The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING'

advised one. They were, to the number of 430 fo 500.
armed with matchlecks and bows, posted on the top of a
steep hill, surrounded by an abrupt scatp. They met
our advance by a volley of some 50 shots and by a shower
of arrows, This strong position was, nevertheless, car-
ried and cleared by Lieut. Thatcher, supported by some
15 men of the Police Corps.
3 Lieut. Henry was almost immediately shot down
in two places, one shot passing through his lunge, and
the other through both thighs. Tile Bheel who fired
,econd shot was killed by Lieutenant Thatcher.
Both Lieut. Thatcher and Mr. Taylor are united in
their praises of the gallant way in which I;eut. Henry
fell in the execution of his duty. In him we have lost a
highly valued friend, and the behaviour of the men of
the Police Corps at his funeral testified to the esteem in
which he was held by them.
"4. Lieutenant Thatcher's conduct throughout ap-
pears to my humble judgment to have been admirable.
From the tiretpoor Lieut. Henry underrated the strength
and pluck of the enemy. Lieutenant Thatcher did all
he could to persuade him to await the arrival of the re-
inforcements which were daily expected from Poonah
and Nuggur. Finding his remonstrances of no avail, he
placed himself by the side of Lieut. Henry, and the two
raced together up the hill. His subsequent behaviour
was, I venture to think, as gallant as it was judicious.
"5. Lieut. Thatcher spoke in the warmest terms of
the spirit displayed by Mr. Taylor, the Inspecting Post-
master, and of the.aseistence he afforded him. He also
mentions that Amut Buxsh, the Resilda of the Poonah
Horse, behaved with very great gallantry. He will bring
to the notice of the Police Commissioner the several men
of the corps who chiefly distinguished themselves.
6. Out of pts,ba'ely same 20 men who took a prominent
part in the fight four were wounded, two, I fear, very
severely. No idea can be formed of the number of
Bheele that were killed and wounded, as they were all
carried off. Lieut. Thatcher himself wounded two men,
and he believes mortally.
7. Up to the time of writing this I have heard nothing
further of the movements of the Meals. I trust, there-
fore that the attack of the day before yesterday may
have cowed them. The reinforcements from Poonah
have arrived, and those from Nuggur will most likely
arrive during the course of the day. The Bheels can,
therefore, I think, never have such another opportunity
for assembling in such numbers.
I have the honour to be, &c.,
F S. CHAPMAN,
First Assistant Magistrate of Ahmednugger,

The folewing is the statement of Lieut. Thatcher,
Assistant Superintendent el Police, regarding the fight
with the Bheels iu limit of the village of Nandoor Sin-
gel/3h :
At 7 a.m. we marched on Nandoor, and as we were
going there I pointed out to Henry the officials talking
with Regejee. Henry cantered up to them, and on
this I turned round to Mr. Taylor, who was riding with
me, and said—' Henry's going will cause a fight ; he
had better leave the niggers (meaning the officials who
were parleying with Ragojee) alone.'
1 hotted the men under some trees, at a distance of
about a mile from where parleying was going on. I did
this by Henry's order. Shortly after a sower galloped
up with orders for the to advance. I brought the men
up to Henry, and asked how it (the conference) had
ended. He said Ragojee had refused to come, and
pointed me out a ecarped hill which he said we were t•
attack. He drew the men up in a single file, and sent
me with sowers to the left flank to examine the enemy's
position. I did so, and reported to him that no men
were visible to the extreme left. I again pointed out my
objections, in military point of view, to attack at the pro-
posed place, and showed him another spur of the hill of
easy ascent ; but it was in vain. Henry ordered the
advance, and desired me to take the left, while he
took the right of the line. We advanced, Henry sad
myself on horseback. The position of the enemy was a
most difficult one, being a high bill, with a scarped rock.
On the top of the scarp, concealed among rocks and
bushes, were numbers of matchlock-men. Tne first shot
was fired by the enemy, and was evidently aimed at
Henry. It missed him, and hit a man in the rear of him.
Lieut. Henry, in a loud voice, ordered " Charge bayo-
nets ! We rode together in advance of the men. At a
distance of about 40 yards the enemy gave us a tremen-
dons volley. Finding we could ride no higher, we
simultaneously dismounted. Eenry drew his revolver,
and I rey sword. We took off our bats and cheered on
the men, which was answered by a tremendous yell from
our own men. We rushed to the top of the hill, together
with about 14 of our men, about 20 yards to my right
rear. Henry pointed his revolver at a man, and I said,
"Your pistol is not cocked." He put down, staggered
against me, and said, "I'm hit in the shoulder, but
never mind me—go on, old fellow!" He jumped up
again, and finding our pistols useless, we each took a
musket from the men who had then come up. We
jumped on to the scarp, and pointed both our muskets
at one man, who had evidently been watching the path.
We went up; Henry again called out "Good God ! I'm
hit again !" and fell. The man who fired this last shot
was, I believe, shot by me just as Henry spoke. I knelt
down by Henry, and asked him if he was mortally
wounded. lie said, "Forward. old fellow, forward I"
Seeing I could do no good, I pulled him out of the line
of fire. I then, with 14 or 15 men, charged two strong
hills on which the enemy were strongly nested, and made
myself master of the position. The figli lasted upwards
of an hour, when Mr. Taylor sent the a message by a
native officer that I was being outflanked. I retired
leisurely, exchanging shot for shot with the enemy, until
a great Lumber of my men had exhausted their ammuni-
tion.

On returning to Nandoor Singoleh I broke up the
remainder of my detachment, and strengthened the
following treasuries:-Ist, Neemoimm; 2d, Aukola ;
3J, Sucaur.

I had four men wounded—two, I fear, very seriously.
I have no idea of the number f the enemy that were
killed and wounded. I shot two myself, and to the best
of my belief my men hit a great number.
The behaviour of about half my detachment was ad-
mirable. I will make a nominal report of them.
The Resild ,r of the Poonab Horse, in particular,
behaved most gallantly. Armed with only a pistol, he
tried to race in front of me. The remaining half of the
detachment did not come under my observation.
Having only such a few men left, I considered it my
duty to detach them as before stated, and not make any
further attack.

Before concluding this statement, I feel it only due
to myself to state that the attack was made against
overwhelming numbers, that I strongly dissuaded Lieut.
Henry from making it, and that the position of the
enemy, in a military point of view, was as strong as
could be conceived.

I beg to state that I received great assistance from
Mr. Taylor, Inspecting Postmaster in the Deccan, not
only in his duties as postmaster, but also by his gallant
bearing throughout thfs fight. I beg to refer to him for
a corroboration of what I have stated.
TO[tIN THATCIIER, Assistant-Superintendent
of Police.

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