The Indian mutiny of 1857 . In the selection of his staff Havelock had been par-ticularly happy. From the lOth Foot he had taken hisson, a daring soldier, full of resources, and eager foropportunities, as his Aide-de-Camp. Stuart Beatson, aman instructed, able, and devoted was his assistantAdjutant-General. Eraser Tytler, an excellent cavalryofficer, was his assistant Quartermaster-General. Assured that Kanhpur had fallen, and advised that thestation of Fathpur, seventy-one miles from Allahdbdd andforty-nine from Kdnhpur, had fallen into the hands of therebels, Havelock transmitted orders to R
The Indian mutiny of 1857 . In the selection of his staff Havelock had been par-ticularly happy. From the lOth Foot he had taken hisson, a daring soldier, full of resources, and eager foropportunities, as his Aide-de-Camp. Stuart Beatson, aman instructed, able, and devoted was his assistantAdjutant-General. Eraser Tytler, an excellent cavalryofficer, was his assistant Quartermaster-General. Assured that Kanhpur had fallen, and advised that thestation of Fathpur, seventy-one miles from Allahdbdd andforty-nine from Kdnhpur, had fallen into the hands of therebels, Havelock transmitted orders to Renaud to haltwhere he was, fourteen miles to the east of on as rapidly as possible, Havelock reachedKhagah, nineteen miles from that place, on the he received information from Renaud, then onlyfive miles in advance of him, to the effect that themutinied regiments of Kdnhpur, reinforced by otherrebels, were marching on Fathpur, with the apparentintention of holding that place against the advancing. The Rising at Fatkpur. 189 British. Havelock then broke up his camp at midnight,joined Renaud an hour and a half later, and pushed onto Balindah, four miles to the east of Fathpur. The story of the mutiny at Fathpur may be told ina few words. The native troops stationed there, consist-ing of fifty men of the 6th N. I., had, after a show ofloyalty, joined other rebels and mutineers in a generaloutbreak on the 9th of June. The Europeans, who formore than a fortnight had been daily expecting a rising,escaped, with one exception, to Bandah. That exceptionwas Mr Robert Tucker, the Judge. He, after defendinghimself with great gallantry, and, if the testimony of anative Christian is to be believed, slaying sixteen menwith his own hand, was captured, subjected to the formsof trial, and executed on the spot. The natives of Fath-pur and of the districts around it, under the guidance ofone Hikmat-ullah, a Deputy Magistrate under Britishrule, rose in revolt, and declared
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