Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-19


IN peaceful times like the present.. She has
aonc ~ thls year iroin firon india, and bc.
slowed another honor and decoration upon
the famous highland clan u soldiefly
scois. the Gr.slt., Of BLACK Watch fame.
that for century or more has had at least
one hero ot every generation IN India.
On the g5th Of March last a lying do
taehment % native soldlrFa -Guurkas--
rushed into the Enriish camp NJ 1nmmu.
In Hurmah, and hrcathlcssly announced
terrible disaster 10 n small English army
Mt tho cspithl VI Manipur. distant from
Tummu about four days march over the
hills The camp NJ 1uinmu was Ia charge
Of Lieut. G.. ]. W Grant, of the Second
Burmah regiment. His father, grand.
father and great grandfather hnd becn sol.
dicu IN India, aud he knew by Instinct aud
tradition that ones tribe got the upper
Rand Ia hnstiliiics a massacrp NJ British
rcsldents and soldiery would follow. Tho
government u India maintains am agent,
Or representative. aud rtsidcncy nt Mani.
rnr, and there NJ the time, a. Lieut.. Grant
know, were tho chief commissioner. his
wife and other English officials and AZ.
tAches. Between them aud al other Eng
llsh posts, except Tumnu, lay wide
stretches Of Jungle. cutting od all hope ~
escape and Of timely suocor Grant
promptly wired 10 his superlors at distant
points la ljurmah Tor authority TO march
to the rescue Of biz comradc. aud friends,
and At II O'Clock az night on tho 9Th 70.
oelyed a sanction Of his plans A. o'clock
on the morning " the cJih he set out with
% men Of hi own regiment aud 10 u the
Gourka soldiers that bad come In fresn
Manipur.
The route lay over tho hills and the com.
pany marched twelve hours before resting
The next night and day they marched
thirteen hours, aud the next, the a0th, eight
hours, fighting their way over intrcnch.
ments and through Villages, always out.
numbered but victorious. The Manlpuri
prisoners taken In the fight confirmed the
news 81 tho disaster at Mnuipur aud said
that the English leaders had all been Nil.
ed and that the vile " the resident, Mrs.
Grimwood. had escaped Into the Jungle aud
was fleeing toward the British camps.
Lieut.. Graut resumed his march at II
o'clock At nlght and pushed on until
daylight. when he was confronted byAriyrr
with IT. bridge burning aud n hostile fort
on the opposite side covering the passage.
The gallant leader made a reconnaissance
on horseback aud found the bridge tlmbora
burned through; also he saw tho exact
formation Of the enemy'H wOrks-a mud
fort with trenches extending up aud down
the river bank.
Tho little force Of 50 men was then
placed la three lines, the iirt two Of -
men each In Airing sections Of 10 each.
The advance sounded. aud one section OF
the trout line opened iirc while the other
rushed forward thirty PAGES, dropped
down and also opened FIRE. In this way
the advance erept up 20 within 100 yards of
the works. Then Lieut.. Grant signaled
his supports. 10 men IN two sections. to
move up on either nank, which they did.
not halting a. tho firing line. but pushing
about forty yards ahead, then dropping
aud opening fire. Al this the first sections
arose In body aud dashed forward To the
river hank and down Into the stream.
Grant At tho head Of all. The water was
from thrre 10 six feet deep. aud the plncky
lieutenant got In over his depth aud had
90 be helped out. His followers, however,
lost no tins, but. standing In the shallow
edge Of the stream. fixed bayontta and
formed for the charge,
The enemy kept down behind their walls
:iring from loopholvs. and those wero the
only targets the assAllants had until they
advanced with the cold steel. Then the
MRnipur. lrft their cover at the first wall
aud fell hack. Grants men advanced,
frccly using tho bHyonot. ~ the second
wall the enemy tried to rally, but the tao.
ties Of the English were TOO much Tor