The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

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" During the •night bf ;the Bth t - 1 _, 1.4-,-P,V
tks,
(Bth Oude Irregulars) and. Others : Att. tirlit /--
posts, :and the Matineets stationed - traasereh 'l'
so as _to prevent . all- communication- .through • -
the city.--. ravas unable-to
.warn Bradford. . 'They
came down upon us in three divisions with two guns
attached to leach, and haying no mea.r.e ofrnsistance,
we bolted from my gateway towards the Akbuipore
road. We at 'first intended to go to Shagnnj,. but,
fearing the sowars, who were most bloodthirsty, I
turned off as soon as -We got-out of Eight and made:
for Rampere, but finallyVeitt 3 Gowrah. I knew
the Zemindars well in these par-b. We changed
quarters in the evening Jo a pundit's at no great
distance, and thence went to Shahgunj. We had
at that time the Azitnghur mutineers coming on the .
Tanda-road and those from Benares on the Dostpore
and Akburpore lines. Bradford managed to get
away on foot. I had lent him my Arab for the flight
but he could not find him. We were afterwards told
that these brutes of sowara followed us as far as
Bliadursa, but we saw nothing of them. - f
"'The day after w 'reached Shalignej, Man
Singh sent to say that the troops-would.not hares
the ladies and children, but insisted upon our
being given up, and were coming to' search•the
fort •, that he would get boats, and that we must
he off at once. We •were all night going across
country to the Ghat, at Jelali_ oden-nuggur, during
which time we were ribbed by Man Siugh's men of
almost all the few. thingS we had managed to take
with us. The ladies took some of the trans to
Shahguni—of . course we had only the clothes on
our backs—however we got off first in two boats,
but afterwards in one-8 women, 14 children, and
7 men. •We suffered gre it misery and discomfort.
Tire heat, too, Was terrific. • We ware plundered
by Oodit Narain, one of the Birhur men, and when
they took Orr and me in-o one of the forts, I fully
expected to be polished off, and all the ladies got
ready to throw their children into the river and
kimp after them. • However, Goa willed it other,
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ayse and Madho Persad, the Birhur Da,boO, came.'"
Ittiiiii4Sdie '-:2gfitertained trs-ho.pitably for five or
six days, and then forwarded us to Gopalpore,
where we were comparatively safe, Here we pasted
froM Bradford.

" Madho Persad has lately been making vicious
attacks upon Azimgtiur, and has got well, beaten
two or three times ; but, of course, the 65th
meat of Native Infantry will mutiny, when he will
have it all his own way.
" Orr -has gone on-to Cawnpore. Thai burn is to
have charge of the bazaar here. Bradford was em-
ployed at Benares, but volunteered to serve as lo,al
captain with the artillery, and his services were
accepted.. I have been appointed temporarily to
the Commissariat, and expect to move on shortly.
Wo are decidedly in difficulties now, ,and if .regi-
ments come not immediately overland we must
expect more disasters before th's mutiny can be
quelled."