The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09

IN many tight places Nilds was typical
Yankee, good naturel but courageous. and
his long arms had the strength Of a horses
leg Tho thicket was so dense that our fort
could not be socn unless one penetrated il
few yards The natives simply supposed that
We were lying in tho center Of the Jungle,
pnd half an hour after the groom left as
thirty musketS began blazing away at our po-
sition. Some Of the balls whistlcd over us,
others entered the earth, and now and then
one struck the heavy blocks Of stone with a
dull ring We took turns as scntincls, while
the other two slept, and soon after midnight
all was quiet
II was 10 o'clock next morning before we
were troubled again. Then the members OF
the old gang seemed 90 have been added 90,
and fifty moro muskets kept up pretty
steady fire until 3 o'clock in the afternoon
BY this time we ought 20 have been all shot
20 pieces, as the bullets had cut through every
foot Of the Jungle The natives believed it
was time 10 advance and see. We could To-
cato them by their loud talk and constant
discussions, and when we found that all had
gathered on the eastern edge Of the thicket
and were about % advance, we climbed out
crept forward, aud lay down behind q big
block Of rock 90 receive them. They entered
the thicket as mob would have done, and
Tho first three men sighted were dropped IN
their tracks This caused a panic, and they
withdrew and aside from few stray shots
iirod 10 let as know that we were still besiegci
We were not annoyed until next morning
Then we heard a great hurrah, and after
little were given the Information that they
had brought down two pieces Of artillery
from the station 90 shell us out They wcr,
very slow in getting 20 work, and when they
began firing it was very plain that they knew
nothing about artillery.
OF the first four shells fred OH went 90,
nigh and burst far beyond us. The fifth oni
burst short and threw the dirt over our walls
Then we decided % cool their ardor a bic
We climbed over the walls. got out Of th.
line Of fire and crcpt 10 the edge Of tho
thickct There wc saw q mob Of over a hun
drcd natives with the two gunspianied with
In pistol shot One of them hal become disa
bled by rammng the ball down before tht
cartridge, and the other was about 20 bt
fired We selected three of the gunncrs, free
together, and they fell dead on the grass
Before the gang could get out Of range wl
hIllNnl Two IlNlN anu NOAiNIAfI4 II NlIAs IINI
Wilds ran forward under cover Of our rifle
and spiked both pieces by driving some nails
which he happened % have in bis pocket
into the vents. Seeing q move 90 ilankus w1
returned 20 our shelter, and OH the rest OF
that day and an night we were left in peace
On the third day there were but twenty ma
tivcs in the besieging force, and they fire
into the thickot only 40 long intervals. Oh
the fourth dav this force was reduced 10 ten
AZ noon Wilds made a scout and found then
eating dinner, and We crept mp and llllel
one and wounded two, and completely raise
the siege. We could have gone away nos
had we any place % go, but we had decide
% remain.
On the fifth day, about 9 o'clock in th
morning. q rabblo Of about COO natives, mos
Of them soldiers, who were on their way Go
Cawupoor, were turned aside % ottac,, as
Each one had a gun and plenty Of ammu
milton, and for three hours they kept up O
creditablc fire They could see nothing O.
% shoot at, but fired into the thicket and al
least 800 bullets bit the walls of our fortress
We did not fire in reply, as it would only
have betrayed our position At noon, when
the FIRE began 90 slacken, we made ready for
a charge There were two spare guns ano
all were loaded. Then, while waiting, Wild
piled upa couplepf hundred stones about The
size Of his fist from the plentiful supply once
used in the rubble work of the buildings Tho
thicket was surrounded two lines deep, and
at "a signal a general advance was made. Had
we been without cover we should have been
killed or captured When they saw our for.
the order was to storm &c. The walls were
low that one could boost another up, am,
before we opened fire there was a Twin.
fringe all around us. I'm one minute only th,
dead we're in sight Wids fired once, aut
then resorted 70 the rocks, and honestly be
lieve be disabled a dozen men. Four of Oh.
killed fell into the inciosure and the boiic
of two more were pushed outside.
This ended the fighting. Tho rabble wen
of, and for the next ten days not NATIVE
came near u.s. At the end of that time w'
got word that the British had the upper hano
again at Sutanpoor, and we left our for
and returned there. Not one of us was a..
worse of, and yet wo had done considerable
toward reducing the number Of mutineers
One Of the natives wounded in the last iigh.
told me that the genera" WHO ordered th'
charge against the fort told bis men that
was no use 20 longer bother MS, as all Amer
cans were in league with Satan, and that hi
majesty would prevent their bullets orsWord
from harmiuv us New York sun