After effects of the Mutiny on Baird Smith health. His present duties in command of 2,200 men and 14 guns [he was in charge of the Saharanpur and Muzuffarnagar Districts and Superintendent-General of Irrigation]. The slow progress of his 'History of the Siege of Delhi'. Dated as: Camp Puttri Ga...
News of the second relief of Lucknow. Escape of the rebels, problem of restoring order after the Mutiny. Official recognition for Baird Smith's services. Feels some slight disappointment at this. Dated as: Roorkee 28 Mar 1858
Smith had been summoned to Delhi as Chief Engineer on 19 Jun 1857, after the man originally nominated was unable to take up his post. The letters describe his journey to Delhi, the daily progress of the Siege and his return to Roorkee after Delhi had fallen.
Baird Smith's arrival in Saharanpur. The only only part of the column that has broken down so far is that for which Drummond is responsible. The Gurkhas have killed 250 Gujars at a ghat on their route. Dated as: Saharanpur 27 Jun 1857
The march has not begun because of the rain. Baird Smith's party is to be separated from the main convoy and will go straight across to Karnal, while the convoy, under Brownlow and Willcocks, proceeds by a safer but longer route. Dated as: Saharanpur 28 Jun 1857