The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-01 00:00:00

GENERAL WHEELER.

Preinful as the subject is, the following statement
with regard to the conduct of General Wheeler at
Cawrtpore cannot be withheld. It is copied from the
Poona Observe& of the 17th inst.
We give the following with regret in one instance,
but with honourable pride and a public duty in'the
ether; regret for having to detract from the opinions
freely offered by most of the leading journals in India,
evbich were, that to the late General Wheeler was attri-
buted the glory of being the leader of the heroic defenders
of Cawrepore, when such was not the case ; and pride in
having to perform a public duty to the memory of the
gllaut .she, Moore, and Halliday, in claiming for them
the g,lory of having been the most heroic of the immor-
tally, vallanfgarrisoa of Cawnpore. We have recovered
two, officers (Liouts. Thompson and Delafosse of the 33d
Ie), and two men of the Cawnpore garrison, and their
acoc.unt of the siege is most interesting. Their resistance
Wa a marvellous, for the entrenchments were flimsy, and
tb e position most faulty. 'Upon flour alone 250 Euro-
aan soldiers, protecting 450 women and children, with-
stood a siege of 22 days, with only a few 9-pounder guns,
:against an army and heavy batteries all around, and
'would have held out longer had the provisions lasted.
General Wheeler did nothing, was never wounded early
in the, siege, as was stated, and never took any active
part in the defence. He hardly ever showed himself
soutr,ide the small barrack which sheltered almost all, and
rarger but once went out to the defences. The heroes of
this wonderful siege were Aehe (Artillery), Moore (323)
-and Halliday. They were amongst England's most
glorious sons, and their names should ever be remem-
bered by all who respect great deeds.
• General Wheeler was killed in the boats, after
the surrender of Cawnpore.

THE CAWNPORE MASSACRE.
The following is an extract of a letter from David
Tracy, Lance Cbrporal H. M.'s 84th, to s comrade
in Dum-Dum

" Sanders (i.e. Lieut. Sanders, ll.M.'s 84th) was
brought before the Rajah Nana Sahib, be pulled out his
revolver, shot dead five of the guard, and missed the
Rajah with the sixth round, then they crucified him to the
ground ; the whole of the cavalry ch;•rged past him, and
every one of them bad a cnt at him ; he was cut to
pieces by the whole of them-. Then as soon as the
scoundrels lost the battle of Cawnpore, they put to death
the whole of the women and children whom they had
imprisoned all together, in a house near where our camp
is at present. It would strike terror into the heart of
the devil himself to go into that house, where 230
poor women and children were put to death in the most
cruel manner by them : the whole of their chthing
was torn to pieces by them, even the hairs of the
bead— pulled out of the root, the heads and bodies
backed and mangled to atoms. They rest in a
large well in the same compound, which is formed
into a grave over them, the whole of their clothing,
bloody, and their other little things, are lying there, at
the present time ; and when any of 'the sepoys or any
other persons are caught that had anything to do with
the mutiny, they are brought to this building by the or-
ders of General Neal (Neill), and made to clean up a
portion of the blood of those so cruelly murdered, and
then hanged on the same spot. and any person that is
banged is to remain so until eaten by the dogs and birds
of prey, and any person found taking them down is
served the same way by the authorities."—Englishman,
Angu.st 11.