New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-01
7HE RELIEF or LCC6NOg.

confirms IN every respect the CONCLUSIONS we drew
from the first non-offcia reporie on thi, engage.
ment. The contemplate character OF the resst-
snce offered by the OudSns il even toore apparen.
from this document while on the othe.- haai Camp.
bell himself appears TO take more pride n hs skill
ful gencral,hip than in any uncommon bosey dis
played ether by him or bis troops. The Sispstob
states the strength of the British troops a. about
:, eco, of whom some 3 200 were infsntTy. ai 700
cavalry, the rest artillery, naval brigade. epgneeU.
sc. The operations commenced, as stated. viii
the stack on Dlkooshs. This garden WA taA'~
after a running fight. The loss was very tritings
81 the eheays loss too. was trihng. owing 10 The
suddenness Of retreat" There was, indeed. No
chance OF displaying heroism ou this occasion. The
oudisns rereated in such hurry that they crossed
at orce through the grounds Of La Msztiniers
without ayailng themselves OF the new line Of DO
fense offered By this post. The first symptom of q
more obstuste resistance was shown at the Sc
cundrabsgh, heh-walcd, loop-holed iacosgle
l20 yards square, aSnked by loopholei village
about 100 yards distant. There Campbell at oace
dspls, ed bis less dashDg but more sensible mode
of warfare. The heavy aud field artillery coneeu.
trated their efforts on the main inclOsuIe, whds
one brigade attacked the barrcaded village, aad
another drove back whatever bands of the enemy
attempted the open field. The defense was ameut
able Two ntrenched positions Ike those described
hanking each other by their fire. in the hands Of
Indifferent soldiers, or even of plucky undisciplued
insurgents, would require deal of lighting TO taxed
But here there appears to have been neither pluck.
nor concert, nor shadow Of sense. We do
not hear Of any artillery used in the defense. Ths
| yillsge (evdently small cluster OF houses) was
| taken at the first onset. The troops in the field
| were scattered without an effort. Thus in few
| moments the Secundrabagh was quite isolated and
when, after an hours csnnonadng. the walls gave
| way in one point, the Highlsnders stormd tho
| breach and killed every soul in the place; 1000
natives are said BY Sir c. Campbell to have beea
| found dead in il.
The Sloh Nugget was the next post-a walled
| mcosure prepared for defense, with mosque tor
| Ieduit again one of those positions which COM
| msnder Of brave but half-discplined troops would
| exactly wish for. This place was stormed after
| three hours cannonade had opened the walls. On
the next day. Nov. II, the messhOuse was attacked.
| This was group OF buildings incosed By mna
rampant and scsrped ditch twelve feet wde-tn
other words common field redOubt with slight
ditch and parspet of problematical thickness and
hight. For some cause or other, this place ap-
peared rather formidable to Gen. Campbell, for hs
at once resolved to give his artillery full time -
batter il down before he stormed 1t. The cannon
ade accordingly lasted the whole morning, tl
O'Clock p. M, when the infantry advanced and took
the position with a rush. No sharp fighting hero,
at all events. The Notice Mahal, the last post Of
the Oudians on the line toward the Residency, Wa
cannonaded for an hour; several breaches were
| made and then taken without difficulty, and tdi
ended the fighting for the relief Of the garrison.
The character of the whole engagement 10 tn
of an attack by we-discipLned, well ofhcered l.
ropean troops, Injured to war and Of average cOu
age, upon an Asiatc rabbe, possessing neither dis
cpline nor officers nor the habits Of war; nor eveo
adequate arms, and whose courage was broken b
the consciousness Of the double superiority pos
sessed by their opponents, as soldiers over civilian
| ard a. Europeans over Asiatics. We have ses
| that Sir Colin Campbell nowhere appears to hsv
been opposed by artillery. We shall see furthe
on, that Brigader Ings's report leads to the coz
cusion that the great bulk Of the insurgents must
have been without fe-srms; and If il 10 true that
1000 natives were massacred in the Secundrabsgh.
it is evident they must have been very mpesfectJ
armed, otherwise the greatest towards would have
defended the place against sssaulting column.
On the other hand, the conduct Of the fight by
Gen. Campbell deserves the highest praise for
tactical skill From the want of artillery in his OPP
ponents, he must have known that his progress
could not be resisted; accordingly he used this arm
to its full extent, clearing first the way for his COL
umns before he launched them. The attack upoa
Secundrabogh and ts faDking detcnses Is very OF.
ceeht specimen of the mode OF conducting suot
an affair. At the same time, having once sscer-
tanned the despcabe nature Of the defense, he did
not treat such opponents with any Unnecessary
formally; as sOsn as there was gap in the walls
the infantry advanced. Altogether, Sir G. Camp
bell ranks from the day Of Lucknow as general;
hitherto he Was known as soldier only.
BY the relief Of Lucknow We are at last put in
possession of a document describing the occur
rences which tosk place during the siege oil the
Resdency. Brgadier lnglis, the hesuccessor IN com
maId Of Sir II. Lawrence, has made his report -
the Governor Generals and according to Gen.
Outrsm and the unsono Of the British press, hero
il conspicuous ease of herosm, indeed--for such
bravery, such perseverance,, such endurance "a
fatigue and hardshps, have never been seen st any
time and the defense Of Lucknow stands unpara-
leled in the history of seges. The report Of Brig
sder Ings informs Us that on the Both OF June the
British made sortie against the natives, who wero
tLen just concentrating, but were repulsed with
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