Glasgow Courier. — 1858-01-02 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE CAMPAIGN IN OUDE.  A corporal of the filth Foot, who went through the campaign in Persia, and on his return thence found his corps called immediately to operate in the suppression of the mutiny, thus describes the nature of the fighting with Sepoys. He is writing of the battle which preceded the taking of Cavvnpore, and the first advance into Oude under Havelock.  ' Pushed on and encountered them again for the fourth time, nod took all their guns, amounting in all for the four days to 26 in number, but they played the very mischief-73 of our regiment killed and wounded alone. One round shot killed five men on my left. It was a dreadful sight. The reason we had so many killed and wounded was this; the 64th and 78th were ordered to advance and charge a village. We did so and cleared it. As soon as we gut through it, a long twenty-four pounder opened on 11,1, and the first ball killed the five men on my left. We retired a few paces behind a bank, and carried our dead men to the rear of the line. The mutineers now sounded the assembly. The bands they had struck up, and their colours flying. We then rose and advanced to meet them. When they saw this they very soon retired behind the guns. They opened upon us with grape and canister, and fired seven rounds into us, leaving the field, for about 500 yards, covered with killed and wounded of the two regiments, our regiment taking the guns. We then charged and bayonetted them like rats to the ground. The artillery came tin to our assistance, and gave them a shot or two, and made some of them lie down pretty quick, never to rise again. When we (mired in Cawnpore we had Plenty of natives to come and give us an account Of the whole affair. It was horrible to hear the treatment the poor helpless women and children got. I could not describe the sight I saw when I visited the Place where the women were put, or the news I heard flalll the inhabitants, but bow European women, stripped of their clothes, with their throats cut, lying in a siell ; it is too disgraceful and disgusting to mention. We then crossed the river Ganges into the kingdom of Oude, where we met with a warm reception from the nintineers, but vengeance was pictured in our countenance, we wanted revenge for our fellow-countrymen, Si omen, and children, that the barbarous and inhuman wretches murdered for nothing. We want and aill have revenge at the loss of our lives. We fought firer hard engagements here, and were obliged to retire across the Ganges into Cawnpore, owing to tire overwhelming numbers against us. Cholera broke in amongst as and carried a hundred of the 60th Regiment away in about 20 days. I have seen some hor• rible sights since I have been in Bengal. We then advanced to Bithoor, where the villain Nana Sahib commands the mutineers. It is he that has given the order to the insurgents to commit the deeds and outrages that they did. There we again encountered the ferocious Sepoys, and we mowed them down like grass before the scythe. Our brigade when we first left Allahabad, was 2050 men, including 1:11. We had to meet 22,000 between Futtehpore and Cawnpore, and 26 guns. In (Jude there were 00,000, with upwards of 70 guns in position, but we toek over 30 guns in the four engagements that we had with them. I have been in all these-engage. Stunts and escaped so far, and thanks be to God for it. never endured, nor did I ever think any man could go thronA such hardships and put up with the privations 'Lit we had lode.'