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and bavonetted three of our men, whom they mis-
took for insurgents. They never resisted, and one
of them waved his hand, and crying 'Kootch paca,-
M (never mind) it is all for the good cause; well
| come friend! fell and expired"
This pathetic incident is relieved by an absurd
anecdote, which occurred at the same time:
"0n this occasion the Hghlanders' piper who
had lost his way, suddenly found one of the enemy
cavalry, sabre in hand, about to cut him down.
His rifle had been fired off, and he had no time to
use his bayonet. "A bright idea,' said he after
wards, when relating the stOry-'struck me- All at
once seized my pipe, put it to my mouth, and
gave forth shrill note, which so startled the fell
low that he bolted like a shot, evidently imagining
it was some internal machine. My pipe saved my
| life.'"
Even the final and successful retreat from Luck
now had its dangers, at least to one individual
After Sir Colin Compbels silent retreat in Novem-
! ber:
e'There was one man left behind Captain Water
man having gone to his bed in retired corner of
| the Brigade messhOuse, oversight himself. He had
| been forgotten At O'Clock at night he got up,
and found to his horror that we had already left
| He hoped against hope, and visited every outpost
All was deserted and silent. To be the only man in
an open entrenchment and $4,000 furious barba-
rians outside! 1t was horrible to contemplate! His
situation frightened him. He took to his heels, and
he ran, through the Feradbuksch and the
Tehree Kothee till he could scarcely breathe. Still
the silence the stiffness, interrupted but
by the occasional report of the enemy's gun
kerry. AT last he came up with the retiring
The horror of his position had been too much for
his nerves, and affected his intellect for the time
We have been profuse in our extracts from Mr..
Rees's admirable volume, but we must not be un-
grateful to the professional merits of the Staff Off
GER. He tells the crowning mercy simply; and as
he always writes without afectation here for once
he is not without pathos. Outrams messenger had
brought tidings of relief-the dying hopes were
raised-expectation had become certainty. 1t is the
25th of September:
"The messenger could give no account of our
force, beyond its having reached the outskirts of
the city.
''About H. A. NJ, nearly all sound of firing had
ceased, but increased agitation was visible among
the people in the town, in which two large
fires were seen. An hour later the sound of
musketry and the smoke of guns were distinctly
perceived within the limits of the city. All the
garrison was on the alert, and the excitement
amongst many of the officers and soldiers was quite
painful to witness. At l.30, p. NJ, many of the
people OF the city commenced leaving, with bundles
OF clothes, &C., on their heads and took the direc
ton of cantonments across the different bridges. At
2, L. NJ, armed men and SepOys commenced to fol-
low them, accompanied by large bodies of irregular
cavalry. Every gun and mortar that could be
brought to bear on the evidently retreating enemy
was fired as fast possible, for at least hour and
a half The enemy's bridge of boats had evidently
been destroyed and broken away, for many were
seen swimming across the river most of them cav
airy, with horses brides in their hands. Strange
to relate, during all this apparent panic, the guns
OF the enemy in position all around US kept up
heavy cannonade and the matchlockmen or rife
men never ceased firing from their respective loop
holes.
"At P. NJ, report was made that some officers
dressed in shooting coats and solar caps a regiment
of Europeans in blue pantaloons and shirts, and a
bullock battery seen near Mr.. Martins house
and the Motee Muha AT p. NJ, volleys of mus
kerry, rapidly growing louder, were heard in the
city. But soon the firing of mimic ball over our
heads gave notice of the still approach of our
friends; of whom as yet little nothing had been
seen, though the enemy were to be firing heav-
lily on them from many of the roofs of the houses.
Five minutes later and our troops were seen fight
ing their way through of the principal streets;
and though men fell at almost every step, yet nothing
could withstand the headstrong gaantry of our re-
Inducements. Once fairly seen, all our doubts and
fears regarding them ended; and then the gar
rison's long pent up feelings of anxiety and sus-
pense burst forth in succession of deatening cheers
from every pit, trench and battery-from behind
the sand-bags piled shattered houses-from every
post still held by few gallant spirits rose cheer on
cheer-even from the hospital! Many of the wound
ed crawled forth to join in that glad shout of wei
come to those who had so bravely come to our as
sistance. 1t was moment never to be forgotten.-
London Paper.