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Rh incessant movement. What was done in Rohilkhand with two brigades required, in the Commander-in-Chiefs opinion, six brigades in Oudh, independent of the garrison of Lucknow. A large force, moreover, of military police was raised to assist the troops; while arrangements were made to move the various detachments on a general plan and with one common object. This object was an advance into Oudh from two points simultaneously; that is to say, from the frontier of Rohilkhand in order to drive the rebels in a north-east direction towards the Rápti river, and at the same time from the south-east against the districts situated south of Lucknow between the Ganges and the Gogra.

By the end of October, 1858, the two columns had reached their respective positions, and were enabled to establish the civil power as they advanced, while pushing the rebels northwards into Nepál. Thus the Commander-in-Chief moved northwards from Lucknow with a force acting in concert with the troops under Hope Grant. The Náná and his brother Bala Ráo, flying from the pursuit, escaped eventually into Nepál with many thousand Sepoys. Sir Hope Grant was then left in Oudh with instructions to watch matters on this frontier, while Sir Colin Campbell, glad of rest, rejoined the Governor-General at Simla.

The series of petty although harassing operations which were carried on in Oudh and Rohilkhand at this period, although very creditably performed by our troops, need only be lightly touched upon. To trace