New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-30
wo batteries bssds native troops, ard wa % form
Csmpte.ls right wing. Ioc.udrs H. CsrPosA'
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force n al amounted to
s.ii,r.'-. ....5too 800 ." wv"
., :, Al 30 OOt men; TO whom must be added The
10 600 Nepauless Oh, Orkss advancing under Ja's
e,b,door from Coruckpore on SutauFore' making
the total of tie invading army 'o@9 mer' s@o''
III regular troops But this is not al. On Tue
south Of Cawupore, Sir II. Rose was sdvaoc"g
u;tb strong column from Ssugcr upon CaPee
ard the lower Jumns there to intercept any iu-
s;,ves that might escape between the two columns
Of Franks ard Campbell. On the northwest,
Brcader Chamberlain crossed toward the end OF
February the upper Gapges, entering the Kohl
cuud situated north.north-west OF Dude. and, IS
WAS correctly anticipated the ctief point OF retreat
of the insurgent army. Toe garrsons oil the towns
surrounding Dude must also be Included IN tue
force directly or indirectly employed sgsinst that
Liz odom % that the hole of this force Is certainly
from 10000 TO 10000 combatants, OF "hich' ae-
cordirc 10 the official statements, at least - Ooo
are British. In this is not included the mass OF
Sir John Lawrences force, which occupies az DEM
sort of flsnk position, and which CONSISTS Oi
$500 Europeans at Meerut and Delhi. and some
30 eco or 30 900 natives of the Puoj,ub
TIE concentration of this immense force is the
result partly of Gen. CampbelIs comoInanons' Out
parity aso of the suppression of the reyoitn various
rarts Of Hiudostsn, in consequence of which the
tIccps raturslly concentrated toward the scene OF
acton No doubt Campbell would have ventured
TO set IT'D smaller force: but while he was wait
pg for this, fresh resources were thrown, oy CIR
cumstances, on bis hands, aid he was Lot the man
TO refuse TO avail himself Of them, even against 50
coptewp,ible an eenemy as he knew he would nectar
Lucknow. And il must Dot be forgotten tina Impos'
ing as these numbers look they still were spread over
space az large as Frances and that at the dective
point at Lucknow he could only appear with about
20 OCO Europeans, 10000 Hindoos, AID 10000
Gtoo,ka.-the value Of the last, under nstive coz
nand, berg at least doubtful. This fcsce' II us
European components alone, vas certaluiy more
than enough to insure 3 speedy vctcry' but stui
is Strength was not out of proportion to It's task;
and very likely Campbell desired to SEQ" the
Osdans. for once, more formidable army CT "Ll1e
faces than any people in India had ever seen before,
AZ SEQUEL TO an insurrection which had been based
on tie smsl number ard wide dispersion OF the
Europeans over the country.
The force in Dude consisted of the remnants oil
most of the mutnous Bengal regiments and OF ma
tive ltves from the country itself. OF the former,
there carnot have been more than 80 900 or AZ O00
at the very outside. The sword, desertion and de-
moyazation must have reduced this force, orlgLay
| $4,000 strong at least one half; and what
was left was disorgaDized, disheartened, badly aP
pointed, and totally unfit to take the field. The
new leyies are ysriously stated at from 900 20
| $50 900 men; but what their numbers may have
| been is unmportant. Their arms were but IN part
| firearms, of inferior construction; most OF them
carried arms for cIose encounter Orly-tte kind OF
| fighting they were least likely to meet with. The
| greater part Of this force was at Lucknow, en-
gsgrg Sir j. Outram's troops; but two CO umns
were acting in the direction Of Alahabad and Juao.
pore.
. TIE cOncentric movement upon Lucknow began
about the middle of February. From the 18th 10
Ire Goth the main army and its immense train
go coo cSmp followers alone) marched from
Cawnpore upon the capital of Dude, meeting with
| no resistance. TIE enemy, in the mean time, st
tacl ed Outram's position, without chance of sue
| cess on February II ard "a. On the 10Th Franks
odsarced upon Sultappore, defeated both columns
of the insurgents in one day, and pursued them as
q ell az the want of car airy permitted. The two
defeated columns having united he beat them again
en- The 22d with the loss of 20 guns aud at their
camp snd baggage. Gen. Hope Grant, command
ing the advanced guard Of the main army, bad also,
during its forced march, detached himself from it,
AMI making point to the left had, on the 25d ard
| 9th, destroyed two forts on the road from Luck
no y 70 Rob lcuI6.
On March the main army was concentrated
| before the southern side If Lucknow. Tbs side
| Z. protected by the canal which had 20 be passed
| BY Campbell in bis previous attack on tbe city;
beh;rd this canal strong intrepehmerts mad been
thrown 10. On the Sd, tie Britith occupied he
DilLooska Perk, With tie stOrming of 1hi,h the
| first attack also had conmtnc,d On tie ith
Brig. Franks joined the ma!n Amy aud LOW
formed its ri bt fsIk, biz right supported by he
River Goomtee Meantime, batteries against the
erepy's intrencbments were erected and two
floating bridges constructed. below the town,
orIoss the GCOmtee; and as soon as these were
ready Sir J. Outram, with his division Of infantry,
I,4OO horse, ard 30 gus, moved across TO take
Ioston on the left or nOr,h eastern bank. From
here be could erfade gre as part Of the eneIn!'a
inc sIopg the canal, aid mary Of the intrenched
palaces 10 IFS rear: he also cut oil the enemys
con mu1icatons with the whole north eastern part
Of Dude He met with considerable resistance
on the 9th ard 9TH, but drove the enemy
before bin. On the 9Th, he YES again attacked
but with no bitter success. Ia the mean lime, the
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