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- with * Mro < gaoB and . one bandied , Sik-fr cavalry , ¦ are at . Asroii . i Sir Edward 3 » ugard- marched- on Arrah . on- the 7 fcfa . of M » y , and : intended-to attack- Jugdespor « on the Sttta Colonel Gorfield was to co-operate with Sasseram .. Tim rebels ^ , under Ummur Singb , the brother of E £ oer Siagfjii , are . believed ' to number fnonr 7-000 to 9000 r » eia > . mostly * vlHagera . They have orte'smaU gian and our . twcr 2 howitzers . Kooer Singh is now believed to be still / alisrp- All i » reported quiet iu the other parts ofr the Pataa ^ div isiom . . u * OTSH > ss » 6 rca— 'Sir Edvrawl Lamarck attacked ; the
-rebels at Xtonstanpott oiv May atb , anddtove them before him t < x Jugdespore , which place he enten & d on the same dajfi Tha enemy , having , sustained severe loss retreated tO ' tha-southwardj , and- abandoned the twogum ? they bod captured-front the . Arrah force . Sir Edward- Lugawfc eitteoed Jaitpore on May 111 th ,: after repulsing an attack oafc the-enemy .. On . May 12 th , he femied . a > junction w 4 & Colonel Gorfield at Peron ; . and on .- May -L 3 th < rett » med ( , bearing that Major Lighfcfoot , wJio-had been left a * tif tat place , had been attaak « d by the r « hels . A = meer-Singh , a-- rebel leader , is sported to have been , killed- at Jbitporet .. " AcwtGHCB . —A rebel force has crossed ttte . Ganges-, anAeniielned the-Allyghur districts . " Bomba-u PKKSrDfiuscY .--The Bheel raicks , Beema a ** MuASowa , have surrendered . ; anil no further distuettandea are reported in Kandeish . The : re ^ t of the Bomb ^ j ? Presidency is-quiet " THE OENEME SFSOATIOK . ^ Jhe * Galfeutta « correspondent of the Times , writing oinMiaySth , snys--. — . " in ? Qude , matters are' decidedly improving . The Gomraiseioner , Mr . Montgomeryy has- received ! at cart & WbucAa , and has at once nullified the Proclamation ; Th » tSAo « k < JM » . have been-conftmed-iit their estates on < newcondltfeMis f and are conrixrg in liajiidly . The zemindaree syattstfty . natural t » the country ; ha * been ; introduced * and tUoa zemindars * rendered responsible foi ? all offences agtuttsfc the- Stsrte , society , ov the laTvy committed on thOTfe'eatatesi ,. 'lJher & is ^ . et > naexiuen , tTy ^ tov be no- village pblfce reeogniaed as such , t > -y theStatej the Government appealing to- ' no one but ; trie- l & ncBlolder . A . strong mffitOPj ^ police and a- centralized civil police will be imxtted & itfely ' ' created , and- there are signs 1 that the barons
really intend to ahey the wew constitution * The country ia-being pffoifiert i Mr . Montgomery : lHt-e all the- Punjab officials * recognizing the- fact tli at the people > il 3 receive -o » % « tm system . They choose .-a feudal organization ) . axf & fktut & gotil , and both parties awbeginning to unders ** Md one another . The experiment is interesting , ami ¦ v » n * l , Infancy , succeed under : Mp- Montgomery ; bub one dft « rtaafcs < plan * that require special men to work themi . Under a weak satrap , the barons -will be the real rulersj a » tft * y are-in Bengal . Foi the' present ,, however ,, the political advsuitrige of tlt & lull is inestimable . The contest has-now lasted twelve months ^ and is * wearing men oOR- The ntnnber of sick—I do not mean only soldiers — -i « f ' -pavy great , and thote is . a * feeling : of despondency , ofi d * cn * bt as < to the * future , creeping over the land ,, which tootes-noigoodL
" I have received some intelligence from the Andaroanm- The three hundred Sepoys sent tbero were located on rile'two islands in Port ! Blair , and ordered * to begirt bnilditig . One man refusedi to -work , and' was shot . j Anwtner committed suicide ratfUep thaw descend to xtfanual labour . A thiid informed his comrades that if they- would' follow him he would sJlow- them a neck of Ian ( Mending into- Belvnv ; thirty-two . agreed ; escaped to tlte ' chie * ' island , and' wore pursued ) in'vain . At lost one < mnivcame bnclr , covered with ticks and starring . Die snltti tfhe nntives had attacked them , and that they were liwingi on Toots . The man looked-wretched ' to the last dtgraej , but thirty more followed liw exaroplb . Their eMpape i » norrrjniy to any onew They cannot got away ,. and if they kill : the- savages , or tbei savages kill : thenr , tb « i worldi oan spare eithor without much' compunction . Tbre » n » tivea . or « evil'to » degi-ce , aiipcaring toilmvedechBWd ) war ncaiiret ) the human ruce-i
' * "Tll « r country is flllect with xumonrsi One moat MiB « hievcius one is > reported everywhere . Ic > ie aowl ' tb »* im © tesci ^ BurriBcul , an * CUcutttt , proclamation * lmwbwan made' in tho- bazaars announcing that ,, on tbv atmSversaryj of Plnasej ' , ' something- white' wiil digoft . pear . ThiB' nrnv bo Bailor ev € n'rice ; hot it . is intevpvcted to in « Hn Enroiroanp , an * to b « intended ) tOi-watn tbtei populhce * fui » a geuenvl insurrection . It ia * niaohirrap « r'lifceiy < to be a olevep de-viea for creating annoy > - ancc aad ' alArnt f and ; if aaoh , it-h-as * sucoeedted . " Pr < ica » d £ hig nt > rtllwnwl , it ih- r « portndl t ! ia * - GomckpdKor has 1 agnin firilcm , but the mmour when examined :
rciwlveB 1 itaelf into tlie murder o-f a > deputy collccfoir a Bin ; JAjugn » tine « ~ by somo-ouwtod ' proprietors ^ TJhe stivfciom jn > ay fait' nnry day , siionltt tho gangai w » n < laiing i « ond > nboBt'tlho district- coo-Iobco ¦ ; biiV the occur rencc hna -not y « t > DtikeiT iWace . Aztinghur [ a < snfe , from tUe heavy ¦ c olumn ^ tttcTe enonmped , but B « xar ; Ghnzecpore ^ Sher-KOttyj . and ; Saeeeram- awj' aU BUpponedvtov be 'in . dans gB » . " - They nrc oln ) o « t without : ' garrisons ^ , a nd may ba < catrritd ] by w thousand mem These feaT 8 > nro' axagvgprmtodjniad spTMide ^ ponn to Plittin , which tasufo caoughi vdtto < eix'ttimdr « UOlJiix » pi ( Hmaof herM « joaty ' a . 85 tl » . A gun fired 1 « v Itolmr , hovwwon , -. nflteots' all " libngaJ ^ andi ] . <« d > llllenborowgli ' ar adVibo tooeourwow baso :-ot : all
hassards has not been followed ., F » -oni- A-zimghur to Calcutta ; oun provinces- maj ^ be . considered * defenceless * Patno , Raneegunge ,, and BaErackpo-e being the only points really protected . Arrabt- andt Sasseram have a few sailors f bub not , sufficient toi assume the offensive . AtPatnay the Enropea-ns- cannot move ,, with a ; turbulent city ; and millions in opium 1-eft unguarded . Raneegunge is-the key to the railway , and would not be stripped-except as a . last resort ; while the BormJcpore force ,, her Majesty ' s * 19 rth > and ou & hundred sailors , w ^ tch three thousand Sepoys ? who ,, were , the Europeans withdrawn , woul ' d soon find arms . The province requires five thousand ; men , one-third of whom might ,, for the moment , be sailors . The- Sepojrs fear their reckless dash , and ; shifty ^ vajsh mora than the- regular regiments . "
Some further detail * and remarkaara made by the Calcutta Englisliman : " The- , climate , " says- that journal ,, "baa begun to tell npon the soldier , and sickness- prevails to a largeextent . The Cominander-in-Cliief has sent in for every medical officer available at the Presidency , but there are few to spare ,, and- they have been- forwarded-with all practicable speedi Thero is ; no donbfc diat ,- cornpara > - tivelj ' - speaking r no branch , of the public aervice has-met . with so large a numberof casualties- as- the medical ,, and . it will be absolately necessary that a > sufficient , number of medical men should be- sent out to Inditv without- delay 4 . nob only to i % place casua lties ^ buit also to prcvide for the future wants of the army . There is no denying that the general aspect o > f affairs , so far from having improved , exhibits a reverse picture , and that the apprehensions we liave repeatedly expressed with regard to a hot weather campaign have not been groundless . " A very significant test of the amount of sympathy given by the natives to the insurgents is afforded by the readiness wibli which they aid them in crossing great rivers , and" the obstacles they throw an the way of our troops when they desire to effect the same object . Oil this point , the Overland Phoenix says : — " /¦ ¦ . - ¦'¦ ' ¦ ' . - . ¦ ¦ : ; ' ¦ . - \ ' / ¦ ¦ . : " ¦ " If a European force is to be feriied , or otherwise taken from one bank to the other , it is generally found that the bridges of boats , if there weTe any , have been destroyed , and that of the boats wJuch , in ordinaiy times , swarm at the ferries , few or none are to be found . With the rebels it is different .. The villagers rush to their aid , sunken boats are dug up , and the rebel force is crossedover with a . despatch which shows that natives can work . when they choose . Again in the inland : a beaten rebel army breaks up into fragments and becomes scattered through- hundreds , of villages , but only to reassemble and re-form , - whim the British division has
passed on . Tho romedyfor a state of things such as this seeni 8 to be garrisoning , each district in succession . ; but T as for thia there is not suflicient troopa ; the camipaign must be kept open , nnd the rebels and their sympathizers taught that there is no rest for them . On the whole , the general- and , apparently well-founded impression here is that any relaxation in the efforts of tho Home Government to send out additional troeps to this country will bo unwise and impolitic . The rebels hardly yet consider themselves beaten ,, and tlie poison of disaffection- has had time to spread into districts it would never have contaminated had tho rebellion been promptly suppressed . "
TIIB . 3 > ISA 8 TK » AT JUGD 33 SDORK . Some account of this lamentable event is contained ; in a letter from a » ollicer . Having ; described tho- entrance of our metv into the jungle * he continues : — " A- f «\ v . seconds after , a choer wae r aised ; ib was from Jur brave skirmishers , who , perceiving tho enemy pushing ! om in dense masses , were preparing , under their lashing : loaders * to give them six inches * of steel , when bhe bugle sounded for . them to fall baak . This was the ratal error- —ib quite disheartened the men i and th © enemy ; , who wavered , at : so gallant a cheer , now
advanced unmolested ,, and : took up their positions behind trees , brushwood , & c , and opened a galling fire from two guns * which was soon responded to > by our artillery and infantry , , and ! the action then became general . Al ' tei * an hour ' s ; fighting , they outflanked , us on the right nud leffy andi their cavalry were attempting to cutoir' our retreat ? dismay waft euauing , when the order was given to retire . Our two yuns were- obliged to bo left behind ( na thaihorso * that dragged them wore not to b « found ) , but not . till they were gullantly spiked in tho face of tho enemy by Sergeant Hooltsban and Gunners Hey troy anil Watson ^ of the Artillery ^ , who nobly fell in serving Ihvir country ..
" 1 i have proceeded so fur , but I am realty nBlvaumed toigouny farther ; however , n » I have began I will oud < it . We * begun our rofcrent in aj most orderly manner out of tlior jungle ,, driving : tho . enemy buck whenever tliey approached too ) noar till wo-roaohod n-tank in tho open pining whorai soldiers , sailorsj . Sikhs , and follon-ers bogan swallowing stagnant wntew ,. aaitliey could got no bettor ,, and wore dying , fbom titirst ,. when a ^ cry wnsraised , that the cavalry waetthundcringdwvaon . uar , but . no one would riso , till' U ) r . t ilnrke ,. running forward , drewhiaisxvord , and culled ' on the ; men . to form aqwnrro round him , A sort of one was formed , nndatvollay < lie » -
charged into them * which soon made the Woodthirst cowardly villains- fly . After thias , the retoea t Waa dk graceful : every man- tad his-own way , no command were listened to , the men , were raving wild , and when we gained the main road , a more dreadful scene ' never before was beheld . The European , porfcioa of the forep were falling , from apoplexy by sections . As the medical stores were captured by the enemy— the dooh- bearera hawing fled , notwithstanding the utmost exertions havi ™ been used by the medical officers to keep them to their post—what was to be done ? There were sixteen
elephants , but they earned the wounded ; so the poor unfortunate beings were left behind to be cut to pieces The bugles , would sound the halt ,, the greatest portion ' of the Europeans with about -twenty , or thirty brave Sikhs- would stand ; but wher « was the main body Captain Legrand on our retreat , about two miles from , the village , was sho £ through th . e chest and died ; Lieutenant Maisey and poor Dr . CLarke ( both of the 35 th ) fell from apoplexy on the roa-d , and wer * left to the mercy of villains of the blackest-dve .
" The soldiers and sailors , when they lyere five or six miles on the road , were unabLe to load aud fire their pieces through exhaustion , while the main' body of the Sikhs , ; who were acoustomed to- marching binder a brottingsun , iept ahead with the elephants , instead of covering our retreat , and th . e . < .: only time they did so was about three miles from thia ,. when , the-re were only about eighty Europeans left ( with faces as pale as death from hunger , tlurstj . and fatigue ) , from [ 7 q . v . cut of ] one liuiidred and ninety-nine ; they got off the road near a large house , and , when the enemy approached near enoughr they brought them down very thickly . " GBNBBA . r . ¦ SVAI . POL . E ' S UEJ ? 0 t . SE . Brigadier General Walpcle , connnanding Meld Torce , has addressed to the Cliief of the Staff an account of the disaster which attended his attack on . the Port of Kewali , or liooy . i , oa the 15 th of April . The despatch is dated the fblLowing day , and states : — " Nurput Singh , who I stated , in my despatch of yesterday was at Eboj'a Fort , wliich is about one mile to
the north of this place , did not come iai or send any satisfactory replj' to the message of Captain Thurburnj Iflre magistrate who accompanies this- force . I thera ^ - & re thought it advisable to attack him ,, particularly as Captain ) Thurbunn- informed rne thiat he understood this man had received only the day before yesterday aletter from the Begum * , arid'that his intentions were certaialy hostile to the Government ; and , under these circumstances it would have had the worst effect to- pass this fort without taldngitv .
" I accordingly directed my baggage-to be ma 6 sed in the open plain , near M > adhpg-uiigej undeo * a strong guard of cavalry , infantTy ,. and two field- guns ,, and proceeded with the remainder of the fo rce towards Rooya , turning off from the road about two > miles from Jtadhogunge , for the purpose of gefcting roun < l to the north side of the fort , which was stated to le the weakest part of it , where there was a gate , and where there were very few guns . " The fort on the east and north side is almost surrounded with jungle , and at . these two sides the only two gates were stated to be ,, which jnJbnniition proved correct . It is a large oblong , with numerous circular
bastion * all round it ,, pierced' for guns , and . loopholed . for musketry , and s \ irrounded by a broad and deep ditch : there 13 an inner fort or citadel , surrounded iu like manner by ai deep-ditch , and with a high wall , considerably elevated , above the rest of the work . On the vest and part of the south side thero was a huge piece of vater , which , was partially dried up . Gn arriving before the north side , I sent forward some infantry in extended order , to enable tho place to be reconnoitred , when a heavy fire of niuaketry was immediately opened upon them , and air occasional gun ; the cavalry at tho same time swept entirely round to the west side , to cut o / F all communication with the fort .
" A tolerable view- of tlio forfc having been obtained from the road which leads- ' into it from tho north , the heavy guna -were brought wp ; the two 18-poundent wore placed , on it , th « two 8-inc"h mortars behind a wood still further to the right . " After a- short timo , a grent msniyof tho infantry were killed ami wounded I ' rom lmviiii ; ' crept up Loo wax the fort , from which tho lire of rifles and nmtchlncks vas vory heavy : bliaae men laad gone much wearer to tho forb tliun I wished or intended thoin to go , and som tho Punjab Rifles , with great couruyv , hut -without orders , jumped into tho dktch , and were killed in endeavouring to got up > the scarp . I therofore gaveilirectiona that they should bo witli < lra \ vn from their forward n « d exposed sitTiiition aiul liere it was , I regret to say , that tho gallnnt nnd able-soldier ,. Brigadier ilope , w « s kill * - " by w rifie or musk « t ball ,, lired bj' a innii . from u h'S ' tree within the walls of tlio place .
" 13 y halt ' -piwt two o ' clock , tho flrn of our heavy g'i nfl nppeureii to have , nrwulo littlo or no improuaioit upon the place , and , as no gun could'bo brought to beau wpon tho gate , the Hiwsage to which waa not straight , ft « d >' could not bo apnronehod without tl » e men beintf e . 58 1 )() SC " to a . very heavy iiro from , tho bastion and loop holcdwoll that commanded it , , 1 considered it bcttur not to attempt auassuultuntiL more . imnrosaioa had \) uun mudo
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19061858/page/6/
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