The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

Tl-1 U N,

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA.

(FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE
" DAILY NEWS.")
BOMBAY, Jester 28:
This letter will tell you of sad reverses and
great misfortunes ; but the melancholy nature of
its contents will e relieved by the recital of some
some victories, and the gradual suppres-ion of re-
bellion. Death has deprived us of men high in
rank, whose loss to military and civil servic-s in
India wi Ibe severely felt. Incapable leaders raised
to great commands under the system of seniority
have been replaced in every quarter by men of ex-
perience and determination. We may therefore
now hope without presumption that, with our
army strengthened by numerous reinforcements,
energetic measures will be taken finally to punish
the insurgents, and re-estab ish throughout the
country the dimmed prestige of England.
Disorder and confusion—the result of disaffection
--have unfortunately impeded the ordinary chan-
nels of communication, and the news which is here
brought together must be subject to future revisions
and contradictions.
The painful forebodings with which the position
of Sir Hugh Wheeler was contemplated, the fears
which were entertained for his safety, surrounded
as he was by an imposing bldy of rebels, have been
unhappily realised. Notwithstanding the silence
of the Government respecting the fate of Cawn-
pore, there seems to be little doubt that the follow-
jug details are substantially correct :—Sir Hugh
Wheeler had succeeded in concentrating ire a for-
tified work, expressly raised for the purpose, a
small European force, codsisting of 90 men of her
Majesty's 84th Regiment, 17 men of the Madras
Fusiliers, and a company (the Ist) of the 6th
battalion of artillery—a total of 200 . Europeans.
The wives and children of her Majesty's 32d
Foot, numbering upwards of a hundred souls,
were also with him. Sir G. Parker, Bart., of
the 74th Native Itifeotry, the magistrate, seems
to have been the only officer there. As early
as the 17th of June this small force was attacked
by overwhelming numbers, but the assault, al-
thoueh twice repeated, was successfully repulsed.
not, however, without considerable loss to the Bri-
tish. Messengers seem to have been dispatched
several times to Allahabad to inform the officer in
command there of the desperate nature of the
English position. One of these messengers arrived,
and to his coming we doubtless owe the statement
made in my last letter, that communications were
open with Cawnpore on the 24th of June. Several
officers, according to the information of the mes-
sengere had already met their death. These were
Lieutenant-Colonel Jack, Lieutenant-Polonel Wil-
liams, of the 56th N. I. ; Major Prout, 56th N.I. ;
Major Lindsay, 10th N. I. ; Assistant-Adjutant-
General ; and, Sir G. Parker, Bart.
- Between the 24th and 28th of June another as-
sault must have taken place, for it is said that Sir
Hugh Wheeler was shot through the leg and died
of his wounds, and that the following officers and
others were killed :—Quinn, Ensigns Redman and
Supple, Ist N. I. ; Captain Halliday, 56th N. I. ;
Captain Reynolds and Ensign Prole, 53d N. 1;
Lieutenant Smitb, fat N.I. ; Dempster, Cap-
tain Jervis, 56th N. I. ; Chalwin, and Major
• Hillersdon, 53d N. I. The rebels bad at this time
conferred the supreme command on Nana Sahib, of
Bhitoor, the author of the massacre eerpetrated on
-the Futteyghur fugitives, an old pensioner of the
British Government and the adopted son of Baja-
row, Peishwa, at Poona, where the Mabratta
rule existed. A reference to Indian history
will show you the treachery of Bakerow, his
unceasing effort to subvert our Government
an the. Deccan, and his hatred to everything
British. England generously gave him Bhitoor,
and 80 lace of rupees yearly, and allowed him to
keep a small park of artillery. These privileges
were partly extended to Nana Sah•b, who was de-
prived of the pension of 80,000 rupees. He seems
- to have inherited all the wiliness of a genuine
Brahmin. He prof, ssed delight in Euglishsociety,
invited English officers to shooting patties at Bhi-
toor, and concealed under these appearances of
friendship a deadly hatred, and more than usual
ferocity.
The English force, shorn -of its strength by the
de tth of its officers, received overtures from this
Nana Sahib, on Sunday June 28, and although I
can scarcely believe it possible that Englishmen
should so far trust to the faith of a Hindoo as they
are stated to have done, the details of the surrender
are given as follows :—The Na'ia swore, by the
oaths usually binding on a Brahmin, that if the
garrison would trust him and surrender, their lives
would be spared, and they should be allowed to
• embark themselves and treasure (2 lacs of rupees)
on board of boats and depart down the river to
Allahabad. These terms were accepted by the Bri-
tish, and they were accordingly supplied with b ,ate
in which they stowed themselves and embarked
their treasure. They were allowed to push out into
the middle of the stream, when, at a signal from
the Rajah, guns were opened upon them from the
right bank of the Ganges. The people in the boats,
thus tie ach.erously assailed, made for the left bank,
where some of them succeeded in landing, but
Stet th met them in another sl ape. A body of ca-
valry placed there for the purpose charged and cut
tbem to pieces. Rumour is silent as to the number
of those whe were allowed to take to the boats. I
believe that Nana Sillib saved the lives of the
women and children that he might have hostages
• for his own futpre safety.
Ira the meanwhile active preparations had been
made at Allahabad for the relief of our countrymen,
and the imposing forces were assembled for that
purpose. Colonel Neill succeeded in pacifying the
town. He recovered a great part of the stolen pro-
-petty and furniture by issuing a proclamation in
which severe punishment was awarded to all per-.
sons found in possession of it. Dacoits or gangs of
thieves in the neighbourhood were dispersed, and
al that were caught 'anted. On the Ist of Juty
a column of Madras Fu,iliers and Sikhs, under
Major Renaud, started on their way te Cawn-
pm to clear the road, a steamer, with 100
Fuialiers and two guns, keeping abreast of the
f arce and protecting it. A body of Irregular Horse
at the same time scoured the villages on the lee,
and reported them empty and the zemind.ars absent.
Major Renaud drove all partial opposition before
• him, captured several Sepoys of the 6th N. 1., who
paid the penalty of their lives, and then made his
" way as far as Khags on the 9th. On the 3d, Bri-
gadier-General Havelock reached Allahabad from
Benaree, and proceeded on the 7th to join Major
Renaud, by forced marches. He had with him
• about 1,300 men of her Majesty's 84th and 610,
the 13th Irregular Horse, and-the remnant of 0 ode
Iri egulare On the 11th he reached Koh, and on
the 13th joined Major Renaud at daybreak, witein
four miles of Futteypore. Major Psenaud h-d
marched 19 miles during the night, and General
Havelock 21. A detachment thrown forward to-
wards Futteypore with orders for Colonel Tyrler to
reconnoitre, was met by the enemy, who marched
forthwith to action. General Havelock would have
declined this engegement and given rest t his
troops, but ha was cempelled to fight, an I therefore
• prepared to give the enemy aw rm reception. The
rebels came out with a farce of th ee ief Lntry regi-
• m nts, two of cavalry, and two bate ri sof field
pieces. General Havelock advanced with eight
guns in the centre, under Capt. Maude, R. A.,
forming the whole of his infantry in quarter dist
mace column in sup' o.t. The action was opened by
• the artillery, " which completely electrified tne
enemy." They fled, and were pursued am'clit
garde es and encioiures into and through the streets
of Futteypore ; their guns and ammunition being
ai andoned one after the other. Such was the panic
that no resistance seems to have been made. Not
an English soldier was kiled, and the only deaths
we had, to deplore were those of seven men of the
64th, and more of the 78th from sunstroke. The
conduct of the troops, in supporting the fatigue of
a long march and enduring the heat of a terrible
_ sun, was admirable. The enemy lost 11 guns.
Speedy advantage was taken of the victory, and
en immediate advance made on Cawnpore.
Ou the 15th the rebels .were again enconutered,
severely bandied, and deprived of two guns. They
a
we=t defeat and the loss of many lives, and
met a third time on the 17th—about 10,000 in
" usher, attacked and routed by General' Havelock.
They lett se,
ruins eegr' and flel, abandoning the bla k-
enedwnpore, which were rs-occupied.,
Not a trace of
the
was found; had all
Wheeler or his men
all been killed ; hut still
- more terrible to relate, the rebe's had laid their
clutches on the
210
ofa,,,;;awornen and children.
No-fewer than
were sold by public
inublicaucl,iesTolr'lli''inrs'thweivsetsreaentr.is
Of Ciwnpore and afterwards e
on the
Halted. The blood
of English wives and children cries for
• relentless enemy, who has outraged every Fent ime
• of humanity and honour. Nana Sahib, retreating
to Bhitpoor with the remnant of the rebels, is stsa
:at large. • Should not a price be set upon his head
Three officers, who escaped from the first massa,,,,,
ea ere caught at some distance fi om Cawnpore 1
• 'driven back thither at the-point of the bayonet, aed
In the last engage_
two of them blown from gun..
. nient the 78th Highlanders lost two men killed and
14 wounded. One of the latter, Sergeant Tulloch,
.
since deacte
• From Cawepore General Havelock will doubtless
proceed to relieve Lucknow, Which still held out on
the 18th or lethnf Ju'y.
The movements of General 'Havelock will be
- tecured in the rear by the despatch of- fresh troops
recently 'arrived at Calcutta. Her Majesty's steamer •
. -'SiMOOLI4-- with her Majesty's sth Fusiliers', from
Mauritius, reached Calcutta ore the 4th- of -July,
• hAfing I fti tio 37th in place of the Fusiliers. her 1

Majesty's 350 had been for some time at Calcut'a
from Moulmein, and the Himalaya, with 1,500 ma
on board, arrived on the 20th inst. Her Majesty's
29 h was expected fronilsegu every -day. Thus,-
independently of the troops that are now expected
to be forwarded overland, we shall have a sufficient
force to maintain our present positions, and thus
s-check the further progress of rebellion.
Notwithstanding some partial acts of insubordi-
nation in--he districts of- Bengal, about Divapore,
nothing has occurred to create disturbance of au
important nature. Her Majesty's 10th Fo3t at
Dinapore has hitherto acted as a check on th
native regiments there, and finish's battery of
European artillery adds not a little to our security

in that direction.
An attempt' at a riot in Patna proved unsuccess-
full on the 6th of July, although it-cost Dr. Lyell,
assistant opium commissioner, his life.
Mirzapore, desetted by all but the plunderers
amongst its own inhabitants, has been restored to
order by the energy of a yceing civil servant from
Benares, whose initiation to active life in the dis-
trict was a combat with six or seven rebellious
people,' of whom he killed two and wounded the re-
mainder.
The Sontal country is quiet, but was very pro
perly adandoned by ladies and children, who were
taken board of a steamer and sailed down the
Ganges to Calcutta.
Until Oude is re-occupied in force and Lucknow
relieved, the whole country east of the Jumna up
to the hills of Rohilcund will remain closed aeainst
us. You may calculate, indeed, that the relief of
Lucknow will be the utmost that can be achieved
before the periodical rains set in and render opera-
tions in the field impossible."
The monsoon, which usually, commences in June,
was this year unusually light, and allowed our
troops to move on the disaffected districts north
and east of Poonab. But now that the rains are
falling in earnest and the rivers filling, military
operations must be impeded or partially stopped.
The Bombay government have succeeded in assem-
bling two columns of troops intended to overawe
the province of Candeish and the borders of the
Nizem's territory in that direction, and occupy the
whole of the mountainous tract, including North
Berar and part of the Gwalior territory south of the
Nerbudda ,• whilst the Madras government assem
bled a third column on the north-west frontier of
North Berar. The position assigned to the latter
is E Ilatad, near Ellichpoor, where Major William
Orr has concentrated a force comprising the 2nd,
3rd, and sth infantry regiments of the Hydrabad
Contingent, the Ist and 4th cavalry Irregulars of
the same corps, and twelve 6 pounder guns.
The most important force is destined to relieve
Mhow and chastise the Gwalior mutineers and In-
dore rebels as soon as weather permits military
movements. In the meanwhile the troops are as-
sembled et Asseoghur, or in its vicinity, forming a
field force, under Brigadier O. S.- Stuart, 6th Bnn-
bay NJ., composed as follows :—H.M.'s 14th
Light Dragoons, ore wing from Aurungabad ;
H.M.'s 86th Foot, 250 men, under Major Keane,
from Poona • 3d European., Bombay army; 3JO
men, under Major Landon, from Poonah, via Ah-
meduuggur ; sth Bombay N. 1., 250 men, under
Major Symons, from Malligaun ; 19th Bombay
N. 1., two companies, under Lieut. Blair 25th
Bombay N.I. ; 3d Irregular Cavalry, Hydrabad
Contingent, part at Seerpore, under Captain Orr,
part at Asstenghur, under Lieut. Clerk; and a
large number of the Bhee.l corps.
Berar wilt thus be the bare of operations for ,the
army of the Deccan, Boorhampoor and Asseen-
ghur, on the southern slope of the Boora-Moun-
tains, being the chief strategic points. • Assecnghur
is the key of the Deccan.
Thus with the small force at Ajmeer we have a
cordon of troops round the disaffected states of In-
dr re and Gwalior, whose rajahs are favourable to
us, but unable to control the men of their contin-
gents, raised as our own Bengal army has been
amongst the Hindoo and Mussulman population
of the Ganges valley. • The Nerbudda, however,
flows between us and the disaffected states, and
this season that river is impassable, except by
boats, whilst the • roads become utterly impractic-
able from
„rains. The details of the massacre of
Indore (July 2), made public a short time since,
are not less horrible than those of other barbarities
perpetrated elsewhere. Thirty-four persons were
killed, and the majority were so mutilated as to
afford no clue to the identity of their bodies. A
few only were recognised. Mrs. Beauvais, wife of
the postmaster, Mrs. Crawley, a young child,
Mr. and Mrs. Norries. Mr. Murray, Mrs. and
Miss Macbeth, and five children, Mr. M‘Mahon,
two Parsees, Mr. Payne, Mts. Alphonse, Mr.
Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, Mr. and Mrs.
Bone. Amongst those who e,capel were—Colonel
and Mrs. Darand, Capt. and Mrs. Shakespear, Dr.
and Mr=. Knapp, Lieut. and Mrs. Cobbs+, Mrs.
['sober son and two children, and Capt. Ludlow,
Col. Travers, Cap*. and Mrs. Mallingot, Col.
Stnekley, Mrs. Dutton, Sergeant and Mrs. Murphy,
Messrs. H. Hammond and Williams, Mr. Shields,
Mr. Martin, Mr. C‘dlins, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Gallo-
way, Mr. Norries, Mr. Tinley, Mr. Farrel, Mr.
Moran, Mr. Beauvais, Mr. Crawley, Lieut. Water-
man, and Dr. Thompson.
Col. and Mrs. Durand arrived in safety at As-
seanghur ' • they saw their residence at Indore, an
imposing building, buret before their eyes. A
detachment of artillerymen, with three guns, and
contingent infantry, sent out by the rajah to pro-
tect the place, went over to the rebels and assisted
them in their sanguinary purpose. Mr. Beauvais,
the postmaster, saw his wife massacred before his
eyes.
The Neemuch mutineers, who bad lingered in
the vicinity a Ajmeer, tookl a sudden resolution
and occupied 13huttpore, from which they issued
again in the first days of July and made their ap-
pearance before Agra. They called on the English
commissariat contractor, John Persand, to furnish
them with provi4ona.
This was a timely warning to the people in Agra,
who alrandoned. the city and retired into the fort,
a vast and commodious edifice of considerable ex-
tent, in which the 3d Bengal Europeans, ,a battery
of artillery militia' and non-combatants to the
amount of 5,000, found plenteous, supplies and
refuge without overcrowding. On the 2d of June
the K.,tah Contingent de-patched by the authori-
ties to keep order in the vicinity of Agra, arrived
in the contonments, and were entrusted with the
guard of the gaol, tenanted by 4,000 convicts, and
that of the Government house. On the 4th the
Neemuch mu:iueers appe rred before the city, and
the`Kotah Contingent was marched out of canton
ments to an advanced position on the h gh road.
_They no sooner reached the ground in front of the
enemy than they showed a disposition to join the
Neemuch mutineers. "Just about this time,"
says a correspondent, "a small body of mounted
volunteers (about 40) who had been previously sent
to watch the proceedings of the enemy, little sus-
pecting the true state of matters, rode up to this
formidable fee ce, and to their astonishment found
them preparing for an attack. The volunteers
halted, and for a fine stool faring the Kotah
men. What ihe seine' might have been it
is hard to say, had not the God of the Chris-
tians interposed in behalf of his people, and sent a
heavy sto•m, accompanied with rain, at the critical
moment, which darkened the atmosphere, and the
volunteer; were d reeled to seek shelter. After the
lapse of a few minutes the Koteh Contingent, fear-
ing, it is-said, au ambush from the European regi-
ment here (the 3d Europeans), dispersed in all
directions; observing this, some of the volunteers,
about 10 in number, made a dash for the guns,
which they succeeded in taking after cutting down
a number of the mutineers. The nuns were spiked.
The formidable Kotah Contingent,'' so much dreaded
by some of our authorities here, though we bad a
strong battery of artillery and a regiment of Euro-
pean troops able and willing enough to annihilate
the whole of them, fled, and left the field, with the
guns, and some 100 or 150 camels laden with am-
mnnition, in the undisputed Possession of some
mounted volunteers."
The following is a correct abstract of the casual-
ties that occurred in the action on the sth July,
when the European force moved out to attack the
rebels, who were 7,000 strong. It will be acknow-
ledged that the fighting must have been severe,
sesiug that a full quarter of the men engaged were
placed hors de combat.
The Artillery had two officers wounded (Captain
D'Oyley, since 'dead, and Lieut. Lamb), 3 men
ki led, and 14 wounded, including 6 native drivers.
The 3d European Regiment had 29 men killed ;
3 officers (Major Thomas. and Lieut.. Pond and
Fellowes) and 64 men wounded, of whom 10 have
since died.
- The Civil-Lines Infantry Militia had five gentle-
men killed (Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Horn,
J. Carl ton, R. Smith, and Jourdan), one 'officer
(Major Prendergast), and eight gentlemen (Messrs
White, Ray, :Blackburn°, Bramley, C. S. , Freeze,
Outram, C.S., and Oldfield, C.S.), wounded.
The Civil Liriei Infantry Militia hid one aentle-
man (Mr. I3teies) killed a and five gentlemene'
(Mess. s. Bagley, Mahye, Steadman, Hallygau, and
Foville) wounded.
The unattachel officers, &c., had 6 wounded,
tze.l:l--ts.Captain W. Al-xander, 10th Light Cavalry;
Caonecikbouri, Williams and Bramley, Dr.
(.)iiltiluctor Hunter.
Watson,
The nneaber
number wounded or since dead, is 49—and the
and wounded out :1.11 tmotaaklinfogrcae tooftaalbuolfi
about
killed
_engaged.Tieen enemy, after- burning the tlwanland canton-
-I-dents-, retired towards Bleartpore, b e asp,
Ii longi:it.
restored
istsincoeridgiistinnic isitt4reedii,gthbu-tboyapj anbdiee C /14
• 1805 cost Lo:d Lake ,3 peo m
pore in en killed in

four disastrous assaults. In 1826 it was taken
after six weeka of open trenches. by an assault,
which cast us 550 killed and wounded. The mud
walls may yet witness a third no leis dangerous and

tedious siege.
The safe arrival of intellig-nce from Agra shows
that communications are still kept up between it
and Lahore, but the country in the vicinity is in
the hands of the plunderers and rebels •of every
kind. The Meerut force was unable to prevent the
Robilcund rebels from crossing the Juwna at G hur-
muktesur Ghaut, although the height and preci-
pitous nature of the banks were favourable to the
use of artillery. The mutineers—about 3,000 in-
fantry, 200 cavalry, several guns, 13 elephant?, and
cart-loads oftreasure—crossed the river on rafts be-

tween the 20th and 23d of June, and made their
way unmolested towards Delhi, reaching the village
of Haupper on the 27th.
A nephew of the King of Delhi collected a num-
ber of rebels in the vicinity of Boolundshuhur, ob-
tained four guns, and proclaimed himself a royal
commissioner. He to )k up a position in a tort at
Galoutee, about thirty miles from Meerut, and
placed his guns on the walls. A force was sent out
against him. which he did not wait to see, taking
refuge in a precipitate flight, and leaving his guns
behind him. It will astonish you to hear that the
nature of the orders given in this case was such that
the officer in command did not enter the deserted
fort, and left the guns where he found them, with
out rendering them unserviceable.
It is gratifying, on the other hand, to know that
the mutiny at Saugor has not been so fatal as was
at first anticipated, and that a party of the troops
which remained staunch, after the rebellion of the
greater number, followed Major Gaussen2 on the
23d of June, to the assault of a neighbouring fort,
occupied by a number of Boondela plunderers.
The fort was blown up, but unfortunately durieg
the operation Ensign Spens was killed by a stone
on the head, and Lieut. Willoughby wounded.
A letter from Hasungabad announces the safe
arrival there, from Augur in Gwalior of the follow-
ing officers and their families, fugitives from the
mutinous contingent regiments :—Major Macpher-
son, Lieutenant Ryall, and Dr. Silliphant, of tte
3rd Gwalior Infantry • Captain Carter, Lieutenant
M'Dougal, and Dr. Wilson, of the sth Gwalior In-
fantry ; Lieutenant Lemarchant, Bengal Artillery,
Mrs. Lemarchant, and four children-; • Mr: and
Mrs. Hayman, Mr. and, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Burlton and one child, Mrs. Watts, Mr. Wake-
field, Mrs. Wakeield, and two children ; Dr. and
Mrs. James, and Lieutenant O'Dowd.
The Madras presidency still shares with that of
Bombay the good fortune of having staunch native
troops, but disturbances have broken out in the
capitals of Mysore and the Nizatn'e dominions.
Troops have been sent from Bangalore to Mysore,
where fears are ent-rtained respecting the attitude
of the Rajeh's Mahommedan troops.
Whilst such *has been-the history of the fortnight
in the Lower Provinces of India, events of no lass
importance have taken place in the north-west. In
a speech delivered at the Town-hall of Bombay, on
the occasion of a meeting for, the purpose of sub-
scribing afund for the relief of the sufferers•by this
rebellion, Lord Elphinstone sta'ed. that Sir John
Lawreuee was organising a force 35,000 levies in
the Upper Provinces, which would be ready. at no
remote period. Such a force, recruited amongst
the Sikhs, is likely to be of the utmost service in
our present dearth of men ; and the Punjaub
troops, which we have bad occasion to test in battle
before Delhi, have proved themselves trusty and
brave soldiers. Letters from Lahore informs us
I that recruits are numerous, and that the formation
of regiments is rapidly proceeding.
Reinforcements have continued t 3 stream down
southwards towards Delhi. On the 26th, 'the
Kumaon battalion (Ghoorkas);marched from Rawul
Pin fee, after being complimented for their good
conduct by Sir John Lawrence. They reached
Lahore on the 34 of July, and have no doubt gone
.on to Delhi. The Government has found the-e
Nepaulese mountaineers extremely useful, from
their gallantry and the absence of those prejudices
which render high caste men dangerous. A. large
body of them seems to have been successfully en-
listed in the neigsbourhood of Benares. A party
of them have dune excellent service before Delhi,
and it cannot but_ appear advantageous to secure
the service of a greater number who might be
easily obta'nable, since Jung Babadeor, of Nepaul,
had occasion to disband most of his army, now
useless to him after h's successful inroad in Thibet.
When the 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied
after the late Sikh war, Sir Charles Napier secretly
and rapidly enlisted a regiment of Ghoorkas, march-
ed them down to Umritsir, and having drawn them
up in front of the 66th, ordered the latter to sur-
render their arms and c 'lours.. The sepoys did so,
and the Ghoorkas took them up. "Now," said
Sir Charles to the old 66th, "go about your busi-
ness." The Ghoorkas took the number, and have
kept it. They are now at Almorah, and have done
good service in keeping Nynee Tal against the in
roa is of the Bareilly rebels.
The Beloochec battallon from Kurradhee arrived
at Mooltan on the 9th of July, and the Bombay
Fusiliers reached Lahore. on the 11th. Several do
tachments for the reinforcement of the guides and
Irregular Horse, under Hodson, were also de-
spatched without delay.
The country to the north and north-east of Delhi
seems to have been completly pacified by Geuer rl
van Cortlandt's force. The enemy that genet ?A had
to contend with seems rather to have consisted of
insubordinate robb r tribes than of mutineers from
Jullunder. The villages in which the engagemen S
took place, as noticed in my last letter, were at a
considerable distance from each other, and the attack
on each of thorn not simultaneoue as was before
believed. The first attack made by the ineurgeetse--
Bhutties—was near a village called Punou walla!).
They numbered about 2,500. On being reconnoitred
there by a detachment
.of mounted polide under
Lieutenant Pearse, they followed that officer to-
wards the camping ground of the main body at
Aodah. Aa they approached our artillery opened
upon them, and when tee fire had thrown them
into confusion, Lientenent Pearse charged, and
completely routed them. They fled, leaving 50
dead on the field. Teis action took place on the
nth June. On the 19th a second one was fought
near Kbeiraka, a village on the Go;era, which flews
but a short distance and disappears beaea h the
level of the sands, Cheiraka was entrenched, and.
surrounded by a moat. It was found neeeszaay to
make an assault. The Dograa, a friendly tibe,
under L'ettenant Sadleir, of her Majesty's 61st
Foot, a Sikh detachment, under Lieutenant Hunt,
of the 45th Bengal Native Infan ry, furnishing the
necessary detsi's of men, they crossed the mea',
and scaled the place successfully, and put 200 of
the. Bliuttees ti death, Six me•n ou our side were
killed and 33 wounded. This action decided the fate
of Sirsar, and produced an unconditional surrender
of the hostile tribe. It was discovered, ou entering
the town, that it had been completely sacked on
the 30th' of May by a body of Hairline Infantry
and Irregular Horse under the orders of the petty
Nawaub of Raneahe who plundere 1 the treasuries
and des royed the property of Europeans and Chris-
tians. The Nawaub now surrendered, and the
whole district between Sirsar and LoOdianah was
pacified. The revenue was again collected round Sir-
sar, and a regular course of post organised, which
might shortly, it was expected, open a direct route
between Lahore and Delhi. On the Bth July Gen.
Van Cortlandt left Sirsar for Ghissar, where Lieut.
Pearce arrived before him with 1,500 Bsbantier
Horse, and put everything in order. All the Mus-
sulmans were under orders to surrender their arms,
and it was generally believed that the direct com-
munication with Delhi would be open on the 18th
at furthest. This fortunate termination to the c
em-
paign amongst a people inhabiting wild and sandy
deserts subject to great scarcity of wa'er will place
a new force at the command of General Reed, C. 8.,
now at the head of the ar.ny before Delhi, in con-
sequence of the death, :from cholera, of General
Barnard on the 6:11. of July.
The sudden death of Sir Henry Barnard was the
more melancholy because it was thoroughly unex-
pected, his surprising activity and vigour of frame
having kept him up surprisingly until the sudden
attack of cholera carried him off. Sir Henry is
admitted on all hands to have had many of the first
qualities fir command, his (energy and slirit being
as remarkable as his great hardiness and cheerful
demeanour. Unfortunately he was unacquainted
with the languages and neany of the peculiarities
of Indian armies, and is said to have been too de-
pendent in consequence on the advice of others,
which imparted a slight, wavering character to his
military tactics.
A most interesting narrative, officially commu-
nicated to Government by Lieut.mant Forrest,
gives an accurate de alit at last with respect to the
blowing: of the magazine at Delhi on the out-
break of the mutiny. Lieutenant Forrest shares
with Lieutenant Willoughby the honour of this
brave action. On the morning of the rebellion
these two officers and Sir C. Metcalfe were in the
arsenal when they heard of the treachery of the
native sepoys, and they took instant measures to
check their advance upon the arsenal. Sir C. Met-
whq.laaril ;one out to see the extent of move-
ment, did ekot retu,n. Lieuteurost Forrest closed
,and Ishecteeet up the gates, placing two six-pounder
prig &early loaded with grape under _ sub
condue:ccee Crow end Sergeant Stewart, so as to
consme.rid the entraeee: Two more six-pounders
were paced in a similar pos,t'on in front of the
invade of the inagaziele gate, pro' ected by a row of
nevaua: de frise. - For further defence two six-,
pouedere w' retrained to command either the gate
or_ the asnall bastion in ies vicinity,• other guns
being so arranged as to increase the strength of the
positiop Theie preparations had hardly.