all of whom afterward received honors and rewards in the shape of the
lands of those who had joined the mutineers. Then, with many expressions
of good-will on both sides, the major and his sons took their leave, and,
joining the troops below, rode back to Cawnpore.

For three days after his arrival at Cawnpore General Havelock rested his
troops, and occupied himself with restoring order in the town. Numbers of
Sepoys were found in hiding, and these were, as soon as identified, all
hung at once. On the third day Brigadier-General Neil arrived, with the
two hundred and twenty men of the Eighty-fourth, who had been hurried
forward-a most welcome reinforcement, for Havelock's force was sadly
weakened by loss in battle, sunstroke, and disease. On the 20th the army
marched against Bithoor, every heart beating at the thought of engaging
Nana Sahib, who, with five thousand men and a large number of cannon, had
made every preparation for the defense of his castle. At the approach of
the avenging force, however, his courage, and the courage of his troops,
alike gave way, and they fled without firing a shot, leaving behind them
guns, elephants, baggage, men, and horses, in great numbers. The magazine
was blown up, and the palace burned, and the force, with their captured
booty, returned to Cawnpore.

During the advance to Cawnpore the zeal and bravery of the young Warreners
had not escaped the notice of the general, who had named them in his
official report as gentlemen volunteers who had greatly distinguished
themselves. On the return from Bithoor, on the evening of the 20th, he
turned to them as he dismounted, and said, "Will you come to my tent in
two hours' time?"

"Young gentlemen," he said, when they presented themselves, and had at his
request seated themselves on two boxes which served as chairs, "in what I