The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-10
Correspondence Of the London Timesl
THE TAKING OF LUCKNOW.
THE MARCH FROM BUNTHURAH.

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men were formed on the right of their camp The
road proceeds in straight line through country
winch is as HAT as bowling green well cultivated
ana covered with patches of thick groves and man.
go topes. The point to which the march tended
was the southeast extremity of the environs OF
Lucknow, to the east of position held by us at the
Aiumbagh; and as soon as our force had arrived
within some mile or of the Alumbagh the head of
the column inclined to the right by the fortress of
Jellaabad, which forms the extreme point held bv
General Outram, and in which We're stored LARGE
quantities of stores and material Having thrown
skirmishers to the front the force advanced to-
wards the Dikoosha, palace standing in a larue
enclosure within a short distance of the banks ot
the GOomtee, in front of the Martiniere. The enc
my's Sowars were now visible, watching our troops
and as we proceeded force of infantry and caval-
ry, with two guns, appeared, if to dispute our
progress, and the enemys skirmshers began a
long and feeble fire from the edges of the standing
crops on our fanks. They We're speedily silenced
and obliged to retire before our men. Sir Colin
gave them no time to collect themselves He press
ed them at once. Our cavalry and three troops of
Horse Artillery, in the full speed of emulation be-
tween Bengal and Royal Horse Artillery, dashed
across the broken ground at galop, the guns hop
ping and bounding over the dry bitches, which in
tersect the fields if they were made of caoutchouc
hands,
A few matchlockmen and sepoys kept up run
nlng hre, which caused us damage, and our forces
occupied the enclosures parks and residences ol
the Bibiapoor and the Mahomed Bagh, and the Dill
koosha Cor Dilkusha), with little or no opposition
olr Colin reconn0itred the enemy's position a nor
ton OF which is quite open to view from the Dill
koosha and the ground in front of, and it then be-
came evident that the enemy had avaed themselves
OF the respite so unavoidably permitted them and
had thrown up works of astonishing strength, so
far as the height and solidity of the parapes and
batteries were concerned As the Sepoys still lined
an old wall from the rivers bank along the front of
the Dilkoosha, few companies of Puniaubees, sup
ported by party of the 3Sth Regiment were sent
to take it in the evening. Breaking into run from
the ,DilkOosha, the Sikhs, with a loud cheer went
latter numbered 600 700, they fled after one dis
charge OF their pieces, which caused only six or
seven casualties in our ranks
The wall was at once seized, and the loopholes
were used against the enemy, who fell back upon
the trenches in front of the Martiniere 1t was diff
hcult to get on through the dense multitudes of
men and animals, sailors, Hghanders, Sikhs, Pa
thans, Pun jaubees bheesties, dooly bearers camp
servants, bullocks camels horses, elephants, goats
cows, sheep, guns and carriages which filed the
PLAIN for miles in front of u.s. but at length we man
aged to emerge from the heat and DUST and to come
up with the advance guard of the 7th Hussars near
whom were riding most of the head-quarter staff
and heads of departments who had been in the sad
die from the previous midnight. As we crossed the
plain there were abundant evidences that we were
near the battle grounds ofthe garrison of the Alum
bagh and their enemies. In topes of trees were w.
ing skeletons, from which the dogs had torn the
CHASTITY spectacles extended in fantastic attitudes
dried up by the and mumified, some with bits of
their old Sepoy red jackets still clinging to their
whltened bones. These were all that remained of
the men cut up from time to time by the Military
Train and Hodson's Horse, in their charges, when
ever the enemy ventured out in the open.
A NATIVE GUIDE.
The leader OF our escort was a fine, handsome
felow-not darker than Spaniard-with a free
and open expression of face, white teeth with a
frank smile. His black beard, divided at the chin
was plated in with his whiskers, and turned up
over his ears as to fasen in knot under his tur-
ban at the top OF his head As to pistols, he had
any number of them, not to mention a rifed carbine
slung at his back, and broad-bladed keen-edged
sabre. He was dressed in a slate-colored tunic of
quilted silk, wadded with cotton, tight pantaoons
of the same colored calico, and long iack-b
What lies this beau chevalier told us How we had
killed hundreds the day before-how we had taken
the Martiniere-how the Si&hs had bayonetted and
chopped up whole battalions of Sepoysl All these
lies he told simply to make himself agreeable and
say something he thought we should like to hear,
lie led US by detour across the plain to avoid the
pot-shots of the enemy in the enclosures, and in
about twenty minutes more we made out a small
oody OF cavalry coming towards us, which at first
our friend seemed to think might consist of hostile
Sowars. "No," said he after keen look, '.they
are not Tor, see those men with the camels do not
run away from them" This indication was beyond
my seeing or comprehension, but he quite right
Tor the body turned out to be the escort of another
staff officer, and we learnt were only half mile
or so from the enclosure of the Dikoosha in which
the general had pitched his tents.
THE INTERIOR OF THE PALACE OF THE DILKoosHA
The whlstling of round shot from the Martniere
which tear up the earth close at hand warns us to
get under cover, and so we make for the Dilkoosha
which we find strongly occupied by the AID High
landers. The hall retains traces of its departed
splendor the gilt frames of pictures and of huge
mirrors still adorn its walls our men are living on
marble table with richly gilt legs, and the roof
and sides of the room bright with anciful fres-
Goes and cOlorings. One of the winding staircases
OF the turrets conducts past many fine corridors
and suites of rooms up to the roof the parapets of
which are lined with the Hghlanders. | looked in
to some of these apartments, and must own the
style of the decorations surprised me- The Chin
ney pieces of mosaic and marble, with gded fret
work, the frescoed roofs, the ceilings covered with
paintings of houris amid clouds, with medallion
heads of short wasted, befrizzled and bebonneted
English beauties, borderings of wild animals in chase
and representations of the various celebrities of the
Indian zoology-the sides and lofty dimensions of
the rooms the colored glass of the shattered win
dows all gave the place an air of taste and luxury
which scarce expected to find in a Lucknow
palace, and which indicated very certainly the ex-
istence of an Italian architect and decorator whose
views had been controlled by an Asiatic.
OF THE DILKoosHA.
From the roof the SUBMITS CT the Residency, of
the Messhouse, of the Kaserbagh, of the Secunder-
bagh, of the Shah Nujeef and of many other places
unknown to us, were visible in widely spread pano
rama our left. This palace when last our men
were here was surrounded by trees, but the enemy
had cut them all down to clear their line, and we
could see the inequalities of the ground thickly
filled by SepOys who Just at this moment began to
open fire on the DilkoOsha. Our Highlanders soon
sent their Enfield bullets whistling among Them
and forced them to seek cover; but the Commander
m-Chief, who came up at the time, disapproved this
desultory waste of powder, and the enemy We're
permitted to send their bullets up to the Dlkoosha
with impunity, and to vary their amusement by
throwing round shot over us into our camp. Who
built the Martiniere? 1t looks like the result of
competitive examination among college of mad
architects.
But what most interested me in the Martiniere
was black eunuch whom could see through the
glass; and who was busily engaged in rife practice
at us. The fellow was spendidly dressed in green
silk, and he sat at one of the windows watching
whilst one of his attendants loaded his rifle, and
then he fired at any one he on the roof of the
Dilkoosha. All his shots fell short, and it was un-
pleasant to find that ours in return did not reach
this rascal. That he was what have said decided
on two grounds; first, the Lucknow garrison are
agreed In saying their greatest enemies during the
siege were the eunuchs of the court and that they
were the best shots in the place, and the most de-
termined secondly, there a GOODNESS about the
fellow which showed he did not care much for lifc
and a malignity which proved that he hated all
mankind. Our soldiers lining the wall, and the Sc
poys in the trenches along the foot of the Marti-
Mere, kept up brisk fire, but they were too well
sheltered to do any harm to each other. After
spending all day on the top of the palace returned
to camp only to find that the round shots were pitch
ing among our tents and causing us some annoy
ance.
A SKIRMISH AT THE G00MTEE.
March Slate last night went down to see the
commencement of the process of bridging the Coon
tee. 1t bright moonlight, and the whole of the
enemy's side of the river plainly visible, our
figures being cast into shade that any at the
opposite side could see us readily, but not a man
fired shot, not wandering Sowar came down to
lind what was the cause OF all the noise inevitable
in such operations. There was the creaking of
hackeries laden with the casks and planks necessary
for the construction of the bridges and the tumut
of men and the rumble of artillery which came
down to cover the working party in of opposi-
ton. The river is about 40 yards broad, and flows
with gentle placid current between hard sandy
shelving banks of seven eight feet in height, so
that it is favorable for the work.
Major Hassard, R. E. and party of Sappers and
Miners were engaged all through the night and
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