Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-25

The recent occurrences in China. par
tlcularly the investment of the legations
AZ feKln and the success of the relieving
FORGE, nave suggested the deeds Of the
English in India during the famous Sc
poy rebellion. The incidents of that war
read like the stories of the r0maneer
rather than as the narratives of the his
dorian. The whole secret of English s,,,-
'Sess was contained in the one fact of
race superiority. The Sepoys had been
well raine under European officers. In
splreu by British leaders they had shown
all the qualities Of good soldiers, and
hau given a good record Of themselves
even When opposed to European antag-
ohists. They were armed with weapons,
WHICH were as modern as any That were
USED at that day. In numbers, in mill
tary resources and in all other conditions
OF conducting successful warfare, even
TO the TACT that they were inspired by a
hlsh degree OF religious fana ticism, they
We're always superior to their British
Ioes. Yet they were almost uniformly
unsuccessful. The English stormed i'm
~presnapIe positions. and defended I'M
tenable places to. an extent that has
AN IN III II WOTlu.
Perhaps the most noted of all the ex-
ploits of this wal were the defense and
the two reliefs of Lucknow. This citv
was fourth in size among Indian munic-
qualities, having between 25O, 900 and 3OO. :
600 inhabitants. 1t was the capital Of
the rich province of Oudh, and the resi-
dence of the governor, Sir Henry Law.
renee, one of the very ablest and most
popular of Indian ofRn;olc w.
cy was situated on a hill, slightly over
looking the city, but had a fiat roof. all
most entirely exposed, and would hardly
have been considered a center of a de-
fensive position, had the circumstances
allowed any choice. One or two sur
%rounding buildings were rather better
and any possibility was utilized.
While he had no conception Of the
greatness Of the struggle, it appears that
Sir Henry Lawrence a%pprehended the
danger rather better than did MANY of
the other officials in India. At the be-
ginning Of April he inclosed the .esiden-
cy and some contiguous buildings, and
laid in military stores and provisions. 1t
was not too soon. On the 3Oth of Nav 2
part Of the native troops rebelled and at
tackled their English officers. June nth.
NAS pollSG ullu Lille REMAINDER or
the native soldiery threw off all alleei-
ance. The news of the tragedy at Gavin
pore arrived on the Goth and incited the
insurgents to fury. On top Of this an
attempt on the part of the mand to
check the approach of Sepoys to the city
was defeated and this reverse affected
the morale, both of assailant and assail-
ed.
The defeat just mentioned occurred on
the goth of June. Three days later the
governor withdrew all the Europeans
into the r~esidency. There were loo all
told, including soldiers, civilians, women
and children. Exposed to the heat of a
tropical sum-, the open part of the inclos-
ure Gin the middle of which was the welD
exposed to fire from the tops OF houses in
the vicinity, without proper food and
with but little of such as was o~btainable,
there was no thought of surrender. For
four months and more the siege was
maintained. Against overwhelming
numbers and amid the excessive discom-
forts of climate and restitution, the de-
Tense continued. Sir Henry Lawrence
died of Wounds on July 4th, His success
sor was Brigadier Inglis, who proved
worthy of the responsibility Breaches
were made in the defenses and desperate
assaults delivered on three successive
occasions by the countless forces Of the
besiegers, but without avail.
The relief of Lucknow was as heroic
as the defense. With such speed as he
was able General Henry Havelock gath
cred a n army, ridiculously dispropor-
toned to the needs of the occasion. But
1,4OO were Europeans inc the small con-
tingent of native allies was an element.
the value of which could not be known.
After fighting twelve successive battles,
every one of them against greatly SUI
periOr forces, the relieving column came
in sight of the b%eleaguered garrison.
Over the open plain in a hollow square,
in the middle of which was the train
bearing supplies, marched the little
force, contending all the way with count
less hordes which assailed it on every
side. Then the route to the residency
was through the city, along a narrow
street, from the windows on either side
of which a CALLING fire was maintained.
But the goal was finally reached. Sol
diers, provisions mad ammunition were
brought to their destination, where for
nearly three months longer the new ar
rivals endured with the garrison the tri-
ais which up to that time had been
borne by the defendants alone. On the
25th of August Havelock entered. 1t
was on the 18th of November that the
second relief party, under Sir Colin
Campbell arrived. Campbell's force was
larger than Havelock's, but yet was less
than 5000 men, and was sufficient to con-
duct the defendants to a place of safety,
though 1t was not considered enough to
continue the occupation of the position.
This is only one of the many deeds of
the great Sepoy rebellion of 1857, which
are full of inspire tfon to the Caucasian
race, and which are well worth consid-
Grafton in connection with the problems
rising in the east. But in comparing