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ton Of time only. The British press would fam
make Us believe tbat the peat, whIe earring of

make u belere Ebat the peat, while earning OIL
Ger. Sir II. Barnard, had spared his wore fed
and hsrder worked men. IT ii, therefore, not from
explicit statements, communicated 10 the public,
but only BY way Of inference from avowed facts,
that We can arrive at some idea Of the ravages of
this terrible dsease in the ranks Of the besieeng
army. An officer in the camp before Delhi, writes,
July IA:
eve ere doing nothing toward taking Delhi, and
are merely ceieLdDg ourselves against sortes OF the
enemy. We have parts Of five European regiments,
but can muster only 1000 Europeans, for any efiec-
tive attack large detschments from each regim Mt
having been left TO protect Jullindur, Loodiapah,
Subathoo, DugFhale. Kussowle,, umbAlah, Meerll
ard Pbilaor In fact, small detachments only OF each
regiment have joined us. The enemy are far So
Ieiior to US naitilery."
Now this proves that the forces arriving from
the Pupjaub found the great northern line Of COM
msnic,ti,n from JulEndur down to Meerut in
state Of rebellion, and were consequently obliged to
diminish their numbers by leaving detaehments at
the main posts. This accounts for the arrivals
from the Punjaub not mastering their anticipated
strength, but it does not explain the reduction Of
the European force to 2, 900 men. The Bombay
correspondent Of The London Times, writing on
July 80, attempts to explain in another way the
passive attitude Of the besiegers. He ssys
"TLe reenforcements, indeed, have reached our
camp-One wiIg of the 9Th Kings one of the 6lst,
company Of foot artillery, and two guns Of native
troop, the l4th Iu gular Cavalry regiment escortng
a large ammunition traiD the I'd Pun jaub Cavalry,
the Let PuIjaub Infantry and the fth Sikh Infantry;
but the native portion of the troops thus added to the
be sic cling force not entirely and uniformly trust.
worthy brgaded though they are with Europeans.
The cavalry regiments Of the PuGiaub force contain
many MUS ulmsDs and high caste HiLdoos, from Hin.
GOstan proper. ard Rohllcund, while the Bengal
lire gular Cavalry are mainly composed Of such ee-
meIts These mt are, as a class utterly dtsIOyal,
and their presence with the force in any numbers
must be embaussaiDg-ands 80 II has proved In the
I'd PrDiaub Cavalry, il has been found necessary to
disaIm some 20 Hindostan and to hang three one
a superior native officer. OF the 9TH lrregulars,
which have been some time with the force, several
troopers have deserted, and the 4h lrregusrs have,
believe, murdered their adjutant, while on detach.
ment duly
Here another secret is revealed. The camp be.
fore Delhi, it seems, bears come likeness to the
camp Of Aersmante, AID the English have to strus-
Gle not only with the enemy in their front, but also
with the ally in their lines. Still, this fact affords
DO sufficient cause for there being only 1000 Eu-
ropeans to be spared for offensive operations. A
third writer, the Bombay correspondent Of The
Daily Neus gives an explicit enumeration Of the
forces assembled under Gen. Read, Barnards sue.
cessor, which seems Trustworthy, as he reckons up
siDgly the different elements Of which they are com.
posed. According to bis statement, about 200
Europeans and 600 Sikhs, irregular horse etc.
say altogether about 3 900 men, headed BY Brgader
Gen. Chamberlain, reached the camp before Delhi
from the Pupjaub between June 80 aud July3. On
the other hand he estimates the whole of the forces
now assembled under Gen. Read at 1000 men, ar
tilery and siege train included, that the army Of
Delhi, before the arrival Of the Punau reinforce
ments, could not have exceeded 1000 men. The
London Tim,s Of August l3, stated that Sir II.
Barnard had collected an army Of Z 900 British aud
5000 natives. Although this was fragrant eIag-
geraton, there is every reason to believe that the
European forces then amounted to about 4 900 men,
backed by a somewhat smaller number Of natives
The original force, then, under Gen. Barnard was
as strong as the force now collected under Cen
Read. Consequently, the Punjaub reinforcement.
have only made up for the wear ard tear which
have reduced the strength Of the besiegers almost
orc. half an enormous loss, proceeding partly from
the ncessant sorties Of the rebel. partly from the
the BTitish can muster emily 1000 Europeans for
"sny effective attack"
So much for the strength Of the British forces
before Delhi. Now for their operations. That
they were not Of very brilliant character may be
fairly inferred from the simple fat that since June
g, when Gen. Barnard made his report on the cap
ture Of tie hight opposite Delhi, no bulletin what
ever has been issued from headquarters. The
operations, with cir gle exception consist of saes
ade by The besieged and repused by the besiegers.
The besegers were attacked now in front AID then
in the TANKS, but mostly in the right rear The
soites took place on the 9th and Both of June,
on the Sd, 4th, 9th aid 14th Of July. On the 9th
of June, fighting was confnsd to outpost slrmishes,
lasting some hours, but toward the afternoon was
interrupted by heavy fall of rain, the first Of the
Sc JASON. On the 30th of June the insurgents showed
themselves in force among the Enclosures on the
right of the besegers haras.ing their pickets and
supports. On the Sd of July, the beseged made
ea7ly in the morning a feirt attack on the right
rear of the English petition, then advanced seTera!
miles to that rear along the kurnaul road as far as
AipoIe, in order to intercept train Of supplies and
treasure under convoy to the camp. On their way
they encountered an outpost Of the I'd Pupjaub
irregular horse, which gave way at once. On their
return to the city, on the 4th, the rebels were at
tacl cd by body of 1000 infantry and two squad
rons Of cavalry dispatched from the English camp
to intercept them. They contrived however to
effect their retreat with little or no loss and saving
all their guns. On the 9Th of July party was
cent from the British camp to destroy canal
bridge at the villsge OF Busy, come six miles from