Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-08-12

that large European force, under the Commander-in-Chief, was marching on | Delhi, and that several regiments had | been telegraphed for from the Persian gulf and Madras. At several places | mutinie5 hGd taken place, but in many 1 others the spirit of the native troops ap- l peared to be excellent, notably ct Ala habad, where the Sixth regiment Native Infantry had volunteered to march l against "those wicked men who had 1 been false to the great company whose salt they had eaten ;" and other regi ments had followed their examp.o. N antime our own men were loud i'll their professions of loyalty, and many of us believed they were really faithful Altogether things were looking brighter, when suddenly telegraIns, letters and newspapers ceased to arrive, and We found that we were cut of from all communication with the outer world. The last paper which reached us gave a ghastly account of the tragedy at Ala habad, where the Sixth regiment, after having paraded in the afternoon to re- ceive the thanks of the Governor Gen eral for their loyalty, cut the throats of all their officers at mess in the evening.
 To add to our troubles, there were great differences of opinion among our leaders. The BrigadIer, worn-out old man who should have been dozing away the evening of his life at Bath or Chei- tenham, was quite unequal to the emer- gency and changed his plans from day to day. An mtrenchment round the European barracks was begun, and within week the work was stopped,
 owing to the remonstrances of the na- tive officers, who declared that their feelings were hurt by such want of confidence in them and their lcn. | Shortly afterward, to our great relief, | tine Brigadier broke down altogether,
 took to his bed, and handed over tho command to our Colonel, one of the best
 and bravest officers in the army, whose
 brevet ranb, gained by distinguished service in ths tield, placed him over the
 older officers wAo commanded the other
 regiments. He at once set to work ou
 the intrenchments, which were con-
 p!eted in fortnight, and at the time,
 by his personal influence over the Se-
 poys, checked to some extent the spirit
 of disaffection which had shown itself in
 the shape of fires. These had been of
 nearly nightly occurrence, and were un-
 doubtedly the work of incendiaries
 They. however, ceased for time, and
 the midnight meetings of men of ali
 regiments, of which We had received se-
 cret but sure information, were a.so
 discontinued.
 One Monday afternoon Mussulman
 fanatic, who had come from Delhi to
 incite the men to mutiny, was seized by
 some troopers and brought up to our
 Colonel. A court-martial was held at
 once, and he WAS hanged the same even-
 ing in the presence of the whole foi ce,
 without the slightest attempt being
 made to rescue him or even a murmur
 being heard in the ranks, even when the
 wretched man cried out that he was
 dying for the faith and caiisa on ail U ue
 believers to save him from the infdeis.
 All was quiet during the night, but
 next morning, when Hampden's Horse
 was drawn up for drill, a trooper sud
 denly shouted out The murder of our
 saint must be avenged" and fired his
 carbine at the Colonel In another min
 ute the officers were riding for their
 lives, followed by a score of Sowars,
 while the rest of the regiment gallopad
 fariousiy through the infantry and ar
 tillery lines, calling on the men to join
 them. They, however, met with no
 Gl swer, and, being fired on by a few
 faithful Sepoys, who, at the first alarm, had gathered round their officers, they
 rode off ill great disorder, after having
 set fire to their own lines and their off
 cars' bungalows, and cut down two or
 three Europeans whom they happened
 to come across.
 Much relieved by their sudden de-
 parture and the apparent staunchness
 of the mass of the Sepoys, we fAttered l ourselves that we had tided over the
 worst of the danger. anl that order
 would soon be restored; but within forty.
 eigat hours We were uudeceived. Oi the next great outbreaE l can t-u biii } little for exposure to the sun lad brought
 on fever aud partial deliiium. l have but T confused recollection of a sudden ) alarm; q cry that the Sowars had como 7 back and were murt,ering every ore [ ) rush from my blazing house through g surging crowd ot natives, and then find
 ing myself safe inside the intrer chment 4 week passed before 1 was able to take l'art in the defense, and by that time
 there was need of every man who could handle rifle. for the casualties had al ready been many. For three long week we held out, suffering terribly from hea , ard scarcity of water, as well as from in sufficient food, having from the very frs l been on half, and latterly on quarter I'd
 tions. Still we did not despair, for : faithful Sepoy, who, at the risk of hi 3 o3n life, had passed through the enemy f lines, brought note in Greek charac a ters from Col Adair, of the Twenty . fifth Lallcers, informing us that he hope, : to be able 10 relieve us on the following l Sunday. On that day the mutineers lief I Us iu peace, the greater part of then . having moved of to oppose the relievin, n force. From earliest dawn until late a l. night we watched in vain for any sigh f or souud that might tell us how the figh # was going. At last we heard distan o gun, then heavy firing, which at frs t sounded nearer and nearer, then re Il mained stationary for time then gradually grow fainter an 3 fainter, until at last 1t died away i !. the distance, and not 8 sound broke tn e silence of the night. Then our heart i sank within us, for we knew that al it nope of succor was at aI1 end, and tha A we were left to our fate. The rising SUI q showet. us the camp of our enemie ,. swarrning win armed men, villagers a Il HCIA "o hocpOyS, "44p oHcuOSu Out ltld a they had conquered the Feringhees, an i. held up the uniforms and accoutrement |. of English soldiers in token of thei $ victory.
 1T We fully expected that they woul | now make final attack in force, br Il they had probably formed a pretty goo Is ilea of the state to which we had bee st reduced, and, like wise men, determine d to starve us out. d On Tuesday afternoon a council ( is war was keld at which it was decide " that we should sally out as soon as th il moon had set; try to cut our WE 70 through the enemy, and then make f,
 Col. Adairs camp, which, we had reaso l to believe, was somewhere in the q rsct;nn of In,rir,,,r a i,n,,t t,,n1,t1r mill