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88 in detail the work of the detached columns would be tiresome and superfluous. Nevertheless the duty was most arduous and trying. The courage of the officers and the endurance of the men were more severely tested in these minor operations than in the greater achievements of the campaign. The march of each column and the commencement of each attack was guided from headquarters, and watched with vigilance and solicitude. As the different commanders depended one upon another their movements were ordered and arranged accordingly, so that while the number of small affairs was considerable, on no occasion was a particular Commander under the necessity of fighting against odds which he could not easily overcome. Sometimes, however, during this anxious period, in which the behaviour of the troops, both British and native, was all that could be desired, the various columns halted, occasionally for weeks, while the enemy escaped or reformed in new positions. Nor was it until November, 1859, that the last body of rebels in Northern Oudh, to the number of about 4000 men, surrendered to a force mainly composed of the 20th Regiment under Brigadier (now Sir Edward) Holdich. One of the more prominent leaders here taken was Jawálá Parshád (the Náná's principal adviser at the Cawnpur massacre), who, before being