The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPFEMBER 23, 18b7.

B•. MUTINIES IN INDIA.

THE ADVANCE ON CA.WNPORE.
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companied by Baron Seebach, Saxon minister at Par;s,
his son-in-law, arrived at Dresden on the 24th from
Leipsic. •

ahead of the rti,giment to the left when a 9-pounder
came down between his horse's legs, covering him
with mud. While joining square to resist an ex-
pectpd,charge.of. the cavalry a musket.ball struck a
man's musketby my side and lodgedin the stock
close to his fingers., Three of our men were touched
by bullets, not hurt much, while- a round shot hit
one mane bayonet. Well, we beet them. back, and
on nearing' the bridge we found the fellows in-
trenched on the other -side with the two big gluts
above mentioned. They were a long way off, but-
a 32-pounder came bounding along to us. We
were unfoitnnately in column and not in.line.
' Make way for him—let him go,' was the cry as
we saw the hig ball hipping a'ong to us ; out the
fellows fill,. but it Caught one poor fellow on the
leg, smashing it up, and injuring another man
slightly. We then `were ordered to lie down while
the,guns came ,up and. silenced their battery. A
poor Highlander had hie heal taken off by a round
.hot. These were the only casualties in this affair.
Altogether ab.iut 15 men.were wounded, including
' poor old Renaulof the Fusiliers, who was severely
wounded by a, musket-ball in the thigh while lead
ing his boys on. They behaved splendidly, and
took One gun themselves, -blowing_ths Gulandanzes'
brains out at the- guns. Here we are now, this
side of the big bridge._ They had made a capital
ba tery for.their guns, and had they stood to them
we might have bad some
.trouble; But what can
they do.? Their- cavalry tried to cut off our bag-
gage, but our rattr7gurd knocked at least 50 off

• "Camp, Kuliianpore, 91 miles from
Allahabad, Julyls.
"—, I would have written to you before to tell
you of our doings at Futtehpore on Sunday last, the
13th, but we had so bard a day's work that I could
not sit down to seribble, and yesterday my time
was so much taken up by annexing the goods and
chattels of departed niggers that I postponed my
letter till to-day. Our camp is such a large one
and so difficult to move that, although we started
at 3 o'clock this morning, we only got to our en-
camping ground at half-past 2. By. 'we' I mean
our carts, for the line of march extends over three
miles of road, and private conveyances always come
on to the road in the' rear of the others. I con-
sapiently was forced to take shelter under a
broken-down old buggy, and sit in-the rain on the
look-out for my Car's. It is now half-past 5 o'clock,'
and we have just finished breakfast, so I have but
little time to write. I must commence with a
short account of the 'Battle of Futtehpore.' Well,
it was on a Sunday ni-orniug, the memorable 13th
of July, 1857, when the British column, composed
of &c., ete., dec., and so on—for style, &d. vide the
Wellington, Despatches. But to tell you my own
tale; you see we fell in with Havelock'S force, and
marched on to Belunda, 19 miles from our ground,
and 24 from the General's camp. We arrived
there at a quarter to 10 o'clock or thereabouts, and
fellsout, taking up our position on both sides of the
road, about 1,000 yards this side of Belunda, on a
fine open plain stretching to Futtehpore, about
three miles off. We had got our tents up, when
Colonel Tytler, who had ridden up to Futtehpore
to reconnoitre, galloped back, saying that the rebels
were on the road, moving down to us. Imme-
diately the alarm was sounded, and the troops all
fell out so quietly and steadily it was charming to
see them. The camp was beautifully laid out, the
guns in the centre on the road, and the troops on
both sides, so they had only to move froth' their tents
to come to the frout. Out they came eager for the
fun like so many bulldog', and as jolly as possible,
although just off a tiring march. Out we went,
and a crowd of niggers a;ong the road in the dis-
tance, and a boom-boom (you know how the big
guns spear) told us plainly that they were playing
at bowls against our advanced guard (cavalry.) On
they crept and the cavalry came in, and we saw in
the distance closing in—in a semicircle—a vast body
of cavalry. On the beggars came, and on we
went, our guns taking up a nice position on the
road and r,n the sides.
" About two or three feeble and insane attempts
were male by the rebels to pitch' their shot into
us, but somehow or other the guns wouldn't fire
straight, and a puff and a bang from one of ours
sent a ball flying into their first gun, and we could
See the round shot ploughing them up, and the
grape falling on all sides and shells bursting over
their heads. elt was most refreshing. They could
not -stand it. Those behind cried On ! while
those in front cried 'Back !' and presently the
whole mass was seen to move on, leaving, to our
delight, a thundering big gun. We moved on, on,
and 'on.. Not another shot was fired by them,
while our shot went rolling in among them, just as
if the old Allahabad eleven were playing the Fut-
tehpore lot. On, on, and more 'guns appeared.
The cavalry were dispersed by a few shot and shell,
and we presently found ourselves before the city.
Guns, dead bullocks, defunct niggers, and broken
tumbrils lined the road, and among the many un-
fortunates was to be seen an unfortunate old ele-
phant, whose fate it had been to carry the General
into the field, an old rascally Subadar of the 2d
Cavalry, who had been created a general by Nana
Sahib. A wag of an artillery sergeant had taken a
pop at him, and it went in under the poor beast's
tail and out at his chest, pitching the Subadar
Sahib Bahadour on his nose. Well, we Cavalry
(for I had jeiuel, them) went on the right of the
city, supporting the Fusiliers, on the left a party of
the Other regiments and some in.the centre to go
up the city with the guns. On we went steadily.
Here the rebels made a Alight stand, and sneaking
about iu the gardens and houses pounded volleys
into us • but their fire was so wild and miserable
that the balls merely whistled over our heads.
Well, we were told to move on ahead and watch
the enemy, -and did so. and found. them scuttling
off in all directions, and suddenly tame on a party The following letter is written-from a non-com,
of about 30 of the 2d Cavalry." missioued officer of the 84 la Regiment
" Cawnpore side of the nnllah with " Oude, Aug. 1.
the big bridge, July 16. " We went from ,Allahabad to Cawnpore by bul-
" I had no time to finish this yesterday, and so lock train 30 miles a-day, our presence being ur-
take up my pen again. We have had two more gently required, we marched the same day that we
fights again to-day, beating the villians off and received the older, half the men and carts, half out
taking five guns, including a 32-pounder, and a 24- walking. Nothing particular occurred on the march
pound howitzer. • But to resume my story,—on until we came to Futtypore, and such a horrible
seeing the enemy Palliser called the men to stink I never smelt. The party who preceded us
charge and dashed on 2' but the scoundrels scarcely there had had a sharp fight with the insurgents,
altered their pace, and met the enemy at the same and all sorts of animals were _strewed about the
pace that • they came down towards us. Their p4ce in a state of decomposition—ammunition, big
design was evident ;_ they came waving their swords guns, tents, carts, artillery waggons, grape and
to our Men and riding round our party, making canister, all strewn about, in fact, articles of all
signs to them to come over to their side. We could description—one had not to te at a loss for an arti-
not dash out upon them as we were only 4to their cle, fr m a piece of Ordnance to a big drum; until
30, and when our men hung back a dash out would we came to Cawnpore other such sights met our
only have ended in our being cut up.. One or two view. Our men had eoui tights. Poor Capt. Currie,
.came iu at us, and one or two blows were ex- the nicest gentleman ever spoke to, was shot by
changed. Palliser was unseated by his horse a cannon ball through the hip,• the man in the rear
swerving_ suddenly, and then the row commenced. of him through the abdoMen. Capt. Currie died.
'The 2d Cavalry men tried to get at him, and his We had altogether only three killed and seven
native officers closed round him to save him, and wounded, besides one missing: Other regiments
-they certeinly fought like good men and true—the did not have such good luck, for a whole section of
few of them. I got a couple, of slaps at them with the 64th were blown away by round shot. There
my Colt while they were trying to get in at Palliser, are many missing of the other. regiments.
but Gayer, the doctor, was the only one who got a "At Cawnpore, a cookboy, woo was with the G
sword cut at them. He gave a scoundrel a very Company, by some means, escaped ; being a Ben-
neat wipe on the shoulder in return for a cut at his gales of course he could mix with the remainder of
arm, which only touched the coat. While this was his class without detection.• He is but a lad ;he
going on the rear men turned tail and left us, told us that Mr. Saunders was nailed down, hands,
galloping back as hard as their horses could go, feet, and knees ; that these barbarians the first day
and, the whole body of the Cavalry appearing from cut of his feet and ears and nose, and so left him
behind some trees, we were forced to return, at a until the next day, when some other pieces were
deuced good pace too. I never rode so hard in my cut off him, and he died. Ile had killed six men,
life. It was a regular race for our necks, for the and would have shot Nana Sahib also, that terri-
whole of the fellows were behind our small party, rible ruffian, but his revolver did not go off.
thirsting for our blood. I had a couple of fellows Poor Gildea shot five, and when there were but a
just behind me, but my old horse managed to carry few of ours left with him. to defend their barricade,
me along. I write this with shame and grief, but the insurgents sent to say that as there were so few
it was no fault of Palliser's or ours. If the rascals of them, and they did not want any more bother,
hid not left us so shamefully we could have ridden they would provida them -with boats and permit
over the 30 men and have returned steadily before them to pass unmolested. Our men were glad to
the rest of the Cavalry came up. They had in im- accede, but when iu the ceutre of the river they '
mense number of Regulars and Irregulars. For were tired upon with cannon, and their boat sunk.
the moment I fully believed • that our men were Many a widow and orphan of the E and G com-
abo.ut to join the 2d Cavalry and leave us to their panies are left. I saw the place our men defended
mercy you may imagine -hove jolly I felt. The at Cawnpore, it was - completely battered and
poor Rersaldar of
Hardinge's regiment, Nujeeb riddled ; how they managed to hold it I can't make
•
Khan, a fine tall fellow with a black beard, after out. There is a well there, and a most disgusting
saving-Palliser fell with his horse on crossing a sight it presents. I hear, 150 Kuropean people were
ditch we had to pals, and was cruelly cut up. thrown into it naked.
Seven of our men were killed, while they "One of the insurgent collectors took two of our
say. they polished off five of tho Regulurs ; but I lades for his own private ends ; but I had the
believe this to be a lie, for I only saw one body, that pleasure of laughing in his countenance as he swung
of a havildar of the 2d Cavalry. The wretched iu front of our camp. He was an ugly-looking
creature's bridle broke when charging down, and scoundrel. These lad 03 had, of course, been killed
his horse took him slap into the middle of our before we arrived.
fellows. Our - men were nut disbanded, as they "As for hanging, it is nothing, it is quite a com-
had not mutinied, but it was determined to use mon thing to have a few swung up every day ; the
them as baggage guards only, &c. The necessity least thing will 'do it. We have a provost marshal
for doing so was afterwards proved, as I shall re- and his staff here, and they would hang a European
late in the course of my tale. ,Well, the stand if they found him plundering, or give him a dozen
made in the gardens was very soon over, and tae on the spot if they found him half-a-mile from his
whole force ,scuttled off, leaving carts containing camp ; but as for a: native the least thing is suffi-
all sorts of baggage, and great was the plunder cleat to hang bins. We have had one European
there if. Our boys had been 24 miles, so we could hung ; but they are very loth to do anything to the
go no further, and we encamped this side of the Europeans. The fellows missing I hear had such a
city. We were in our tents about two.o'clock, lot of rupees that they could not keep up, and they
and after having a little grub 1 sallied out to see were too greedy to throw • them away. Cawnpore
what was to be had. A Major-General's white was full of all kinds of liquor, from champagne to
saddle-cloth, edged with gold lace, an English beetled beer, 'and our fellows used it too freely.
leathern valise, two good durries, a Cashmere The aushorities were enrage'! at this.
chola, a pistol, a lot of puggry cloth, some horse " Things ate all done suddenly here, and we, the
traps, and a pollparrot, proved a valuable addition 78-h Highlanders and 64th, were ordered acrossthe
to my stock of property. The town was sacked by river to proceed to Lucknow. It took five days
the Europeans, Sykeses (as the soldiers call the bef re all was over and ready to move. Here it
Sikhs), and camp followers, and some of the prin- rained almost incessantly, and my party, which
cipal houses blown up, and thatched houses burnt. was the last, had no shelter, for on a march like
We came on yesterday -without anything happen- ours no tents are brought, so some of the men
ing, except that some donkey in the volunteer bad to wander about all night in the rain,
cavalry swore he saw a body of men in a village, without a roof to shelter them ; the consequence
and shot and shell was pitched into the place as was that a good many took the cramps arid died,
quick as the guns could fire. It was found after- Sergeant-Major Bon ynge among the rest. Lambert
wards that the place was empty, and so much good is now sergeant-major.
ammunition was thrown away for nothing. Well, Well, we at last marched for Lucknow, and the
those rascally Irregulars in the rear with the bag- first reception we got after marching a few miles
gage, hearing the guns, actually attempted to turn was a few round shot, which was kept up very
it back. They were sharply looked after by the quickly, for the enemy were uvler excellent cover;
Highlanders, and were disbanded last night. We we marched up among trees, deployed, and lay
heard this morning that the rebels were making a down. Our guns commenced to play ;as they ad-,
stand at Aoung, about four miles on the Futteh- vanced we did also, to cover them, deploying and
pore side. of the big bridge, and we also heard that lying dawn to prevent the balls hitting us. Our
they were breaking the bridge down. The reports skirmishers rushed into the' entrenchment and
were true, for we found them at and beat drove them out; bat then there was a fortified vil-
them back again after a couple of hours' good fight- lage, we had to rush into that, and such shooting
ing. They made capital Flay with their guns, but you cannot dream of ! You would see one of out
we were too sharp with them. I joined the 64th men going quietly round a corner with a quick eye;
and 84th Regiments, and went into the ranks with the first to see shot the other.. The whole of the
my old double-barrelled gun. The round shot and houses had to be searched in this manner, and the
bullets played into us like rain, but few fellows village, when thought deeded, set on fire ; but,
were struck. Major Stirling (64th), a splendid fellow, after all, as I passed the village-carrying the Queen's
had a very narrow escape ; be was about 10 yards colour, a lot of balls whistled past me, and several

.•-....-,',"

JAY
" We have puniihe3 offenders so rigidly that I
,oink we shall have. little trouble after the rebel-

lion is put down. Lucknow is all safe. The apprciach
of our troops has drawn the insuri -itts off, and it is
supposed that they are intrenching themselves
somewhere on the road. : _ .

"The defect the Cawnpore rebels sustained in) :
four engagements 'has disbar tened-therre greatly,
and there is no doubt the work our brave boys have
before them" will be accomplished without much
trouble. They:cannot stand a hand-to-hand fight
with Europeans,. arid the " Hurrah" which pre-
cedes the charge strikes ai • much terror into
their cowardly hearts as a round of grape.
You know that the day 'was won in our •
last engagement by a gallant charge made by our
fellows upon the enemy late in the evening, when
we had been fighting for threehours, after marching
nearly the whole day under a sun that knocked the
boys down by the dozen. Poor fellows. We bad
cart-loads of them sick from sore feat and sunstrokes.
We had beaten them back from battery to battery.
You know the way. Our big guns pounded them,
and we ran in with a cheer and took each battery
with the bayonet. The sundown, and we advanced
in front of the only battery they had left drawn up
ou the Grand Trunk road. The fire was fea'ful.
The whole of the force was assembled there. We
lay down in the fold while the round shot and
rape literally tore the ranks up.. The guns should
have been up, but the bullocks -were too fagged
and tired to drag them over the heavy ground. The
old general at last saw it was too much. The devils
were pelting at us with their bands playing. I saw
and heard them distinctly, and up he came, ',Get
up, my lads, and take those guns.' Up we
got with a Cheer—it was more like a howl—and
charged up, giving them a volley at 80 yards, and
ran in. It was too much. The valiant 11,000 fled
befogp us, and iu a few moments the gnus were ours;
and Cawnpore was gained.
" We lay out there all night, after collecting the
wounded—hungry, thirsty, and cold, with nothing
but dirty ditch'water to drink, but it was like nec-
tar ! Our baggage had been left behind, four miles,
and we saw: nothing of it until .9 o:elock next morn-
ing, when we marched into Cawnpore. It was hard
work for all, but the poor sick and wounded, how
they must have suffered ! Poor Captain Currie,- of
her Majesty's 84th, with which I remained during
the lost fight, was knocked down by a round shot
from the big gun, a 24-pounder which we' took
at the close of the day. Nearly the whole of
is back was carried away,_ poor fellow, and yet
he lingered for three days. I attended him and
gave him water on the field that day, and saw his
wounds I never saw such a shocking sight. Other
poor fellows kid their legs taken off, and others
their arms. It was a sac!, gad sight, and made me
truly- thankful for the escapes I had had."

men were shot. • Adjutant Brown received two
wounds here, one in the arm, the other in the leg,
both only flesh wounds. You would pity' the poor
fellows shot, some in the'face and neck; others I,gs
broken, men helping them along with the damaged
leg trailing along the ground. -
" After they were driven through the village they
attacked us in the open plain ; but our guns soon
made them ' leiVe that,' so they skirted as hard as
they, could. They had a .great many cavalry ; we
have none, except some infantry Men from all regi-
ments, who have been formed into two squadrons ;
also a squadron of gentlemen volunteers.
"Well, having beaten them thus far, and having
taken 15 of their guns, awl it being tken half-pa=t
11 in the day, we rested in the open plain in the
burning sun to get a glass of grog ands me break-
fast. We stopped 2i hours, and proceeded
to a fortified town some miles away. The enemy,
of courze, opened fire on us, awl there being no
trees to shelter the fottificatiou our artillery played
splendidly. We deployed, , and advancel,, and lay
down, taking our time from the artillery, sent out
skirmishers and a regiment, all of which closed on
the town and broke into the place; the other regi-
ments closing and following. There was a good
deal of shooting inside. At last it terminated, and
the British mare ed in triumphant. It was then
nearly 6 in the evening, so the whole day, you may
say, we had been fighting, and the whole day we
had been in paddy fields up to our hips in water,
which was a good thing for us in the'heit.
" We thought that all the people had left the
town ; but no such thing. We lay in front of a
sheet or water; but our Grenadiers lay in the town,
and the insurgents were firing on them alt night.
" Our muskets are useless compared with the
Enfield rifle, and it was the regitherits Who were in
possession of these that did nearly all the business* ;
however, the skirmisheri Of my regiment. captured
two guns. We cap ured four guns in the town',
leaving us .19 altogether ; the enemy only carried
off. e. -
" I slept in .the!field, in the open air, all night
under the piles of arms, and no rouser' the signal
to mat ch, having sounded, I slept until half-past 5.
I was tired, especially having had to march with
my bad heel. We stopped in the span until twelve
o'clock that day, and were then ordered into the
town. We were glad to get out of the sun, but no
sooner did we move than an order was issue 1 to
march that evening at 2. It was very hot, espe-
cially for us who had beeirin.the sun all day. Guess
our surprise When we found we were, retire.'
Yes, the General found he had only 1,200 men—
that, on an average, he had lost, between death,.
men going sick, and killed and wounded, 50 men
per day—he could not venture to Luclin.ow with
thissmall force and, probably4simiiar daily decrease
of men, and, although all were diApirite 1, I think
he has acted wisely. We marched about • seven
miles and yesterday about seven more to this vil-
lage, which is about five miles from the river which
separates us from Cawnpore. We may lee here for
a fortnight waiting for reinforcements. lam glad
of the rest, and those native huts which I once de-
spised, lam glad to occupy now. I don't know
he name of the village we are in now. It is dark.'

The.follow,Angletter from a lady shows the effect
of the disaster at Dinapore
" Raneegunge Aug. 7.
" The last I wrote was dated from Calcutta. We
returned to this place three weeks ago, es it was
thought quite safe when the native troops were or-
dered away, but now I regret to say that we are all
in a tumult of confusion ; the troops not above SO
miles from this, and the Berhampore natives having
risen, we are. overwhelmed • with refugees from all
places. Some of the poor creatures have come with-
out a thing but what they have on, and I am
obliged to give them all changes of clothes for a,
time. li think we have not had less than 60 or 70
people, and more are still waning. Many camel
riding in for 70 miles on one horse, and one gentle
man without a saddle.--a doctor and two others in
nothing but their nightclothes, as they startec/
while the wretches were firing into their bungalows.:
Charles bad to lend than clothes to go down to
ICalcutta
" We have a company of the Siks here, who have
all along fought Torus, teing quite a different caste
and race to the mutineers ; but still I feel afraid of
them, and would be delighted to •see the faces of
English soldiers • they say some are coming up by
train to-day or t4-morrow.
" This is an important station, as' the coal manes
are here, and communication is kept up with the
Grand Trunkroad, which leads frOin this to all the
North-West stations.
"Three regiments of native troops made their
escape from Dinapore the other day through the im-
becility of Genaral.Lloyd, commanding the station.
He had orders to disarm them, and had a EuroPean
regiment and artillery for the purpoge,- and had
every opportianity Of doing it, ,as one European re-
giment. is at all times equal to two or three of those
cowards, who are only brave when murdering de-
fenceless women and children ; besides he bad can-
non placed along their lines and .had only the order
to give, and the English would have fired into them
and been the means of saving many lives 'and!a
great deal of Government treasure. Thefellows got
away, as General Lloyd told them itt the morning
that they were expected to give up their arms by 4
p.m., giving, them 6 hours to think of it ; irr the
meantime they got away, and 'the Europeans went
after them, but not far, as they had to protect the
station. It issotery important place. Well, the Se-
pops are -all in the neighbourhood of Dinapore ;
they went and released many hundre'd •priaoners
and murdered. a Dr. Garner, his wife, and ch id
while they were out for a drive. The youngest
child of two years was save Iby the servants. 'The
peop'e came rushing down here as fast as they
could. The poor missionaries with their families
came in last night, some in palaies, some in litters,
and many on foot and wet through. They want-to
the magistrate's, as we bad not -a room empty. We
had 3 and 4in a room, and many in the sdining
room, but most.of them have gone down by rail to-
day. Charles is going to send some of my furniture
down and will write to a friend to look out for room
for me again in Calcutta. If the troops don't ar-
rive soon the whole country will be taken by the
natives, and that is the truth. You must have
heard of the Cawnpore massacre. Oat of 500 or 700,
I don't know exactly, only three or four eicape.d,
the whole station buret to the ground, and the men,
women, and children cut up and thrown down the
large well which they have there. Many bodies
were found iu the streets ; but the horrors of that
are too shocking to dwell upon. Is this not enough
to make me tremble ? which I do, and, in truth, I
am almost in a fever of excitement. May the Al-
mighty help us. And poor Charlt a can't leavehis
situation. • I shall not fear so much if the English
soldiers c)me up."

THE 73n BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY.
The following is an extract from a letter which
will be interesting to some of our readers. The
regiment to which the writer belongs is the 73d
Bengal Native Infantry, one of the very few that
hwe not yet mutinied. It should b 3 aided that
there are no European troops in the neighbeurhood
of the` station

" Jelpigoree, July 3).
" We have been a little urveraled lately in con-
sequence of a‘discovery that there were-some 12 or
15 men in the regiment who were disposed w
mutiny, and, if possible, to kilt their officers. We.
at once arrested the ringleaders, tri i:1 . them by
court-martial, and sent them .to the gaol heavily
ironed. The putting on of irons is almost the
greatest indignity which can be offered to a high
caste Sepoy, so we naturally felt anxious dining and
after the process. However, all went smoothly,
and they are now on their way to Calcutta. After
this we breathed a little more freely, -but the sequel
will show how nearly we brought the storm on our
own heads. A day or two alter information was
brought us by a faithful Sepoy that two men bad
been to him, regretting that they could not get up
a party to attack the officers at mess ; they ex-
pressed themselves as ready to do ,so if they could
induce more to join them. Our informant promised
to join them. The next day they got their party
augmented to six, and made their arrangements for
that very evening ; they were to have a boat wait-
ing on the river, which runs close under the mess-
house, to make a dash at the officers while at din-
ner, jump into the boat, and escape into Bhotan.
They dared not trust themselves. on this side, as
the regiment would not join them. We heard all,
this just as we were going to a grand entertainment
given by our regiment to the Irregular Cavalry.
We thonght it better to go, and we therefore went.
We remained three hours in the midst of them
all, knowing that some few were contemplating
our murder in the evening. Up to this time we
had had no opportunity of consulting as to what was
to be done ; in fact nothing was settled till I
mounted my horse, and went down to the lines in
a tremendous storm of rain. I had the whole patty
arrested. They were taken up by Sepoye, guarded
by them ' all night, and packed off by them in a
boat next morning for Calcutta.
";This seems to strove fully ant we may rely on
the regiment as a body ; they never would ban