Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-22
FROM INDIA.-THF ENGLISH ARMY BEFORE
DEF. Ill

FROM INDIA.--TlF ENGLISH ARMY BEFORE
DELHI.
The Epgilsh papers hsyo a number Of letters lion
gostS IN India relating the cpe atoms OF the army
foe Following is frrm an Artillery ofaSer
CAMP, DELHI, August 10
Neafe 10 much the same state as when L last
wrote. This last reinforcement from up-country,
consisting o. i400 more Europeans, will be in in
aoeut week, and then we do not know whether the
assnul. will take place at once OF whether we shall
mntt tor sir Patrick Grant. hope we may, as
should not like to punish these villains by halves
our men are mad 70 get at them. We have been
very muon annoyed by their guns lately they have
taken up new position on the right. which com
plelely epniades several Of cur bsttcries. An ex
petition, In which was TO have had Two guns, was
"a orders, but MSS countermarded as the ground is
excessively badi and they were afraid our loss would
oe very heavy. For the last three or tour duys We
nave had very heavy firing on holh sides, We OK
pehu ahont lVU rounds per gun, and you can imagine
ees may blaze away, when tho day before yester.
Jay a'v rouad shot were picked up Which they had
nrad. Two or three days ago so mauada Of their
powder blew NJ In the city There has been much
discussion In consequence as they have used the
Prime Minister OF having been concerned ir il, and
navs got aim prisoner. continue very well, except
bad ear'aohe which cUmes on from being exposed
at night, az they dew IS very heavy and we have
no shelter however, we ought not 70 complain.
Inc morse artillery duties are light compared with
THOSE o. The foot; cut Of l5I men At for duty, we
shnv b ,sv Tsys on 50 you can fancy what work
nd
The engineers have been trying to blow up the
bridge OF bJRts with internal machines, bat at pre-
sent have been unsuccessful ind don't sec that
We gam much we do destroy boat or two, as the
INor Is 50 70 they can easily repair II believe
the eitY will be given up TO three days plunder.
lear II Bill make our Europeans very undiscipltued
Heaven knows, they are hard enough 70 control
mere, out when they have oncs gone IN like blood
MOUNDS, and been allowed to plumber, they will be
downright demons--aftsr the way in which the 6th
oehayed AZ Allahabad, embracing their othsers
assuring them over and again Of their fidelity,
ana Mith tears entreating them to trust in them,
III me tmests thought they might rely on men with
whom they bad been 80 long, and did so, aad the
result was they cut them all up In the night-2o Of
them, and some mere boys who had been doing duty
With them, I'm sick of writing e massasres. Tao
pHpets will eve you circumstance Ia, not reraem,
Boz Tel1 ensugnt 10 detail myself. Al Pesbawnf, ]
am happy 70 say, all ia yet quiet, but nm verJ
much afraid to hear bad news, moro especially Of
the IIth lrregulars who we're mutinously inciined
4 good many Of my friends are lying close by here
10 their graves, and several gono gway sio4. As
long Us yeu keep we'll and get shelter think the
Hoather 10 very pleasant, much more 80 than ever
imagined thB Season could be la the raius, AS at
Peshawur this 7 the hottest and mOs trying season
in the year l, fear this Is very uninteresiinB
letter from phase where tho eyes Of Europe are
concentrated, but ii will make you happy u know
an well. am 10 hopes that we may be entitled
70 some extra batta, ior we have had very hard
hshliug and hope we shall meet with some re-
ward "
GEN. HAiELOcK'S OPERATIONS General
HaVooek, b. the previous accounts had fallen back
from his ottempt to reliye Lucknow. An officer at
bis camp at 0ude, writing, oa Aug 4th, says:
"Thc enemy are now In position, with % guns,
many of very heavy calibre, at Raj Guage, having
blown up bridge and N lde the mseiTes very strong
fear il will be bloody eifiir crossiag ibis river.
We he Fnstieers) have already lost two officers and
another Ia dangerously wounded. Our Oolonei
tNielD has been made brigadier-general for SER
vices, and now commands Cawapore, Our senior
major was killed at Dung, ut least he shortly after
died OF his wound, and tho regiment ia now o0u-
nanded by the Junior major will not dwell on
TIE various horrors and outrages committed by the
reLels AT the various stations where they have mu
tlated: suffice to say that such acts OF eachery
yllany and barbarty stain the page of the history
Of any country. II ia now war to the knit with
every Musseman ia tho country, and every Sepoy
Of any creed, against Europeans and ali Chritians
| have Just heard that We are TO maron ~ morrow
morning. II we manage 10 get to Lucknow and
oaeki Il will be one Of the most wonderful feats OF
arms that have eSer been accomplished"
TIE MADRAS ARMY The following Ia from q
young officer In the Madras army:
''Near Nagpore, Augusta.
''The commissioner here has just discovered a
plot to murder all the Ruropeans and sspoys Tho
parties concerned In getting II up large lands
owners in tho district, to whom most OF the land
about BnitoOl belongs, who frequently visited us
They are now Imprisoned under charge Of our Sc.
poys who OF course have NO favorable feelings to-
xaris them on hearing that they were TO be inclu
led In the numbering. Our affairs do not appear
to look up much as vet, AMI we all anxiety for
he arrival ot the European regiments from home.
Hitherto the Madras and Bombay Sepoys have
remained faithful, but lear that unless before
loug something decisive is done, we shall nave
some trouble to maintain our power in India. The
natives generally have an idea our rule in India
will be extinct shortly. OF course until matters
begin 20 mend they will be confirmed in their opin
ion. Several Msdras trooda are now marching
THE BOMBAY ARMY,-The following is from
an officer In the 18th Bombay Native Infantry: