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Show Itale of the I I INDIAN MUTINY 1 I ? Y My JUNGUL. WALLAH j.. ? J N December, 18G7. along with 20 V," 1 members of my corps, I was deputed W by Sir James Outram to go from tho t ' Alum-ltaRh to Dunce Bridge, a distance . f ' of 1G miles, for the purposo of nscer- f t . talnlng liow the garrison at that pla'co jJ was netting on. nuneo was the only El position held by us on the main road " between Cawnporo and tho Alum- ' K Hnsli. which wcro 48 miles apart. ij Wo got along very well until within ' K . . two miles of Uuneo when a horde of , j mutinous cavalry nuddcnly appeared ' out of a tone (clump) of mango trees ft about a quartor of a mllo off. The offl- J ccr commanding the party decided nt f h onco that our only chance of escape t A was to mako tho most ot the dlstanco . I between' us and tho enemy's cavalry. H and scultlo. So pit wo w cnt nt a hard I gallop, making for Dunce, followed up ' it by tho enemy In full pursuit. Hut, to M cut this part of tho story short, wo out- ill paced them, got In safe and sound, nnd 'b wcie entertained to our hearts' content ffl ' by tho garrison. , H Whllo we wero enjoying our excellent li supper the ofllcer commanding at I ' Dunce sent an aide-de-camp to say that I ho had most urgont Information for fitr I John Inglls, commanding at Cawnporo, B which ho was anxious should bo car-" car-" H . rled to him at onco. The commanding 1 ofllccr said he was well avar- It woulil 8 ' never do to weaken Sir James Outrnms I " , force by detaching a number of mti.'. nnd they would not get through tho numerous vedottes the. rebels hHd on .". ' tlio i umiI, but hu thought two ot our ?. mon would probably succoedjn'sneak-. succoedjn'sneak-. 4 ' i . ' Ing past any obstructions they might 'j $..& "'" encountor. Ot course he was fully JMjH; . 4 . nwaro thnt the undertaking Was n dan-Hi dan-Hi gcroun ono; still, tho risk must be "flft tnken. 8o It was Fettled that two of JJI us were to go to Cawnpore. The task 5M the olllcer cominundlng our party hml jT to tacklo was to telect those two, as every man was anxious for tho duty; but, being a long-headed fellow, he got over tho dlttlculty by deciding that wo ' should draw lots. This was done, and Sergt. Outler and I were what wo con sidered the prUe-drawcra, Poor But-lor! But-lor! bo had been recommended for tho Victoria Cross; bo never Irved to obtain ob-tain It, having died at the Alum Dngh In 1858 from tho effects of a blow ho received re-ceived In tho chest from a rebounding round shot At ton p. m. wo left Dunce, both of us having a duplicate of tho dlsratchcs, .i ; which were In cipher, rolled Into small tin tubes. We got along all right for about eight miles. When wo nearcil M tho town of Dusscerutgungo wo saw by M tho glow of numerous fires that largo I parties of rebels wore encamped on both flanks, and that tho town was occupied 9 by somo of them, so we halted to con- , alder what was to be done. Tho conclu- slon wo arrived at was that there would jH Us -o i "v1". try'iE to set round either m imn'.r. as wcdld not know tho country, and tho town "was surrounded by M swampy ground. So wo decided that . wo must make a choice of two courses ctHici roturn to Iuncc. dejected and dis- 1 appointed, and probably to bo chaffed 1 ' off our hoads by tho garrlron, or make o dash for It and gallop through Dus-m Dus-m sccrutgungo, which we knew wa,s only M ' " half n mile long. Tho latter course bc- Jm , Ing adopted, wo dismounted, hauled our m canvas horse-clothing from under our m saddles, cut It up and tied our horses' M hoofs In four folds of canvas, so that tho patter, patlor of their feat on tho 9 hard road might bo mutned. Having done this, off we went, creeping up to within 400 yards of the town without; -being observed, and then wo rodo nt a 9 gallop, No sooner hud wo entered than I wo heard the challenge: "Who comes there?" but, taking no notice of this, wo pressed our spins Into the horses' 9 Hanks, flying: for Ilfo. Within two rain- 9 ntes after 'we passed the sentry who 9 challenged us, hundreds of rebels turned 9 out and began to (Ire from all sldes 9 but the darkness ot tho night favored . Ug, and we got through scot-frco After 9 ' proceeding about half a mile we drew rein and dismounted to remove the lings 1 , from our horses' hoofs and to glvo the V 1- nags a breather. Tula halt was neces- 1 , ' Bary, for we hart Ifi ml!r farther to go m ' before wo could, reach Cawnporo, and a tho odds wcro wo would have to mako 1 another dnsh for It through Onon, a I village about eight miles off It was 1 iMclty for us In more ways than ono that wo did dcrjdo oh this halt, as 1 ' within a quarter of an hour wo heard 1 tho enemy's cavalry coming down the 1 road, ovldcntly following as up. . Off I tho road wo went, and hid behind somo 9 high bushes, relying for safety on the 1 darknoea of the night and on the horses ' A not neighing. The sensible creatures -, 41 remained perfectly mv.'.e, and wo had 1 " tuo satlafttctlon p htarlpK the enemy i A ' . BwBBwM I9999I 999J999999999999999999r999999 ssns ssi mm IMSSS tS SIS S I , s-t ; l wo could not bcJ them'-gallop on Cowards Co-wards Cawnpore, 'shouting to each other: "We have them! They are not filf ahead!" Fortunately we were not discovered, so again wo had to decide what was to bo done, knowing our awkward awk-ward position between tho rebels at Dus3eerutgungo and thoso on the road to Cawnpore. IJtit wc "were bound to "faco tho hiu-sic." hiu-sic." After resting lor an hour wo proceeded, pro-ceeded, and got through Onoa without being In nny way molested. Thon at Munglewar, which wns only eight miles from our destination, wc wcro told by a natlvo travclor from Cawnporo that a largo body of rebel cavalry had patsed through tho town about an hour "tf"rc most of them squabbling with on$nn-other on$nn-other at the stupidity of nllowlnr. two Englishmen to outpace them and escape es-cape lie also ndded that ho had seen Ihcm leave tho road about half a mile off and mako for n tore of trees. On icaring this Duller proposed that we ihould set off and rldo as bird n3 wc could for the hanks of tho tlangcs opposite op-posite Cawnporo. Dut that would not do, as. If tho rebels should see us f and It was very probable they would, nt daylight was breaking), or If they ovrr took us (which they would do unlers tho horses wcro fresh), our'end would not be far oIT. Therefore wo mado up our minds to proceed at a wnlk for tho rest of the Journey, and that In tho event ot being walald or chased wo would sit down In our saddles nnd rldo ns wo had , never ridden before. Wo got along unmolested within three mllos of our destination, when at eunrlso wo heard numerous trumpet-calls trumpet-calls on our loft. "Ah! ah!" both of us cxclnlmcd almost simultaneously; "so there jou arot Well, ou beggars, jou shall rldo for It. Our horBos are fresh, and by the llmo you get Into your Baddies Bad-dies and form up wo will havo "hnd n good start; and. If tho worst comes to the worst, the odds nro that nil that can hippcn Is that wo may hae to swim our horstB across tho Ganges." Away wo went at a ripping gallop, and on came the rebel cavaliy In hundreds. Jhey chased us for over a mile, but never git within 300 yards; and they gave up tho pursuit when the Cawnporo garrison, seeing tho fix we wero In, loosed off n few shells In tho midst ot them, making them rctteat protty Bharp. On arrival at tho banks of tho ! Ranges wo found a largo flat-bottomed boat walling for us with a party of armed men; nnd within a quarter of nn hour wcro landed safe and Bound nt Cawnpore, where we were entertained for a week llko kings. It was considered by Sir John Inglls ton risky to let us return to the Alum-i Alum-i Uagh alone; thereforo we were orderc'l to await tho departure of a convoy that was to leave for that place In a few dayB; so we had to Slav Thlo wHt'a absence made On. Outram decide that wo h2d fallen Into the hands of the-enemy the-enemy and been" kilted, which wns the tato of nearly all those who wcro rap-tured rap-tured by the rebels You tnn plctuu to yourseir how we were welcomed on our return. I cannot conclude without bringing to notice, tho heroic conduct of Scrgt Uutlcr during the trying night we spent together, and also the fate of his poor horse. Duller was a very stout man, nnd when ho began to rldo faBt, when chased by tho cavalry, his weight bo-gan bo-gan to tell on tbc animal. Duller felt this and said "Uldc on and save jour-Ectf; jour-Ectf; leave, -me to mytfate. There Is no nfMlfor boti of us to bo caught." Dut, indtiKS to a m"crciro Providence thcro waB no necessity fot thln,jg. the gainc, old horpe seemed to waken up sTrtldcn-ly sTrtldcn-ly to tho danger of falling behind, mndo a desperate effort and carried his rider safely to the Ganges. Dut, alas! tho efTort was too much for him nnd ho died tho next day. Chambers' Journal. |