his right,
and drove him from his position, with the lops of
four guns, two of which and the regimental colours
of the Ist Bengal Native Infantry, were captured
by the Volunteer Cavalry in a charge headed by
Sir James Outran]. The loss on our side was trifling.
The enemy suffered severely ; about 120 were
sabred by the cavalry.
Another letter from Cawnpore, dated the 20th,
contains the follow .•
in..
Y" g :_. a
terday morning Gen. Outram and General
consistin
Havelock crosse d for Lucknow with a large force,
g of
bels opened aboutfirea
bout 5,000 men, at 9 a.m. The re-
three miles from Cawnpore,
on the Lucknow sid but our troops gave them a
fearful drubing whiclimade the rebels run. 15 of
the enemy were killed,
and threel on our side (Eu-
ropean) slightly wennded
tents two miles from CearnntepuoVdreei
andeepvieticyhtehdingouisr
quiet at present. W
Lucknow to relieve Vie Europe
rom that place,
having, with us a large quantity
loos navm
from
of
to-day for
n
provision. A
few days ago we heard from thatLucknovilld the poor
unfort-untal h
Europeans could notout any
longer, as they had fallen short ofo provision,
which will only last till the 24th inst.
CAVNPORE, SEAT.ir,
'The enemy brought down a hea --tilii
__vy gun
bIonIIII. g, but they made one of their usual

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() proceeding. The balls went
right over the heads of our men ; and, as we
advanced, they withdrew the gun, and fled away
down the road.
The whole of our force were encamped for the
night about a mile from the bank.
Col. Wilson, of H.M.'s 64th, will command
there (luring the absence of the column.
We have just had news from Lucknow that
the rum is out, and the beef will be finished on
the 24th ; otherwise all wt-11. But, if all pros-
per, our force will be there by the 24th.
Another letter of the same date has the fol-
lowing details :—Our bridge was finished last
night. We were at long bowls yesterday ; but
no damage to us. This morning all the troops
were crossed. They opposed us at a distance,
but retired, their three or four guns on our ad-
vance, and we are DOW encamped on the other
side without loss.

We expect to be at Lucknow in five days.
All quiet below. Troops coming at 100 a Jay
by bullock train, so the rebel pack had batter
look out.
Neill commands right brigade, and Hamilton,
Bth, left ; Cooper the guns."
Camp on the Oude side of the Gauges,
September 20.
I now beg to send you a brief account of our pro-
ceedings, so that you may know what we are doing.
I am happy to inform you that our (General Have-
lock's) forces are now greatly augmented, as on the
15th and 16th inst. General Outram, with one
company of the Highlanders (No. 2) from Benares,
eight company's of her Majesty's 90th Regiment,
about fifty sowars or native troopers, with small
detachments of different corps, also a few artillery-
men, came in.

Fur several days past we have been preparing a

bridge of boats to cross to the Oude side,- and for
the protection of the workmen we sent a iew com-
panies over with our guns. On the night of the
18th the enemy came down in force, and drove our
men back to the boats, destroying some of our ad-
vanced works, so yesterday morning (the 19th)

General Havelock Cal us all ready to commence
crossing the river at four o'clock. The enemy at
daylight was found to be in position about one
mile away from the bridge, and although they were
so near it did not prevent us froraicrossing the
river. The enemy fired a good deal at us, but
luckily their fire did us no damage whatever. The
infantry moved over first, and on reaching the oppo-
site side it threw out skirmishers, and soon cleared
our front fur some distance, and as soon as our
guns could be brought over we opened fire on them
which they did not seem to like for they soon re-
tired a few miles further in, and left us plenty of
room to encamp for the night, and await the at rival
of our heavy guns conning over. I am happy to
say that in addition to three batteries of smaller
guns we have this morning brought over four 2l-
pounders and two 8-inch howitzers.
The order to advance is not given yet, but I ex-
pect we shall commence to night or to-morrow
morning. I am happy to say there is a great
change here in the weather for the better, and with
this change the health of our troops is greatly im-
proved, and each man is now eager to commence
the march towards Lucknow for the relief of our
brave countrymen, countrywomen, and children,
whom we consider to be still safe ; a task which I
have no doubt our brave General will very soon
accomplish.
The following is a copy of what was put in orders
by Gen. Outram on the night of the 16th inst. :

DIVISION ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR J. OUT-
RAN, K.C.B , COMMANDING DINAPORB AND CAWN-
PORE DIVISIONS OF THE ARMY.
CAWNPORE, Sept. 16, 1857.
All Cawnpore divisional reports to be made for the
information of Sir J. Outran, K C. 8., Commanding.
The force seheted by General Ilayslock, which will
march to relieve the garrison at Lucknow, will be con-
stituted and composed as fellows