| John Tulloch Nash

“ In yesterday’s affair several of the picket were wounded, but poor Randolph was killed. His head was literally cloven in two by a sword cut, and over the shoulder there was a wound extending right down into the lungs. Early in the morning his remains, wrapped in a horse-cloth, were buried, while the perpetual booming of the enemy’s guns in the distance, formed an appropriate accompaniment to the short prayer read over his grave, by the Lieutenant of the troop to which he belonged. ”

“ A boundless and rolling carpet of rich crops lies spread out before us on every side, but not a living form is seen lingering about the pleasant landscape. Heavy firing at intervals on the Oudh frontier. ”

“ From the rebel camp the spy also brought intelligence of armed men flocking out of the Belwa fort, and preparing for a foraging raid over the district. And to this information he also supplemented other intimations concerning the movements of the rebels, which, as on a former occasion, proved so true that, instead of being a “desperate scoundrel” — as his fellow camp followers for some occult reason had dubbed him — he became the native hero in the camp ”

“ On the spot where we met our camp-equipage the Corps rested en bivouac, and was there presently joined by the Field Force. With the union, we enter upon a new stage in our eventful career, as the next chapter will show. ”