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    was Lieutenant Armstrong , who received three severe sword-cuts , but is doing well . ' "! From the north-west of Delhi , we learn that General Van Cortlandt has left Hansi , and reached Bowann . ee , a considerable city south-west of Rhotuck , where British authority has been restored . It appears uncertain whether Jumulpore , west of Hansi , has been taken . It was strongly garrisoned by upwards of 1700 rebels from Delhi , and ly men of the 60 th and 5 th Bengal / N \ L , fugitives from Umballa . They had with them three guns , one 12-pounder howitzer , one ( 5 and one 3-pounder ; and had not been attacked up to the 12 th of September . On the 20 th the fall of Delhi was known at Bikaneer , and celebrated by a royal salute .

    ' * The state of the Punjab is unsatisfactory , but the predatory tribes of the Doabs are the only enemies we have yet had to deal with . Still , they have given our detachments between Mo ' oltnri and Lahore much trouble . The first intelligence of the rising of the tribes reached Mooltan and Lahore on the l ' Gth of September . Simultaneou . s gatherings had taken place in the Bnree Doab between the Sutlej and the Kavee , aud in the Reechna Doab between the Ravee and Chenaub . Marauders of the Khattia and Khurl tribes plundered I Iuruppa , on the Kavee , and other stations on the road between Mooltan and Googaira . Since Sir John Lawrence was forced to denude the Punjab of troops , Ahmed Khan Klmrl , the chief of these tribes , has watched for an opportunity

    to rise , and , unfortunately for . himself ,-carried out his intentions about the middle of September . Major Chamberlain and Captain Eraser , with a hundred and eighty Irregulars of the 1 st Punjabee . Regiment , marched ' ¦ from Mooltan to Huruppa , and fell in with a party of insurgents on the Ravec , " atVCheechawutny . ' An obstinate engagement ensued , in which the numbers of the enemy were too great for successful resistance , and Major Cliamberlain took refuge in a serai ( stone edifice ) with his force , where he defended himself successfully , though suffering much from shortness of provisions . The marauders in the meanwhile crossed the Kayee and plundered Kumalia-,

    on the right bank . Reinforcements soon after reached -Major Ohaniberliiin , who again engaged the rebels , and killed sixty of them . A second party from Mooltan , consisting of a ' . hundred horsemen , under M ; ijor Yoyle and Captain Tronson , was sent simultaneously to the southward , struck the" Sutlej between Sahooka and Junilera , and was attacked at the former place by upwards of a thousand marauders . Major Yoylepouii repulsed these disorderly masses by a steady iire from his cavalry and levies . He then attacked Jumlera itself , burnt the village , and seized the mules and cattle belonging to the tribe . ¦¦¦ - .. ¦ '

    "At Googaira , on the Kavee , Captain Elphinstone , Deputy Commissioner , having received accurate information on the 20 th inst ., that Ahmed Khan Khurl and his men liad taken refuge auout twelve miles aistaiit from that station , a party of the Punjab police , horse and foot , under Captain S . Black , a detachment of Captain Wales ' s Sikh cavalry , under Lieutenant the lion . F . ChU'licstei " , and of the Googaira levy , under Lieutenant Mitchell , were forthwith ordered against him , and the result , after a somewhat severe light , was that the Xlmrls were cut up , Ahmed Khan himself and his s'm being among the killed . This petty outbreak lias thus received its death blow , it is honed .

    u Another party under Mr . Leopold llerkeley , extra assistant commissioner , had been detached with some cavalry , and' a party of Kutar Mookhees ( 3 rd Police Uattalion ) , to try and open the communication towards Moolta : i , which had been cut oil" by the Futtianahs , Bhurmanahs , and other tribes . Mr . Berkeley attacked the insurgents in a very spirited nianvur , but in the incite he was cut oil'from the party of the Kutar MooUhees , and was overpowered , lie full lighting manfully , and cut down live or six of the enemy with his own hand , besides shooting Bhawul , one of the leaders of t lie Futtianahs ; Moorad , another of their leaders , was killed on the same occasion , ami their total loss is estimated at not less than one hundred men .

    " With the exception of a mutiny at Bunnoo in the 9 th Irregular Cavalry , sent away some time since from Delhi for dLsalVectioi ) , and a speedy settlement of the mutineers by the staunch men of their curp . " ., there is nothing more of importance from this quarter . " Our . successes on the left bunk of the Gauges arc not omfinetl to Oude . Throu thousand Ghourkas , encamped ut Ciorruckpore in August , were , ordered to Hcnaros . They marched by Jannpore . Two thousand of them escorting treasure reached Benares , whilst the remainder , being the Where regiment of Ghoorluin , under Captain Hoilejiu , with Lieutonants Wynvard , Veiiablcs , Dunbar

    and llaig , aud Dr . > Vright , marched to Aziingliur . This town , -which was said to have been abandoned , was still hold by n . small force under Captain G . \ V . llulen , Inrge parties of rebels hovering about to the south and eastward of it . Captain liidcn took advantage of the reinforcement he received to attack n , large body of insurgents at Mundowlco , near Mundrcc , a town within ten milcH of A / Jinghur . The rebels luul tlireo guns , at sight of which the Ghoorkaa broke into live columns , and , advancing steadily , charged and carried them . The rebels hardly waited for the attack , but fled in less than ten minutcH after the first shot wan fired , leaving their guns behind thom . They were pursued for three miles

    into jungles , their loss being between one hundred and fifty and two hundred killed . Of the Ghoorkas , two were killed and twenty-six : wounded . This action was fought on the 20 th September . Moobaruckpore , ten miles south of Azimghur , next fell into oar hands , as well as Atrowleea , a fort twenty-rive miles north-west of Azimghur , on the road to Sultanpore . This fort was held by two Rajahs , Madho and Madho-Persaud , who escaped from us in the night . These energetic operations decided likewise the fate of Mahowl , a fort east of Azimghur , whose Rajah took to flight when he heard of

    our successes . " Behai remains unsettled ; but the rebels of the 5 th Irregulars and Ramghur batallion have passed the Soane , joined Ummer Singh , brother of Koor Singh , and encamped at Ghorawul , twenty-five miles south-west of Mirzapore . I do not find that the Raneegunge brigade has made any advance northwards . It was encamped four miles beyond Raneegunge on the 29 th of September . , " The little garrison at Saiigor , under Brigadier Sage is safe . The Brigadier , not liking the vicinity of the Boondcla rebels , who ¦ held ¦ a position within ten miles of Saugor , thought it imperative to attempt to dislodge them . With the few Sepoys at his command , some two

    hundred police , forty Europeans , and three guns , he proceeded on the 1 . 8 th September to carry out his hazardous undertaking , The attack was a complete failure , and the force was obliged to retire after loosing Colonel palyell of the 42 nd Bengal N . I ., who was shot , two officers , and * upwards of forty Sepo } r . s and police wounded . Capt . Millar ' s column entered Jubbul pore on the afternoon of September 30 th , having stumbled on the mutinous 52 ml Bengal 5 ?" . I . on its march out of the town . An engagement ensued , in which the Madras troops behaved admirably , leaving one hundred and fifty of the rebels dead on the field . Still Saugor is in danger , and I see that Government , sensible of this , have

    despatched Orr ' s column of Hyderabad Contingent , troops amounting to one thousand infantry , four hundred cavalry , and eight guns , from their camp at Edlabad , in-North .. Berar . Major Orr , howeverj did not •¦ move till the 4 th of October , and has a long march before him , at a most unhealthy season of the year . He crossed the Poorna and reached the banks of the Taptee on the morning of the 5 th . On the 8 th , he encamped at a place called Assurghur , on the road to Hosungabad , the speedy occupation of which seems important . Bands of rebels are out in several quarters , at no great distance from it ; to meet whom a column of the 2 Sth Madras Xative Infantry left Hosungabad on the morning of October 9 th .

    " " The forced inaction of our columns on the borders of Rajpootana has given courage to gangs of insurgents now hovering about the camp at Mliow ; one ' of which , no later than the 10 th oC October , plundered and burnt the stations of Bhowapoor and Mehidpoor . Colonel Durand , the Resident at the court of Holkar , remains at Mhow meanwhile , and may , for all that I know , have communications with the Durbar at Indore . " The JIuvkarw says : — " From Ajmere we have news to the 24 th of September . The mutinous Joudpore Legion , numbering about seven hundred men , cavalry and infantry , were encamped

    near the entrance to a pass in the hills between Burr and Bewr . Brigadier-General George Lawrence was in the neighbourhood with a force of Europeans , and did his utmost to hem in the rebels ; but they were too strong for him , and he had to fall back upon Bewr , which is about thirty-two miles from Ajmere . It is stated that the Rajah of Joudpore has likewise met with a reverse in an attack he made upon liis mutinous legion . His troops were newly raised , and it is stated that they were defeated with heavy loss ; among the killed was the Rnj . ih ' s Minister . X " o date is mentioned ; of course considerable alarm prevails .

    " Accounts from Assam would seem to indicate that , having passed through more than one anxious condition of excitement and hazard , the scattered residents are likely to escape without serious loss or injury . The Rajah of Upper Assam is' probably by this time approaching Fort William . We gather that he is but a youtli , and by no means a genius . " The Government has issued a proclamation in several languages , ottering a reward of fifty thousand rupees for the apprehension of Nnna Sahib . His nephew has boon lodged in Tannnh Gaol for the present . During the rising of the Bhccls neai' Nassiclc in Kamloisl ) , Lieutenant Henry , of the Ahmetlimggur Police , was slain in a rash , though gallant , attack . It wus anticipated at the last advices that the rebellion in that district would soon be put down .

    I-iieutonant McGregor , of the 52 nd Hungnl Infantry , has been murdered by men of his own regiment . A Sussex paper says *—" Lieutenant MeOregor was carried oil' by the mutineers of the regiment above mentioned , who , a « hort time ' afterwards , wroto a letter asking for nix weeks ' pay , and declaring that they would not kill the Englishman , but only take him to Delhi . However , they were attacked by the Madras troops , who defeated them with tho loss of one hundred and fifty men . In revenge for this check they barbarously murdered their prisoner .

    It is further stated that a few men of the regiment , who , being faithful to the English , remained behind , were demanded by the mutineers in exchange for Lieutenant McGregor . The alternative thus presented to the British officers was painful in the extreme . Deliver up the native soldiers , whose fate would have been torture and certain death , they could not . The loss of their own countryman was therefore the price they must needs pay for the retention and protection of the Sepoys who had not suffered themselves to be borne away ' from their allegiance by their disloyal companions in arms . "

    LUCKNOW . Sir James Outram liaving readied Cawnpore early in September , preparations were made to cross the Ganges . The whole force was under the command of General Havelock ; for Sir James Outram issued an order waiving his rank of Major-General , and offering his military services as a volunteer . General Havelock acknowledged this noble act of devotion in an address , and Sir Colin Campbell , at Calcutta , made it the subject of a special order . An island in . the Ganges was occupied by Major Haliburton , of the 78 th Highlanders . Captain

    Crorhmelin , of the Engineers , completed a bridge of boats on the evening of the 18 th of September , in doing which there was only one casualty , though the lire of the enemy ' s musketry was continual . On the same evening , Major llaliburton moved across the river with some guns , and occupied a slightly advanced position , in which he was attacked , and induced to retire to the bridge-head for the night . In . the course of the night , a shot from an unknown quarter produced a panic . It is feared that some of our men fired at each other , and that a few lives were lost . General Havelock crossed with his -whole force on the 19 th . He had with him 2500 men and

    seventeen guns , lhe rebels made a faint attempt to afctack the Highlanders and Sikhs ; but , having advancd a few yards , they turned and fled . After encamping for the night on some sa . nd-hills , Havelock : on the following morning proceeded , and found the enemy in a position of strength ; but the whole of our artillery moved forward simultaneously , and opened a cannonade which lasted an hour . The result was that our troops turned the rebel position

    charged the guns , avid captured five . Two of $ hese were taken by a charge of cavalry headed by Sir James Outram in person . At the same time , the regimental colours of the 1 st Bengal Native Infantry fell into our hands . Our loss was trifling , only one European and three natives being killed ; but the enemy suffered severely , and fell back . In the midst of a continual descent of rain , our column marched twenty miles into the village of Bassaratg-unge , and on the following day pursued its course .

    On the 22 nd of September , the firing at Lucknow was distinctly heard , and a royal salute was fired by our troops to encourage the besieged , and to intimate that we were approaching ; . The city was attacked , in the direction of the Residency , on the 25 th , and the garrison was relieved in the evening . But we paid for our success by the loss of four hundred men killed and wounded , tlie gallant General Neill being-among the former . Two mines , ready for loading , had been run under the chief works of the besieged . . On the 29 th , the right quarter of the city was occupied , and seven guns were taken . Man Singh , contrary to expectation , appears to have taken an active part against us . The assault was rough work , the enemy being bold and numerous . Indeed , they all but penetrated the entrenchment . Our men threw , by hand , shells with lighted fuses among the rebels , and thus contributed to the

    success of tlie assault . A . notification from Fort William , dated October 2 nd , after briefly intimating th . e fall of Lucknow , bears the following testimony to the memory of General Neill : — u The Governor-General in Council cannot refrain from expressing tho deep regret with which he hears of the death of Brigadier-General Neill , of the 1 st Madras European Fusiliers , of which it is to be feared that no doubt exists .

    " Brigadier-General Noill , during his short but active career in Bengal , had won the respect and confidence of the Government of India ; ho had made himself conspicuous as an intelligent , prompt , self-reliant soldier , ready of resource and stout of heurt ; and the Governor-General in Council oilers to the Government and to tho army of Mudrns his sincere condolence \ ipon the loss of one who was an honoiir to the service of their presidency . "

    CAYVNI'OUE . A correspondent of the Hiirfoiru writes from Cawnjiovo on tlie 30 th { September : — " lty mid-day of tho 22 nd , tlie tail of an army—ami I oiui assure you the tail of an army of U 0 OO Europeans is a long one—has disappeared [ on its way to Lucknowj . Since that day , no vestige of news from them 1 ms readied us . They ploughed away through tho tidy of rebellion which oversows Oude , hut the waves have closed again , and wo have no means of hearing from them or communicating with them . "

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/5/