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A royal salute of twenty-one guns was fired by two troops of artillery from Meerut in front of the palace, and the wild multitudes again strained their throats.
"For the last week, Major, I have ridden every day five and twenty to thirty miles in the direction of Cawnpore; my official work has been practically at an end since we heard the news from Meerut.
She is in the hand of God; she may get better, she may die. If she gets better it will be weeks before she can go through the hardships of the journey to Meerut. I think it better that you should go on alone; the white ladies will be as my daughters. I have told my servants that my daughter is ill, so that if they hear cries and voices at night they will think that it is she who is in pain.
A despatch by telegraph had arrived that morning from Meerut, the largest cantonment in Upper India, stating that the regiment of native light cavalry at that place had mutinied in a body on the 10th instant, and marched for Delhi.
The men at present knew nothing of the news, but the tidings would reach them in two or three days; for news in India spreads from village to village, and town to town, with almost incredible speed, and Meerut was but a hundred and fifty miles distant. "Had we better tell them inside?" the major asked. "No," answered the colonel; "let them be happy for to-night; they will know the news to-morrow.
Captains Dunlop and Manners were also delighted to meet him again; and the whole of the troop vied with each other in the heartiness of the welcome accorded to him. Disease and death had sadly lessened the ranks; and of the one hundred men who had volunteered at Meerut to form a body of horse, not more than fifty now remained in the ranks.
Jones Fight at Kishenganj Meeting with an old friend A sad story story Story of C d A victim of the Meerut massacre massacre Strong feeling of revenge in all ranks A sortie Attack on Sabzi Mandi pickets and right ridge An awkward position Heavy loss of enemy Cholera and other sickness prevalent Fishing Provisions, etc., much appreciated General Reed resigns and is succeeded by General Wilson Attack on Sabzi Mandi and Hindoo Rao's repulsed Bodies of slain sepoys rifled Difficulty of preventing it General's approval of Colonel Jones's conduct The number of attacks by the enemy Sortie on our left Repulsed by Brigadier Showers Expedition under Major Coke Attack on right pickets at sunset Combat continues all night Enemy retires Loss of enemy Result of General Wilson's appointment We attempt to destroy the bridge of boats Demonstration by the enemy Pickets on the right harassed Metcalfe pickets shelled Brigadier Showers takes four guns Our reinforcements arrive under Nicholson His character Mrs.
Some fled away quietly with their arms, to join the force that had now swelled to an army in the city of the Great Moghul; some repeated the atrocities of Meerut, and set up a separate standard of revolt, to which all the disaffected and all the worst characters of the district flocked, to gratify their lust for revenge of real or fancied wrongs, or their baser passions for plunder and unmeaning cruelty.
If you hear the enemy are close, hide till nightfall in that thick clump of bushes in the corner of the compound, then make for that copse of trees, and try and find your way to Meerut. I trust I may be with you, or that I may join you on the road. But in any case, it will relieve my anxiety greatly to know that your course is laid down.
"You bring dreadful tidings; I had heard nothing definite, but suspected all that you have told me. Are you alone and why do you come to me?" "I fled with my wife and two other families, Turner and Wharton, from the outskirts of Meerut as soon as there seemed a chance for us. We made our way to the river, found a boat and paddled to this place, for we had no sail and there was scarcely any wind."
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