The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-16
THE ARABIA'S MAILS.
The FALL OEDEIHI.
INTERESTING DETAILS.
Ihe American Financial News in Englaul.


day, 3lst Ilt by the Arabia are received The uost
interesting feature of the Is the fall Of Delhi
The details received only include the first two days
hshting The following letter to the London Times
describes the siege from tho Ttl TO the 18th Of Oc
sober, within four days of the fall. The eorres-
pondent says:
When closed my last letter We had heard that
the heavy seige train Was expected to reach the
camp In very few days, and that works were he
ing erected wherein to mount the guns ON th.;r
arrival. While the troops were thus busy the enc
my WAS inactive. There were none of those das
perste salles from the city which charactsr;zs,
the early days OF the siege, when day by day spc
cessive waves OF mutiny were shattered Against
tne heights OF the British position; and thouoh
it aneir ar'liiery was bot silent, the only sue
cess was attained on the night OF the Ist of Sen
tember. when a shell from the battery on The r,,r
ther side of the river, (of which | wrote in INV
lastl burst among picket OF the 6fst In front a.
'ne .netcaliehonse, killing two men and woundng
seven ou the morning of the 4th arrived In CANT
The long looked for siege train Of between "a md
~ heavy guns, hoTitZers and mortars with large
quantities of ammunition escorted by the remain-
ing wing Oh the oth loot, two more companies OF
the olst, and wing of the LIST Belooch battalion
OF the Bombay Army.
On the 9th came in from Meerut a most yalusbIe
reinforcement in two hundred of the Goth Rifles
ana one hundred Artillery recruits. To the latter
were ~ led firty-five men of the 9th Lancer. The
place OF this detachment was supplied mt Ne.rut
by the ith PuDjab Infantry. On the following dsv
the army vas further strengthened by the 4th
inhJao klnes under Captain Wilde, and by some
troops OF the Jheend Rajah On the night of tho
7th the advanced batteries intended for the da-
struction OF the horee bastion and the adjacent
curtain we're armed with ten heavy gun, and ,bont
600 yard, from the bastion and an enclosure with.
IN half that distance OF the walls called the Kood
sea Bsgh, was occupied by detachment Of infsntry
ana artillery. In these operations we sustained /,
iosS OF something under so killed and wounded.
two officers being among the former
The next day was marked by the openinp of the
advanced batteries on the Moree bastion and by
the arrival in Camp of the Jummoo or Cashmere
CONTINGENT. Meanwhile the engineers were hard
at work III the erection of other batteries On TN.
Il iith a mortar battery opened on the Moree from
the hoodsea Bash at little more than 500 wards,
and upon the Cashmere and Water bastions a fire
vas commenced from l6 heavy guns and bovitzers
ana 10 large nortsrs. planted at two points in
'front.' OF fthe enclosure known as Ludlow Castle and
30 noted IN Mylds map. On the 12th the attack
on the Water bastion was strengthened Nv frpr
Is Founders and two light (5h inchl ulortars
tlncreased afterwards apparently to eight of the
ioriner and twelve Of the latter,) planted at 200
anu Z3o yards from the wall and the Custon -honse
compound near the river. The fire of thu enemy
Was most severe upon the last named batteries
winch were exposed not only to the guns of the
" ater bastiOn, but to those of the oil inner fort
Of the river.
Here Captain Fagan, of the Artillery described as
most enterprising and excellent officer fell shot
through the head. No other fatal casualty occur-
rcd among the officers during these DAYS nor does
tue general loss appear to have been severe con-
sidering the proximity of the batteries to the walls
and the tenacIty Of the defence, the enemy keen
ins up vigorous fire of musketrY from rifle plts
ahd patches OF jungle oven after their heavy guns
were rendered unseryiceable This latter result
was rapidly produced by the precision and weight
oi the constant discharges from our batteries BY
tbe I"th the Cashmere baston was In ruins and had
iohg ceased TO return shot to the fire that was
cohthuaiiy Kept upon it, The adjoining curtains On
either side were similarly ruined, and from the
deCr.S OF She Moree bastion only light gun or two
at intervals replied to the heavy shot and shell that
were poured into it. Atthe other end of the yor
the Water bastion had suffered scarcely less geyere.
ly ITS extreme magazine was blown up. and light
gun which enfladed our batteries had been 81
fenced
On the morning of the 18th, soon after day.
break the assault took place. The attacking col
ninhs were-as gather frosn letter that have
seen written on the following day by.lu officer OF
rank In the army, though short. is. as far Us
know, the only communication Of 80 late a date
that has yet reached BoMbay-three iu number
one being held, q. | understand it, In reserve
lh.lr strength Is not given. The main point of as
sahlt WAS the breach at the Cashmere bastiou One
column, however, consisting of Ghoorkas and the
newly arrived Jammoo contingent was directed 10
make diversion by attacking the Kishengunge
suburb which lies outside the Lahore gate on the
western side of the city, and if it succeeded in car.
ryiDg the suburb, t. assault the gate itself But
the suburb Was occupied by the enemy In force.
with battery OF heavy guns. The Cashmerian
trooIs behaved lndifterently, and in spite OF the
Efforts oi the brave Gh' S,Sas the column re-
pulsed. Its commanding officer Major Reid of the
Sirmoor battalion. is among the wounded OF the
day; but Oh the northern side of the city all went
we'll. The troops entered at the breach with TO
serious opposition, and spreading to the left and
right occupied the whole line of dcfences from
the Water bastion to the Cabul gate including the
Cashmere gate and bastion, the Moree gate and
bastion, the English church, SINNERS house. and
the grounds about.
The principal loss sustained by the assailants
was due to the obstinate resistance they met with
Ia clearing their way along the ramparts to the
Cabul gate, aud afterwards In an attempt to peDe-
tra,c beyond that point into the denscr parts of
the city i'll the direction of the Jumna Musiid. In
all, the loss amounted to about 800 killed aid
wounded. Five officers are reported TO have been
slain. Brigadier Nicholson was wounded, and hi.
brother, of Coke's Rifles, and many others in all
about 80. OF the loss of the mutineers do not OBJ
serve even estimate 1t is only said that bodies
Of them were seen to be retreating both TO the
South of the city in the direction of kOotub, and
also across the bridge of boats and that our cayal
ry had moved round the city to intercept and
destroy the former. Our victorious infantry. pru-
IDENTIFY recalled from too hasty an advance into tho
close lanes of the city, occupied the comparatively
open space inside the Cashmere gate and the walls
which they had won upon either side of it. Head
pied by the renowned Irregular Horseman, Skin
ner, and now known to us by his name, to the
natives as Secunder's. Preparations were at once
made for shellng the enemy out of the Palace, the
Sellnghur, and the other strong places Of the city,
and the firing commenced next morning, the 18th.
BY MA syening OF that day breach was effected
in the wall of the magazine enclosure, which was
held in force by the enemy, and the place was
ttormed the next morning by the 6lst Foot and
detachments OF the Beelooch battalion and Wilde =
kiiles. In it were captured l25 pieces of cannon.
The Palace being now well exposed, the guns aud
mortars opened upon it from the magazine enclo-
sure, and the enemy appears to have fallen back at
all points. The battery on the further side of the
river seems also to have been abandoned and at the
date of the latest certain and official newsT p.
NJ, on the Lothian attack upon the magazine had
been repulsed. chain of posts had been establish
ed from the Cabul gate to the magazine, and the
enemy some hours before dayfall had been MAIN
taiDIning only detached and tssuitory warfare
from the tops Of the houses. Msny tewnspeopie
had been In and received quarter which was Of
course refused to every Sepoy All this is so salts
factory that We may well credit the tale from Jey-
pore that on the 21th the place entirely In our
hands. But snail keep tfIs letter open to the
last in hope of fuller intelligence, as steamer is
just In from kurrachee. Jeyporc reports assert
though do not credit it-that the King of Delhi
escaped to neighborins shrine ia the disguise of
woman. Scindia, Ii is moreover reported, was
raising 1300 men to intercept fugitives.
The assaiiiag force amounted 10 10000; the be-
sEgcd exceeded three or iouf u mes that number
General Wilson, before the attack commenced,
issued all address TO his band in which he stated
that no quarter was to be given to the mutinaers,
but that the women and children were to be SPAR
ed. The address strongly impressed the soldiery
with the necessity of keeping we'll together. and
by declaring that all the booty should become
the common stock of the assaiisnts, the commsn-
der restrained the indiscretion Of the troops he
led.
Spt. 17.-"The latest message from Delhi is up
70 N yasto fp
play upon the palace from the magazine enclosure
The enemy entirely abandoned the kisheDgnnge
battery, and we have found in It, in position, five
lSpounder mortars, making the total number OF
pieces ordnance taken in and before Delhi upwards
DO
"The battery across the river opposite Kinghur
Is also reported to hare been abandoned by the
mutineers, who are In detached groups hshting
from the tops of honscs their r-anizaton into
sments is fast being broken up