The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-09-17 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

GRAPHIC STORY OF LIEUT. GREAVES'  DEATH.  This week's mail from India has brought us a graphic description, written by an artillery officer, of the fight which took place near Landikai, in the Swat Valley, between the Anglo-Indian troops and the rebellious tribes, on August 17th "From a hill we obtained a perfect view of the disastrous charge of the Guides Cavalry, which resulted in Lieutenants Maclean and Greaves (son of the late Mr. Hilton Greaves, spinner, of Oldham) being killed and Colonel Adams and Captain Palmer being wounded. The enemy had reached the foot of the hills before the Guides could get round the spur we had taken. Having got round, the Guides had to thread their way across a narrow ford in the river and through a village, and then gallop 1,500 yards over heavy mud, the result being that by the time they reached the enemy they were scattered Just like a hunting field, the officers from their better mounting being well ahead. They were minted by a murderous fire at close range, and A:heir horses were shot at once, Greaves killed, and Palmer shot through the right arm. Colonel Adn,sis, who commanded the cavalry brigade, seeing th 9; enemy were unapproachable on horseback, „auted to them to take cover in a tope of trees about 50 yards to the left, but they either did not hear or could not hold their horses, as Palmer and Greaves dashed straight on into the hornets' nest. Adams, Maclean, and Lord lincastle (16th Lancers) seeing them down, dashed out from the trees to their rescue, followed by two duffadars. Maclean at once fell, and the duffadars carried him off to the tope of trees. Adams got first to Greaves, and tried to pull him up on to his horse, but the poor brute was immediately hit in several places and killed.  "By this time-two or three sowars had come up, and one gave the colonel his horse, while Fincastle lifted up GreAves's body and put it on the other sowaes horse. Greaves was hit twice while in Fincastie's arms, the shock nearly knocking him down. Meanwhile Colonel Adams had received a sword cut that nearly severed his right thumb. He, however, remounted and under heavy fire dispersed a mob of Ghazis who were collecting to cut to pieces the rescued and the rescuers.  - "All this happened under our eyes, and immediately afterwards a general advance down the hill and across the plain was ordered with a view to support cavalry, who were dismounted and firing away merrily, though the enemy bid fair to surround them if left long without help. We (No. 8 Bengal M. 8.) and a native infantry regiment scuttled along in line over the heavy ground as hard as we could go, and on our approach the enemy retired up the hills, where we sent a few shells after them.  "We were then told to march back about 2,000 yards and camp, and arrived about 2 30 p.m. pretty well exhausted, as it was one of the hottest days we have had. Next day the enemy had cleared out. Our battery was right in the thick of the whole action, being up in the infantry firing line from start to finish, which gave us such a coraplete view of the fighting, and our loss was only one mule killed."