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London, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

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to the steamer, which they (the remnant) happily
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reached with a great number of their woun.
The hospital here is full of wounded, and one of
the most dreadful sights I ever saw.
" I give you a list of the officers killed and
wounded :

[ PRICE 40. STAMPRD 5D .]

consented to send another steamer off, which
luckily happened just to have come in. In this
started 150 Europeans and 50 Sikhs ; we al-
together made up a force of 400 men. As
Wake is one of the greatest friends I have
got, I determined to give him a hand if I could,
and so volunteered with seven other fellows, five
of whom are dead. Well, I was up all that Tue--
day night, and at daylight on Wednesday off we
started. We reached the nearest point to Arrah,
on the banks of the Ganges, at about 2 o'clock, and
were beginning to get dinner ready (so as to start
with a good feed, as we couid not expect to get
anything on theiroad) when we heard our advanced
guard firing. We immediately all fell in, and went
off to the place, about two miles off, where we
found them drawn up before a large (nullah) river
about 200 yards wide, firing away at some Sepoys
on the other side. The Sepoys, when they saw us
coming, ran away ; and then, as we had got so far,
we thought we might as well go on. After $ delay
of two or three hours in getting boats and crossing
over it was nearly 7 o'clock before we got well off.
From the villagers we heard that Wake was still
all right and holding out, which was confirmed by
the firing we heard in the direction of Arrah of big
guns. It was a beautiful moonlight night, the
reed a very bad one (a kutcha one in the rains),
and wooded country on both sides of us. We did
not see a soul ou the road, though we passed
through several villages, until we came to within
five miles of Arrah, where we saw a party of horse-
men ahead of us, who galloped off before we got
within shot. About 11 o'clock the moon went
down ; however, as we did not expect that the
mutineers would face us, we still went on till we
came within about a mile of the fortified house.
We were passing a thick black mango grove to our
right, when all of a sudden, without any warning,.
the whole place was lighted up by a tremendous
voley poured into us at about 30 or 40 yards dis-
tance. It is impossible
_to say how many men fired
into us—some say 500, some 1,500. The next thing
I remember was finding myself alone, lying in the
middle of the road, with a crack on the head, and
my hat gone. I suppose I must have been stunned
for a minute. When I recovered there were several
men lying by me, but not a living soul could I
see. There were lots to hear, though, for the
bullets from right to left were whistling over
my head. I was just thinking where our men
could be, and which way I should run, when I saw
the Sepoys advancing out of the grove with their
bayonets within a dozen yards of me. • I fired my
double barrel right and left into them and thin ran
towards our men, whom I could hear shouting on
the left, under a tremendous fire from both parties.
Everything now was in a most dreadful confusion ;
the men were all scattered in groups of fifties and
twenties, firing in every direction, and, I fear, kil-
ling each other. At last a Captain Jones, a very
fine fellow—our commander was never seen again
after the first volley—got hold of a bugler and got
the men together in a sort of hollow place, a half-
filled pond. There we alt lay down in a square. I
was in the middle, with the doctor, helping him to
tie up the wounds of the poor fellows, and bringing
them water. The firing was all this time going on.
Tire enemy could see us, as we were all dressed in
white, while they were nearly naked, and behind
tees and wails. However, the men tired about at
random. At list the poor doctor was knocked over,
badly wonndel, It was dreadful to hear the poor
wounded fellows asking for help.
"I shall never forget that night as long as I live.
We held a c )nsultation and determined to retreat,
as the enemy was at least 3,000 or 4,000 strong,
and had besidesseveral cannon. Directly morning
dawned we formed order, and began our retreat.
The whole distance, 16 mites, we walked under a
most tremendous fire. The ditches, the jungles,
the houses, and in fact every place of cover along
the road, was lined with Sepoys. We kept up a
fire as we went along, but what could we do ? We
could see no enemy, only puffs of smoke. We tried
to charge, but there was nobody to charge ; on all
sides they fired into us, and were scattered all over
the county in groups of tens and twenties. Dozens
of poor follows were knocked over within a yard of
me on my right and left, but thank God, I escaped
in the most wonderful way. The last five miles of
the road I carried a poor wounded fellow, who
begged me not to leave him, and though we had
had nothing to eat for more than 24 hours, and
I had had no sleep for two nights, I never felt
so strong in my life, and I stepped out with
the man as if he had been a feather, though
he was as big as myself. Poor fellow ! the men,
most of them more or less wounded, were leaving
him behind, and the cowardly Sepoys, who never
came within 200 yards of us, were running up to
murder him. I got the poor fellow safe over the
nullah ; I swain out and got a boat, put him in,
and went out with a lot of others. The poor fellow
thanked me with tears in his eyes. At the crossing
of the nullah we lost a great many men ; they
threw away their muskets to pull the boats and. to
swim over, and were shot down like sheep.
".I never before knew the horrors of war, and
what I have g the through I hope will make a
ing impression on my mind, and make me think
more of God and His great goodness to me. lam
sure God spared me because he knew I was not fit
to die ; and I pray God that He will prepare me,
for we can truly say we know not what a day may
bring forth. I had several extraordinary escapes,
one bullet went between my legs as I was walking
and broke a man's leg in front of me ; another bul-
let hit me on the back of the head, knocking me
down, but hardly breaking the skin. Everything
here is quiet as yet, but people are in a great panic.
I cannot say that I am. Out of the 400 fine fellows
that started for Arrah, nearly 200 were killed, and
of the remainder I do not think more than 50 to
80 were not wounded ; out of seven volunteers five
were knocked over, four killed and one wounded.
This has been the most disastrous affair that has
happened out here. 1 hope, however, we may soon
get some more troops again from Calcutta, and get
back our name. I cry to think of the way we were
beaten and of the number of poor fellows who were
killed.' I will send this letter at once, for perhaps
the dak may be stopped, and I may not be able to
send a letter in a day or two. I will write again if
I can, but do not be alarmed if Ido not. The crack
on my head hardly broke the skin, and is, nothing ;
the bullet hit me sideways, and the folds of cloth .1
had round my hat saved me.

'ciOTH QUEEN'S.
" Captain Dunbar, commanding, killed.
"Lieut. Sanderill, severely wounded.
"Captain Midhurst, wounded.
" Ensign Erskine, mortally (since dead).
" 37TH QUEEN'S.
" Three officers killed ; I do not know their
names.

" VOLUNTEERS.

" Lieut. Ingilby (of my regiment)
" Ensign Anderson, 22d Native Infantry, killed.
Ensign
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verely
severelywounded.
" The mate of the steamer and a railway man
were killed, and almost half the detachment killed
or wounded. It was by a miracle I escaped going.
I volunteered, but having had no sleep fur two
nights previously overslept myself, and arrived.at
the Ghat too late, just when the steamer was
starting.
"We are in a very awkward position here, in-
trenching ourselves, and anxiously looking out for
reinforcements. All the Europeans have come -in
from the surrounding stations, and the place is
actually crammed. The women and children are
just starting for Calcutta by steamer. You cannot
imagine the excitement and confusion prevailing
" Troops have been sent to Patna, and we only
have 200 Europeans of the 10th of the protection of
the station.
" The 90th (Queen's) is expected from Calcutta
in a few days, and as soon as they come we shalt be
safe enough. Things have been dreadfully mis-
managed here, and if we don't look out we shall
lose -the country ; but we must hope for the best.
" P.S. A.s soon as the Europeans come up from
Calcutta we shall be all right. The 12th Irregular
Cavalry have mutinied in Tirhoot, and killed their
commanding officer, Major Holmes, his wife, and
the doctor."

The following fragment is from a letter written.
by a young officer at Barrackpore to his mother':—
" Barrackpore, Aug. 8.
" The mutineers of Dinapore---the 7th, Bth, 11ncl.
40th Native Infantry—are in full march for this
place and expected in seven or eight days, having
overpowed the small force sent against them, con-
sisting of 145 of her Majesty's 10th Foot, 190 of
her Majesty's 37th, and 130 Sikhs ; and although
our fellows fought splendidly 92 only have escaped.
" The mutineers number about 4,000 men. We
shall meet them with her Majesty's 53d, her Ma-
jesty's 35th, her Majesty's 29th, and about 18 guns,
cavalry and sappers. All the prisoners taken are
to be hanged instanter.' We are very jolly in-
deed and only want troops from home. "

" August L

" I have just heard that about 30 men came in
last night who got separated from us in the dark,
and wandered to the river, where they got off in a
native boat. The authentic return I have seen ;
150 men killed, the rest wounded, except about 50
men who escaped untouched. I suppose such a
disastrous affair was never heard of before in India
—most dreadful mismanagement throughout. Of
course we did not relieve poor Wake and his garri-
son. Poor creatures ; We heard that they were
still holding out up to two o'clock on the day we
left. We have at Dinapore only 600 Europeans,
and of course cannot send any of them. How I
wish the steamer with troops would arrive. We
have expected them a long time ; but we have just
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do—running about all day long. I pray to God
that whatever may happen I may be spared to see
you all once again in this world. We cannot say
what may happen from day to day. lam sure, my
dearest mother, all your prayers to God for me
have been answered. All through that dreadful
night, the horrors of which I shall never forget, I
felt sure God would protect me, and bring me back
in safety. Poor -- ! every soul at Cawnpore
murdere 1 ! I need not send this letter for three
days, but I will, for fear the dak may be stopped.
I will writs again, but don't be anxious about me.
1 God will order all for the best, and I feel sure will
1 take care of me, as He has done."

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THE MUTINY AT DINAPORE.
The following letter is from Lieut. Robertson,
of the 7th Bengal Native Infantry
" I write in great baste to save the mail. The
the 25th of last month (between 2 3 o'clock
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native bazaar. Many of us had narrow escapes,
but not an officer was touched ; many bullets fell
close to where I andsomeothers were standing.
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then. A steamer was sent
across them. • A body of the 10th, Wemorning, ha
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Arrah (a station 24 miles
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with equal bad luck. I have now
the worst news to give you, the account of a serious
d3felt which we have received, thus—on the evening
of the 2)th, a body of Europeans, consisting of de-