visited all his tenants, dr

ng. I had a note from the Adjutant this morning saying that will be soon

le said. "One may get through some more comfortably than oth

ownright hateful, Captain Mallett-especi

feel it less than those who stay. They are excited about their going; they have lots to think about and to do; and the idea that they may

red and Lucknow relieved. The Sepoys thought that they had the game entirely in their hands, and that they would sweep us right out of India alm

rse. We are going out at the best time of year, and with cool weather and hard exercise there will be little danger of fevers; therefore the chances are very s

have never been stationed in India since I joined, for the regiment had only just come home, and I am looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to seeing it. Ordinary life there in a hot

mes, I hope," Sir John said,

ghing and talking round, would be a hopeless task; but if at any time we are halted at a place where writing is possible, I will certainly do so. I have but few friends in England-at any rate, only men, who never

anteau was already in the dog cart, for he had arranged to drive straight from Greenda

loaded, the long lines of windows were all lighted up, and in every room men could be seen moving about. He drove across the barrack yar

s all turned up by the evening train, but we thought that a

find some of you fel

now, just enough to make shift with. The rest will be sent round to Calcutta, to be stored there till we settle down. The men had a dinner given to them by the town, and as they all got leave out

hance of getting b

he mess sergeant and a party will pack up the breakfast things, and the pots and pans will come on by the next train. There is one at eight. It will be

ep towards getting at those black scoundrels. We are all afraid that we

dies wi

rried officers that they had best be left behin

ank Mallett said, reprovingly. "There were no women when we went out to the

ing, Mallett, and we shall be muc

mfortable when they have to chat for five minutes to a lady, are naturally glad when they are free from the res

o mistaking their errand, even if we did not know how he stood. I expect he is on board the transport. I fancy the Colonel gave him a hint to join there. No doubt the

lose there is nothing for him to do but to go to the Jews for money. However, he has had a sharp lesson, and as it is likely enough that the regiment won't be back in England for yea

e pouring in. The meal was eaten hastily, for the assembly was sounding in the barrack yard. As

e regiment marched off to the station, the streets being already full of people who had got up to

he soldiers hanging far out of every window to wave a last goodbye to the weeping women who thronged the platform. Two

d into the hold. A tedious wait of three or four hours followed, no one exactly knew why, and then the paddle wheels began

ffs being permitted to enter the dockyard. As he had the grace to feel thoroughly ashamed of his position, little was said to him; but the mann

that evening to Captain Mallett, who was a general favo

o you owe,

owances and so on, I ought to be able

ve done so before, but to give money to a fool is worse than throwing it into the sea. As soon as you show us

I don't want to be helped. I wi

a difficult matter. However, so long as the actual campaign lasts, the necessary expenses will be very small. We shall live principally on our rations, and you can put by a good bit. There may be a certain a

give me up, wil

have no patience with such insane folly, but if you keep stra

iffered to no great extent from that in barracks. All were glad when the halfway stage of

was still holding out; and that, although reinforcements had reached the British, vastly greater numbers

ned that the assault had been made on the 14th of September; and that, after desperate fighting extending over a week, the city had b

had arrived too late to share in the victory, was damped by the news of the heavy losses s

fighting; as the losses of the relieving column had been so heavy, and the force of mutineers so large, that it had been found impracticable to carry off the garrison as intended, and the relieving forces were now themselves besieged. There was, however, no fear fe

ting a force at Cawnpore. There he had already been joined by a column which had been despatched from

ntil further instructions, at Allahabad. As soon, therefore, as the troops had been packed away in the boats, they were taken in tow by two steamers, and at once taken up the river. Officers and men were alike in the highest spirits at finding themselves in so short a time after their arrival already

nd the same welcome news was obtained at Allahabad; but at the latter plac

Not a moment was lost. Each man received six days' provisions from the commissariat stores, and two hours after landing the r

rning. Weary, but in high spirits at finding that they had ar

one of the other captains said, as a party of t

d it is marvellous indeed that we should arrive just in time to take p

ched all night, and, if necessary, all day tomorrow, to catch up.

"Havelock found it so, and I expect that the lesson he taught them hasn't be

with eight guns; the 9th Lancers, the Punjaub Cavalry, and Hodson's Horse; four British regiments of infa

e Residency from some other direction. We know that it stands near the river, and at the very edge of the town, so there ought to be some other way of getting at it. I c

atrocities as we came up that one is burning to get at close quarters with them. I suppose we shall go to the Alumbagh f

exclamation of disgu

in deprecation of the epithets hurled at him;

think that Sir Colin would be more likely to choose the 75th, or, in fact, any of the other regiments than us. Still if the worst comes to the worst we must not grumble. Other regiments have had weary times of waiting, and it may be our turn

he spot where he was sitting, his example bein

each the Alumbagh without opposition, for on passing a little fort to the r

iant charge, scattering them in all directions. A short pause was made while the fort wa

othing but a large garden enclosed by a lofty wall, and having a small mosque at one end. It had evidently been

ivilian named Kavanagh; who had at immense risk made his way out from the Residency, and was able to furnish plans of all the

were issued, the officers of the ––th found to their intense satisfaction that, as Captain Mall

, struck off to the right, and, keeping well away from the city, came down upon the summer palace of the Kings of Oude, called the Dil

ts had been watched and the object of their march divined. The head of the column was halted for a few minutes until reinforcemen

o his subaltern, Armstrong. "I expect they are Sepoys,

they approached, and they soon forced their way in, some helping their comrades over the wall, others breaking down a ga

but never waiting long enough for the British to get at them. In two hours all had been driven down the hill to the Martiniere College. Here again they made a stand, but were speedily driven out, and chased through the garden and park of the college, and thence across the canal i

iew was obtainable over the town. The Residency had been already pointed out to them, and the British flag could be seen floating above it. Sever

eems to be occupied with gardens, and most of the ho

an open suburb rather than the town itself. Those big buildings, if held

hem are built of stone. They

e stone is scarce in this neighbourhood, but it is probable that the walls are of bric

e feels that Sir Cohn's decision is a necessary one. It would never do to have six or seven thousand men shut up there, when there is urgent work to be done in a score of other places. Besides, it would need a vast magazine of provisions to maintain them. Our force, even when joined by the garrison, would be

of the mutiny. Half the fugitives from Delhi will find their way here, and at least we shall be able to crush them at one blow, instead of having to scour the country for them for months. The

out that the place is crowded with men. Of course, today we took them somewhat by surprise, as they would naturally expect us to fo

he feeling of the troops. They are burning to avenge Cawnpore, and

those places, but I think that there is also no doubt that our death roll will be heavy. You must not judge by their fighting today of the stand that t

ptain Mallett sat down on the parapet, t

Sir

get through all right. I am writing now within sight of the Residency. We had a bit of a fight today, but the rebels did not make any serious stand. Tomorrow it will be different, for we shall have to fight our way through the town, and there is no doubt that

most si

k Mal

t in an envelope and directed it, then pl

d, as he went across to the young ensign w

allett, and the only persons who will feel any s

vious folly. The Colonel himself spoke to me about it the other day, and remarked that he had every hope that you would turn out a steady and useful o

on London for the amount of pay due to me the day we got to Cawnpore, and posted it to Morrison; so he has got some f

on't stint yourself in necessaries. For instance, fruit is necessary here, and of course when we once get into settled qua

ave him bills for four fifty

at it will be years before you are likely to be in England again, and that if you are killed he will lose altogether; so under these circumstances

in time pay the amount due, will harden his heart," Marshall laughed. "I a

nk from the quartermaster, and wrote to his solicitor, enclosing

time the lad has had it. He will know well enough that if Marshall dies he will lose every penny, and that at any rate he will have to wait many years before he can get it. I have no doubt that he would jump at a