Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-05-07
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The War In India--The Fan OF Lucknow.

The War In India--The FAN OF Lucknow.
From the London Times, Aprls.
The siege or as we may all but say, the capture of
Lucknow has absolutely confirmed the ascendancy of our
arms at small cost of life and has dispersed though
not destroyed, the last great organized body of mutt
neers These results are eminenty satisfactory for if
we have not actually annhilated the revolt we have
stomed its last stronghold have successfully economical
expenditure of blood and have driven the rebels in
hedlong rout into country where they cannot be dam
gerous and are not likely to be long secure.
The hero Of these decisive operations appears to have
been Sir James Ouram whose intimate Familiarity with
Indian warfare, and whose recent acquaintance with
Dude and its people peculiarly qualified him for second
ing the schemes of the Commander Chief throughout
this critical campaign Left after the evacuation of
Lucknow in the heart Of the enemys territory he sue
eeeded in repelng from his position, without loss to
himself all the swarms Of assailants who were launched
against its walls and after thus deng for weeks to-
geher the whole force of Oude he turned out with his
garrison in perfect efficiency to support Sir Colin Camp
bell on his final advance
With this ends probably our last great definite
operations against the mqtneers of 1857 We have yet
to be informed of the condition numbers in which the
gtives escaped but the direction of their fight is so
far fortunate that it promises little service to them and
comparatively little trouble to ourselves 1t was not at
all desirable that they should into the still rment
ing districts Of Bundecund, or disturb the popuous
and productive provinces of Behar and Bengal The de-
gree of rratbity still surviving in those parts may be
easily inferred from the report communicated by this
very MAIL to the effect that Calcutta itself was in pam
c late the third of March, and that the volunteers
were called out and cannon planted against an ancipa-
ted attack from the dsarmed sepoys of Barrackpore-
Under such circumstances it is an obvious source of
satisfaction that the rush of the fugitive rebels should
have been made towards the west rather than the east
and indeed the measures of the Chief seem
to have been expressly taken with the view of placing at
least this result beyond doubt. All avenues of escape
towards the east carefully closed against the nsu-
gents by the columns under Jung Bahadoor and Brga-
dier Franks, while the main army itself was inter-
posed between them and the south. What
may be the fortune reserved for these thrice beaten bands
in the district of Rohcund to which they have etreated
we shall not be long in learning. The province itself
undoubtedly of the worst seats of the original
rebellion and some of the most fragrant examples of mu.
tiny furnished by its garrisons But the capture of
Delhi the ncessant march of renorceents from Meerut
to the east and more recently the successful operations
of Sir Colin Cam pbe himself against the rebels at Fut-
ehghur must have ntmdaed the turbulent and brought
the country to great extent under control There
force too of Sikh levies lately organized and placed
under the command of Brgadier Chamberlain which
was to descend from the northwest upon this very prov
nce, and which, If we mistake not should at this time
be somewhere about Bareiy, and therefore well placed
to intercept the fugitives. Finally two strong detach
ments from the army of Lucknow, well provided with
cavalry and horse artillery are already on their heels so
that little time, it may be hoped, will be given them
either to recognize their forces to establish themselves
IN any fresh position for another stand
Although satisfaction might have been more COM
pete if the Indian revolt had been terminated by def
mite surrender the part of the Lucknow garrison the
actual result certainly desirable than the only
remaining alternative of desperate and sangunary
struggle. We might have destroyed mutineers,
but we should have lost many of our soldiers
whereas at present the capital of Dude has been cap
tured at little cost to army while the prospects Of
the rebels unpromising in the extreme. How tena-
cousy the original mutneers preserve their military Or
ganzation we have repeatedly throughout the course
OF this contest and it is not improbable that one or two
call for distinct expeditions the part of our comman-
ders. But the main body of the fugtives hemmed in
between their immediate pursuers the east the friend
Sikh Chiefs backed by the entire force of Puniab on
the west and the columns advancing through Rapoona
on the South must be speedily reduced to despair nor
need we anticipate renewal of any such contests as
have been sustained at Lucknow and Delhi. The mu-
tneers have now no stronghold or asylum remaining
They are at large in country where they have nothing
but indifference or hostility to expect from the general
population where ascendency has been already es-
tabshed, and where their few allies have paid the pen
aties OF their treason We may still experience some
trouble, but Sir Colin Campbes victorious campaign
has exempted from any further risk of disaster and
has terminated the conditions of regular war by the
final dispersion of the enemy
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