The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-01
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sit his horse When the devoted band went
out on the charge he threw himself on an
artillery tool cart, and was carried into
action to breathe his last Now for few
minutes Havelock' : entire line was in close
encounter with the enemy and at many
points engaged in hand to hand struggles.
The sepoys fought we'll facing the English
bayonets with the brutal vaIor Of savages.
But Mana Sahib's 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 scpoys had
24-pounder doing serious execution on
Havelock' S infantry. The ground was so
heavy that the artillery animals could not
move mp 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 a decisive blow. Again over
whelming numbers of cavalry spread ont
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
counter attack. But lIavelock did not
wait His infantry was lying down to take
II,
up! Advance" and the whole line, led by
the Sixty-fourth, moved calmly on. The
4-pounder was on the front of the Sixty
fourth, and gave it solid shot until within
800 PAGES and then fired grape.
At the decisive moment the leader of the
SiXty-fourth, Maj. Stirling, and Have
locks son and ajd-de-camp, Harry, rode di-
rectly upon the deadly gun. The "boy
Harry, as be was called, placed himself in
front of the gaping muzzle OF the piece
and dashed on until he reached 1t, 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 a 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-
ciHc:s &C C2rHrcre = search OF rebellious
sepoys and of English prisoners. Neither
were TO be found for a time. At length
European, who had been given an extra
sentence of hard labor on the roads, came
forward 10 relate the most horrible chap
ter of all this carnival of fisndish cruelty.
The prisoners who had survived the mas
sacre on the boats had been kept in con-
fnement until the issue Of Mana Sahib's
battle with Havelock on the 18th. and then
murdered down TO the last woman and
child. The one man left 10 tell the tale
had been overlooked in the hasty move
meut. OF blood. for tne victorious yellS Of
Havelock's soldiers had reached Cawnpore,
and the Nshin and his crew were in terror
for their lives. IsveioCk had arrived, but
too late for rescue However. he had
scattered and discourage The rebels, had
defeated them four times and taken thirty
cannon.
The short campaign made HavelocE IA
nous lie next turned his attention 10
Lucknow. Iftv-live miles distant. where
the English commissioner of OuCe. SIr
Henry Lawrence. with ABOUT 500 Europe
ans. was surrounded by horCes of sepoys-
The rtvolt OF tue native regiments II Luck
now had taken place quite simultaneously
with thai AZ Cswnporc, and lawrence had
placed the garrison IN = STATE Of defense for
= long slege. tThoEGl l. hILNEL