No. 7. Telegraph Message. Cawnpore, 14th November, Saturday, 8 P.M. General Windham, to the Governor-General, at Calcutta. NEWS from Commander-in-Chief's Camp at Alum Bagh, 9 A. M., the 13th. After several skirmishes on the day, ending in capture of two guns, the fort of Jullabad was taken and blown up. The Commander-in-Chief communicated with Sir J. Outram by means of a semaphore, and will probably occupy the Dilkhosa to-day. The country people round Lucknow are hostile. No. 8. Telegraph Message. Cawnpore, 16th November, 11 A.M. Captain Bruce, by order of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, to the Governor-General, at Calcutta. THE Commander-in-Chief occupied the Dilkhosha and the Martinière, after a running fight of two hours, yesterday, at noon. The enemy came forward to attack at 3 P.M. After a struggle of an hour, he was beaten back, repulsed heavily. An advanced picquet having cleared some villages across the canal, we took post there for the night. Our loss was very trifling-Lieutenant Mayne, Horse Artillery, Quartermaster General's Department, and Lieutenant Wheatcroft, Carabiniers, killed. 21 No. 9. Telegraph Message. Alum Bagh, 17th November, 9 a.m. Major Sibley to the Secretary to Government, at Calcutta. THE Commander-in-Chief in Lucknow. Heavy cannonade in the direction of the Palace. Dilkhoosa and Martinière occupied by our troops. No. 10. Telegraph Message. Major-General Mansfield to the Private Secretary ON the 16th, the Commander-in-Chief advanced across the canal straight on Secunder Bagh, which was carried after a very severe struggle, the enemy suffering enormously. These positions having been occupied, the Sahmack was attacked with heavy artillery for three hours; it was carried at dusk, after one of the severest fights ever witnessed. Early on the 17th, communications were opened to the left rear of the barracks, towards the canal. A cannonade having been kept up all the morning on the Mess House, that very strong position was carried by assault at 3 P.M. The troops pushed rapidly on, after carrying the Mess House, and were able to seize the Mothee Mahal before dark. Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Havelock then came out to meet the Commander-in-Chief The Commander-in-Chief's wound is very slight, and does not interfere with his duty. By order, W. MANSFIELD, Chief of the Staff. A list of killed and wounded will be sent. No. 11. Telegraph Message. The Commander-in-Chief to the GovernorGeneral at Calcutta. Camp, Lucknow, 20th November, 6 p.m. THE garrison of Lucknow has been removed, and I am now engaged in conveying the women and wounded to the rear. I propose to move the whole force to an open position outside the town, without further loss of life. No. 12. Nominal Roll of European Officers, on the Staff, and of Corps of all Arms, who were Killed and Wounded with General Havelock's Force, since leaving Cawnpore, to 29th September, 1857. General Staff. Major-General Sir J. Outram's Staff. Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B., bullet wound through right arm. Captain Sitwell, Aide-de-Camp, contusion of right forearm. Captain Dodgson, Deputy Assistant-AdjutantGeneral, contusion of right side from grape. Field Force Staff.. Brigadier-General Havelock's Staff. Captain Havelock Deputy Assistant-AdjutantGeneral, severe musket shot through right arm. Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler, Quartermaster-General, severe bullet wound of right groin. Volunteer Cavalry. Captain W. W. Lynch, Her Majesty's 70th Regiment, severely wounded by a musket shot in right shoulder. Lieutenant Pallisier, 13th Irregular Cavalry, grazed by a musket ball inside right thigh. Lieutenant Birch, Bengal Cavalry, wounded severely by a musket ball in the leg. 12th Irregular Cavalry. Lieutenant and Adjutant Warren, killed. Artillery. Brigadier Cooper, Commanding, killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Bazely, Commissary, Ordnance, killed. Lieutenant Crump, Madras Artillery, Major of Captain Olpherts, slightly wounded. Engineers. Captain Crommelin, slightly wounded. Brigade Staff. 1st Infantry Brigade. Brigadier-General Neill, Commanding, killed. 1st Madras Fusiliers. Lieutenant Arnold, severely wounded, since dead. Lieutenant Bailey, severely wounded. Her Majesty's 5th Fusiliers. Major E. Simmons, killed. Captain F. W. L'Estrange, severely wounded. Captain A. E. Johnson, severely wounded, since dead. Lieutenant and Adjutant E. F. Haig, killed. Detachment of Her Majesty's 64th Foot. Her Majesty's 84th Foot. Captain Pakenham, killed. Captain Willis, wounded. Lieutenant Poole, killed. Lieutenant Woolhouse, loss of right arm. Lieutenant Oakley, wounded. Lieutenant Barry, wounded. Her Majesty's 78th Foot. Captain G. A. Lockhart, slightly wounded. Lieutenant Kirby, severely wounded, since dead. Doing Duty. Lieutenant Grant, 8th Native Infantry, forefinger and thumb of right hand amputated. Lieutenant Joly, Her Majesty's 32nd Foot, dangerously wounded, since dead. Her Majesty's 90th Foot. Colonel Campbell, severely wounded. Assistant-Surgeon Bradshaw, slightly wounded. Lieutenant J. J. Nunn, killed. Lieutenant Knight, wounded. Lieutenant Preston, wounded. Lieutenant Grahame, wounded by a round shot at the taking of Alum Bagh, since dead. Lieutenant Moultrie, killed. Doing duty. Captain A. A. Becher, 40th Native Infantry, wounded, since dead. |