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The Saturday Review has received the following
graphic narrative from an officer in the Artillery,
attached to the force under General Havelock. It
gives a clear and continuous description of the pro-
ceedings of that gallant commander from the com-
mencement of his brilliant campaign on the Ganges :
" Oude 'side of the Ganges, 26th July.
" Whet with bard marching; hard fighting, and
hard work my time has of late been fully occupied.;
but now that a spare day happily supervenes—while
the remainder of the force are effecting the crossing
of the Ganges—l proceed to give you au account
iof the operations of Havelock's column, ordered to
the relief of Cawnpore, from the commencement of
the march up to the present time.
" This body of troops, consisting of a portion of
her Majesty's 78th Highlanders and 64th, part of
'tlge Ist Madras Fusiliers, a company of Royal Ar-
:tillery from Ceylon,. a few volunteer horse (mostly
;officers of the broken Sepoy regiment), a party of
;about 80 of the 13th Irregular Horse, and 150
Sikhs—in all, about 1,100 men, of whom 800 were
English, the whole under the command of Briga-
dier-General Havelock—marched from Allahabad
on the evening of the 7th July, to join an advanced
force of 700 men, partly Europeans, partly Sikhs,
under command of Major Renaud, Ist Madras Fusi-
liers, who had proceeded on in front some 40 Miles:
"The rains had fairly set in for some time
'past, and an incessant down-pour on the two
preceding days had utterly soaked tents and
baggage. It cleared up a little on the morning of
the 7th • but as the long column began to move
off in the afternoon, down came therein again. Our
route for the first two miles lay through the large
stud densely -populous native city of Allahabad.
The inhabitants lined the streets and swarmed on
to the howetope in gloomy silent crowds, to behold
the first really offensive demonstration of their Fe-
ringhee masters since the commencement of the
outbreak. Most of the Hindoos appeared to be
either indifferent or apprehensive ; but wherever a
Mahomedan was seen, there was a scowl on his
brow and a curse in his heart. That night we
camped in a snipe swamp, with the rain still pour-
ing down on us. •
" Next day the aspect of affairs changed for the
better. The rain ceased—the sun tame out and
dried our draggled feathers—the Grand Trunk
Road, along which our route lay, was in splendid
order, and the force moved briskly on through a
beautiful, flat, fertile, well-wooded country, like the
Weald of Kent without the hedges.- Everywhere
along the -road were traces of the most wanton
destruction. All the little police-stations were naci
unroofed, the telegraph posts cut down, the mile
stones broken, the staging- bungalows gutted
and burnt—every village was deserted and de-
sti oyed. The contrast between this state of things
and what it was two years ago, when I passed down
this way, and beheld the great road thronged With
traffic, and each petty hamlet swarming with lite
and activity, was striking in the extreme.
" After proceeding by regular marches for three
days, intelligence reached the general which deter-
mined him to push. on by forced marches, and over-
take Major Renaud. Accordingly, the column
pressed forward along the same noble 'road and
through the same description of country, passing
here and there evidences of our people's handiwork
in the shape of men hung by fours and fives on the
trees by the roadside, till the morning of the 12th
the two .forces joined on the line of march and drew
up on their encamping ground, a fine open plain,
about four miles distant from the city of Futtey-
pore. We were ordered to remain in position, resting
on our arms, until a pirty of the Volunteer. Horse,
sent on 2 miles ahead to reconnoitre, should have re-
turned. The main body of the force had marched 24
miles that morning, and the general hope was
for breakfast rather than a fight. Men and officers
had lighted their pipes, and a cluster of us were
assisting at the manufacture of a brew of tea; when
one, who had been employing himself with his
field-gla,,s, drew-the attention of his neighbours to
our small party of volunteer horse, who were re-
turning be'ore their time. A moment after, a
large body of cavalry in white emerged from the
distant trees on the edge of the plain, in full pur-
suit. Instantly the bugle sounded, the ranks fell
in, and we stood all ready.
" Meanwhile a large body of infantry followed
the cavalry, and now debouched on the plain, ac-
companied by guns, which moved forward and
opened fire at long range on the small handful of
English horsemen riding quietly down the road
towards us.
" And now the English force got the word to
advance. Guus_and skirmishers were ordered to
the front—the artillery pushed on in line with the
Enfield rifles—and soon came into action with the.
enemy's guns. The first three were taken after
a short, sharp interchange of shots, wherein
the precision and rapidity of the English fire at once
established its superiority. The enemy .fled from
their guns, and retreated to a second battery placed
on the road in the rear. Here they again made a
stand. Meantime the skirmishers on both sides
were' hotly engaged, and the enemy's cavalry were
_moving round, trying to outflank the line, so that
the guns had to halt several times during'their ad-
vance, and opened fire on the right and left to keep
them in check. It was hard work, for the ground
the artillery had to traverse consisted almost en.
tirely of irrigated fields, in their softest and mud-
diest state, so that the gun-wheels sunk deep, and
it was all the tired bullocks could do, assisted by
the efforts of the gunners at the wheels, to get' the
guns along. At length, however the English artil-
lery c tine into action again, with the enemy's gui
and infantry in front. There were a large number of
them in rear of the principal battery, couspicuous
amongst whom movedan elephant and its rider, who
directed their movements. A capital shot from Capt.
Maude's battery knocked over the elephant, and
this seemed to be the signal for another retrograde
movement on the part of the enemy, who abau-
doned their guns and retreated. We followed, and
so the running fight was kept up till the town of
Futteypore came in sight. Here the enemy again
made a stand amongst the houses and gardens, but
were speedily driven out by our men, who pressed
forward, eager for vengeance.
" At the entrance of the main street of Puttees-
pore; the road was blocked up by 'a barricade of
carts and baggage waggons. It was so close and firm
and placed in such an advantageous position, that
it was supposed to be a defence run up by the foe,
and that they meant to make a stand ; but by the
time the artillery had thrown in a few shrapnel, and
the skirmishers had worked ronnd to the flanks, it
was discovered that the supposed barricade was
nothing more than an inextricable heap of the
enemy's baggage, which had got jammed up into
such a mass of confusion between the houses on either
side the street, that they were Obliged to abandon
it. In the midst of the ruck were two new 6-poun-
ders, with limbers and ammunition complete, be-
sides large stores of gun and musket ammunition ;
and a little beyond, two tumbrils of treasure were
found, one of which fell into the hands of those
astute plunderers the Sikhs, and was no more seen.
" This was a grand chance for 'loot, and all
hands, Europeans and natives, were soon at work
investigating the contents of the baggage waggons.
Ladies' dresses, and worsted work, and other tokens
of our unhappy lost countrywomen, constantly
came to light amongst the spoils, and made the men
still wilder for vengeance.
" It took some little time before the baggage carts
could be sufficiently cleared off to either side for the
artillery to get through. At length this was accom-
plished, and the guns passing onward fired their
last shot at the enemy's infantry, who were now
in full flight about a mile on the other side of the
town.
" During the action, the mutineer cavalry had all
the time been hanging on our flanks, trying to get.
round to the rear and cut into the baggage tram ;
but being everywhere met and repulsed, they at
length drew
off round to the right of the city,
where the Ist Fusiliers, accompanied by the Irre-
gulars, had a most fatiguing trudge after them
through the swamps. At one time they got so close
to a party that the Irregulars were ordered to
charge. The horsemen went forward, then turned,
and came back at a gallop, with the enemy's cavalry
hard after them, leaving their native commandant,
the only man amongst them who was known to be
really true to the English, dead on the ground. It
was evident the Irregulars would not act against
midday, and the sun
their
,iTrinreuttiinmeeer rawcaosmnodwes.
past
for the last three hours had been striking down
with frightful intensity. Many had been struck
down by sun-stroke during the heat of the action ;
and now that the excitemcntof the fight had passed
away, the whole force was utterly exhausted with
heat and fatigue—men and officers indiscriminately
threw themselves down wherever a morsel of
shade was to be found, and went off into
a deep sleep. About 3 p.m. the tents and
baggage came up. I don't think many were
pitched that day ; but many a soldier blessed the
considerate foresight of the commissariat officer, w/to
had sent on camels lightly laden with biscuit and

rum, so that each man bad a. biscuit and a dram
served out to him forthwith.
" Next day the forces halted to secure and bring
in the captured guns, eleven in number, and to de-
stroy all the ammunition that could not be carried
on. A good. mane Government gun bullocks were
also brought in during the course of the day • and
some Sepoys, caught lurking in the town and stir-,
rounding villages, wore incontinently hung.
" The activity displayed by the enemy's horse-
msn in Vie precedingfr action was very remarkable.
They moved round our force, menacing us at dif-
ferent points, with extraordinary rapidity ; and in
so far as manoeuvring in the field went, their
cavalry was perfect. Now, I w:sh to draw par-
ticular attention to this fact—tecause these very
men were our own regular troopers, mounted on
our own regular cavalry horses, but armed and
equipped after their owr, instead of the regu-
lar cavalry fa-hion. The regular Bengal
Cavalry, equipped an I overloaded with their ac-
con rements, have tteveabeen of any particular use
in the army hitherto ; but this shows what they
might be made under a better system.
"On the 14th the force marched again. There
were many evidences, as we moved forward, of the
precipitancy with which the rebels had fled—chest:
of cartridges were lett by the side of the road, tents
were left .tending in their camp, and portions of
tents were scattered all along the route. Our com-
pany made
.a very foit ensto capture of 40 barrels of
porter in a village on tt.e road, which proved a
most acceptable supply to oor men. This day, when
we went into camp, the opportunity was taken a'
quietly dismounting and disarming the Irregulars,
whose further fidelity teemed extremely dubious.
Though the loss of theirservioesCwas a most serious
inconvenience at such a juncture, yet it was felt to
be best to get rid of a body of men whom nobody
trusted, and who, justly or unjustly, were regarded
with an evil eye by all.
" On the following day we started at dawn, with
the knowledge that the enemy had again collected
in force, and had euttenched themselves on the road
ahead of us. After proceeding about 5 miles, we
at length came in sight of the rebels in position at
a village called Ooug. . Directly we came within
range of their guns they opened fire: The artillery
and skirmishers ou our side moved out to the front
as before, with the main body of troops following.
The mutineers came out from the village and gar-
den enclosures towards us in perfect skirniishing
order, and bath sides were soon hotly engaged. After
a smart skirmish our guns silenced the enemy's ar-
tillery, and our men began to gain ground, driving
the mutineers back upon the village. At this junc-
ture their cavalry came out from behind the en-
closures, and moved for ward through the trees, me-
our right, and pressing down unpleasantly
close ;lout the guns were immediately turned onthem
and it was only after some well thrown shrapnel had
emptied a score or more of saddles, that they-could
be made to keep their distaac e Failing in this
atcetnpt, they rode away to our rear, and, had
it not been for the cool gallantry of the hos-
pital sergeant of the 78th, would have cut "up our
baggage ; but he collecting all the invalids and
stragglers in the rear formed a small rallying square
of about a hundred men, and received them with
such a fire of musketry that they rode off discom-
fited, leaving many dead behind them.
" Meantime the fight went on through the vil-
lage. Ile rebels fought fiercely, even' after their
grins were taken, and it was soma little time before
our men could clear them out ; but this was at
length effected—tLo artillery passed through, and
the whole force halted to bte sthe and drink water
on the other side.
But our work was only half done as yet—there
was another entrenchment with two heavy guns
still to be taken. They were placed in a position
which swept the road for a mile, just on the other
side of the Pandoo Nud&e, a large difficult stream
spanned by a bridge of three arches, which, if bro-
ken down—and we knew it was mined—would
seriously have checked our progress. Nothing could
save it but pressiug the enemy hard, so on we went
again. The heat was, as usual, frightful, but the
men bore up, having the exci, ement of battle on
them. After proceeding another two miles just
as the head of the column wound out from amongst
the mango groves, at a turn where the road ran
straigLt across the plain—two puffs of white smoke
burst from a low ridge in our front, followed by
the report of two heavy guns, and. a couple of 24-
pound shot, beautifully thrown, crashed right into
us, wounding men and gun-bullocks. Another and
another followed in rapid succession ; the fire was
heavy and most accurate.
" Our light field-pieces were no march for the
enemy at this game of long bullets, so the order was
given for the artillery to advance and engage when
within practicable Tenge. The guns went steadily
down the road, under a continuous fire of round
shot-, varied, as we draw nearer, by shrapnel, till a
fair range was
gained—thou the guns rapidly un-
limbered and ()panel fire. The effect was marvel-
lone. Our heavy opponents ceased firing immedi-
ately. We could not understand this at the time,
but discovered when we went up to the entrench-
ment, that our shrapnel bullets had smashed
their sponge-staffs almost at the first fire, so that
they could no longer load their guns. Their skir-
wishers were meantime giving way
before ours, and
our guns now turned on their cavalry, who were
massed in the front. The Enfield riflemen, too,
were creeping forward ; and coon the whole rebel
force turned right about, and went off. It was just
as well we did press forward that day ; for, as we
cro Bel the bridge, we found that they had tried to
blow it up, but failed for want of time—the explo-
sion had only thrown down the parapet walls, leav-
ing the arch sound.
" It was universally remarked how much closer
and fiercer the mutineers fought that day. If they
had only been under a competent leader, it would
have been a much more serious affair, for the infe-
rior • details of their movements—such as depend
upon the mechanical training of the soldiers—were
perfect ; but the master millet was wanting. Hence
the sepoya, always came into action very well, but,
as the battle went on, got bo leered, and made a
mess of it. . Our want of cavalry in these actions
was most severely felt—a couple of squadrons even
would have been of most incalculable use.
" The tired troops camped -down that day on the
spot where our last gun was fired, and got what rest
th y could, haviug taken five guns. Late that night
a rumour spread through c imp
that a still heavier
fight awaited us on themorrow, and during the next
morning's march • this iroelltgence was confirmed.
The whole of the mutineer regiments at Cawnpore
—about 4,000 infantry and 500 horse—bad come
down with the B.theor I.;ajah, otherwise called the
Nana Sahib, to Me It us, and had taken up a posi-
tion at the fork of the Grand Trunk Road, about
four miles from Cawnpore, where one read branches
in o cantonments, and the other goes straight on to
Delhi. Here they had strongly entrenched them-
selvee with heavy guns placed so as to command
the road, and sweep it with a flanking fire.
" We were then 22 miles off, which determined
our general to march on 14 miles that morning,
and attack in the afternoon: Accordingly, the force
bivouackedunder the treee, cooked food and ate, and
at 1.30 p.m. were again on the march, proceeding to
.the attack ; for the position of the enemy's forces
and guns being known, it was determined to make
a detour, and attack them in flank, which required
time. This I believe to have b ,en one of the most
severe marches ever made in -India. In the full
midday heat of the worst season in the year did our
troops start, each man fully armed and accoutred,
with his 60 rounds of ball ammunition on him. The
sun struck down with frightful force. At every Asp
a man reeled out of the ranks, and threw himself
fainting by the side of the road—the calls for water
were incessant all along the line. At length came
the point for the flank movement, and the column
turned off into the fields. It had not proceeded
half a mile before the enemy caught sight of us,
and opened a fierce, well directed fire frpm their
heavy guns, by which the 78th and
.64th suffered
some loss. Through this storm of round shot and
shrapnel the troops quietly pioceeded, till the
turning point of the flank march was gained, and
then, forming up in line, with artillery in the inter-
vals, advanced steadily down upon the enemy's
position. The artillery first moved forward and
engaged the heavy gum—which were pelting into
us all this time—and the remainder of the troops,
with the exception of the skirmishers, who were
hotly engaged on our flanks, lay down.
" After a ftw rounds at different ranges, it was
found thatlltdn
theed
by eil
silence
guns in the village were so
v
and houses that our artil-
Ie
ry i s
hoee r
a fire as ever, and their infantry too, from behind
Noeu
l c aot e
v ay
their cover, kept up a constant fire. Hereupon the
enemy's
They kept up as hot
78th were ordered to advance and take the village.
They rose, fired one rolling volleyas they advanced,
arid then moved forward with sloped arms and
measured tread, like a wall—the rear rank locked
up as if on parade—until within 100 yards or so of
the village, when the word was given to charge.
Then they all burst forward, like an eager pack of
hounds racing in to the kill, and in an instant they
were over the mound and into the village. There
was not a shot fired or a :lout uttered, for the men
wore very fierce, and the slaughter was propor-

•
tionate. I've just got three
'em out of ono
house, sir,' said a 78th man, with a grin, to me as I
met him at a turn of the- village.
" The English force were now fairly within the
enemy's lines, and they Went forward, taking guu
after gun, and driving everything before them ; but
meantime, the enemy's cavalry and a portion of
their infantry hid moved round, and part of our
artillery had to turn round and hold them in check.
At one time, indeed, • our. stnailehandful of troops
were completely surrounded. The inutineers fought
fiercely and well, and if there had only been ahead
to guile them, we most have fought hard to, save
even our bare ives •, but unity of purpose prevailed
over multitudes: One by one their posit-ons we o
carried, and the final advance of the 61th,
when
they charged and took a heavy gun that had up to
that time been playing on our troops with murder-.
ous effect, finally settled the business. After, that
there was no more regular opposition, and, just as
night set in, the English force formed up and bivou-
acked on the plain, just beyond the grand' parade
ground of Cawnpore.
" This was a hard fight. So many fell' out on
the road, that there could not be shore than 1,000
men of all sorts in action on our side, opposed to
at least 5,000 of the enemy: s In the former actions
our artillery and skirmishers' did most of the work,
hut here the brunt ofthelaattlefellon the infantry.
The Sikhs are reported to haire fought like devils
The fact of their mutineerbrethren's throats having
been cut by the Bengal -sepoys had come to their
knowledge, and rendered them even more savage
than the English soldiery, if that were possible,
against the mutineers." Here, More than ever; was
our want of cavalry felt ; for the enemy's horse
got off-comparatively ae.atheleas, besides ereeping,
round to our rear -and cutting up our wounded
men. They made a dash at a small hand.l'ul of our
skirmishers—about a dozen of the Fusiliers—who,
with their officer, Seton, had got separated from
the rest. Seton called his men round him, and
formed square'; the csvalry dathel at them,- but
swerved off from a coOl, steady fire, every bullet of
which brought dirsen a man,- and _the little party
rejoined their regiment unhurt. The only guns the
enemy carried away were two Horse Artillery guns,
which we could not catch—the remainder, to the
number of eight, all heavy guns, remained with us.
"There was supper that night, and n- bed but
the wet ground, but no man wanted litter to make
him sleep after such a day's work. In the middle
of the night there was an alarm, and the tired force
had to start up and stand to their arms again.
" I cannot omit to mention here an instance of
cool courage on the part of a man of the 64th, which
came to my knowledge -after the action was over.
Early in the fight he had his leg shattered by a
round shot; and as he lay on the ground the horse-
men came down to cut him up. laying on his back
he shot the first—they drew back—he load-d again
and shot a second—they began to move, he loaded
again and shot a third—whereupon the troopers
went off and left the wounded man in his glory.
This man's leg was amputated next morning, and
he is now rapidly recovering.
" Next morning, soon after daybre alc, while wait-
ing for the baggage to come up preparatory to en-
camping, as we lay idly looking towards the belt of
trees and houses acrcos the parade ground, all at
once a huge dense white pillar of smoke rose in the
air, unfolding volume upon volume, moune ing still
upwards in the sky, like the Genie of Arab story—
fol'owed presently-by a report and concussion of the
air, as when a large mortar is fired: .The enemy
had blown up the grand magazine and arsenal, feur
miles and a half distant.
" And now, alas ! came intelligence which turned
the joy of our victory into mourning. We learnt on
the march up that about 100 of our women and
children were still alive at Cawnpore. The thought
of releasing them from their cruel bondage had been
a matter of happy speculation throughout the camp.
We now learnt from people who came in th it the
Nana Sahib had caused every slut of them to be
murdered in cold' blood the day before, when he
found the fight going against him.
" Cawnpore, formerly the largest, handsomest,
and wealthiest station in the north-west, was
now one desolate wilderness of roofless gutted
houses. Traces of the most wanten devastation
met the eye at every step—every door and gate
was pulled off i s hinges. Some officers of the
force visited the place wherein the fearful tragedy
of the day had been enacted. It was a native house
of the bettermost kind, having rooms ou either
side, round an inclosed inner couriya-d. where
these unfortunate ladies and soldiers' wives, and
their children, had been confined ; and it was told
to me as an actual and literal fact, that t'le floor of
the inner room was two inches deep in blood all
over—it came over men's shoes as they steppe".
Tresses of women's hair, and children's shoes, and
articles of female went-, broad hats and bontets,
books, and such like things, lay so st'erel all about
the rooms. There were the marks of bullets and
sword-airs on the walls—not high up, as if men
had fought, but low down, and about • theecor-
ners, where the poor crouching creatures had been
cut to pieces. The bodies of the victims had been
thrown indiscriminately down a well just behind
the house, land were there to be seen- a mangled
heap, with an arm or leg protruding -here and
there. If the Black Hole of Calcutta brought cloven
such retribution on its perpetrator, what vengeance
can be meted out for this ?
"That same evening, intelligence came in that
the Nana Sahib had destroyed himself -in despair
(ho is still alive and in Oude), that his place Bithoor
was evacuated,. and that the. Cawnpore insurgents
had disperSei in the wildest fear. A detachment
was instantly sent out to (testifier Bithoor—they re-
turned next day with 16 guns from thence.
The inhabitants of Cawnpore aepeared right glad
to get back their old masters, having practically
learnt the difference between the rule of a native
prince and the English Government. Th -y brought
supplies of all kinds with the utmost readinesi, and
assisted in discovering and bringing fee ward sepoys
hidden in the city, who were hung • as they were
caught. In the evening the. deputy collector of
Cawnpore was brought int camp. This man, a
Mussulman, and a highly-trosted. Bert/ant of our
Government, had been one of the Bithoor Rajah's
most active supporters throughout ; and when our
force was marching_ up, this astute scoundrel spread
the report that the whole of the English troops or-
' dered out from England to aid the Indian Govern-
ment had been stopped in Egypt by the Pasha, and
not permitted to pass through th it country—that
in consequence eight thousand English soldiers
only remained to be dealt with in India, and they
might eatily be harassed to death.
"Here, for the present, nay long letter ends.
The force is now engaged in crossing the broad
Ganges—a most arduous task at this time of year
—preparatory to marching oa Lucke° w. The
Highlanders and some guns are over—the rest are
earning, fast. It is hardly to much to say that
Havelock's column has reconquerecl • India. In
eight days it has marched 126 miles, fought four
actions, against greatly 'superior numbers, in the
arduous and most trying season of the whole year,
and takeu 45 guns.
" You may observe that I give no return of killed
and wounded-1 do not pretend to do so. All I
relate is from my own observation-esthe returns
will give the rest. I only know that no mane of
the enemy was ever spared that was caught."

THE DISASTER AT ARRAH.
" Patna, July 3
" I thank God that I am alive and well able to
write to you once more. I have been in great dan-
ger, and never expected to reach this place alive
again, but God has been most merciful to me. As
I dare say you would like to hear t'ie whole story I
will begin at the beginning. About a week ago,
as we have long anticipated, the three native regi-
meuts at Dinapore mutinied. The General, an
old man in his second childhood, managed the
whole affair very badly, or rather did nothing at
all. No one knew who was in command of the
Europeans, no one knew whom to look to for or-
ders, the General was not to be found, and the
consequence was that the three regiments managed
to get clear off with their arms and ammunition,
and almost without losing a single man ! The
General was advised and asked to send men after
them, but this he altogether declined to do, and
determined to keep every European in Dinapore,
to take good care of himself. A day or so after the
mutineers left we heard that they had gone to
Anal), where they were attacking poor Wake and
party, consisting of about 12 or 13 Europeans
and
50 Sikhs. Wake had strongly fortified a puch
house, and laid in lots of ammunition and food.
Directly we heard of this, and that they were hold-
ing out well, Mr. wrote to the General to send
out aid to them. At first be refuted, butnsente
after re-
ceiving a strong letter from Mr. --- he cod,
and sent off 200 Europeans in a steamer. The
next day we heard that the steamer had stuck in the
river, and that the General Lad sent orders
were in to recall
them. Of course, as Ecgl sen, we a
great rage at this,—leaving a n
and umb
Ir of ped at or fel-
lows to their fate ; so off -- start 12
u'elock at night on Tuesday last to pitch into the
old muff. When we got to Dinapore we found that
he hal been made to change his mind, and had

consented to send '-ii.nother steamer off;.. which
luckily happened jest •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 ono of the greatest friends I have
got, I determin-d 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 could not expect to get
anythiug thilroad) when we heard our advanced
guard firing. We immediately all fell in, and went
off t 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 the fight we might as well go on. After a 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 st
all right and holding out, which was. confirmed by
the-firing we heard in the direction Of Ate ah of l ig
gnus. It was a beautiful moonlight night, the
road a very bad One kutcha one in the rains),
;and woo led country on both sides of us.- We did
not- see a soul on the road, though we passed
through several villages, until_ we came to within
five bides' of Arial), 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 fade us, we still went on till we
ca,ine within about a mile of the fortkfied hoiue,
'We were .passing a thick black mango grove t--our
right,: when all of a sod len, without any warning,
the whole place was lighted up by a tremendous
vol ey 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 rememb ,r was finding myself elope, 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. Theta 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, an I 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
.1 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-
liog 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. Thine we all lay down in a square. I
was iu 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.
Tee enemy could see us, as we were all dressed in
white, while they were nearly naked, and behind
gees and walls. However, the men tired about at
random. At last the poor doctor was knocked over,
badly wounded. It was dreadful to hear the poor
wounded fellows asking for help.
" I shell never forget that night as long as I live.
We held a consultation and determined-to retreat,
as the enemy was at least 3,000 or 4,000 strong,
and had besides several cannon. Directly morning
dawned we formed seeder, and began our retreat.
The whole distance, 16 miles, 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 de ? We
could see no enemy, only puffs of smoke. We tried
to charee, but there was nobody to charge ; on all
sides they fired into us, and were scattered all over
the country in groups of tens and twenties. Dozens
of poor fellows were knocked over within a yard of
me on my right and left, but thauk God, I escaped
iu the most wonderful way. The last five miles of
the road I •cerried -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 es 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 sunning up to
murder him. I got the poor fellow safe over the
nulldlr ; I swam 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 gme through I hope will make a last-
ing impreision •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 luau'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 ye`, 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. I hope, however, *e 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 ware
killed. I will send this letter at once, for perhaps
the dak may be stopped, and I may n9t be able to
send a letter in a day or two. I-will write again if
I can, but do net 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 I
had round my hat saved me.

" August 1.
" I have just heard that about 30 men came in
,ast 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 affiir was never heard of baton in India
—most dreadful mismanagement throughout. Of
course we did not relieve poor Wake and his garri-
son. P.,or 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 c airso 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
heard that the few remaining regiments down coun-
try have mutinied,. and I suppose they have been
detained to walk into them. We want a good
General here. I think if we had ,a good bead
things might yet turn out well ; at present they
certainly :tr.) not bright. I have no end of work to
do—running about all day long. I pray to God
that whatever may happen I may be spared to see
you all once again iu 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 forg back
I
felt sure God would protect me, and bring me
in safety. Poor --- 1 every soul at Cawnpore
murdered ! I need not send this letter for t
hee
days, but I will, for fear the dak may be stoppd.
o'clock
of
p. mof
I will wilt.) again, but don't be anxious about me.
God will order all for the best, and I feel sure will
take care of me, as He has done."
.........—.•
THE MUTINY AT DINAPORE.
The following let•er is from Lieut. Robertson,
oke betweeninto a 2 n andop en 3
state
of the 7th Bengal Native Infantiy :
" I write in great baste. to save the mail. The
three Native Infantry regiments here mutinied on
the
mutiny, firing at their officers and at every Euro-
pean who appeared. The guns and Europeans (10th
Queen's) were immediately brought to bear upon
them, but immediately the fire opened the rascals
2.
5 th
that of
l dayast month
they b ;
r
made off. We burnt down some
villages
and the
native bazaar. Many of us had narrow escapes,
but not an officer d h touc was
• e ; many bullets fell
close to where I and some others were standing.
We have had several expeditions after them since
then. A. steamer was sent up to cut them off from
Arrah (a station 24 miles from this, whither they
had gone to.) I went in it, but we did not come
across them. A body of the 10th, with some vo-
lunt era (myself among the number) went out next
morning, but with equal bad lack. I have now
the worst news to give you, the account of a serious
defeat which wehave received, thus—on the evening
of the 29th, a body of Europeans, consisting of de-