ABSTRACT
Eastern nations readily accept the arbitrament of the sword, and, after a decisive defeat in battle, generally submit without further resistance to the will of their conquerors. In Western Bihar, Kunwar Singh, who had been defeated and driven from his chief town, Jagdispur, by Major Vincent Eyre, after the relief of Arah, reoccupied his residence in April 1858. Sir Colin Campbell, on hearing of the repulse of Milman’s small force, on March 29, ordered a brigade of infantry, 700 Sikh cavalry, and 18 guns, under General Lugard, to proceed to Azamgarh. Kunwar Singh stood on the Tons River, and in an action which ensued, Mr. Venables, the gallant indigo planter, was mortally wounded. The arrival of Kunwar Singh’s men being reported on the 23rd, Captain Le Grand, 35th Regiment, with 150 of his battalion, 50 of the Naval Brigade, 150 Rattray’s Sikhs, and with two 12-pounder Howitzers, marching from Arah, early in the morning met 2000 of Kunwar Singh’s men.
