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4^8 " The , Leaded-:, \Lxo. 424, May 8, ...
4 ^ 8 " THE , LEADED-:, \ lxo . 424 , May 8 , 1858 ,:
The Iitdiain" Revolt. Telegrams Are A Fr...
THE IiTDIAiN" REVOLT . Telegrams are a frequent ¦ source of blunders ; and these blunders are often of n , most painful nature . It was stated in a message from Alexandria , which Tve published last week , that a detachment of the 37 tl > , under Colonel Milinan , had been " cut tip at Azimghux . " Tins , happily , turns oat to be an error . The force did , indeed , receive a repulse ; "but for " cut up" -we are to read " shut up . " The rebels , however , are pressing Colonel Milinan very hard . One gun , especially , lias caused him great
annoyance ; and a sortie was made , though unsuccessfully , to take it . In this affair , Captain Bedford , of the 37 th , was killed . On the 29 th of March , one hundred men of the 97 th and 20 tli IToot , and one hundred and ton Madras Rifles , were sent on from Benares . The 13 th Foot from . Allahabad have proceeded cut Ghazeepore . The East India . House received a telegram at the close of last week , containing a rather fuller account of the operations described in the Foreign Office despatch ( which we gave in our lust issue ) , and also adding some fnrtlier points of news from several of the disturbed districts . "We here read : — -
" JiiAXsi : —The two brigades , forming Sir Hugh Hose ' s force , combined before Jhansi on the 27 th . " March . The rebels , about 12 , 000 ' strong including 1500 Sepoys , retired ( to ) the fort ; an investment was made , and the siege commenced onMarcli the 28 th . On the 1 st of April , a very strong force , under Tantia Togee , a relative of the Nairn , attempted to relieve Jhansi . " Without abandoning the investment , Sir Hugh Hose attacked the relieving army , and gained a glorious victory , taking-eighteen ' gun ' s , several elephants , and all the . camp equipage . Tantia Togee is said to be killed . On the -Itli of Apiil , after a severe struggle , in -which our loss was severe , the town was stormed and taken , and on the Gth of April the Fort was occupied . The
Ranee fled towards Jalouu v . 'ith a few attendants ; but the cavalry were in hot pursuit . The enemy lost 3000 ruen in the battle of the . , and iu . tlic assault of the 4 th . Our loss is not yet fully reported , but the following , officers are among the killed and wounded : —Killed : Lieutenant-Colonel Jhidull (?) , commanding Artillery ; Lieutenant ¦ Mpil-dpjo-hns , ' ' Lieutenant Dick , Bombay Engineers ; Lieutenant Park , 24 th Regiment ; Doctor Stack , her Majesty's Sb ' th Begiment ;¦ Captain Sinclair , 3 rd Hyderabad Contingent . Wounded : Major-Ricard (?) , Lieutenant Pox , lieutenants Dartnell , Ii . Olrovd (?) ,
Preiidergast , Dardy , Glory ; Dr . Cmicksliank . " ITajpootaxa .. —The rebels made a desperate attempt to lake the Palace of the Eajah of Kotab , on Marcli 25 th , by csc ; iladc , but were repulsed with great loss . On the 3 * 0 tli , General Iloberts carried the position of the rebels by assault , and occupied the town of Kotah . The rebels fled , and a great slaughter occurred in the pursuit . All their guns , -with the exception of two , have been taken . Our loss was about twenty-five killed and wounded ; among the . latter , two officers—Lieutenant CamcTon , her Majesty ' s 7 " 2 nd Highlanders , and Lieutenant Hancock , Bombay Engineers .
" GuzEiiiVT . —Some disturbances have occurred in the Gnicowar ' s district of Okamundul , and the small island of 15 cyt has been occupied by the rebels . An imsuccossfal attempt to dislodge them was made on the 3 rd of April , when six . wore killed , and twenty-six wounded ; among the latter , Captain Uucloy (?) , Uoyal Artillery , and two other officers not named . Intelligence has since : been received of the evacuation of the island by the rebels . " IMviikk Caunta . —The Thakoor of the petty State of Moon Bctta (?) ha 9 gone into rebellion—a fact which may cause embarrassment in Guzerat while the important measure of disarming the population is in progress . " KotiAPOHR . — The brother of the llajah lias been arrc 3 tcd on suspicion of conspiring against the Uritisli Government , and is now on his way to Uombay .
" Soutiikr 2 J "Maiih \ ti \ v CouxTiiY . —Tlio insurgent Dcssalees , after committing many outrages , have ; boon driven into tlio Goa territory . ITirom the Bawnara districts a rowurd of 10 , 000 rupees liad been offered for the apprehension of each of the three Dessalees . 11 15 uNi > Ki . cuNn . —Calpoe is tilled with rebels ( fugitives ) , and a great panic prevails . Mahomed , now a principal adherent of tho Nairn , has lied to the Maharajah of Gwnlior for protection . " Cawni'Ork . —A strong column proceeded from Cawnporo on tho 4 th of April into Onde , to attack Kurroh . A detachment from Colonel Maxwell ' s forco Hindu a demonstration at tho liumurpol Ghat on the 4 th of April to draw out tho enemy ' s strength . It is believed they have only three guns . " FuTTioifauim . —The rebels are crossing at tho Bichouinere Gliat some way between Furrncknbad and Sluunslniliiul . Kullidn Khan ia reported to liuvo joined thorn . " Itonir . eirNi > . — Tho robols , -who had threatonctl Nynoo Tal , aru reported to havo fallen back . " THK UA . TAII MAUN SlNtm . Wo roftd in the Times : — " Somo reports from India rolulivo to tho protection
afforded by Maun Jriingh to fugitive Europeans at the outbreak of the Indian mutiny were published on Saturday . JIaun Singh appears to have played a very fast and loose game throughout . He is thought by M r . C . J . Wingfield to have been ' staunch' up . to the month of July , having exerted himself in every way to protect the women and children left at ¦ Fyzabad ;' . and at that date the Rajah himself writes to the Commissioner of Benares , professing , in rather affected terms , great loyalty tOAvards the British Government , of which , he says , he is ' entirely a well-wisher . ' After his exertions in saving several women and children , for which he received a present of 50 , 000 rupees , with the thanks of the authorities , he began the game of making overtures on his
own behalf , and hist lebruary the Secretary of the Government of India wrote to Mr . Wingtield from the camp nt Allahabad on the subject of the terms to be conceded to him should he renew those overtures . The Governor-General , in acknowledging the Kajah ' s undoubted services to the British cause , cannot absolve him from the ' imputation of having -participated in the insurrection , and shared in . tho armed-opposition by which the British troops were met in their advance to the relief of Lucknow ; but he nevertheless expresses his readiness to guarantee him security of life and honour on his unconditional submission to the justice of tho British Government . The Rajah told a woman ( a half-caste ) , whom he recently -made over to the English , that 'he did not mean to light against us , for he saw bow
hopeless it was , and he ¦ wished to save his life ; ' and Mr . Wingfield ( on the 2 nd of February ) wrote to the Secretary of Government of India , that , if 3 Iauh Singh saw no hope of mercy he wonld fight , but . if he thought that he had not sinned past forgivene .- ? , lie would remain neutral ; Mr . Wingfield thinks Maun Singh . the very last man that ought to bo selected as an object of clemency . On the 12 th- of February , Maun Singh ' s conduct was still regarded with distrust , although in a letter , dated \ l 2 Go Tuslco ( the . Sth of ' I ' obrnaryj 1 S 5 S ) , he professes his attachment in every respect to the interests of tho Government , and pretends that' ho had only been obliged to ¦ keep up-.-siii -appearance- of amity with the rebels ' for the fear of his honour and diiruitv . ' " '¦ ' - ¦ ' . '¦¦
PKOGRESS OP . EVEST 5 . " A lucid statement of the general position is given by the Bombay correspondent of the DaUj Neu . % who writes : — " " The month of March has passed ; we are on the ev-iof the great heats , and wo have-still a vast amount of territory to recover from the insurgents . The rapture of Lucknow , b 3 depriving tliO enemy of a rallying point , lias scattered the rebels—not only over Oude and liohilcund , whither it-was . expected * they would iiy—but southwards into the districts of Glioi-ruck-pore , Aziinghur , and Juanpore , so that we have now on our bands on the eastern ' , shore of the Ganges valley a considerable number of rebels to deal with , and in the
last-named districts very few troops to moot thorn . We had hoped that by tho judicious distribution of the forces under Franks , Jung liuhadoor , and ltowcroft at various * points , the bands led b y Mohumdcc lloossoin , amounting to several thousands in number , would be thrown back to tho Gaomtce and forced to join the Lucknow rebels in their ilight northwards . Pranks' . *) victory at Sultanpore seemed to have attained that object . Bat the rebels , instead of falliny back on Luc-know , retired eastward on Uelwa and Fyzabad , crossed the Gogra near Koweroft ' s position , and engaged that oilicer . Tho usual result was produced as far as the engagement is considered . Tho rebels were beaten
nt Amora with great loss , Colonel UoWcrol ' t with only twelve hundred men having killed upwards of one thousand and dispersed an army of fifteen thousand , lint , after the action the insurgent masses' separated ; a p . irt remained at lielwa entrenchments , whilst tho rwnninder , by a movement to tho westward , down the course of tho Gogru , threw themsolves across at Taivla , and penetrated into tlio GhorruLkjiore and Azimghur districts , where they were rallied by Koor Singh , the . old arch traitor of Slinhabad . Elated with the possession of so line a force , Koor Singh resolved on a march towards Benares , by way of Azinighur , and on the 215 id his vanguard wiw -within twenty miles of that place .
" The garrison of Azimghur—a wing of her Majesty's 37 th , under Colonel "Milinan , and u wing of tho itli Madras cavalry—hearing of the approach of a body of insurgent )* , went out to meet thorn , mul cumo to action near Atrowba . The victory was complete , but was < l « urly paid for . Colonel Milinan had committed the aunie mistake a « General Windham , alCawnpore . Had hu been content to wait for tho enemy in the entrenched £ iiol of Aziuighur , ho would have beiMi safe . There , weru ample nioaiiH of defence thuro . Tho iniol was surrounded
by thick walls and a deep ditch ; provisions could have been brought in , and preparations made for a stout ruaiatanco . Colonel Milinun , after his victory , retired slowly , hearing doubtless of tho advance ! of a superior force . But tho uncmy unmc down upon him in overwhelming numbers . II u lo . it his camp , and had to hurry into A / . iinglmr , anil nmko hasty preparations for defence . Koor Singh hastened to attack , imd on tin- 2-lth hurt completely . surrounded our forco and opened batteries < m the entrenchment * . Mo time had bvou lost iu tho
lnouawhile in sending ' news of the disaster to 13 enares , and the news arrived tliore late on the evening of the 2 Ctl . Irifty dragoons -were immediately sent out'in bullockcarts , drawn by c-oolies towards the scene of action . Teli-graphic messages were forwarded to Allahabad , and from thence to the Commamlei--in-Chief at Lucktiow . A ^^¦ i ^ g of the 13 th and the depot of ' . the 2 nd Bays left Allah abaci by forced marches on the 27 th for the scene of the disaster , Iiy way of Benares . The Conimanijerin-Chief , on his part , took decisive and mpid measures * . On the 28 th , Sir Edward Lugard , with the 31 th , 84 th , and 2 0 th llcgimchts , the Military Train , some native cavalry and artillery , marched rapidly towards Azim . - gluir . " There can be no doubt of the final result . Koor Siiigh will be beaten ; but great anxiety is felt in the ¦ meanwhile for the garrison of the beleagured entrenchment , as well as for the fifty dragoons sent out in the strange convevancesT have described .
" 2 \ ov is this the only unfavourable intelligence tliat readies us from this part of the country . A letter from Benares of the 27 th ult . says : — I'have another reverse to chronicle . Two companies of' her Majesty ' s 5-lt-li , with 3 Eadras cavalry and 1 O 0 Sikhs , and two guns , I hpliere . went out with the magistrate , at a place near Surnon . between Alla ' nabad and Gobeegunge . As usual , our ¦ ' information was most wretched , which always will be the case under the present system . The force canio up suddenly to a spot surrounded by a jungle . A lai' ;^ e bod y of rebels were comfortably settled' therein , and opened onus with six nuns . After sustaining- the fire for . an hour , we were obliged to retreat with the loss of the ofh ' cer in command of the Madras ' cavalry , and very many others , killed and wounded . -Just fancy six guns under the nose of . tho magistrate , and he altogether ignorant of the fact . This occurred the day before yestcrdav . * : . ' . .
'' . Si ' . nultaiieously with the departure , of Sir Ediranl Lugard ' s force- towards Azimghur , Sir Colin CainjdK'lI had completed his . arrangonients for leaving a' -garrison iu IVacknow itiid luarchiny against lloliiic-und . The greatest ; activity has been visible in the erection of barracks and the formation , of ma ' gazinos for provisions and amniunitiou . The corps d ' armeVv . hieh remains si Lndcnow will , therc & n'e , be well oil " . It will consist of the 23 rd , oSth , 53 rd , 90 th , 0 7 th , 1 st Madras Fusiliur- ; , 2 nd Dragoons , Lahore Light Horse , nnd 3 iiowerful artillery under the command of Sir ilope Grant . The rest of the army forming n living column under BrigatiieivGencral YValpoley and eonimanded by Sir . C ' uliu Uiinipbell in jierson , m ill go to liuhilc-uiid in the following strength : —Tho -12 ml , 7 . 3 H ) , 93 rd , 2 nd and 3 rd Punjab Infantry , 7 th . Hussars , Oth Lancers , t \ vo regiments oC K " jitiv « Cavalry , four troops of Horse Artilltry , two field bntter-k's ' . and sioge train , Isaval and Engineer Briyades .
" . Sir James Outram goes to Calcutta , and is succeeded n * Chiof Commi .-sionev of Oude by IMr . Montgomery , luU'ly Judicial Commissioner in the Punjab and the same active and admirable officer whose energy did so much for ua during the- crisis at Lahore and the sie-gc of Delhi . " Our news by post from Oude goes to the 30 th of March . By the 10-tli , all organized resistance had ceased ; but such a vast area of houses could not Ijo held by our troops without great inconvenience , and the inhabitants were invited to return and ransom the rest of the town ; nests of rebels , however , still existed . One of these -was attacked on the 21 st by the 4 th Punjab Infantry , who suffered severely in their attempts to capture a gun in a narrow street , Major Wilde , the commandant , and Captain Iluud , the second in command ,
l ) i'ing severely wounded . The position was subsequently iom-d hy tlui 03 rd , who killed one hundred and forty of the . ' oimiiiy and captured three guns . Tho samo evening , two young oflieers , Messrs . Cape and Thnekwcll , . straying into the town beyond our pickets , were murdered . On the 23 rd , a force , under General Grant , proc
INIASSAOUM AT . TIlATs ' .-Sl . The following details are contained in a letter dated " Camp , Jhnnsi , Marcli i 2 nd . '' They are piunfully interesting ; hut it is as well to observe that no names or dates are given : — " You , of course , aiv . aware of the indiscriminate ninssuci \; that was pcrpotratdd by the Uance's ( of , 1 linnsi ) troops , of | . lio whole , of tlio . lCuro |> e » n families tlu-u resident artliis pl . Kie . IiiiI , as you very probably are unacquainted with , tho details of the frightful M-cne * , abhorrent und revolting in tho extreme , that wum Jit'i ' tJ eiiacled , I shall enter into a minute recital of ( hum . My information h on reliable , authority , having lim-ii giv <» bi'fons auoiuinittco hy tins brother of one who most , miraculously oUtseted his encupo . l / roparatory to Ilio inns sacro , a Aving of ouu of tho nengul regiuu'iits Unit w ^' ' 0 Hluliouuil liyro wore murcliiUK « vwny , whuu tho Ituuco iu-
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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08051858/page/6/
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