nd strong wall loopholed for musketry. To reach it a village, fortified and strongly held, had first to be carried. The attack was led by Brigadier Hope's brigade, of which the regiment f

t up, and poured a tremendous fire into the village,

the British infantry of the brigade were to cover the operation. The men were, however, too excited and too eager to get at the enemy to remain inactive, and on leaving the village dashed forward side by side with the Sikhs and attacked the wall. There was a small breach in this, and m

he defenders fired a heavy volley into them, and the soldiers, leaping to their feet, sprang at the bars and pulled them down by main force, before

flung themselves upon them; and although the mutineers fought desperately, and the st

with solid masonry. The fire from this building had seriously galled Hope's division, while engaged in forcing its way into the Secunderbagh, and Captain Peel, with the Naval Brigade, brought up the heavy guns against it. He took up his position within a few yards of the wall and opened a heavy fire, assisted by that of a m

and rushing in, overpowered all resistance, and slew all within the enclosu

ill to be encountered were comparatively small. The next day an attack was made upon a strong building known as the Mess House. This was first breached by the artillery, and then ca

re of the Secunderbagh and Mosque had been signalled to them, and while the attack on the Mess House was being carried out they had blown down the

intervening between them were captured, and in the afternoon the defenders of the Residency and the rel

ainst the Secunderbagh, but, using his sash as a sling, led on his company against the defenders crowded in the garden, and took p

he day when the way was open to the Residency

waiting to get into the Secunderbagh. It seemed to me that his chance of ever getting his money was not worth much. How

ry dangerous after all. If it were, very few of us would have got through the three days' fighting alive

' The doctor says that it narrowly missed the bone, but in this case a miss is as good as a mile. I am very sorry about Hatchard and

is a good lift for me, for there are two or three down for purchase below me, and otherwise

fighting is all over, so whether I am fourth or fif

bagh, though one did not think of it at the time. The villains richly deserved what they got, but I own that I should not care to go into the place again. T

portions being attached to each of the flying columns which scoured Oude, defeat

. The work had been fatiguing in the extreme, but the men were as a rule in splendid health, t

number of letters awaiting them, the first they had received since leaving England. Captain Mallett, who comm

ear M

which was, of course, telegraphed down to the coast and got here before your letter. You may imagine that we looked anxiousl

e left the house just at dusk the evening before, and has not been heard of since. As she took nothing with her, it is improbable in the extreme that she can have fled, and there can be l

and was not often down at his place. I don't remember his being there since you came back from the Crimea. Anyhow, I do not think that I ever saw you and him together, either

ssip about mutual friends

here will be a great deal more fighting before the whole thing is over, but there is no longer any fear for the safety of Ind

ss and can do very well without a bar, so give someone

g their hard fortune at being out of the fighting. The last he opened bore the la

d, I did so, but by the way in which Morrison jumped at the offer

ers in quiet. He presently went to the entrance

son, and you won't find me a hard one. Here is your cancelled bill for four hundred and fifty. I got it for three hundred, so that a third of your debt is wiped off at once. As to the rest, you c

arshall said, in a voice

the loss would not affect me in any way. Very likely you will light upon some rich booty

factory to do it out of my savings, except that I shall have the pleasure

d to be in possession of a large village twenty miles away. Armstrong was laid up by a slight

s. I may have to detach a party to the back of the village to cut off

nder fire, especially in that affair near Neemuch, in which he rushed forward and carried off a wounded man who would otherwise have certainly been killed. I reported the case to the Brigadier, who said that at any other time the young fellow would pro

ined with the last draft, and you will certainly wan

ndred men of the Punjaub infantry and fifty Sikh horse were under Captain Mallett's command, the native troops bein

e. When the little force was drawn up, he marched off in quite another direction from that in which the village lay. Being in

ide is taking you in the wrong direction. I looked at the map before sta

the camp to guess where we are going. None of these Oude fellows bears us any goodwill,

really know much about their force, and even if we did, they may be joined by some other body before we get there––there are numero

efore we could carry it if they had notice of our coming. However, you were quite r

should move off at daybreak on the following morning, but Frank had suggested to

e in the best fighting trim when they got there. Moreover, by starting in the afternoon, the nati

eir guide led them, half a mile from the road. Each man carried four days' cooked provisions in his haversack. There was therefore no occasion for fires

orrow?" the officer in comman

as we did today we shall get there about nine. I shall halt half a mile away, reconnoitre the place at night, and if the ground is op

daylight to prevent their escaping. Besides, if we attacked at night a good

s. We have brought a bag of gunpowder to blow open the gate, and if the main body ente

cordingly halted. The men were ordered to keep silence, and to lie down and sleep as soon as they had eaten their suppe

ted fields extended to the foot of the strong wall that surrounded it, whil

xtend?" Captain Mall

, and then joins a

vance to meet me, keeping as wide a front as possible, so as to prevent fugitives from passing you and getting out here. The cavalry will cut off those who make across the open country. I would give a good deal to know how many of these fellows are inside. Four hundred was the number first repor

had done this they were to remain quietly there until warned that the company was about to advance; then they were to light the fuse, which was cut to burn two minutes, to retire round the angle of the wall, and join the company as it came up. The troops lay down, for the ground was level,

o reach the gates, Mallett gave the

in time, and it is no use getting out

, and as they pressed on, shot after shot rang out from the wall. A moment later there

ies of alarm and orders. From every house the mutineers rushed, musket in hand, but were shot down or bayoneted by the troops. As the latter appr

aptain Mallett shouted.

h several dropped as a volley

e guns were already empty, but the rest poured in their f

nded though they were, wavered and broke; but the British were upon them before they could fly, an

d away on either side, they saw a long line of men d

," Captain Mallett shouted

burst through the line of mutineers as if it had been a sheet of paper. Then they divided, and C

the British from the houses round, and the shouts of the mutineers rose louder and louder, when a heavy volley was suddenly poured into them, and the Punjau

g themselves into their midst. In an instant, that flank of the Sepoys was scattered in headlong flight, hotly pursued by their foes. There was no fi

ken for a moment, stood firm; led by two or three native officers, who, fight

andful; we are five to one against them. Forward, men, and exterminate

and with furious shouts pressed roun

rd through the body of one of the rebel leaders who rushed at him.

me. For three or four minutes a desperate struggle

y, men,

ll burst through them, and joined the party. These at once fell furiously upon the mutineers, and the l

fugitives leapt recklessly down. Forty or fifty of them were cut down by the cavalry, but the greater portion reached the broken ground in safety. Here the cav

n time, for it was going very hard with us. Altogether it was more than we bargained for, for they

were so eager that I had the greatest difficulty in getting them off the pursuit. Fortunately I met Herbert, and learned that all his men w

mass of Sepoys, and no sign of any of you; and how I cursed my own folly, and what del

een all over. The men fought like lions, as you can see by the piled-up dead there. Ha

tter, for naturally you would suppose that some of the Punjaubies would have joined us. Besides, it was

is Anst

not seen him since w

her?" Captain Mallett asked, turn

en the Pandies fired that volley at us as we came out of the streets, and he pitch

rough the brain. Four or five soldiers lay round him; one

said, as he turned away sadly, to a bu