Home, sweet home!
I love thee still.

I am only bringing home two of my children—Arthur and Amy. Keep up your spirits, dear mother. We will meet again, all being well. Till then,

Believe us as ever,
Your affectionate Son and Daughter,
T. & B. J. GOWING, S.M.,
Allahabad.

The following will, I hope, be of much interest to my readers. They will be able to see at a glance the dates and principal places at which our unfortunate countrywomen and children were massacred; and the table shows moreover the distances our men had to march from Bombay and Calcutta respectively:—

Names of Places.Dists. fromDates
of Massacres. 		Some of the Principal Events.
BOM.CAL.
Agra +848839 44th and 67th N.I. disarmed and bundled out of fort, and N.W. provinces placed under martial-law, May 18th, 1857.
Allahabad +977948June 5, 1857.6th N.I. murdered all their officers, but Colonel Neill paid some of them off for it; the remainder bolted.
Arrah1108406 A handful of Sikhs here defended themselves successfully, commanded by Mr. Boyle, C.E., until relieved by the 5th Fusiliers.
Barrackpore128516 First shot fired by Mungul Pandy, March 29th, 1857; 19th N.I. disbanded, March 31st, 1857; but the 34th were the ringleaders. They were shortly after, disbanded. The Native officers of this unfortunate regiment corrupted nearly the whole of the Bengal Army.
Bareilly1036910May 31, 1857.Murdered all they could lay their hands upon, then marched off to join their comrades at Delhi.
Benares +950428June 4, 1857.Colonel Neill with his Fusiliers turned the tables upon then; the 10th slipped into them right gallantly, and they found out very quickly that they were playing a losing game.
Bithoor948712June 1, 27;It was at this place that the monster, Nana Sahib, had a magnificent palace, which was utterly destroyed by Havelock.
July 2, 16, 1857.
Cawnpore +939700May 11, 1875.It was at this place that some of the foulest deeds that ever disgraced this earth were perpetrated. Relieved by Havelock.
Delhi +880976 Invested June 8th. Assaulted September 14th. City finally taken, September 20th, 1857, by General Sir A. Wilson.
Dinapore1114411 Three fine regiments broke loose here on the morning of the 25th July, 1857, and quietly marched away with their arms, although our 10th, and two Companies of the 37th were in the station. We wanted a Neill here, then not a man would have escaped.
Ferozepore+11431181 On the 13th of May some 3000 would-be murderers were confronted by our 61st, and almost destroyed to a man.
Futteghur1006703June 7, 1857.It was at this place that the 10th and 41st N.I. pitched into each other over the spoils and then bolted.
Fyzabad1040576June 7, 1857.The 22nd N.I. and 6th Oude Irregular Infantry murdered all they could lay their hands upon, and then marched to Delhi.
Gwalior +680772June 14, 1857.All that came in their way, except women and children, were murdered; they then marched marched away.
Indore3771030July 1, 1857.All were destroyed, male and female, young and old, that they could lay hold of.
Jhansie +602725June 7, 1857.All perished. The atrocious deeds of the murderers were equal to Cawnpore; and a woman, or a fiend in form of a woman, was at the head of it.
Kurrachee5721360 All Native troops disarmed, and made to do duty with the ramrod; but were soon confronted with stern justice. It was at this place that the Fusiliers landed, the writer being then (in 1857) a sergeant.
Lahore11921356 All Natives disarmed by a part of the 81st and two batteries of Artillery, in a masterly style. style. It was do or die. The odds were about 12 to 1, but our determination was too much much for the arch-fiends.
Lucknow +923629May 31, 1857.Invested by an overwhelming force, but gallantly held out from the beginning of June until relieved by Sir H. Havelock, September 25th, 1857; and then again until relieved second time by Sir Colin Campbell in November, 1857.
Meerut9181008May 10, 1857.It was at this station that the ball was fairly opened; but through the incapacity of one of one man we lost thousands, for, had the 6th Carabineers, 60th Rifles, and Artillery been let loose, not a rebel would have told the tale.
Mhow +3601018July 9, 1857.Destroyed all that came in their way, but stern justice quickly followed.
Neemuch865850June 3, 1857.Destroyed all that came in their way, then marched in a body to Delhi.
Peshawur +15251616 All Native regiments disarmed, and forty of the would-be murderers blown from guns, June 11th, 1857.
Sealkote +14651391July 9, 1857.Here grim justice soon overtook them. Colonel Nicholson, with the 52nd destroyed them all, all, except a score or two that got the rope.
Umballah10201108 This station was safe. It was held with an iron grasp by the 9th Lancers, the 75th, 101st, 101st, 102nd being close at hand.
Note.—The fighting at some of the stations, where a handful confronted a host, was desperate, but in every case our men proved the victors. It was a pity they were not let let loose at Meerut; it would have terrified the Gentlemen at Delhi; the news would have been all over Bengal in a few days, and thousands of precious lives might have been spared.
These nice gents were handled very roughly at stations marked.+
N.I. Native Infantry. C.E. Civil Engineer.

[CHAPTER IX.]

List of Battles Fought by Land between 1704 and 1882, showing date when each was Fought, the Number we Lost, the supposed Number of the Enemy’s Loss; the Regiments that Fought them, and a few Remarks upon some of them—First Action of the 15th Hussars—A Gallant Regiment of Tailors—Singular Description of a Deserter, from London Gazette, 1689—An Account of the Rise of the late Duke of Wellington—Loss of each Regiment on the Field of Waterloo—Some of the Duke’s Letters about the Field of Waterloo—Napoleon and the French Press—The British Amazon.