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London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

2D INFANTRY Bard:A:DE.

Her Majesty's 60th Royal Rifles-5 rank and file killed ;
1 captain, 15 rank and file, wounded.
2d European Bengal Fusiliers-1 subaltern, 1 non-com-
missioned officer, 6 rank and file, killed ; 3 non-commis-
sioned officers, 16 rank and file, wounded.
Sirmoor Battalion-9 rank and file, killed ;27 rank and
file, wounded.

ENG NEER S' PARK.
Sappers and Miners-3 rank and file wounded.
GUIDE CORPS.

Cavalry-1 jemadar wounded.
Infantry-1 non-commissioned officer, 3 rank and
killed ; 1 subaltern, 2 non-commissioned officers, 15 rank
and file, wounded.
Total-1 subaltern, 4 non-commissioned officers, 33 rank
and file, 1 native, 4 horse', killed ; 1 field officer, L cap•
tain, 2 subalterns, 10 non-commissioned officers, 105
rank and file, 2 natives, 11 horses, wounded ; 1 horse
missing.
U. W. BARNARD, Major-General,
Commanding Field Force.

The Acting Adjutant-General of the Army to the Secretary
to the Government of India.
Head-Quarters, Caznp before Delhi,
July 9, 1857.
Sir,—l have the honour, by direction of the Provincial
Commander-in-Chief, to forward, for submission to the
Governor-General in Council, copy of a report, dated the
sth inst, from Brevet-Major J. Coke, Ist Panjaub Infan-
try, who was employed, on the 4th instan', in command
of a detachment against a body of mutineers from Delhi.—
I have, &c., N. CHAMBERLAIN,
Brigadier-General.

Brevet-Major Coke to Major Ewart.
Camp before Delhi, July 5, 1857.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information
of Major-General Sir H. Barnard, K.C.B , comniandiog
the force before Delhi, that, in accordance with orders, the
force as per margie, (2 guns sth Troop, let Brigade Horse
Artillery; 4 guns 2d Troop, 3d Brigade Horse Artillery ;
3 Companies 3d Bengal Artillery, and No. 14 Light Field
Battery; Squadron of her Majesty's Gth Dragoon Guards;
Squadron of her Majesty's 9th Lancers ; the Guide
Cavalry ; Head-Quarters Wing of her Majesty's 61st Re-
giment; Ist Punjaub Infantry), marched at half-past two
o'clock a.m. yesterday, to attack the body of mutineers
who had left Delhi on the previous evening.
On arriving at the junction of the roads from the city
and cantonments, it seethed very doubtful whether the
rebels would return by the right or left bank of the Canal
from Allipore; I therefore sent on Lieutenant Roberts by
the main road to feel for the enemy, and Captain Hodson,
of the Guides, to the right bank of the canal.
I found tho enemy were retiring by tie Rohtuck road to
Delhi, but spread all over the country.
On crossing the canal, a considerable body, with guns,
were seen at a village about a mile from the bridge, when
lat once proceeded to attack them. After a few rounds
from their guns they carried them off in the direction of
the city, before we could get up to them, which they were
enabled to do as they were on a road, whereas we had to
advance over the open country, which was in many places
a swamp, through which our guns and troops could only
make their way with much difficulty.
A number of the enemy were killed who bad thrown
themselves into the village on our front ; the rest fled in
every direction. The Cavalry of the Guides followed them
with the greatest spirit, and succeeded in cutting up some
more of the enemy.
It was useless to attempt any further pursuit, for the
heat was great, and the European soldiers exhausted ; I
therefore returned to the banks of the canal, and allowed
the men to rest under the shade of the trees.
While I was bringing the Infantry back, the Artillery,
by some misconception, returned to camp.
During the time we were resting under the trees on the
canal, the enemy had collected their forces, and, coming
up under cover of the canal, made an attack on the Infan-
try. We beat them back, and pursued them for a consi-
derable distance, but seeing there was a larger force col-
lecting behind them, I withdrew thelnfantry, and took up
a position that commanded the bridge, and, as I expected
they were bringing up guns, I sent into camp for artill-
lery. Before the guns arrived, however, the enemy made
a second attack, and were beaten back with considerable
loss. Soon after, the artillery and cavalry came up, and
followed the enemy, who again dispersed, and fled in all
directions. .
_ _ .

I loft the guns and cavalry at the canal bridge, and
brought back the infantry to camp, where we arrived
about 4 o'clock.
There were about 100 of the enemy killed in these at-
tacks.
Inclosed is a return of our loss, which was very small.

Return of Killed and Wounded of the Detachments em-
ployed against the enemy, under command of Major
John Coke, on the 4th July, 1857.
2d troop 3d brigade Horse Artillery-1 rank and filo, 2
horses, killed.
3d company 3d battalion Artillery, and No. 14, Light
Field Battery--1 rank and file, 1 horse killed ; horses
wounded.
Detachment 6th Dragoon Guards—Carabiniers —2 horses
killed ; 2 rank and file wounded.
Detachment her Maj esty's 9th Lancers-1 horse wounded.
Head-quarters and wing of her Majesty's 61st Regiment
—1 rank and file wounded.
Guide Cavalry-2 horses killed ; 1 non-commissioned
officer, 7 rank and file, 4 horses, wounded.
Punjaub Infantry-1 non-commissioned officer, 7
rank and file wounded.
Total-2 rank and file, 7 horses, killed ; 2 non-com-
missioned officers, 17 rank and file, 7 horses wounded.
JOHN COKE, Brevet-Major,
Commanding detachment..

The Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army to the
Secretary to the Government of India.
Head-Quarters, Camp before Delhi,
July 17,1857.
Sir,—l have the honour, by desire of the Provincial
Commander-in-Chief, to inclose, for submission to.- the
GOvernor-General in Council, copy of the Order issuad
this day by Major-General Reed, on quitting the Delhi
field force.
2. I am further to inclose, for his Lordship's informa-
tion, a state of the force, dated the 16th inst.—l have, &c.,
H. W. NORMAN, Lieutenant.

General Orders by Major-General Reed, Provincial
Commander-in-Chief.
Head-Quarters, Camp before Delhi,
July 17, 1857.
Lieutenant-General Sir P. Grant, having in a
General Order, dated the 17th June, at Calcutta, an
noß.nced his having assumed command of the Bengal army
from that date, Major-General Reed has ceased to exercise
the duties of Provincial Commander-in-chief.
Major. General Reed haling been recommended by his
medical advisers to avail himself of a sick certificate to
repair to the hills, as the only chance of recovering his
shattered health, which has latterly prevented him from
taking an active part in the field operations, has made over
the command and charge of this force to Brigadier-General
A. Wilson.
It is with the greatest reluctance the Major-General has
come to the determination to take this step, but his duty
to his country must be paramount to any selfish coesidera-
; and being incapacitated himself for the post by
die, asa and weakeess, he has no alternative than to devolve
his arduous duties upon another.
Of Brigadier-General Wilson's merits it is unnecessary
for hi* joi-General Reed to speak ; his judgment, gallantry
and conduct have been conspicuous since he led his small
but victorious band from Meerut up to this day.
It• only remains for the Major-General .to congratulate
the Arces before Delhi on being placed under so able a
come wander as Brigadier-General Wilson.
Major-General Reed takes this opportunity of request-
ing lobe head-quarters and divisional staff to accept his
tbani :s for the great assistance received by him and by his
lame) ited predecessor, Major-General Sir H. Barnard,
not only in the exercise of their departmental
duties , but also in the operations in the field.
To 1 Irigadier-Gen. Chamberlain, Acting Adjutant-Gen.
of the i Limy ; Col.
conereve, C. 8., Acting Adjutant-Gen.,
her 2 Lai esty's Forces; COI. Beecher, Quartermaster-General
of the) Army ; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. W. P. Curzon,
Acti pg Quartermaster-General, der Majesty's Forces ;

Lieut.-Colonel Young, Judge Advocate-General ; Captain
Norman; Assistant Adjutant-General of the As my; Copts.
Garstin and Hodson, Officiating Deputy Assistant Quar-
termasters-General of the Army ; Major Ewart, Deputy
Assistant Adjutant-General, and Captain Stewart, Officia-
ting Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General ; Captain Maisey,
Deputy Judge Advocate-General ; and Captain Shute,
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General of. Division ;
his acknowledgments are eminently due. -
The Major-General's warmest thanks are due to the
whole Artillery of the Force, who have on-all occasions
behaved with conspicuous gallantry, and have ever main-
tained the reput•ition of their distinguished corps.
To Lieut.-Colonel Baird Smith, and the Engineer De-
partment, Msjor•Genoral Reed offers his ,m ost sincere ac-
knowleigrnents ft,r the valuable services they have ren-

•
dered.
To Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson, Deputy Commissary-
General, and his assistants ; to Superintending Surgeon
Tritton, and all the officers of the Medical Department,
the Major-General's best thanks are due for their indefati-
gable and successful exertions.
To Brigadiers Grant, Longfield, Jones, and Showers,
and to the gallant officers and troops, both European and
native, under his orders, the Major-General begs to award
his tribute of admiration for their brilliant and distin-
guished, conduct in a succession of attacks, in which the
enemy have, on every occasion, been repulsbd. The beha-
viour of the troops has been beyond all praise.
Major-General Reed cannot forbear from'recording the
name of Major Reid, as having commanded the post which
has been subject to the most frequent and bonstant attacks
of the enemy, from which they have always been driien
with great loss by the able dispositions of that officer, so
admirably seconded by the troops under his command,
comprising parties of her Majesty's 60. h Royal Rifles, and
other corps, with the gallant Sirmoor battalion, and corps
of Guides. • - •

In conclusion, the Major-General desires to expreSsiis
thanks to the officers of his personal Staff for the unitiim
assistance he has received from them Upon every occasion,
and be only regrets he has not hal more frequent oppor-
tunities of witnessing their distinguished conduct in the
field; to Captains Lowe; Reed, and Turnbull, Aides-de-
Camp ; to Assistant-Surgeon W. F. 'iltactier ; and' to
Lieutenant R. C. Low, Orderly Officer; as well as to
Lieutenant W. H. Graathed, Engineers, who acted: as
Aide-de-Camp to the General commanding from the 7th
ultimo, besides performing the duty of Field-Engineer,
when his services were needed in that capaoity.

• •
Lieut.-Col. Macpherson, Military Secretary to the Chief
Commissioner, Punjaub, to the Secretary to the Go-
vernment of India.
(Extract.) Lahore, July 18,1857.
By direction of the Chief Commissioner, I have the
honour to forward, for submission to the Governor-General
in Council, a copy of a letter of the 4th inst., from Gen.
Van Cortlandt, commanding Bhutteana field force, (Vttpil-
ing particulars of au engagement with a body of BliActee-
rebels, on the 19th June.
The Chief Commissioner has already, in a letter oitated
, referred to this affair, which is very honour-
able to General Van Cortlaudt and the officers and men
under him.

General Van Corilentil-, Commanding the Bhutteana
Irregular Ferce, to Col. Macpherson, Military Secretary
to the Chief Commissioner, Punjaub. • ,
Sirsah, July 4, 1857.
Sir, —With reference to my demi-official letter of the 19th
June, I have now the honour to report, for the information
of the Chief Commissioner, that ou the morning of that day
I marched from Sohoowalla, en route for Sirsah.
When within a short distance of the village of Khyracka,
through which the real runs, ea eh portion forming a se-
parate entrenched village, my sutieions of an attack were
aroused by a large number of cattle beini driven down on
my line of march, so great that it was with difficulty the
road could be kept clear. I immediately threw out cavalry
skirmishers to the front and both flanks, and obtained in-
telligence that the village of Khyracka above named, and
the village of Sabarun on theleft, both of which are situated
on the bank of the dry bed of the Guggur river, were both
strongly occupied by the Bhuttee rebels. ,
I accordingly detached the sowers of the mounted ponce,
under Lieut. Pearse, to the left, to prevent that portion of
the enemy which occupied the village of Saharun from en-
tering and reinforcing the village of Khyracka, and formed
my small force in order of battle as follows :—Jowahir
Sing's troops, under Lieut. Sadlier, on the left ; my two
guns, under Lieut. Walcott, in the centre ; and the new
levies, under Capt. Bloomfield, with Lieut. Hunt as second
in command, on the right ; with above 20 Irregular Horse
entertained by me on the extreme right, and the baggage
in the rut-. Jo sahir zing's force was thus facing that
portion of the village of Kbyracka on the left of the road;
my two guns were so placed as to keep the road clear,
nod prevent the enemy going from one portion to
the other : the new levies were opposite the right portion
of the village ; while the few Irregular Hone were ready
to cut off any of the enemy attempting to escape across the
low bed of Guggur river to the village of Mirpore on the
further bank.
Kharacka, like all villages in this part of the country, is
very strong, each portion being surrounded by a deep ditch
with a strong embankment, and having but one gateway.
Having made the disposition of my force as above de-
scribed, I advanced on the village; when about 350 yards
from it the enemy opened fire on me with their matchlocks
from under cover of their embankments. I then directed
Lieut. Sadlier to take halfJo wahir Sing's force and enter the
extreme left of the left portion of the village, and Lieut.
Hunt, with a company of the new levies, to attack in a
like manner the right flank of that on the right. Both
officers carried out my instructions with the most praise.
worthy zeal and ability.
The main body advanced simultaneously with those de-
tached, a portion of Jowahir Sing's troops and the new
levies protecting the guns, and the remainder, under Capt.
Bloomfield, advancing directly on the portions of the vil-
lage to which they were respectively opposed.
The embankments of both villages were taken posses.
sion of at once, the enemy, though fighting bravely, being
driven back into the villages; they fought from house to
house, and fired from every available cover, and in many
instances our men had to remove the roofs of the houses to
enable them to get at those of the enemy who were firing
. on us from the interior. Some of the houses, too, were fired
to drive them out. Twice the men from the left village
made a rush into that on the right, anti were fired into
with canister, from the artillery, under Lieut. Walcott,
with good effect, several b:ing killed.
There was a good deal of hand-to-hand ;hard fighting,
but after the lapse of about two hours from the first shot
being fired, we had gained pesseitiion of both portions of the
village. Only nine men mar.agod to esc spa over the village
embankment towards the village of Mirpore; these were
immediately puns ied by the Irregular Cavalry on the right,
five killed and four taken prisoners.
When both officers and men behaved alike as well and
bravely, it is difficult to specify the services of any parti-
cularly ; suffice it to say of the officers that they fully
realised the expectations I had formed of them in selecting
them, and that Captain Ribertson, superintendent of Sir-
sah, who was with me throughout the day, assisted use
both with his advice, which his long residence here ren-
dered particularly valuable, and by carrying instructions
during the engagement.
Jowahir Sing's Dogras behaved most admirably, and to
three of them, who most particularly distinguished them-
selves by acts of bravery, I gave rewards of 20 rupees each;
while the spirit and dash of the new levies would have done
credit to the moat experienced troops.
Not a man of the rebels escaped ' • about 250 were killed,
and 13, all of whom were wounded, made prisoners.
My own loss, considering the position, was slight, con-
sisting of 6 killed and 33 wounded.
I burnt the village on the right, and encamped on the
left of the left village, facing Saharan, so as to attend to my
wounded, and if necessary attack that village, and others
which Lieutenant Pearse had been watching.
Subsequent to the engagement I found that between
2,000 and 3,000 men of the surrounding villages had col-
lected, and were coming on the village of Khyracka. These
arrangements were, however, disconcerted by the want of
success of their use if driving cattle in oar way which they
thought we would have plundered, and by the alacrity of
our subsequent movements, and the promptitude with
which the villages were gained, notwithstanding the ob-
stinate resistance offered by their picked men.
The moral effect of their complete destruction was great;
the Lumberdars of all the surrounding villages came in,
and the villagers vied with each other in bringing water
and supplies for the force.
In conclusion, I hog to recommend for favourable cerl-
sideration of Government that pensions should be granted
to the families of those men who have fallen, who,
though but newly raised and quite uudiscipliued, fell
fighting bravely for the Government whose service they
had but just entered.—l have, &c.,
W. VAN CORTLANDT,
General commanding Bhutteana Irregular Force.

Major-General Lloyd to the Deputy Adjutant-General of
tha Army.

liinapore, Aug. 1, 1857.
• Sir,—ln continuation of the postcript to my-despatch of
the 27th ult., I have the honour to raport, for the informa-
tion of his Excellency the Acting Commander-in-Chief, as
follows, in connection with the expeditionothen stated to
be in the course of preparation for moving to Arrah, in view
to dispersing the inutineen there assembled, as also to res-
cuing the European community hemmed in by them.
Unfortunately, the Horungotta steamer, conveying the
detachments of 37th Foot (previously reported as having
been ordered, upon. the afternoon of the 27th inst., to
lend the men and a party of 50 sick within ten miles of
Arrah, for the purpose of effecting the above object),
grounded, after three hours' steaming, without any pros-
pect of getting off, unless by a rise of the water, which
frustrated the first-formed plan.
On the evening of the 28th, the steamer Bombay arrived
off the station on hei downward passage, when it was de-
termined to send up ou her and flat attached 250 men
and the head-quarters 10th Foot, to be joined by the 37th
Detachment and Sikhs on the Horungotta, which was
afloat ; the united detachment afterwards proceeded up
the river to the point,•and for the purpose already indi:
cated, recent information haring been obtained that the
European residents still held out. Part of this plan, how-
ever, was necesEarily abandoned in consequence of the coin-
wander of the Bombay, when the time of embarkation
(morning of 28th) arrived, objecting to tugging both flats,
and as means were thus wanting for sending up more than
150 men of the 10th, the detachment was reduced to that
number, and Captain Dunbar detailed to command it.
This officer, as senior, eventually assumed command of the
entire party", destined for Arrah.
The steamer took the flat in tow, according to arrange-
mentret offd the
above-mention s.l, and arrived in good tiona
place of debarkation. The accompanying
re
the senior survivingp officerae
31st ult., by'Capt. Harrison,
of the party, will put his Excellency in possession of the
very untoward events which attended the subsequent pro-
gress of the expedition.

From what4is apparent on the face
re-
port, and from information I haved
eriovfedt,hiet
seeencmslostoed
me
ethat this disastrous affair may be attributed—
To the men commencing the land journey without pre-
viously taking food, which evidently much impaired their
efficiency
during theharassiog circumstances in which they
were placed.
From the late commanding officer of the detachment,
when in the immediate vicinity of the mutineers, and with
the knowledge that his movements were watchei,t push-
ing on in the dark, against the strong representation of
the second in command and others of the party, adand thus
allowing himself to be entrapped in an ambue the
effects of which quite disheartened and demoralised the
troops, and, combined with their physical exhaustion, led
to a complete route, defying the endeavours of the officers
to restore order in progressback to the ghaut.—vlinhga
Division.vd ee p
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G. RT. A. LLOYD, j ,
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Maeneral
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* 19th Foot-3 officers, 150 men. 37th Foot-7 officers,
190 men. Sikhs, Bengal Po ice Battalion--50 men. Sikhs
late attached to the 7th and Bth Native Infantry,s men.
Total, 405 men ; 3 officers of the Company's service doing
duty.
t Two sowars being seen in the distance on landing, who
disappeared in the direction of Arrali.