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THE WORK TO BE DONE IN DUDE
1he Tunes Bombay correspondent writes 1.-THE
great central fire of the nSurrecton is to be COM
pressed within the limits of Dude and Rohcund,
and there to be trodden out to its last smouldering
clnder. 1t would not suffice that every body of
armed rebels in the open field should be disspated
or even that every vaunted stronghold should be
lald low Great as these gains would be- they still
are not all that we require. We seek that within
the limits of these two great provinces the revolt
should be not merely broken, but annihilated. No
| fugitive bands must be permitted to strapple back
across the Gogra or the Gangcs, and spread desola
ton anew In districts that have lately with great
toll and boodshed, been relieved from their hateful
| presence.
"ln a word, the insurgents now in Dude must not
| be allowed to get out, and those now lowering on
the external frontier must not be allowed to get in
| Hence the necessity of drawing a continuous and
powerful Gordon round the province before striking
| the great blow at its mutinous occupants. How
well this has been accomplished very few words
Will suffice, with reference to a map, to explain
Sir Colin Campbell was on the 2Sh of January still
| encamped with his powerful force of all arms at
| Futtyghur, grand central position, from which he
was able to observe at once Rohilcund Dude
| and the Doab. Above him was about to move
down upon the upper waters of the Ganges a
column from Lahore, commanded by Neville
| Chamberlain as Brigadier. Below him, along
| the Ganges frontier of Dude by Cawnpore and Fut-
| tehpore to Allahabad, bodies of English and
Sikh troops watching every CHAT. or place of pas
sage, of the river. Then upwards from Alahabad on
the eastern frontier of the rebel province are three
| columns of European soldiery, and the victorious
| Ghoorka battalions of Jung Bahadoor. Thus when
the revoled stations of Rohcund. Moradabad Ba-
reilly and Shahjehanpore have successveIy been
recoyered-when advancing into Dude, the Com
mander-in- Chief has once again, and for the last
time gathered to himself the gallant defenders of
| the Alumbagh, and has reduced to a heap of desc
late ruins the ng-resistng rebel capitalize
vivors of the great slaughter broken and dispersed
will find no line of escape unguarded by their watch
| on heir
the pestential jungles of the Terrai afford an in
hospitabe shelter. scarcely less terrible than the
bayonets of the English or the knives of the Ghoor-
! kas."
Meanwhile the insurgents still about lOOO 900 in
strength, are fortifying Lucknow to the uttermost
The streets being barricaded and the walls loop
| holed everywhere. Earthworks have been thrown
| up, and garden within garden strengthened andthe
naughty Bengal Sepoy who would not touch bas-
| ket. mattock, or spade in service, and who
In the Pun jaub mounted guard while the Europeans
were throwing up entrenchments, now shows what
he can do when he has no longer the indulgence of
English officers to fall back upon 1t is doubtless
| In consideration of this Sir Colin Campbell DELAYS
advancing until he has accumulated an artillery so
overwhelming as to avoid as far as possible the ne
cesslty OF Il hand-to-hand conflict with an enemy
! posted with such advantage. He is expected to
march about the 25th of February, and probably
six weeks will suffice for the completion ofthe Dude
campaign.
1t is to be hoped that by MAY our war-worn
troops, many of whom will by this time have been
twelvemonth under arms, will be able to retire to
| cantonments and seek rest for the events of the
coming year. Since the mutny at Meerut, the 9th
carbineers and 9th ancers have lived in their sad
dies, while the 34th, Glst, 64th and 18th have
scarcely since the same date been off their feet, or
spent three days on end when they were not under
fire. With all the display of determination, the
| Lucknow insurgents are said to be losing heart
A proposition of conditional surrender is said to
have been received with the reply that every mutt
neer would be shot or hanged that the rest must
said to be friendly to us; it is the great Zemndars
| and Talookdars the land proprietOrs and great
| tenants, whom reduced to order and obedience
that are our enemies.
ARRIVALS FROM LUCKNOW.
correspondent supplies us with some very in
terestng particulars respecting the siege of Luck
| now, Illustrative of the bravery and devotion of
the wounded officers who have returned to England
by the Pera. Lieutenant Harmer, Charlton, and
Chery, OF the sd regiment, We're in Lucknow dur
ing the whole time that it bcsieged by the re-
| bel force. According to their statements all the
| accounts of the horrors and miserics endured by
the besieged during the five months by the ladies'
! children, and the whole garrison fail in giving
full idea OF the dreadful sufferngs they had to en-
dure. Lieuts. Charlton and Harmer were severely
wounded soon after the commencement of the
siege the first by a bullet in his head which re-
manned there until the 9th, when he pulled it out
| himself while on board the Pera. Lieut.. Harmer
was struck by a round shot, which broke his leg
Lieut.. Chlery was not wounded but suffered so
much from cholera and paralysis that he was inva-
| lided home.
Out of the 23 officers of the 32d regiment l2 We're
wounded and died of cholera. or the remaining
10 seven were wounded, and two of the remaining
three were suffering from illness when the garrison
was relieved. Our correspondent, referring to these
peculiar incidents OF sanguinary war, expresses q
very reasonable hope that the Government will
give favorable consideration to such cases of suf
fering and bravery. Lieutenant Knight of the Goth
! light infantry, was with his regiment in the Crmea
| and l,ropnnInI wifi RI India H.
the late General laveocks relieving force at Luck
now, which city he entered on the 25th of Septem-
Der last and was severely wounded while asst sting
in taking two guns posted in narrow street.
On the following day, while being carried to the
Residency, he was cut off with 25 other wounded
| men by the enemy, every of whom was killed
but himself A sepoy had raised weapon to kill
| him when he managed to roll out of dhOolie and
| crawl across square. Then he crept from one
ditch to another and was again wounded in doing
| but eventually he reganed party of his men.
| After remaining two months in Lucknow, Lieut..
Knight relieved by Sir Colin Campbell and with
MANY others was sent down to Calcutta. The gallant
young officer although he received three wounds is
gradually recovering from them. Captain Cornwall,
of the ODD lighlanders, served in the Crimea with
that regiment during the whole of the cam
paign. lie commanded his company at the bat
tie fought under the late Colonel Power near Futteh-
pore, Immediately after which he joined the Com
| mander-n-Chief, at the Alumbagh, the dav pre-
viOusly to the advance on Lucknow, which CITY they
relieved. On his return with Sir Colin to Gavin
pore he severely wounded on the Ist of Decenl-
Der. This officer has had long and severe service,
but is yet captain of ten years standing. He
| commanded that party of the 93rd which, accord
ing to the dispatch of the Commander-inCh Chief. took
and occupied the barracks at Lucknow, capturing
three guns their way. Lieut.. Gilby, of the SSth
regiment, was severely wounded while attacking
the GwaliOr Contingent, on the 26th of November,
under General Windham. We come next to Cap
tain the Hon. l.. w. Miles and Ensign Travers, of
the 2nd battalion rifle brigade. Captain Miles was
wounded in the leg on the 2sth of November during
! the last attack on CawnpOre by the GwallOr Con-
| tngent. His company, with other of the rife
| brigade, ordered to reinforce some companies
of the Sind for the purpose of preventing the
my, who numbered 900 with artillery, from gain
ing possession of the bridge the Ganges dur
ing which operation he was wounded.
On the morning of the same day Captain Miles
and SO Others of his regiment engaged with the
enemy, and after some hours ofsevere fighting. took
two lS-pounders During this engagement Colonel
WoOdford was killed, and Capt. Miles was struck
by spent shot Ensign Travers was severely wound
ed in the shoulder during the retreat under General
Windham on the 9th of November at the moment
he was assisting the sailors party in bringing in
their "a Founders. Capt. Anderson, of the 25th
regiment Native Infantry, was assstant-co
siOner at Lucknow when the outbreak took place.
His house was within the Resdency enclosures, and
was formed by Sir II. Lawrence into an outpost,
defended by stockade, ditch and mound Here
this officer, with 10 men of the SD and 10 volun-
teers, successfully defended this small fertilization
from the daily and nightly attacks of the enemy
during the whole siege. On one occasion during a
day attack, the enemy penetrated the stockade of
this daring little force, but every forming the
enemy's party was shot down before he could get
out Capt. Anderson lost his wife and a child, who
died from actual starvation. After the relief of
Lucknow, Captain Anderson volunteered and join ed
General Grants force in pursuit of the Gwalior
Contingent, and was subsequently engaged in a sor-
tie under Colonel Halliburton, 18th, in taking five
guns, during which encounter he was wounded, but
not severely. Captain H. L. Saunders 10th regi-
ment, was in several gallant encounters connected
with the operations OF General Windham. He was
with the Gath in the action of the 2Sth of Novem-
Der, and succeeded to the command early in conse-
quence of the death of General Wilson and Major
Sterling. He the first officer up to the guns