north.  They were attended by a few sowars, under Seo Sing, and they reached the place before daybreak, on the 29th; and as soon as day appeared, proceeded with Captain Magness, who had galloped on in advance of his regiment to reconnoitre the fort, and were fired upon by the garrison wherever they were seen.  Maun Sing’s people had retired after the loss of a few men, to the distance of a mile, and lay scattered over the jungle.

The Infantry came up before sunset, and the guns before it grew dark, and all were placed in position, and a fire opened upon the fort till it grew too dark to point the guns.  The garrison soon after attempted to escape by the west side, and were fired upon by the parties posted on that quarter.  Captain Weston, hearing the fire, collected all the men he could, and getting with difficulty into the fort, found it empty.  In the attempt to cut their way through, the garrison had two men killed and fifteen wounded and taken, and five managed to escape, under cover of the night, into the thick jungle.  Bikhai, one of the most atrocious of Maheput’s followers, was killed; but he killed two of the besiegers, and wounded two more before he fell.  Akber Sing, the most atrocious of all the gang, had his arm taken off by a cannon-shot, and was seized.  Maheput’s nephew, the commandant of the garrison, was taken, with one of Maheput’s secretaries and advisers.

Of Maun Sing’s party, four were killed and thirteen wounded, and Captain Magness had one havildar severely wounded.  The fort was levelled, and the jungle around cut down.  The force then proceeded and took possession of the forts of Futtehpoor, Oskamow, Sorrea, Dyeepoor, and Etonja, all belonging to Jugurnath Chuprassie, another leader of banditti of that district They were only a few miles distant from Bhowaneegur, and were deserted by his gangs on their seeing a British force and hearing the guns open upon Bhowaneegur.  Two hundred head of stolen cattle were found in the forts of Jugurnath, and restored to their proper owners.  Parties were sent in pursuit of Maheput Sing, and two of his followers were secured; but he himself escaped for the time.  The forts were all destroyed.  Captain Orr, the Assistant Superintendent, in charge of the Frontier Police at Fyzabad, had been long in pursuit of Maheput Sing, and his parties, knowing all his haunts and associates, gave him no rest.  His subadar, Seetul Sing, became acquainted with Prethee Paul, tallookdar of Ramnuggur, who had been deprived of his estate for defalcation, and become associated with Maheput Sing.  The subadar persuaded this landholder that it would be to his advantage to aid in the arrest of so atrocious a robber and murderer; and when Maheput next came to him to seek some repose from his pursuers, and consult about future plans, he sent intimation to Seetul Sing, whose detachment of sipahees was at no great distance.  On receiving the intimation, the subadar marched forthwith, and reached the place at the dawn of day, on the morning