News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-22

sit his horse. When the devoted band went
out on the charge he threw himself on al
artillery tool cart, and was carried into
action to breathe his last. Now for a few
minutes Havelock's entire line was in close
encounter with the enemy and at many
points engaged in hand to hand struggles
The sepoys fought well, facing the English
bayonets with the brutal valor of savages
But Mana Sahibs flank was turned, and
his ranks were rolled up on the center
along the Cawnpore road
The rebel center on the road was the key
of the position and blocked Havelock's adj
vance to the town. Here the sepoys had a
24pounder doing serious execution on
Havelock's IS infantry. The ground was so
heavy that the artillery animals could not
move up the English cannon, and it was
the turn of a hand whether Sahib's men
would win or not. The rebels rallied at all
points for decisive blow. Again over
whelming numbers of cavalry spread out
on the plain. The beating of drums in the
sepoy lines and the appearance of mounted
officers at the front, Mana Sahib in gaudy
costume among them, was the signal for a
sounter attack. But Havelock did not
wait His infantry was lying down to take
breath, and once more he cried out, "Rise
up! Advancew and the whole line, led by
the Sixty-fourth, moved calmly on, The
e4-pounder was on the front of the Sixty
fourth, and gave it solid shot until within
300 PAGES and then fired grape.
AT the decisive moment the leader of the
Sixty fourth. Mai < St;-@a@s~~ and Have
locks son and aid-dSzcamp Harry, rode di-'
rectly upon the deadly gun The boy
Harry" as he was called placed himself in
front of the gaping mEzle of the piece
and dashed on until he reached it, followed
by the men, who would quail at nothing
under such leadership. The gun was taken
and the day was won. The sepoys made
an Intellectual stand with infantry and
soon gave way in total rout. The English
cannon promptly advanced on the open
road, and before dark the barracks of the
old English quarters at Cawnpore were In
sight. The moral courage of Havelock
and the physical daring of his men had
done marvellous work In defeating the
eXultant rebels on their own ground, with
odds of three to one against the attacking
column.
On the morning following the battle the
English soldiery began securing the pre-
cincts of Cawnpore in search of rebellious
sepoys and of English prisoners. Neither
were to be found for a time. At length a
I1oIOpSdL, WIZ HdO Dt6u given C-ACieA
sentence of hard labor on the roads, came
forward to relate the most horrible chap
ter of all this carnival of fiendish cruelty.
The prisoners who had survived the mas
sacre on the boats had been kept in con-
finement until the issue of Mana Sahib's
battle with Havelock on the 10th, and then
murdered down to the last woman and
child. The one man left to tell the tale
had been overlooked in the hasty move
ment of blood, for the victorious yells OF
Havelock's soldiers had reached Cawnpore,
and the Sahib and his crew were in terror
for their lives. Havelock had arrived, but
too lats for rescue. However, he had
scattered and discouraged the rebels, had
defeated them four times and taken thirty
cannon.
The short campaign made Havelock fa-
nous. He next turned his attention to
Lucknow, fifty-five miles distant, where
the English commissioner of Dude, Sir
Henry Lawrence, with about 500 Europe
ans, was surrounded by hordes of sepoys.
The revolt of the native regiments at Luck
now had taken place quite simultaneously
with that at Cawnpore, and Lawrence had
placed the garrison in n state of defense for
long siege. GEORGE l.. KILMER.