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where the rebels had been. Between it and their present position at 
Rasulpur, there is a long extent of uneven country covered with low 
brush-wood, intersected by a deep, winding nullah. The baggage and 
park was formed up on an open space close to the village with the 
nullah in front. We went on through the village, Remmington and 
the cavalry going round on the right. When well clear of the village, 
the enemy opened fire from a tope at Rasulpur, about 1800 yards off. 
The rebels got a gun through the dhak shrubs close to us, but Rem¬ 
mington disposed of it. Their fire was accurate and almost entirely 
directed on the heavies; the shot ricochetted in between them, and there 
were several narrow shaves, but the men kept a good look-out. Their 
cavalry and infantry were numerous. They advanced on our left 
towards the baggage, and we could hear them making a tremendous 
row, shouting and yelling, and the Highlanders kept up a good deal of 
file firing. Fearing another charge on the heavies, I was watching 
them through a pair of binoculars from the top of a wagon, something 
smashed against my wicker helmet and nearly toppled me over. 
Shortly after, as I was about to get down, a gunner came up holding a 
shot, about a 3-pr., in his hand, saying — (C Here’s the shot that hit you 
on the head, sir.” Only one man of ours, a bildar, was wounded. 
Remmington advanced, bringing forward his right, and opened fire 
again, but by that time tbeir’s had slackened and soon ceased. When 
we advanced through the tope there were branches of trees lying about 
in quantities, but I only saw two bodies of men and two horses; their 
cavalry had suffered severely in the attack on our left. In a field not 
far off were found the bodies of seven or eight of their women, hacked 
to pieces with tulwars, to prevent their falling into our hands. We 
only got one gun; another had burst. From the depositions of some 
of the prisoners, it appears that all the rebel chiefs of this part of Oudh 
were present: Khan Bahadur Khan, Khan Ali Khan, Firoz Shah, 
Mausum Ali Khan, and some others. 
October 26th .—To Baraur, a pretty large village, only three miles 
from last ground. We can’t make out why Troup is so slow : it is not 
like him; he might have followed as far as this yesterday. 
October 27th .—Six miles to Naurangabad. 1 Rebels said to have 
gone towards Pilibhit. 
October 28th. —Halted. The Raja of Mithauli has been written to, 
to come in and stand his trial or take the consequences. This is the 
place where the Shahjahanpur fugitives were murdered in June 1857. 
The spot has been found. It is under a pipal tree, about three-quarters 
of a mile from the town, 2 on the road by which we came. 
October 80th .—A quantity of stores I had indented for came in 
yesterday. Captain Graham, Commissariat Department, a son of Col. 
Charles Graham, of our Regiment, with them. Four guns brought in; 
1 Aurangabad on all the latest maps. 
** While here, Ensign Bird, I think it was, found in a village close by a little toy which one of 
the poor children must have carried away from its home and kept through all their wanderings 
from village to village, in all the terrible heat and privation of that time, and, perhaps, was hold¬ 
ing in its little hand as they were being shot or cut down. It was a Swiss toy-girl with mechanism, 
when wound up, to move over a level surface. When placed on our Mess table, there were none of 
us for the moment could utter a word. 
