New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-01

hfbs took the command. The enemy hSl BY the
kne 20 or IS guns n position, planted a'l roaho
ear post" Very iucky for the defense, for Il they
Asd concentrated their FIRE on one or two places o.
tAe ranparts, the position would IN all EAeihooa
hsve been taken. Some Of these guns were Pos'e'
N places "where our own heavy guns could no'
renlv n thepn." Now, az the ResideDcy is on com
usndips ground. these places can only hAve been
a ,vusted that the guns Of tho attack could not
Gre NJ the rampant, but merely at the tops OF the
hu;,dnrs inside; which was very fortunate for the
defense, AZ that did no great harm, and the same
suns might have been far more useiuiiy employed
= Anpr al the psrspet CT barrcades Upon the
-hol. the artillery on both sides must have been
v.s1rsbIy served as otherwise a cannonade at such
sbgrt range must have been very shortly put stop
bsby the batteries mutually Gsmounting each Others
ard that this did not take place. is still mystery.
On July 20, the Oudians exploded a mine under
Me parapet, which, however, did no damage. Two
main columns immediately advanced to an assault
while sham attacks were attempted at other places;
bat the mere effect Of the garrsons fire drove them
back. On the 10th Of August another mine ex-
yls1ed, and opened breach, Through which a
"regiment could have advanced IN perfect order.
"A column charged this breach fanked BY the sub
coordinate attacks; but at the breach only few Of
"the enemy advanced with the utmost deterulina-
"hon." These few were soon disposed of by the
Bank fire Of the garrison, while at the flank at
tseks hand .grenades and little firing drove the
undisephned masses back. The third mine was
sprung On the 18th August; new breach was
trmed, but the assault was even >mores spritless
than before, and was easily repelled The last ex
plesion and assault took place on the 9Th Septem-
Der, but again hand -grenades and musketry drove
them back. From that time TO the arrival of re-
hef the seige appears to have been converted into
mere blockade, with more or less sustained fire
Of muskets and artillery.
This is, indeed, an extraordinary transaction. A
mob Of so, 600 men or more, composed Of the in
ksbitants Of Lucknow and the surrounding country,
with perhaps 5000 or 5000 drilled soldiers among
them, blockade body Of some ! 200 or 1,500 Eu-
Dopeans in the Resdency of Lucknow and attempt
% reduce them. So little order reigned among the
hIocksding body, that the supplies of the garrison
appear to have been completly cut of, though
their communications with Cawnpore were. The
proceedings of what is called "the siege" are dis
wi,dness, with here and there glimpse Of some
military knowledge introduced by European exam
PIE and rule. There were evidently some artillery
men and sappers among the Oudans who knew
bow TO construct batteries but their action ap
Vears TO have been confined to the construction of
shelter from the eDemy's FIRE. They even appear
70 have brought this art Of shelterng themselves
20 great perfection so much so that their batteries
must have been very safe, not only for the gunners
but also for the beseiged no guns could have been
worked in them with any effect. Nor were they;
Or bow s this unparalleled fact to be explained that
20 guns inside and 25 outside worked against each
ether OF exceedingly short ranges, some not more
than so yards, and yet we hear nothing of dis-
mounted guns or one party sencng the artillery ot
tie other As to the musketry fire, we first have
- ash how it is possible that eight thousand natives
could take position within musket range from the
Bsitish batteries without being sent to the right
about by the artillery And if they did, how is II
possible that they did not kill and wound every soul
% the place Still we are told that they did hold
tAeir own, and did FIRE day and night, and that IN
spite of all this the 32d Regiment, which could at
TIE very outside count 500 men after June 80, and
800 strong at its end If this is not an exact
counterpart of the "ast surviving ten Of the Fourth
(P>hsb) Regiment" which marched into Prussia
S6 sneers and 1916 rank and file strong, what then
II III The British are perfectly night that such
fighting WAS never seen 90 there was at Luck.
pow-indeed it was not. In spite OF the unss-
snming. apparently simple tone of Ingliss re-
port yet his queer observation about guns
placed so that they could not be fred at, about
A00Q men firing day and night, without effect, about
SO, 200 insurgents blockadmg him, about the hard
shps Of bullets going into places where they had no
husness to 60, and about assaults carried out with
Ne utmost determination, yet repulsed, without
Sny sHort-alf these observations compel US TO ac
knowledge the whole Of this report is full OF the
mort glsrBg exaggerstions, and will not stand cool
criticism for moment.
But then, surely the beseged underwent uncom-
non hardshpsl Listen: 1.-The want OF native
"servsnts has also been source OF much PricatiOn
'Severa ladies have had 10 tend their children and
"even 10 wash their own clothes as well as to cook
"sAeir scanty meals entirely unaided." Pity the
sorows Of poor Lucknow lady True, in these
6mes Of ups and downs when dynastes are made
and unmsde in day, and revolutions and CONNER
sisl crashes combine to render the permanency of
"a creature comforts most splendidy insecure, we
are rot called upon to show any great sympathy
We hear of some ex-queen having to darn her
swn stockings, and even TO wash them, not to speak
81 her cooking her own muttonchop. But an