side during this magnificent display of pluck: a sowar of the 3rd Ressala was shot dead -et voila tout!"

upon

emerging from his concealment, rushed
the wounded officer, and inflicted two severe
cuts with a tulwar. Turning from the pros-
trate officer, the infuriated rebel rushed
towards Lieutenant Waller and his party,
but was pierced with balls before he could
strike a blow. The wounds of Lieutenant
Rose unfortunately proved mortal; and the
memory of his daring, and the successful
achievement by which the fort was thrown
open to its sovereign and his British allies,
was thus recorded by Brigadier Stuart (to
whose division the gallant officer belonged),
in the following general order :-

"Brigadier Stuart has received, with the deepest regret, a report of the death of Lieutenant Rose, 25th Bombay native infantry, who was mortally wounded yesterday on entering the fort of Gwalior, on duty with his men. The brigadier feels assured that the whole brigade unites with him in deploring sterling qualities, none who knew him could fail to the early death of this gallant officer, whose many appreciate."

Immediately on taking possession of Gwalior, a royal salute was fired by Sir Hugh Rose to welcome the maharajah back to the capital of his dominions, into which, on the 20th of the month, he was escorted in state, attended by Sir Robert Hamilton, Sir Hugh Rose and his staff, and by all the troops in camp. At this moment it was believed that the fort of Gwalior, which commanded the town, had been evacuated by the rebels; and it is evident that due precaution had not been taken to verify the fact until almost too late. Thus, as the cavalcade passed slowly through one of the principal streets of the city, a shot from the walls threw the actors in the pageantry into some confusion. Fortunately, no harm ensued. A short time before the procession entered the town, it had become known to Lieutenant Rose, of the 28th Bombay native infantry, stationed at the Kotwalee, that The Hindoo prince, known by his desigsome Ghazees were still remaining in the nation of Scindia, in whose behalf the force fort; but finding they did not exceed from under Sir Hugh Rose was thus successfully ten to fifteen persons, he proposed (in the employed, represented in his person the absence of his superior officer) to Lieutenant most considerable of the native powers; as, Waller, of the same corps, to go up with their although not in reality at the head of the party of sepoys, and take the fort by storm. Mahratta confederacy, he was the strongest The brother-officer agreed. Taking a black- member of that great league. The relasmith with them to force the outer gate, tions which the various branches of that they rushed towards the entrance, which, mighty clan of which he was a chief, within the enclosure of the rampart, is to- had successively entered into with the wards the north end of the east side, first Company's government, were not a little by means of a steep road, and higher up by remarkable. The true prince of the Mahsteps cut in the face of the rock, of such a rattas, by descent, was the rajah of Sattara, size and moderate degree of acclivity, that with whose claims the British public were elephants easily make their way up. This not unacquainted, in consequence of the huge staircase was protected on the outside efforts made on his behalf in parliament, by a wall, and was swept by several travers- some ten years previous to the time referred ing guns. Gaining this passage without the to. The position, however, of that soveslightest resistance, they then forced five reign family had been usurped by its minisgates in succession, and gained the summit ters, with one of whom (Bajee Rao, under of the fort unhurt. Here they separated the title of Peishwa) the Indian governtheir little band of twenty into two bodies; ment came finally into collision in the year and while Waller's party attacked and shot 1818. The result of this, was the defeat some men who had fired into the town, and and submission of Bajee Rao, who agreed had worked a gun at them during their to relinquish every political right or claim ascent; Rose's followers cut up another to the sovereignty, in exchange for an party of the rebels, after a desperate hand-tohand fight on one of the bastions. From this encounter the gallant officer escaped without a wound; but immediately afterwards, while turning to speak to his men, of whom he had got in advance, he was shot through the body, from behind a wall, by a Pathan, said to be Raheen Ali of Bareilly, who then

annual allowance of eight lacs of rupees, and an asylum at Bithoor-a place of sanctity near Cawnpore. The dethroned Peishwa, at his death, left no lawful heir; but a pretender to his rights, by adoption, appeared in the person of Nana Sahib, whose disappointment at the non-recognition of his claim, was alleged to be the cause of his

hostility to the Company's government. The rajah of Berar, another Mahratta chief, had died recently without issue, and his dominions had lapsed, in default of heirs, to the Company; and of the great Mahratta stock, once so formidable, but three princes now survived to exercise territorial sovereignty under British protection-the Guicowar at Baroda, Holkar at Oojein, and Scindia at Gwalior.

the fidelity of his army gave way before the calls made upon it by the discomfited bands from Jhansie and Kotah; and Scindia, despite a valiant resistance, was compelled to fly from his capital, to which he now returned with untarnished honour, and strengthened claims to the confidence of the British government.

The restoration of Scindia to his throne, with all the prestige of triumph and of Oriental pomp that circumstances would admit of at the moment, was considered necessary, as showing to his people that the British government would promptly and firmly support a faithful ally, and also as an encouragement to other native princes to remain faithful. It was also necessary that the victors should be enabled to judge, from his information on the spot, who among the inhabitants of the capital had merited punishment, or were justly entitled to reward; and it was deemed a favourable augury, that in the course of the progress of the maharajah from the camp to the palace, the people who lined the streets manifested unequivocal symptoms of rejoicing at the restoration of their prince. Immediately upon this ceremonial being concluded, the officers of the court resumed their duties. The harem of Scindia arrived in safety; and by the night of the 22nd of June, few traces of the revolution were apparent in the palace of the maharajah.

When the mutinies broke out in the North-Western Provinces of Bengal, in May, 1857, Scindia and Holkar, whose territories were conterminous, and closely adjacent to the disturbed districts, remained, as we have seen, faithful to their engagements with the Company; and the former, who was by far the more powerful of the two, displayed considerable judgment as well as loyalty in the policy he pursued. In virtue of the arrangements subsisting between himself and the Company's government, he had maintained, from the revenues of his principality, a compact and well-disciplined force of between five and six thousand men, as a "contingent" available in aid of the Bengal army. This force was organised and officered exactly like the sepoy regiments in the service of the Company; and it had proved true to its model in all respects, by joining the mutiny at a very early opportunity. At the time of its defection, the safety of British India trembled in the balance; and had that body When Gwalior had been fairly cleared of of well-armed and well-disciplined men rebels, and order was re-established, two been conducted by an able leader either congratulatory documents were issued to towards Delhi, Agra, or Lucknow, the con- the army by the governor-general and the sequences at the moment might have been commander-in-chief. The first was as disastrous in the extreme; but Scindia's measures in this emergency were taken with great ability. Like other native princes in his position, he retained in his pay, and under his independent control, a large military force over and above the 'contingent" due to the Bengal establishment; and this force he played off against the mutineers.

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The departure of the mutinous contingent at length left Scindia with what may be termed his own private army, in his capital city of Gwalior; where, notwithstanding its proximity to Kotah and Jhansie (two of the strongholds of the rebels), and the general disorganisation that pervaded the adjacent country, he for a long time maintained himself in perfect security and unshaken allegiance to British rule; but the moment at last arrived when

follows:

"Foreign Department, Allahabad, June 24th. "The right honourable the governor-general has and fort of Gwalior were conquered by Majorthe highest gratification in announcing that the town general Sir Hugh Rose on the 19th instant, after a general action, in which the rebels, who had usurped the authority of Maharajah Scindia, were totally defeated. On the 20th of June, the Maharajah Scindia, attended by the governor-general's agent for Central India, and Sir Hugh Rose, and escorted by British troops, was restored to the place of his ancestors, and was welcomed by his subjects with every mark of loyalty and attachment. It was on the 1st of June that the rebels, aided by the treachery of some of Maharajah Scindia's troops, seized the capital of his highness's kingdom, and hoped to establish a new government, under a pretender, in his highness's territory. Eighteen days evacuate the town and fort of Gwalior, and to had not elapsed before they were compelled to relinquish the authority which they had endeavoured to usurp. The promptitude and success with which

the strength of the British government has been of the last-named district, surrendered himput forth for the restoration of its faithful ally to self voluntarily to the authorities at Agra, the capital of his territory, and the continued presence of British troops at Gwalior, to support only stipulating for a trial before execution; his highness in the re-establishment of his admin- and throughout the North-Western Proistration, offer to all a convincing proof, that the vinces there prevailed a general change of British government has the will and the power to tone among the natives. befriend those who, like Maharajah Scindia, do not shrink from their obligations, or hesitate to avow their loyalty. The right honourable the governorgeneral, in order to mark his appreciation of the Maharajah Scindia's friendship, and his gratification at the re-establishment of his highness's authority

horse and wounding a trooper severely. | to take them down again, as shot after shot This threw them into confusion, and caused fell amongst them. All day we played at them to retire, which they did without sus- long bowls, the enemy annoying us excestaining any further injury, though they sively by their well-directed fire. In the were fired at several times. About nine evening the force moved out to make a night o'clock the order was given for the two attack, as was understood; but nothing guns, hussars, and some lancers, with the came of it, and we returned to camp; and infantry, to advance, and take possession of right glad was I to get a good night's rest. the battery and the hills. We did this, the The 25th and Woolcombe's battery, and enemy pouring shot into us, till they were some of the 14th dragoons, arrived in camp silenced by our artillery, and the cavalry on the night of the 17th instant; the rest which charged. It was a very fine sight to of Sir H. Rose's force, with the heavy siege see them charge. As soon as the infantry guns, on the 18th. On the morning of the approached near the hills, we gave such a 19th our regiment was ordered to move out cheer as evidently frightened the rascals, of cannon-shot. It was fortunate for us that and charged and took possession of the we did so, as the enemy had so placed a gun first range of hills. Instead of allowing us that shot after shot fell in the exact place to remain and keep possession of what we where our regiment had bivouacked; and had won, we were ordered to retire; and as about half-an-hour after we had shifted, one we came again on the plain, we saw the round shot cut a horse-artilleryman and his whole brigade out, but retiring, and we then horse right in two. It was a horrible sight. learnt that the enemy had made a flank About noon of the 19th, the 86th took posmovement and were in our camp, and the session of the battery on the left side of the brigade was retiring to attack them. The nullah, which had been annoying us so rumour turned out to be incorrect, but un- much. The whole force then crossed the fortunately the evil was done. Immediately nullah, and by sunset the whole of the hills, on our returning, the enemy reoccupied the with the lines and town, were in our posseshills we had vacated, and placed their guns sion. The lancers made a very good charge, so as to bring us under a cross-fire. It was and captured some guns; but they went too whilst we were again moving up to the far, and got amongst the lanes, in one of attack that Captain Anderson, of the lancers, which Cornet Mills was shot dead through was wounded, and a few men. After a little the chest; he was very much liked. The time our artillery silenced their guns, our enemy plied their guns to the last, until our skirmishers took the hills, and the whole artillery was within three hundred yards of brigade advanced further on. By sunset them; they then bolted. The rebels this we had possession of the hills, on the right time were Pucka mutineers, and their goside of the nullah, and the enemy those on lundauze behaved very well, and served the left, which we ought to have held, their guns beautifully. The Bombay artilinstead of allowing the enemy to do so. Alery no doubt fire well; but then it was squadron of the hussars made a splendid charge, capturing three horse artillery guns and burning their camp. In this charge the hussars had some officers and men killed and wounded; Lieutenent Reilly was wounded, and died the same evening, not of his wounds, but sun-stroke. On my return to the camp, on the morning of the 18th, to my disgust, I found no tents pitched. I soon discovered the reason. The enemy, during the night, had made a battery on the hills on the left side of the nullah, which commanded our guns and camp; and it was to prevent the enemy from having any mark to aim at, that we were not allowed to pitch our tents. The heat was something awful, and I could not get any sleep. The heat became so intense, that many in the force put their tents up, but soon had

thought that on this occasion the firing of the enemy was superior. The rebels were some thousands strong, headed by Tantia Topee. They were composed of men of some Bengal regiments and the Gwalior contingent. The whole of the 5th Bengal cavalry were there. How many they lost there is no knowing, as they burnt the bodies; but no doubt a good number bit the dust. We took ten guns, all of which at one time belonged to the Bengal army; they had horse artillery guns, with 'Agra,' and other names written on them. On the morning of the 20th, the 25th took possession of the fort. It was at first thought that some severe fighting would take place, as there was only one door to the fort; but the 25th found it partly open, and, as they were marching in, some men rushed out, opened