True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-10-28
TFrom the London news of sept. SO]
The War in India-Posidon Of the For


pears, from the additional intelligence
published in our second edition of yester'
day, 10 be even more critical than the
first kilograms had led us 10 the expect:
He had found it necessary 10 re.cross the
Ganges to Cawnpore. On his arrival
there he found that Bitor had been occu-
pied by some 1000 mutineers from Sau'
gor and other places. He speedily com.
PEELED them 10 evacuate the place. His
force, however, it is stated by Mr.. Ed
monstone the Secretary to the govern
Ment of India, has been reduced TO 900
men worn out with fatigue, and need
ing repose. But of repose they had small
prospect. The Dude insurgents who had
followed him on his retreat, were threat
dining with him an attack from the other
side of the Ganges. Their brother mutt
neers in the south of Dude were collect
ing boats opposite to Futtehpore-it was
understood for the purpose OF crossing the
Gauges there, and advancing take Have,
lock in flank while he should be engaged
with those who threatened him from the
Lucknow road. Nor was this all the
Gwalior Contingent, strong in artillery,
were preparing to cross the Jumna at
CalIpee, to cooperate with the Dude
rebels.
Havelock was thus exposed to sim
ultaneous attack by three strong bodies
of troops, from different directions, at the
same time and it was not impossible that
while engaged with them, the remnants
of the 4 900 Saugor insurgents, whom he
had driven out of Bitore, might rally and
attack him from the North. A steamer
writes Mr.. Edmonstone, has been set
down by the General to Fultehbore, but
his force is too weak TO oppose the pas
sage of the Jumna at CaIlpee.' In con-
neclion with the threatening demOnstra-
ton of the Gwalor Contingent it ought
to be noticed that Scindiah, (of whom we
have heard nohing, while all tongues
have beer loud in praise of the loyalty
of Holkar,) is reported to have taken one
Of lis revolled regiments ipto pay. Il is
also stated that the Contingent of Bnopal
has raised the Mohammeban stanuard {;
and that the chiefs Of Baurtpose and Jey-
pore have been evincing hostile dispo-
Sltion.
There does not appear 10 be any i'm
mediate prospec, Of relief for the small
and toil-worm, and fever wasted band un.
der Havelock. The secretary TO the In
dian government inIimates that her Ma.
jesty's 9th and 2Glh-two oft the regiments
intercepted on their way to China which
were proceeding up the Ganges, have
been detained by the state of affairs in
Behar Major Pyre had succeeded in re-
Iieving the Europeans who held out at
Arrah. He had also defeated Kour Sing
who seems, however to have succeeded
in escaping into the strong fort Of Rholas
in the hill country, on the west bank of
the Some, while his brother, Amux Sing,
occupies The high ground which Aanks
the Grand Trunk Road to the west Of
Snergolty. Respecting the condition Of
the countryeast Of that place our inlor'
nation is meagre ; but it had been deemed
necessary to send the treasure from Gyah
10 Patna, and the 5.h Irregular Cavalry
who mutlnied in the Southal district, were
understood TO be moving upon Arrah,
through their exact Whereabouts was mol
known.
On the north side Of the Ganges, the
Goorkas and the Civil Servants al Cor.
rues pore, finding i. impossible to holt
both that place and Azimghur, were mo-
wing en- masee upon The latter. In The
country 10 the north and cast of Gorruck
pore the Civil Servants and Indigo plan
;ers appear to have been keeping lheil
ground with little or no mOleslaion buI
whether this might long continue to be
the case, the muliny at Segowlie, and the
oborlive attempt at mulny at Jeligporee
ender rather problematical. Further to
the west, the Dude insurgents were a
tacking the villages north of the Gahges,
and fears were enlel .ained that the lane
communication between Benares and AL
lahebad might be interrupted.
In the present very imperfect state o
our information, it would be rash TO draw
general differences from these movements
They do, however appear to indicate
something like combined operation 70
the purpose of crushing Haveock. Ii
addition to the fact that he is threatene
with simultaneous attacks from al leas
three sides, 1t will be observed that man,
Of the insurgents in Bengal and Behar-
both those in the Soulual district an
those a, Dlnabore-- are reported 10 b
pressing westward, as if with view ,
join the the Gwalior Contingent at Call
pee.
If we may infer, from these demor
strotious, that The eastern section Of con
hined insurgents aim al the destruction {
the force under qavelock, the lnferenc
will be inevitable that their counses al
, directed with something Of military skill
II Notwithstanding Reinforcement
from time TO time, and taking Allahaba
r as his point of deparIure-coud gradua
ly conquer the ground between Luckno
Deini, the members Of the insurrectio
. would be scattered to the outskirts Of Il
disturbed districts, and might with ca:
= be suppressed in detail. But if the il
. surgents from Robilcund and to Gwali
- can annihilate Havelock's little army b
fore reinforcemenls reach it, the for
. before Deini, with all its auxiliaries in L
Puhjaub and Scinde, will be insoIal'
. from the forces collecting at Calcutta, Al
II the English will be compelled to act frc
d Two independent bases of operations th'
" power being thus weakened by division
i. In the critical state of Havelook's {
70 vision, involving as it does the fate
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