The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-16 00:00:00

THE CAWNPORE MASSACRES.

The following is an account of the defence And
massacro at Cawnpore by Lieut. Delafosse, one of
the survivors :

" Some time before any disturbance broke out at
Cawnpore, and it was only expected that there might be
an outbreak among the troops, General Wheeler order-
ed over from Oude a regi:uent of- Irregular Cavalry,
which was quartered in different 'parts of the canton-
ments. At thp some time officers were ordered to sleep
in the lines with their men ;. and assistance was asked
from the Rajah of Bithoor, the Nana, who sent some 200
cavalry, 400 infantry, and two guus, which force had
the guarding of the Treasury. A few days later the
Oude Irregulars were ordered out of the station, as the
General found he could not trust them, and were re-
lieved by a company of the 32d Regiment from Lucknow.
General Wheeler gave the order for all the European
inhabitants to sleep near the 32d Regiment's bar-
racks, also for the Artillery to be ready to move
down at any moment. On the 2d of June
two companies of the 84th Regiment arrived
from Allahabad ; but en the mornirg of the 3d
General Wheeler gave orders for one company of the
84th, made up to its full strength, together with the com-
pany of the 321 Regiment, to march to Lucknow, so
that we had left at Cawnpore 60 men of the 84th Regi-
ment, 70 of the 32d, 15 of the lit Madras Fusilisere,
and a few men of the Artillery with six guns.
" Oe the morning of the 4th of Juno the officera.of the
cavalry, the let and 50th Regiments were ordered to
discontinue Fleeping in their lines ; but the 531 Native
Infantry being considered loyal the officers of that corps
were still to be with their men. On the afternoon of the
Sunday Lieutenant Ashe arrived with half a battery of
Oude Horse Artillery, two 9 pounders and a 24 pounder,
having been obliged to retire on Cawnpore, as the troops
that were with him on his way to Futtygliur had mutinied
on the road on the sth of June. The trenches beire_
finished the guns were placed in, and provisions for about
25 days were ordered in them. At about 11 o'clock that
night the cavalry rose, taking with them their arms and
two horses each. Early n.xt morning the Ist Regiment
Native Infantry was reported to have gone. Tee 531
appeared still loyal, remaining in their lines; but as none
of the officers were with their men, and as there was no
one to look after them, they also went off, without any
one misting them, between 8 and 9 o'clock, taking with
them the regimental treasure and colours, and as much
ammunition as they could carry. That afternoon every
house was burnt, fires were seen in every direction ; we
could do nothing but stay where we were, being too few
in number to inset the rebels, as all the Golundazes
belonging to the artillery had gone away soon after Lieut.
Ashe's arrival, and volunteers for the artillery were eat led
in from the infantry. Next morning, the 7th of June, a
letter was received from the Rajah of Bithoor, who was
supposed te be on our side, saying he meant to attack us.
Soon after two gems opened upon us from the north-west
and musketry from all directions. On the Bth three
more guns were brought against us. Tne number of gusts
against U 3 increased daily, and on the 11th the enemy
had playing upon us night and day three mortars, two
24-pounders, three 18-pounders, one or two 12-pcundere,
about the same number of 9-pounders and one 6-pounder.
Ou or about the 12th of June the insurgents by firing
bet on fire the large barracks in which all the women of
the 32d Regiment and the wounded were placed. No
sooner was the fire perceived than the • assembly' was
souLded, and every man had t r stand to his post, as we
expected to be attacked. There was no place for the
women and children to go to but the trenches, where
many of them had to remain night and day. There was
nu shelter now for the men anywhere during the day,
and from this date we have lost five or six men daily
from sunstroke. On the of June, aster having been
sameon half rations fory days, the R jaah sent a half-
caste woman with a note into the trenches, t the effect
;;hat all soldiers and Europe ens who had nothing to du
with Lord Delhousie's government, and would lay down
their arms, should be sent to Allahabad. General
Wheeler gave orders to Captain Moore to act as he
should consider best. Captain Moore that evening
signed a treaty to the effect that the Rajah should pro-
vide boats and carriage for the wounded and ladies down
to the river bank, while on our side we were to give up
what treasure we had, together with arise and aw
tion. On the 26h a coos nittee of officers went to tl e
river to see that the boats were ready and servi-...eable
and everything being reported ready, and carriage fur
the wounded having arrived, we gave our gun,,
and marched out ou the morning of the 27th of June,
about 7 o'clock. Wo got down to the river aLd into

the boats without being molested in the least ; but no '
sooner we were in the boats, and had laid down our
muskets, and had taken off our coats to work easier at
the boats, than the cavalry gave the order to fire,
Two guns that had been hidden were run out and
opened on us immediately, while Sepoys came
from all directions and kept up a fire. The
men jumped out of the boats, and instead of
trying to get the boats loose from their mooring
swam to the first boat they saw loose. Only three boats
got safe over to the opposite side of the river, but were
met there by two field-pieces, guarded by a number of
cavalry and infantry. Before these boats had got a mile
down the stream half our small party were either killed
or wounded, and two of our boats had been swamped.
We had now only ose boat, crowded with wounded,
and having on board more than she could carry. The
two guns followed us the whsle of the day, the infantry
firing on us the whole of that night. On the second day
a gun was seen on the Cawnpore side, and opened on us
at Nuzuffghur, the infantry still following us on both
sides. On the morning of the third day the boat was no
longer serviceable. We were aground on a sandbank,
and had not strength sufficient to move her. Directly
any of us got into the water we were fired upon by 30 or
40 men st: a time. There was nothing left but to charge
and drive them away. So 14 of us were told to go and
do what we could. Directly we got on shore the insur-
gents retired, but having followed them up too far, we
were cut off from the river, and had to retire ourselves,
as we were being surrounded. We could not make for
the river, but had to go down parallel, and came at the
river again a mile lower down, where we saw a large
force of men right in front waiting for us, and another
on the other bank, should we attempt to cross the river.
On the bank of the river, just by the force in front, was
a temple, in which we took shelter, one man being killed
and one wounded. From the door of the temple we fired
on every insurgent who showed himself. Finding that
they could do nothing against us while we remained
inside, they heaped wood all round and set it on fire.
When we could no longer remain inside on account
of the smoke and heat we threw off the clothes we
had, and each taking a musket charged through the fire.
Seven of us out of twelve got into the water, but be-
fore we had gone far two poor fellows were shot. There
were only five left now and we had to swim, while
the insurgents followed us along both bank• wading
and firing as fast as they could, After we had gone
about three miles down the stream, one of our party
an artilleryman, to rest himself, began swimming on his
back, and not knowing in what direction he was swim
suing got on shore and was killed. When we had gone
down about six miles firing on both sides ceased, and soon
after we were hailed by some natives on the Oude side,
who asked us to come on shore, and said they would take
us to their Rajah, who was friendly to the English. We
gave ourselves up, and were taken aix miles inland to the
Rajah, who treated us very kindly, giving us clothes and
food. We stayed with him for about a month, as he
would not let us leave, saying the roads were unsafe. At
last he sent us off on the 29th of July to the right bank
of the river to a zemindar of a village, who got us a
hackery. We took our departure on the 31st of July for
Allahabad, but met the detachment of the 84th Regt.
under Lieutenant Woodhouse before we had gone 10
miles ; and marched off with hint to Cawnpore.
" I enclose a list of the killed and wounded, as far as
my memory will serve me ; also of the ladies who were in
the station :

" Engineers—Captain Whiting, killed in the boat ;
Lieutenant Jervis, ditto.
" Artillery—Major Larkins, wife and chillren ; Lieut.
Dempster, killed in intrenchments ; Mi e. Dempster and
children ; Lieutenant Ashburner, killed ; Lieutenant
Eckford. ditto ; Lieutenant Ashe, killed in our boat ;
Lieutenant Burney ; Lieutenant Martin, wounded ;
Lieutenant Southerley, in our boat.
" Cavalry—Major Vibart, wounded in our boat ; Mr,.
Vibart and children ; Captain Seppings, Mrs. Seppinge,
and child, in our boat; Captain Jenkins, killed in in-
trenchments ; Lieutenant R. Quin, died of fever ; Lieut.
C. Quin, wounded and brought back in boat; Lieutenant
Mauderson ; Lieutenant Wren ; Lieutenant Daniell,
wounded in our boat ; Lieutenant Balfour, ditto ; Lieu-
tenant Mainwaring, 6th Light Cavalry, ditto ; Lieuten-
ant Belton, 6th Light Cavalry, killed ; Lieutenant
Sterling, 3d Light Cavalry.
"Her Majesty's 32d Regiment—Capt. Moore, killed
in our boat ; Mrs. Moore, brought back in boat ; Lieut.
Wainwright, Mrs. and Miss Wainwright ; Lieut. and
Mrs. Hill.

" Her Majesty's 84th Regiment—Lieut, Sanders.
"21 Bengal Fuelliers—Libut. Glanville, killed in our
boat.

"Ist Regiment Native Infantry—Col. Ewart, wounded
in intrenchments, Mrs. Ewart and child ; Captain A.
Turner, wounded and brought back ; Mrs. Turner, died
of fever ; Capt. Elms ; Captain Smith, killed in entrench-
ments ; Lieut. Redman, killed in entrenchments ; Lieut.
Supple, killed in entrenchments ; Dr. Newenham and
children ; Mrs. Newenham, died of fever.
"53d Regiment Native Infantry—Major Hillsrsdon,
wounded ; Capt. Reynolds and child, died of fever ; Miss
Campbell; two Misses Glasgow ; Lieut. Jellicoe and
child ; Mrs. Jellicoe, died of fever ; Lieut. Armstrong ;
Lieut. Master, wounded in our boat ; Lieut. Tnompson,
wounded and escaped ; Lieut. Prote, killed in entrench-
ments; Lieut. Delafosse, escaped ; Ensign Dawson ; En-
sign Fornan, wounded ; Dr. Colligee, died of fever.
" 56th Regiment Native Infantry—Col. Williams,
died of apoplexy ; Mrs. Williams. wounded ; Miss Wil-
liams, died of fever; two Misses Wiiliams ; Major Prout,
died of sunstroke ; Mrs. Prout; Capt. Halliday, killed in
entrenchments ; Mrs. Halliday, died of smallpox ; Mrs.
Halliday's child; Captain and Mrs. Kampland and chil-
dren ; Lieut. Goad ; Lieut. Chalmers, in our boat ; Lieut.
Fagan, wounded in our boat; Lieut. Morris; Lieut.
Warde ; Lieut. Henderson, wounded in our boat.
" Lieut. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson, 67th N. 1.; Mrs.
Jackson.

"Lieut Battine, 14th N. 1., wounded in onr boat.
"Staff—Sir H. M. Wheeler, K.C.8.; Lady Wheeler,
two Misses Wheeler ; Brigadier Jack, died of fever ;
Jack, killed in entrenchments ; Colonel Wiggins, killed.
in our boat ; Major and Mrs. Lindsay, died of fever ;
Capt. and Mrs. Williamson and child, 49th Native In-
fantry ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Moncrieff and child ; Dr.
Garbett, died of fever ; Dr. and Mrs. Allen ; Sir G.
Parker, Bart., 74th Native Infantry, killed from sun.
stroke ; Dr. and Mrs. Harris ; Miss Brightman, died of
fever ; Dr. and Mrs. Bowling and child ; Mrs. Chat win
Chalwin (?), wife of a veterinary surgeon ; Miss White ;
Lieut. Harris and child ; Mrs. Wade,-died of fever;
Mrs. George and three Misses Lindsay ; Ensign Lind-
say, 11th Native Infantry ; Mrs. and Miss Blair, in our
boat ; two Misses Blair, one died of fever ; Mrs. Fraser,
27th Native Infantry, in our boat ; Mr. Evans,
Darby and infant; Miss Bisset, Mrs. Swinton and three
children ; Miss Cripps, and Mr. Hillersdon, Civil Ser-
vice, killed ; Mrs. Hilleredon and child, died of fever :
Mr. and Mrs. M‘Killop, Civil Service, killed ; Mr.
Stonvez, womnded ; Capt. Angelo, do. ; Mr. Bairns and
Mr. Miller, brought back in boat ; Mr. Latouche ; Dr.
and Mrs. Boyes ; Mr. Cox, late let ;
Mr. Carr, brought back in boat ; Mr. and Mrs. Ander-
son ; Mr. Cook ; Mr. Campbell ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Haycock ; Mr. Christie, died of fever ; Mr. Christie and
family ; Mr. and Mrs. Fagan and family ; Mr. Thom.
&shorn (merchant) ; Mr. Furman (Freeman) ; the whole
of the marri id women and children of the 32d Regiment
and the let Company 6th Battalion Artillery, with the
women and children belonging to the company; Mrs.
Shaw ; Mrs. Getford (Eckford) ; also many persons who
came into the entrenchments, with their families, and
whose names I do not know."

The following narrative, received from a native,
of the occurrences at Cawnpore was sent to Ili for
publication by a gentleman at Benares :
On the 3d of Bitty (?) all the Native Infantry and
Cavalry regiments at Cawnpore mutinied and ran off to
loot the treasury, all of which they took ; they then
burnt the collector's house, and then proeeeded to Kulean-
pore, seven miles fr.nn Cawnpore, and encamped there.
At this place the Nana Sahib met them, and said to the
mutineers, "You receive seven rupees from the British
Government ; I will give you 14 rupees ; don't go to
Delhi ; stay here, and your name will be great. Kill all
the English in Cawnpore first, and I will give you each
a golden bracelet." Ou hearing this all the mutineers
agreed to the terms of the Nana. The mutineers made
a Soubandar of the Ist Regiment General, and he again
made all the Havildars and Naicks captains, lieutenants,
and ensigns. The Nana said, "I will supply you all
with food." Oa the following day the Nana, with the
above regiments, proceeded to Cawnpore, looted all the
residents' houses, and then set fire to them, The re,i
dents were in the entrenchment ; those who did not go
there were murdered, togethtr with the drummers and
native Cbriatiace. It was the intention of some of the
officers to blow up the magazine, and for this purpoe
they proceeded to the station. hen they reached the
canal all the regiments fired on the party, killed oee
officer, adjutant of the 2d Cavalry, and the rest escaped
to the entrenchment for their lives. They unfortunately
left a gun behind them, which they bad taken from the
entrenchment. On the party reaching the camp fire aas
opened on the English people by the mutineers, and can-
non were placed on the three sides of the entrenchment.
On the canal side a 24-pounder, to the hospital side an
18-pounder, on the third side, near Subada (1), two 12-
pounders, were placed. There were six guns inside the
entrenchment, only 9-pounders. The guns of the en-
trenchment only fired 24 hours, being injured by the
heavy shot of the enemy. The mutineers fired day and
night for 22 days. Nearly all the English people died
from wounds from cannon balls, hunger and thirst, and
i•un-stroke. Neatly all the bheestees were killed by
cannon balls. The chief well being outside the entrench-
ment the people got very little water to drink, except
what the soldiers drew for theta under fire of the gent
After ten days a shell burst on the roof of the pucka-
house in the entrenchment, which set the building on
fire. All the good clothes and other articles of the
soldiers and children were burnt, foe which reason
they were reduced to the greatest straights, and
very little food was cooked, as nearly all the servants ran
away from fright. Tile soldiers used to cook for the ladies
and children, but for several days they took no food at
all. During this period about 150 men, women, and
children died front natnral causes and wounds, particu-
ly women and children; some died from the falling of
walls.

Mr. Jacobi's wife was hiding in one of flat) Nawab's
houses, and was discovered by a sower, who took her to
the Nana Sahib in Ilindostan ee clothes, having caught
her at one of the ghauts crossing to Lucknow, as the
Nawab was sending her there for safety. The Nana im-
prisoned her with a Mrs. Greenaway. The Sepoys were
by this time becoming- disgusted at the fight continuing
so long, and said, "It you don't keep your promise with
us, we will kill you." Oa this the Nana said, " Don't
be alarmed, I will (Ave you more than I promised." He
then said to Mrs. Jacobi, " Will you take a note to Gen.
Wheeler ?" She said •‘ Yes ;" the letter was written,
and sent by Mrs. Jacobi to the General ; she was not at
find allowed to C 0111.3 near the camp by the soldiers, but
when they heard the English voice they allowed her to
do 8). The contents of the letter were, " It is far better

for you who are alis7e to go at once to Allahabad, unlc.s
you wish to continue fighting; if so, you can do so, Let
C iwnpore he given up, and you shall be saved." On
reaching the entrenchment Gen. Wheeler went to meet
Mrs. Jacobi and, after having read the note, said, " I
caenot agree to anything sent this way by letter ; if the
Nana has any proposition to make, tell him to make it
in person," Mrs. Jacobi took this reply back to the
Neea, who said, "If the Europeans will cease firing, I
will go," and sent back a reply. The General said, Let- .-
both sides cease firing during the conference ;" it was
agreed to. On the following day the Nana, his brother
Baber Dutt (?), and nephews, and a large party of soldiers,
came up to the entrenchment ; Gen. Wheeler was ready
to meet them; the Nana said, "Take all the women and
children to Allahabad, and if your men want to fight
come back and do so. We will keep implicit faith with
you." Gen. Wheeler said, "You take your solemn oath,
according to your customs, and I will take an oath on
my Bible, and will leave the entrenchment.' The Nana
said, " Our oath is that whoever we take by the hand,
and he relies on us, we never deceive ; if we do,.God
will judge and punish us." The Genera said, "If you
intend to deceive me kill me at once ; I have no arms."
The Nana replied, "I will not deceive you; rely on us.
I will supply you with food, &0., and convey you to
Allahabad." On this the General went inside the en-
trenchment, and consulted with the soldiers. They
said, " There's no reliance to be placed on natives, they
will deceive you ;" a few said, " Trust them ; it is
bitter to do so," On this the General returned, and
said, " I agree to your terms. See us away as far as
Futtehpore ; thence we can get easily to Allahabad."
The reply was, " No, Sir I wit see you all safe to
Allahabad." On this 20 boats were ordered with covers
to them. When the Nana saw all was settled, he said,
" Don't let the treasure be taken ; send that to me."
The General said, " You may have the money ;" there
were three lace in cash at this time. The Nana said,
"You breakfast on board the boats at 10 a.m. to-morrow,
and dine on board, and leave the entrenchment clear
by 11 a.m." The General assented to this. They were
all ready, when a message from the Nana came, saying,
" The boats will not be ready to-day ; you must leave
to-morrow, leave in the evening." The General said,
" I won't leave at night, as you may play us false." The
Nana said, "Very well, leave at 4 p.m." On the follow-
ing day the Nana took away all the treasure. At this
time the delay again took place in their departure ' • all
the ladies and children were dressed and ready. The
General asked the Nans, "Are all our servants to go
with us, or do you supply us v-ith servants ?" The reply
wee, "Yes." On the following day, though suspicions
were entertained of the faith of the Nana's party, still
they hoped all was right. The Nana sent on Sunday to say
the servants were not to go, as the ladies and women could
look after themselves. On this being heard they were all
alarmed. At 7 a,m, the mutineers surrounded the en-
trenchment and all the Englishmen iu their power ;
the servants ran away and were cut down ; a few
escaped ; all were alarmed. The rebels reached (1) the
entrenchments and said, " Come to the boats; all is
ready." Ladies and children were sent on elephants,
dhoolies, &e. and the men marched to the river, and
then embarked on the boats. When they all saw food
prepared and all comfortable they were delighted. When
a few had gone on board and others were waiting to em-
bark on the river side a gun opened on them with
canister (this gun and others had been masked) .; one
boat took fire, and then another gun opened, and four
boats were fired ; on this those who escaped the fire
jumped into the water. The Sepoys also fired muskets,
the Sowers entered the water on horseback, and cut
numbers down. 15 boatloads of English were massacred ;
108 women and children escaped this massacre, but
many of them were wounded. The Nana said, " Don't
kill these ; put them in prison." 01,e boat, in which
General Wheeler was, was pulled off by the soldiers.
The poor people on the burning of the boats, and when
in the water, were calling on God for help. A daughter
of General Wheeler's was taken off by a Sower and put
Into his house along with his wife, near the church.
This girl remained till nightfall, and when he came home
drunk and fell asleep she took a sword and cut off his
head, his mother's head, two cbildrens' heads, and his
wife's, and then walked out into the night air, and when
she saw other Sowers she said, "Go inside and see how
nicely I have rubbed the Ressaldarle feet." They went
inside, and found all of them dead. She then jumped
into a well and was killed. From fear of what this girl
had done none of the rebels would have anything to say
to the English women. whom the Nana at first proposed
to give to the soldiers; 115 women and children were
imprisoned with scarcely any food for six- days except
gram and such stuff. The boat containing General
'Wheeler and other ladies and gentlemen'got off for 22
miles, when they were seized by the Zsenindars of
Jognuhar, and had their hands tied behind them and
were taken back to the Nana. Mrs. Used, Thomas
Greenway, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. M'Keezie, and
Capt. MiKenzie,and Dr. Harris, and several Europeans
over° among the party. The Nana was much pleased.
Owing to the General's old age, he said, Loosen his
arms." Hoolar Sing, kotwal of Cawnpore, said, "Don't
do so." The Nana said, " Take them to the guard, and
let the others remain where they ale." Dr. Harris was
wounded with two balls, and then addressed the rebels :
Shoot nee or kill me—my countrymen will revenge
my death before long." Two Sowers then cut him down
and he died. It the Zemindara bad not seized this boat
all would have been saved in it. Those ladies who were
first in the Nana's prison had their food of the worst
deaeription from the bazaar. Ten days after this he sent
them to a house near the Assembly-rooms. Then the
Nana wrote to Delhi, mentioning the number of women
and children whom he had taken, and soliciting instruc- .
tions regarding them. A reply was received that they
were not to be killed. The Nana then entertained ser-
vaets for the prisoners. Again, shortly after the mutiny
at Allahabad, a S mar came in and reported that one of
the imprisoned ladies bad written to Allahabad, and
that a large body of Europeans was advancing upon
Cawnpore. Then the Nana gave the order to kill every
one—to spare no one. This took place on the 15th of
July, but the General and others who were brought
back with him were killed on the 2d of the mouth.
When the ladies heard of the Nana's order to kill them
they tore their clothes and with the shreds fastened the
doors.

First the Sowars killed the native doctor, the cook,
and the metranee. Then one Sowar jumped over the
wall and began the slaughter ; other Sowars came
through the doors, and all the prisoners were killed.
This was duly reported to the Nena, who ordered the
bodies to be cast into a well, and 25 women and chil-
dren who had remained alive under the heap of dead
bodies were killed by executioners, and some of the little
children were dashed to pieces against the ground. This
took place early on the morning of the 17th of July,
and in the evening the Nana ran off
.to Bithoor. Many
wounded women were thrown into the well with the
dead bodies and earth. Before the Nana retreated he
blew up the magazine.

"The above is the deposition of Mary Ann, ayah in
the service of Mrs. T. Greenway, Cawnpore."—Englalt-
man, Sept. 7.

The following is a statement of the information
received regarding the mutiny at Cawnpore
On the morning of the sth of June, at two a.m., the
2d Regiment of Light Cavalry and the Ist Regiment of
Native Infantry suddenly left their lines, under the
command of Teeka Sing, a soubabdar of the 2d Ca-
valry. After setting fire to the Staff-Sereeante' bunga-
lows of the 2d Cavalry, they then burnt the empty huts
of the 3d Native Infantry Regiment, situated on the old
side of the cantonments on the west side of the canal.
After this they proceeded to the collector's treasury,
eontainiog about nine lace of rupees, and the magazine,
of both of which they obtained possession without any
oppesi •tion on the part of the guards placed over them.
They then entered the gaol and set all the prisoners at
liberty, setting fire to the records of the collector's and
judge's offices, and to the buildings that contained them.
Before the breaking out of the mutiny Nena Dboondhooe
punt, one of the adopted sons of Bajee Rao, ex-Peishwa,
who resided at Ilithoor (10 miles on the west side of the
city of Cawnpore) from the year 1818 until he died in
Dee., 1852, receiving the princely allowance or pension
of eight lace of rupees per annum from the British Go-
vernment, had promised Mr, 'Ellen/don, the collector,
to protect the Treasury in case of an outbreak among
the troops ; and to satisfy that gentleman of the sin-
cerity of his professions he took up his lodgings in a
bungalow situate at a distance of about 100 yards from
the Treasury, with 200 er 300 of his armed men, and 3
guns. This treacherous person then received the rebels
with open arms, and joined them as their.chief. The in-
eurgerits then encamped at Kulleanpore, the first halting
place on the west side of Cawnpore, being nine miles from
the city ; and there they were joined befpre noon by the
53d and 56th Regiments of Native Infantry. Evidently
their intention was to proceed to Delhi the next morning,
but by the persuasion of the Nana it was agreed that
they should return to cantonments, destroy all the
houses situated therein, and kill the British-officers and
soldiers, as well as all other European or Christian resi-
dents, and then go either to Delhi or Lucknow,leaving
a portion of the mutineers at this place, and raking
every necessary arrangement for retaining possession of
the city and district of Cawnpore. A few of the troops
of the 2d Cavalry returned to cantonments by 10 o'clock
of the same,day (June 5), and commenced burning the
houses in the cantonments, looting or destroying pros
perty contained in them; and by noon of the 6th ofJuns
the numerous bungalows and other houses in the canton..
wants, with very few' exceptions, were tamed into masses
of ruins. On this day a Mr. . Macintosh, a wealthy
and respectable East Indian, and a very old resident of
Cawnpore, who owned several bungalows, was killed,
with his wife and son, by the cavalry troopers, and it was
either on that day or the next that one Mr. De Genus, a
merchant, was
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not recognised y
Oa the 6te of June the mutineers formed their camp
on the plains of Sanadeh, and commenced destructive
operations
against the Eng ish officers and soldiers who
were with vets families protected its an entrenchment
which had been prepared previously on the eastern side
of the canal by order of Major-General Sir W. M.
Wheeler, K C. 8., commanding the Cawnpore division.
Reports of guns where heard day and night from the
6th to the 26th June, and during this time the rebels
lost several hundred men iu killed and wounded, while
the loss in the entrenchment eas comparatively small,
the British troops having fought ai,h unparalleled bras
very, which astonished the people of Cawnpore; bit
the number of rebels daily increased by the arrival of
fresh mutineers from other stations, while the number
on the other side diminished from death, occasioned by
the extreme heat of the weather, exposure to the sun,
end ptivat:.ons of all kinds, to which the soldiers as well
officere were subjected, besides the loss ip killed and
wounde 1. Attempts were made by the rebels on seve-
ral days to storm the entrenchment, but they were
invariably repulsed with heavy loss ou their side.
There were about 500 souls in the intrenchunent, inclu-
ding ladies and children, at the commencement of the
mutiny ; but that number was reduced to about 400

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veL?ii they left. Ti3ers were many non.combatants,
su .n as mu-charts, clerks, and others, who had Wlfl
their families taken shelter in the ietreechment. The
paymaster's treasury, containing npwards of a lac of
rupees, was in it ; also a small portion of his office
recor.ls. Mrs. R. A. Greenaway, a very old and re.
spectable lady, formerly the proprietress of the Caren,
pore Press, had before the commencement of the rebel-
lion taken refuge with her son, Mr. Edward Greenway
and his family in her zewindaree at Nuguffghur, about
14 miles east of Cawnpore ; but they were brought here
by some people, who, it is said, were the Zemindars of
Nuguffghur, and pre,ented to the Nana. Other re.
ports say that they were seized by the troopers of the
2d Cavalry. The aged lady offered to pay a large sum
of money on condition of her being allowed to proceed
with her relations to Allahrbad unmolested. A part of
the money being immediately paid, they were put in
confinement, where they remained until the 15!h of July,
on which date they were killed with other ladies and
children. Several boats containing European gentle-
men and their families—upwards of 100 souls were corn-
ing to the westward towards Cawnpore, and on their
arrival at some place above Bithoor they were discovered
by some Zemindar of the Oude territory, who seized
them and sent them to the cruel Nana, by whose orders
every one of them was murdered by the wretched and
inhuman troopers and Sepoys. The native inhabitants
of the city, especially the Bengalee Baboos, were tub-
jected to innumerable distresses and oppressions ; the
rebels entered their houses under various pretexts, and
plundered their property ; they were obliged fur the
safety of their lives, to shut themselves up in secured
house. On several occasions they shut themselves in
the houses of their servants, &c. At last an order was
given by the Nana, on the 16th July, to apprehend all
the Bengalese on the evening of that day or the next
morning and kill them ; but the arrival of the British
troops on the abovensentioned day frustrated his
designs. The Baboos were suspected of writing letters
to the English gentlemen, and giving them information,
several spies having been apprehended with letters in
their possession. The spies were all beheaded on the
14th of July.
The British officers and soldiers, with their families, a
few of the native soldiery and domestic servants, as also
some of the merchants, &c., remained in the entrench-

meuts for 22 days, having endured every discomfort
from want of fresh provisions and water, and from the
inclemency of the weather, as also from the dilapidated
state of the barracks in which they had taken shelter.
At last, want of every kind of provisions obliged them,
on the 26th of June, to propose terms of peace. The
Nana and his principal officers solemnly promised on
oath to have them conveyed safely to Allahabad. Boats
were prepared for them ; elephants, hackeries, &c., were
brought to the entrenchment for conveying them to the
boats, and on the morning of the 27th of June the in-
mates of the entrenchment came out, and proceeded to
the ghaut where the boats had been kept in readiness,
escorted by a number of Sowers and Sopoys, some of
whom, on reaching the bank of the river, called out to
the boatmen that they should leave with their boats, and
come up to receive their pay. When they found that
all the boatmen had done as they desired they com-
menced firing volleys from the high banks on the officers
ece-, some of whom were embarked on the boats, while
others were standing by them. A regiment of Oude
Irregulars had just arrived on the opposite side of the
river, and the men belonging to that corps also fired at
the officers. After several volleys had been fired the
savage mutineers put the greation portion of the officers
and men to death with their swords, a number of them
having escaped in one or two boats ; but they were sub-
sequently caught ate some place below Jaujinon and
brought to Cawnpore after two or three days, when
they were all killed. Among them was Captain
Seppings, the officiating Deputy-Paymaster. The
ladies and children were brought on country starts
into the premises of the medical department, where
they remained in close custody for nearly three
weeks, hardly receiving any refreshments. The diet
or food allowed them was only two or three chupatees
(bread) and a little dhal to each. They had their old
clothing to wear, sleeping on the bare ground. After a
few days their condition was somewhat changed by the
Nana's order—cleaned or washed gowns, &e., to be pro-
vided, and meat sllpplied to them daily ; a few servants,
khitmutgar, &c., were also employed to attend them. In
this state they remained up to the 15th July, on which
date th.y were all killed by the Nana's men according to
his orders. Such were the cries and agonies of the poor
ladies that my informant shed tears when mentioning the
circumstance to me, saying that such atrocious acts could
tot emanate even from ferocious animals or wild beasts.
These foul and inhuman deeds did not end here, because
on the next morning, when they came to thebloody spot
where they had committed the cold-blooded murders, for
the purpose of having the dead bodies removed, they
found a few wounded ladies and a child were call alive,
whom they threw into a well with the dead. Two causes
are assigned for murdering the ladies—first, the defeat of
the insurgents in an engagement which tooe place near
Puttelipore, and secondly, the detection of some letters
Which had been sent by the ladies to Allahabad by some
of the spies who were apprehended and killed on the 14th
July. A few days before this about 17 European gentle-
men who were on their way from Furrackabad, conceal-
ing themselves in some country boats laden with gram,
were arrested at Bundeemattaghat, 14 of whom were
killed immediately on their being brought to Cawnpore,
$ having been retained, it was said, on promise of their
Using their influence with the British Government to
have the forts of Agra and Allahabad evacuated, but the
story is not worthy of -belief, and must have been fabri-
cated by the Nana with a view to induce the people to
believe that he was to obtain possession of those places
in a short time. Numerous false proclamations were issued
by beat of tom-tom, announcing the defeat .of Ebglish
troops at Delhi, Bombay, &c., and such other falsehoods.
On the evening of the 16th of July a proclamation was
published in the city that the Nana had gained h com-
plete victory, many of the British troops having
been killed and others having dispersed ; but the falsity
of this story soon became known to the people, as in less
than an hour vast multitudes of the mutineers were seen
running away from the field of battle, many bearing
their arms and accoutrements.
When the mutiny broke out the following staff officers
were present at the station, all of whom are said to have
been killed :

Major-General Sir H. M. Wheeler, K.C.8., command-
ing the division.

Brigadier A. Jack, C. 8., commanding the station.
Major Lindsay,' assistant adjutant-general.
Capt. Reynolds, officiating.major of brigade.
Major Wiggins, deputy judge-advocate-general.
Capt. Seppinga, Officiating deputy-paymaster.
Lieut. Jervis, executive engineer.
Dr. Garbett, officiating superintending surgeon.
Dr. Boys, officiating-medical storekeeper.
Capt. Whiting, Canal Department.
Lieut. Angelo, Canal Department.
Major Sir J. Parker, Cantonment Joint Magistrate.
Captain Williamson, deputy assistant-commissary-
genet al.

The under•mentioned merchants, &0., were also in
General Wheeler's entrenchment :
Mr. Thomas Greenway, with family.
J. D. Hay, with family.
W. Gee, with family.
11. Christer, with family.
G. Reid, with family.
S. Greenway, with family.
Mrs. J. Kirk, with her son and his family.
Mr. J. W. Schorn.
J. 11. Sherman.
Mr. O'Brien, head clerk of the collector's office.
Mr. J. W. Shepherd, head assistant commissary office,
and others.

The last-mentioned person—viz., Mr. Shepherd, ma-
naged to escape to the disguise of a cook, having left the
entrenchment on or about the 22d of July.
The following civilians were likewise in the entrench-
ment :

Mr. 1111101.13(1°n, collector and magistrate.
Mr. Mackintosh, deputy magistrate.
Mr. Stacy, deputy magistrate.
Mr. P. Marnull, sub-deuty opium agent.
Mr. R. B. Cook, assistant opium agent.—/bid,
Angiist 27.

CHRONICLE OF INDIAN EVENTS.
(Front the Englishman )
MONDAY, AUG. 24.
Capt. Peel's naval brigade could not get above Bar-
rackpore, the engines of the Chunar being out of order.
The River Bird was sent after them, and will tow them
t Jungypore, where she will be relieved by one of the
steamers from the Upper stations.
On Friday evening last Sirdar Shere Singh approved
of several Sikh volunteers front the 25th Native Infan-
try ; these with some others are to be sent by the first
steamer to Allababad.
The Infantry Volunteer Guards assembled last Satur-
day morning at half-past fire in full dress parade, for the
purpose of being reviewed by Sir Colin Campbell ; but
from some cause his excellency did not appear, and after
the volunteers had been kept on the ground till half-past
7 they were allowed to disperse. A. large concourse of
ladies and gentlemen assembled to witness the review,
and those in their carriages and some on foot lined both
sides of the road leading from Park street to the fort.
The Volunteers presented a very martial appearance,
and went through their exercises with credit to them
selves and their instructors.
The Bangalore herald states that the " Government
of India has just sent instructions to the Commissioner
of Mysore to forward 2,000 of the Sillidar, or Mysore
Horse, for service in the British Presidency. It is ex-
pected that the above Horse will march under the com-
mand of Col. A. Macleod in a few days, as soon as the
necessary camp equipage is
provided.
The Mysore Horse did good service
Mahratta war, and has been highly spoken during the late
of. The men
seem to be in high spirits at the prospect of field service.
Wa wish them every success, and feel confident that
they will maintain their Limier prestige.
TUESDAY, AUG, 25.
We are requested to mention that the road as far as
Benares is quite clsar for passengers, and that dawk
carriages are already running.
A letter from CaWnpore mentions that travellers from
LuAnow report that all the European ladies and others
are safe in the entrenchments, but that fighting goes on
dai y, and many of the mutineers are A letter front Divapore, of the 19th, report that Gen.
OnTam proposes to abandon that station, and adds,
"D napore is full of people, and ea soon as it is denuded
,oft cops will be attacked."
It was reported in the Bazaar yesterday, on the
strength of letters from the Upper Provinee:,, that the
Ilindoos and Mahotnedans in Delhi are fighti a°l
that the former have offered to return to their allegiance,
and take service again it pardoned.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26.
No less than six attempts have been made during the
Present month to throw the night trains off the rails.