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INDIA . THE WAR IN THE PUNJATJB . SBME ^ DER 0 ? MOOLTAN TO THE BRITISH —FALL OF ATTOCK INTO THE HANDS OF THE AFFGHANS . SANGUINARY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIKHS ON THE JHkLUM—A VICTORY VERY LIKE A DEFEAT ! — FRIGHTFUL
SLAUGHTER ! ALLIANCE OF THE MAH OMEDAN WN ^ JS OF CENTRAL ASIA AGAINST THE BRITISH ! ! » The sieae of Mooltan is at an end . On t he morning of the 22 nd January , when practicable breaches having been effected the troops were about to storm the ciiadel , the Dewan Mooing surrendered himself With his whole garrison unconditionally to the British government . We subjoin some additional
4 writer describing the tfate of Mooltan after the capture of the tOK-n , but previous lo the surrender of the citada ! . says : —* The frig htful spectacles presented by the piles of dead scattered about through the town—the shivered limbs and mangled bodies ¦ which our shells had occasioned , aud the ghastly wounds of some still surviving—were awful to behold . It was now found , moreover , that the capture of the city iad in no way improved our prospects of getting into the fort , which was nowhere stronger that on the side next the town .
Siege operations , therefore , required to be recommenced , and parallels sere immediately begun to be c instructed within 500 yards of the walls Moolraj p lied his artillery as briskly , and offered as stout a re isance , as ever . Onr batteries were once more opened with as much vigour and as little success as ever—when it seemed ss if the mud walls were incapable of being brfached by any ordinary species of practice . Even should a breach be established , a ditch surrounded the fort forty feet in width , and twenty-five feet deep , the he g ht of the ¦ w all from the bottom of the ditch being well nigh fi'tv feet . Mining was now determined to be attempted , and three shafts " * ere accordingly be $ un to be run in the direction of the counterscarp , running firomihe bastion to near the Dowlutgateof the town . It was believed that the whole would be so
shaken by the explosion that the establishment of a breach would be comparatively easy . The first thing , howtver , was , as far as practicable , to have the ditch filled up ; and the mines were exploded on tbe 18 ih under the crest of ihe glacis , by which the C 3 unter » carp was completely blown in . Our heavy guns and howitzer batteries fired eight inch shells , which buried themselves in the works and then exploded , doing the work of mines . The sap had by the morning of the 19 th reached the edge of the ditch , and the shaft was commenced the same evening . The walls and bastions now began to look sorely shattered everywhere , —and no wonder , considering what they had undergone ' . Ambassadors
from the fort had two or three times visited our camp , on the part of Moolraj , with proposals for a conditional surrender ; on every occasion they were told that no terms would he granted , and that nothing but as unconditional surrender would be accepted of . The 22 nd was the day named as that on which the fort would be stormed in case our dem ? nd was not complied with . The battering guns were meanwhile kept in full operation , and tremendous salvos of artillery were continued at intervals . Two breaches were reported practicable on
the 21 st , and en the morning of the 22 nd our troops were formed for the assault , when Moolraj would seem to have been at length terrified at the preparations made for bis destruction , and surrendered himself , and the citadel , wi'h its garrison of from 3 , 000 to -J 000 men , unconditionally into our hands . Thus terminated the siege of Moeltan , which had been commenced by General Whish in the beginning of September , and cost us the lives of eleven officers , and not fewer , perhaps , than from 250 to 300 men ; with 47 officers and some hundreds of men wounded .
There has been an unpleasant little affair in the Birp-e Doub , where a British force has suffered saxiewhat severe loss in attempting to storm and take a strong stockaded position , occupied by Ram Singh 2 nd a larce budv of Sikhs .
SURRENDER OF ATTOCK TO THE AFFGHANS . At-. ock has at length fallen into the hands of the enemy . The fidelity of the Afghans had been tried too far . When they found ( says the Bombay Times a British army of 24 , 000 men afraid apparently to mo . e beyond its lines , while their own countrymen were approaching from the western capital , and treason w ; s gaining strength on every side , they threw open the gates and admitted the men ef Cabool . The AfTghans , it is said , plundered the town and violated the women . Lieut . Herbert
made an endeavour to escape down the Indus , but fell into the hands of Chutter Singh . Capt . Abbott it still at large , hut there are no recent tidings of his whereabouts . Major and Mrs . Lawrence , and their children , are in the power of the rebel chief . It is said Sir H- Lawrence is very anxious to preven t Dost Mahomed obtaining possession of his brother , as he has an ( ancient grudge * against him , which he would not fail to feed fat' were he to secure his person . The Dost himself is said to be on the bants of the Indus , watching the progress of events .
SANGUINARY BATTLE WITH THE SIKHS . The following is extracted from the Bombay Telegraph and Courier : — ' The intelligence which the present mail will convey is probably more important than any we have had to send home since the time when all eyes used to be directed with such breathless anxiety towards Cabul . —Another of those murderous conflicts which have rendered our hostilities with the Sikhs so conspicuous , has occurred on the left bank of the river Jhelum , near , or , as some say , on , the identical spot which two thousand years ago formed the battle field of Alexander and Poms . That scene , rich in classic associations , has been the
arena ot a fierce and protracted struggle between the army of the Punjaob , under Lord Cough , and the Sikh forces under Rajah Shere Singh—a struggle in which the British have had to deplore the loss of at least ninety-three officers and 2 , 500 men killed and wnnnded , four gums captured ) and four five or six regimental colours taken by the enemya struggle which terminated in victory , but which was disgraced by the night of a Bengal cavalry regiment , and the retreat—as yet scarcely satisfactorily explained—of two British corps of Dragoons—a struggle , finally , which left both the contending hosts so weak aud shattered that it was doubtful
which had sustained the greater injury from the conflict , and which yielded so few of the badges of triumph for tbe victors , that their opponents took up a new position , and tired a salute in honour of its termination . Though masters of the field , onr laurels are drenched with blood , and it is the universal opinion that two more auch victories would he virtual ruin . ' At the date of our last summary , Lord Gough , with his army , was encamped at Janiki , waiting in
the expectation of hearing of the fall or surrender of Mooltan , the recei pt of which tidings , ' , it was generally believed , would be the signal for an onward movement . The siege operations , however , proceeding more slowly than was anticipated , and circumstances appearing to render further delay inadvisable , the Commander-in-Chief seems to have altered his intention , and to have determined on attacking Shere Singh ' s position before obtaining news of the success of General Whish .
• The British troops moved from their position on the 9 th inst . ( January ) , and took up new ground a place called Lusooree , about five miles to the right , and two miles to the front , of their former camp , a communication , dated Camp Chillcanwala , the 14 th inst ., says : — * The array marched yesterday at half-past seven o ' clock , in order of battle . The army moved abeut three miles to the north-west across the counirj , which was pretty well furnished with scattered bushes , passing a village whose name I have
forgotten , and Barra Umra to Chota Umra . Here a halt of an hour and a quarter took place , asd the baggage was ordered to remain at this village for the present . -From this spot could be seen part of the Sikh camp near Russoolpore , abont three or four miles in front , on a low wooded ridge . At a « ju * rter to ten o ' clock the army advanced again , and moved for an hour , passing over perhaps about three mdes of ground , taking a more westerly direction than before , and leaving tbeTidge just mentioned on tie rij . t it hanriY The ; o \ lowiaz account of the battle is taken from the Delhi Gazette :-
* About eleven a . m . the force came upon one : of the outposts of the enemy , and were fired upon from ash ght eminence (' a low bare hill' ) above the re . t of the juugle , which , though there in dense
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small patches , admitted of an easy passage between the masses . The heavy guns ( ten in number we believe ) , with three horse batteries , w e orf red to the front to clear ^ fjfw to 'SS ; the did not take more than five or * bh "tlhT ^ Is o ^ Z J ^ the Sikh picket S beenjolted ; U instead of coatmuiug the march in the direction of Russool , as originallyint n dsd and arranged , lhe Co . nma » u ^ in . Chie suddenly changed the plan of operations , brought up the right , and deployed his infantry line m front generally of the position at Moong . thus showmg fhe Sikhs that their strong post at RUSSOOl WHS 110 longer threatened . No enemy being at the lime
in sight , , though their camp was in lull view , and distant only between two or three miles on a rising ground with the jungle between , the order was given for the marking out of the British camp for the dav , and the colour-men were actually engaged in this ' dutv , when about two p . m . a round shot or two from the enemy , which flew over the lineol demarcation of the camp , and fell close to the Commander-in-Chief , showed that thn place was ty no means elig ible for a halt . Observing this , Lord Gough determined at once on attacking , without , however , having taken the previous usual and necessary precaution of ascertaining by a reconnommice in that direction where the strength of the enemy actually layj and without making the smallest preliminary arrangements for the advance . After a cannonade , which is variously estimated to have
lasted between one and two hours , the left or Brigadier-General Camp bell ' s division were directed to make a flank movement , and in obeying the order exposed their own flank to a dreadful cross fire from Sikh batteries on their left , which had not been observed , and on the 3 rd and 4 th hriffades , the latter being considerably in advance on " the occasion , ultimat ely reaching the guns , thev were met by such a tremendous fire that they were obliged to retire with a loss , in her Majesty s 24 th Foot , more severe than any it has ever fallen to the lot of a regiment in * India to suffer in the field ( we do not . of course , include the Cabul massacre . ) As soon as it was known th at these two brigades were engaged , the 5 th was sent against the centre of lineand ad
what was supposed to be the enemy ' s , - vanced , under their gallant leader , Brigadier Mountain , in the most undaunted manner , through the jungle in the face of a fire ( a storm ) , first of round shot , then grape , and lastly musketry , which mowed down the officeis and men by dozens . Still they advanwd , and on reaching the guns spiked every one in front , and tivo others on the left , which had subsequently opened a flank fire on them ; but the Sikhs no sooner saw they were deprived of the use of their guns than they renewed such a fire with musketry , not only on the flank , but in the rear of the br igade , that common prudence dictated aretreat , and it was effected with the same determination that had distinguished the three brigades on the left throushout . The conduct of the European
and Native Infantrv ^ who were , it appears , not supported as they should have beeR , by artillery or cavalry , for want of due and proper arrangements , was , to use the emphatic word of several correspondents , ' magnificent . ' The loss of the several regiments engaged—Her Majesty ' s 24 th , 29 th , and 6 ist Foot ; the 25 : b , 30 th , 46 ih , and 5 < hh Regiments of Native Infantry , detailed at the close of this article —trill sho * bow thev fought . In the meantime Brigadier Godhy , with * Maj ir-General Sir W . Gilbert as a leader , who was on the extreme right of the Infantry line , moved forward , and , after marching through dense jungle for soma minutes , came upon the enemy ' s infantry 5 the brigade opened
their fire , but the enemy were in such numbers that they easily outflanked them . Two companies of the 2 nd European Regiment were wheeled up , showed front , and the whole charged , but bad not gone far . when they found they were surrounded . They immediately faced right-about , kept up some file-firing , and charged , rear rank in front . At this juncture Dawes * battery came to the rescue , and , having beaten of the enemy , their guns were taken . While the Infantry were thus highly distinguishing themselves , and earning imperishable laurels , the Cavalry on the extreme left , under Brigadier White , had mads a dashing charge , and contributed much to the defeat of the enemy , while th ? Cavalry on
the extreme right , consisting of . Brigadier Pope ' s force , with the 14 th Light Dragoons temporarily attached , having been taken in advance of their Horse Artillery ( Lane ' s , Christie ' s , and Iluish ' s troops ) , were directed to charge , a body of the enemy ' s cavalry , variously estimated at from 1 , 090 to 5 , 000 . Instead of obeying the orders given them , they faced about , and , in spite of the energelie endeavours of their own and other officers , left the field ( with the exception of a body of the 9 th Lancers , who were rallied ) , and made direct for tyie Artillery ; on coming up to which , instead o'f pulling up , they dashed through Iluish ' s and Christie ' s troops ,
upsetting a waggon and some horses , and directing their course to tbe field hospital . The enemy , seeing the advantage Ihey had thus unaccountably ensured , followed onr cavalry , got' amongst the horse artillery , cut down no less than seventy-three gunners , who had , by the flight nf the cavalry through their ranks , been deprived of the means of defending themselves , and carried off six of the guns , two of which were subsequently recovered , and would have done much more harm had not Colonel Lane been fortunately enabled to draw his troop out of the melee , and pour in grape so energetically that the Goorchurras thought they had done enough , and fled .
It is stated that in the opening cannonade the Sikhs were so effectually concealed behind the thick jungle that the only guide to the British Artillerymen in taking aim was the smoke of the enemy's guns . Tbe dreadful slaughter in fler Majesty ' s 24 ' rh Regiment is attributed in some measure to the exhausted state in which the men reached the battery against which they were sent . Almost as soon as they had got to the Sikh guns and commenced spiking them , a reginient of the enemies infantry
suddenly opened a volley on them . The 24 th then , with their native companions of the 22 nd and 25 th Bengal Native Infantry ( forming Pennycuick ' s Brigade ) , commenced a retreat , and great havoc was made amongst them , the Brigadier falling along with many of his men . Thirteen officers of the 24 th were killed and wounded , and some 500 men of the same regiment likewise bit the dust . An excuse has been put forth for the flight of the 14 th Dragoons ; it is said they mistook an order given to them to move to the right or left for an order to retire .
AFTER THE BATTLE . Daring the night of tbe 13 th the British force bivouacked s little in rear of tbe battlefield . Next morning their camp was formed . Rain now came no and lasted without intermission tin the evening of the 15 th , adding to the gloom of the scene , and exercising anything but a comforting influence on the spirits of our troops , during these two wet and dreary days the wounded were brought in and the dead interred ; the latter is said ( 0 have been a peculiarly solemn and affecting ceremony . By tbe last accounts Lord Gough continued to occupy the same position , though it was an unfavourable place
for snpplies as well as in other respects . The enemy were seen encamped at Russool ( they had abandoned Moong ) , on a low range of hills , on the light flank and to the front of the British force . The river was behind the hills , and the Sikhs had a bridge over it . The Commander-in-Chief had thrown up slight entrenchments to protect weak points . The force having been so terribly crippled by the action of the 13 th , his lordship had deemed it expedient to direct Brigadier Wheeler ' s force to join him , as well as to order up the 53 rd Regiment from Lahore . It was not thought there would be any renewal of hostilities until reinforcements arrived for Lord Cough ' s army .
[ From another account . ) The Sikhs were beaten from their positions before dusk , with frightful carnage , and with the loss of twelve guns , besides others which were spiked ; but they soon rallied , and took up another position on the left bank of the river , firing a salute in the evening , as though claiming the victory ! A letter from the camp , dated the 19 th , says : — ' Two of the 9 th Lancers who were taken prisoners by the Sikhs have to-day been sent back to us with a letter from the Shere to Lord Gough , saying that he was not the aggressor in the present war . Lord Gough returned a letter of thanks to the Shere for bis kind treatment of the prisoners , and here the matter ends . '
OFFICIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES . RETURN OF KILLED , WOUNDED , AND SUSSING Of tho Army of the Punjaub , under the personal command of the Bight Hon . Lord Gough , G . C . B ., in the action with the Sikh forces , under Rajah Shere gingh , at ChiUianwaUah , on the 13 th of January , 1849 . Genekai . Staff . —1 European officer , 1 horse , killed ; 2 European officers wounded . Ariillert Division . —Horse Artillery Brigade . —
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1 st Troop 2 nd Brigade— -5 rank and tile , 1 lascar ! killed ; 1 rank and file , 4 lascars , 2 horses , wounded . 1 rank and file , 22 -horses , missing . 2 nd Troop 2 nd Brigade—4 rank and file , 1 laseav , wounded ; 2 horses missing , 3 rd Troop 2 nd Brigade—1 sergeant , 0 rank and file , killed ; 1 European officer , 2 rank aud file , 3 lascars , 1 syce , wounded ; 1 rank and file , 0 syces , 31 horses , missing , 4 th Troop 2 nd Brigade—1 European officer , 1 syce , 0 horses , killed ; 2 rank and file , 2 horses , wounded ; 4 horses , missing . 1 st Troop 3 rd Bri gade 1 rank and file , 1 horse , killed ; 1 rank and file , 1 horse , wounded . 2 nd Troop 3 rd Brigade—1 rank and file * wounded . Foot Artillery Brigade . 1 st Company 1 st Bat ., No . 10 Battery—1 horse , wounded . 3 rd
Company , 1 st Bat ., Xo . 17 Battery—3 horses , killed ; 2 European officers , 1 dimminci' , 2 rank and file , wounded ; 1 horse , missing . 1 st Company 4 th Bat . —1 rank and file , killed ; •? rank and file ; 1 horse , wounded . 2 nd Company 4 th Bat . —1 rank and file , killed ; 1 sergeant , 2 rank and file , wounded . 4 th Company 4 th Bnt . —l rank and file ; wounded . 6 th Company 7 th Bat ., No . 5 Battery—1 horse , killed ; 5 rank and file , 1 horse , wounded ; 1 horse , missing . Park Establishment- —! sergeant , killed . Total—1 European officer , 2 sergeants , H rank and file , 1 lascar , 1 syce , 11 horses , killed ; 8 European officers , 1 sergeant , 1 drummer , 21 rank and file , 8 lascars , 1 syce ,. 7 horses , wounded ; 2 rank and file , ( i svecs , and ( 51 horses , missing .
ExoiXEJSKDKrARTiiKXT . —Oth Company of Pioneers —rank and file wounded . Cavalry Division . — 1 st Brigade . —H . M . ' s 3 rd Light Dragoons—1 sergeant , 23 rank and file , 20 horses , killed ; 2 European officers , 14 rankand file , 14 horses , wounded . H . M . 's 14 th Li ght Dragoons—1 European officer , 1 rank and file , 2 horses killed ; I European officer , 2 sergeants , 12 rank and file , 2 horses , -wounded ; 2 rank andfile , 4 horses , missing , oth Regt . of Liijlit Cavalry—2 havildars , 1 trumpeter , 3 rank and file , 7 horses killed ; 2 European officers , 1 native officer , 2 havildars 11 rank and file , 7 horses wounded . 8 th Regt . of Light Cavalry —1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file , 1 horse , wounded : 2 horses missing . —2 nd Brigade : Brigade
Staff—1 European officer , wounded , II M . ' s Uth Lancers—I rank and file killed ; 8 rank and-file , 5 horses , wounded ; 4 horsesmissing .-lst Regt . of Light Cavalry—3 rank and file , 1 syce , 1 horse , killed ; 1 native ' officer , 1 havildav , 2 rank and file , 1 syce , 7 horses , wounded ; 3 horses missing . 0 'th Regt . Light Cavalry—1 European officer , 2 native officers , 4 rank and file , 2 horses , killed ; 2 European officers , 1 warrant officer , 1 havildnr , ( J rank and nh > , wounded ; 6 horses missing . Total—2 European officers , 2 native officers , 3 sergeants or havildars , I trumpeter , 39 rank and file , 1 syce , 08 horses , killed ; 8 European officers , 2 native officers , 1 warrant officer , 6 sergeants or havildars , 55 rank and file , 1 syce , 3 G horses wounded ; 2 rank and file , 10 horses missing .
2 nd Infantry Division . —3 rd Brigade . —2 nd European Reg . —0 rank and file killed ; 2 European officers , 5 sergeants , 54 rank and file wounded . 31 st Reg . of jN . I . —1 havildar , 2 rank and file killed ; 1 European officer , 2 havildars , 12 rank and file wounded . 45 th Reg . of N . I . —4 havildars , 13 rank and file killed ; 4 European officers , 1 native officer , 1 havildar , 53 rank and flic wounded ; 3 rank and file missing . —70 th Reg . of N . I . —2 native officers , S rank and file killed ; 20 rank and file wounded ! 4 th Brigade . II . M . 20 th Foot . —? sergeants , 29 rank and file killed ; 4 European officers , 5 sergeants , 4 drummers , 194 rank and nie wounded ; 3 . rank and file missing . 30 th Reg . of N . I . —2 European officers , 1 native officer . 10 havildars , l'i di'ummer , 53
rank and file killed ; 0 European officers , 9 native officers , 12 havildars , 1 drummer , 187 rank and file wounded . 00 th Reg . of N . I . —2 European officers , 4 native officers , 7 havildars , 32 rank and file killed ; 6 European officers , C native officers , 18 havildars , 4 drummers , 205 rank andfile wounded ; 2 havildars , 36 rank and file missing . Total . —1 European officers , 7 native officers , 24 sergeants or havildars , 1 drummer , 138 rank and file killed ; 26 European officers , 16 native officers , 43 sergeants or havildars , 9 'drummers , 725 rank and file wounded ; 2 havildars , 42 rank- and file missing . 3 n » Ixfaxtby Division . —Divisional Staff—1 -European officer , wounded . <"> th Brigade . —Brigade Staff— 2 European officers , killed . II . M . 24 th Foot
—11 European officers , 4 sergeants , 1 drummer , lbs rank and file , 2 horses killed ; 10 European officers , 8 sergeants , 2 drummers , 250 rank and file , wounded ; 38 rank and file , missing . 25 th Regt . of N . I . —1 European officer , C native officers , 13 havildars , 2 drummers , 78 rank and file , killed ; 2 European officers , 3 native officers , 3 havildars , 2 drummers , 82 rank and file , 1 horse , wounded ; 2 havildars , 10 rank and file , missing . Oth Brigade—Brigade Staff—1 European officer , wounded . 15 th Regt . of N . I . —4 havildars , 4 rank and file , killed ; 3 European officers , 1 native officer , 7 havildars , 37 rank and file , wounded . G'Jth Regt . of N . I . —1 havildar , 3 rank and file , killed ; 2 European officers ,
8 havildars , 2 drummers , 51 rank and file , wounded 7 th Brigade—H . M . ' s 01 st Foot—11 rank and file , killed ; 3 European officers , 7 sergeants , 93 rank and file , wounded . 36 th Regt . of N . I . —1 native officer , 2 havildars , 25 rank and file , killed ; 0 European officers , 2 native officers , 3 havildars , C ( 3 rank and file , wounded . 40 th Regt . of N . I . —3 rank and file , killed \ 3 native officers , 4 havildars , 1 drummer , 43 rank and file , wounded . Total . —14 European officers , 7 native officers , 24 sergeants or havildars , 3 drummers , 312 rank and file , 2 horses , killed ; 28 European officers , fl native ofiiewti , 40 sergeants or havildars , 7 drummers , G 2 S rank and file , 1 horse , wounded ; 2 havildars , 48 rank and file , missing .
Total of all Arms . —22 European officers , 10 native officers , 53 sergeants or havildars , 5 drummers , 503 rank and file , I Lascar , 2 Syces , 52 horses , kilted ; G 7 European , 27 native officers , 1 warrant officer , 90 sergeants or havildars , 17 drummers , 1 , 43 ' rank and file , 8 Lascars , 2 Syees , 44 horses , wounded ; 4 havildars , 94 rank and file , G Syces , SO horses , missing . Total . —002 men , 52 horses , killed ; 1 , 651 men , 44 horses , wounded ; 104 men , 80 horses , missing . Grand total . —2 , 357 men , and 170 horses . Nominal Roll of European Officers Killed "Vyouxdkd , or Missing . —Adjutant-General ' s Office
Head-quarters , Camp , ChiUianwaUah , Jan , 17 , 1849 . —General Staff . —Brevet Major C . Ekins , Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army " , killed ; Brevet Major II . T . Tucker , Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army , contusion ; Lieutenant J . S . r . tton , Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General , wounded severely . 4 th Troop 2 nd Brigade , Horse Artillery . —Lieut . J . A . Manson , killed . 81-d Troop 2 nd Bri g ade , Horse Artillery . —Brevet Major E . Christie , wounded , very dangerously , since dead .
3 rd Company 1 st Batt . Artillery . —Captain M . Dawer , wounded , slightly ; First Lieut . C . S . Dundas , wounded , severely . H . M . 's 3 rd Light Dragoons . —Captain Vf . Unett , wounded , severely ; Lieut . T . II . Stisted , wounded . 5 th Regt . Light Cavalry—Lieut . It . ¦ Christie , wounded , dangerously ; Lieut . A . P . C . Elliot , wounded , severely . 2 nd Cavalry Brigade Staff—Brigadier A . Pope , C . B ., wounded severely . II . M . ' s 14 th Lig ht Dragoons—Lieut . A . J . Cureton , killed ; Major C . Steuart , wounded . Oth Regt . Light Cavalry—Lieut . A . M . Shepherd , kUlod ; Captain W . J . E . Boys , wounded ; Lieut . H . R . Grindlay , wounded .
2 nd European Regt . —Lieut . M . R . Nightingale , wounded , very severely ; Lieut . J . lileaymire , wounded , slightly . 31 st Regt . N . I . —Captain W . R . Dumnore , wounded shghtlv . H . AUs . 29 th " foot . —Major M . Smith , slight contusion ; Lieut , the Hon . II . M . Moncton , wounded , severely ; Lieut . II . T . Metge , wounded , very severely ; Ensign G . II . Nevill , wounded , slightly . 30 th Regt . N . I . —Captain AV . H . Ross , killed ; Ensign A . C . de Morel , killed ; Bt . Major M .- E . Loftie , wounded , severely ; Captain W . C . 'Campbell , wounded , slightly ; Captain R . S . Ewart , wounded , slightly ; Captain C . F . Fen wick , wounded , very severely ; Captain J . Morrioson ,
wounded , slightly ; Liout . II . Swirihoe , wounded , severely ; Ensign . T . Pierce , wounded , slightly ; Ensign J . C . "Wood , wounded , very severely ; Ensign W . F . Leicester , wounded , very severely . 50 th Regt . N . I .-Licut . AY . AY . AYarde , killed ; Ensign F . AY . Robinson , killed ; Major D . rBamfield , wounded , very severely , since dead ; Lieut . AY . C . Gott , wounded , slightly ; Lieut . L . B . Jones , wounded , severely ; Lieut , F . V . R , Jcrvis , wounded , severely ; Lieut . J . H . Bacon , wounded , slightly ; Lieut . J . AV . Delamain , wounded , severely , arm since amputated . 45 th Regt ., N . I . —Captain It . Haldane , wounded , severely ; Lieut . J . Palmer , wounded , severelv ; Ensign M . H . Combe , woundedslightly ; Ensign AY .
, L . Trotter , wounded , badly . ° Staff , 3 rd Infantry Division . —Brigadier General C . Campbell , C . B ,, wounded slightly . Staff , Sthlnfantry Brigade . —Briggadier J Pennycuick , C . B . and K . H ., killed ; Captain C . R * Harris , Major of Brigade , killed . H . M . ' s 24 th Foot . —Lieut .-Colonel R . Brookes , killed ; Major II . AV . Harris , killed ; Captain C . Lee , killed ; Captain J . S . Shore , killed ; Captain R . AY . Travcrs , kUled ; Lieut . G . Phillips , killed ; Lieut . O . B . Payne , killed ; Lieut . J . A . AYoodiatc , killed ; Lieut . AV . PhUH ps , killed ; Ensign H . ? . B . Collis , killed ; Ensi gn A . Pennycuick , killed ; Major H . Paynter , wounded , dangerously ; Cant . AV . ' G ,
urown , wounded , slightly ; Cant , L . II . Bazalgette , wounded , severely ; Lieut . G . E . L . Williams , wounded , dangerously ; Lieut . R . A . Croker ! wounded , severely ; Lieut . G . F . Berry , wounded , slightly ; Lieut . J . B . Thelwall , wounded , severely Lieut and Adjutant W . Hartshorn , wounded slightly ; Lieut , A J Macpherson , wounded , severely ; Lieut J . H . Archer , II . . * s 00 th Regt ., wounded , slightly . 6 ' 25 th Regt . N . L-Lieut . A . Money , killed ; Lieut . A . G . C . Sutherland , wounded , slightly ; Lieut . F . A . Jeune , wounded , slightly . ' Staff , 6 th Infantry Brigade . -Brcvet-Captain , A .
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B . Morris , officiating brigade-major , wounded , slightly . ' ,,, ...,. „ . loth Regt . N . I . —Lieut , and Adjutant G . G . Anderson , wounded , severely ; Lieut . II . R . Shawo , wounded , slightly ; Lieut . AV . G . Elhce , wounded , 09 th Ret N . I . — Capt . J . A . James , wounded , severely ; Lieut . J . Nisbett , wounded , severely . 11 li ' s 01 st Foot—Capt . J . Masscy , bounded , scverelv Ensign J . Nagle , wounded , severely ; Ensign
J . II . H . Parks , wounded , slightly . 36 th Regt . N . I . —Capt , F . A . Carleton , wounded , severely ; llAUt . IlltOl'prOtCr alUl QuHrlCroHWtW A , N 'Thompson , wounded , since dead ; Lieut , and Adjutant 0 . S . " Weston , wounded , severely ; Lieut J . 1 > . Magney . wounded , slightly ; Ensign F . J . b . BagSlhW , wounded , severely ; Lnsign C . J . Oodby , wounded , dangerously . Pat . Grant , Lieut .-Col . Adjutant-General of the Army .
REPORTED ALLIANCE OF THE AFFGHANS SfKHS . AND OTHER NATIONS AOAIA'Sl
THE BRITISH . All accounts agree that the Affghans are in close league with the Sikhs , in the design to overthrow the ' Feringhees , ' and drive them out of the Punjaub . One communication from the far north acquaints us with the rather important fact that Dost iMahoill ( 1 K-ian , of Cabul , has received , at the hands of a general assembly of Mahomedan Chiefs at Pesha-. vur , the title of Ameer il Momen em , signifying Chief of the Mahomedans , or Defender of tbe Mahomedan Faith . On this occasion , it is said , the
Dost took a solemn oath thathe would remain staunch to the cause with which lie had linked his fortunes , namely , that of the Sikhs . If the statement now given he true , there will be little chance of the British coming to a friendly understanding , or negotiating a treaty of alliance , with the wily old Ameer . It is added that the Pathan Chiefs are extremely averse to any nearer nei g hbourhood than at present with the English—the power they most dread—and that they are most anxious to prevent the downfall of the Sikh kingdom .
FRANCE . The Assembly . — On Saturday a very stormy scene took pJace in the National Assembly , in consequence of some interpellations put to the Government by M , Martin Bernard , on the subj < c of a Socialist banquet which was broken up a few days ago by the police . The circumstances which gave rise to the interpellations were these : —A banquet took place on Thursday hi't , at the Barriere du Maine , to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic . M . Pierre Leroux , the well-known Socialist representative , presided at the banquet , and Mi Martin Bernard , one ofjtne occupants of the Moun , tain , was also present " . The rest of the company was composed principally . of students .. In the midst of the ' dinner a commissary of police made his
appearance , and , in the name of law claimed his right to he present during the proceedings . The president refused to admit him , stating that the banquet "a s a monthly' one , and that the law relative to clubs did not refer to it . Upon this tha commissary retired , but . shortly afterwards he returned , accompanied by a strong body of police , and turned the whole party out of doors . ^ According to M . Bernard , this proceeding on the ~ part of the commissary was not only illegal and unconstitutional in itself , but it was executed with a degree of violence which was wholly uncalled for . The persons present were struck with sticks , several of them were knocked down , the tables were overturned , and parties in other parts of the house , but having nothing to do with the banquet itself , were turned out and illtreated .
M . Leon Faucher , in his reply ( 0 this charge . stated that the fact of the meeting being a periodica ' one , brought it within the operation of the law of 1790 , that it was consequently under the surveillance of the police , and that consequently the commissary was entitled to act as he had done ; and that , as regarded the alleged violence , the persons wiio had refus'd admission to ' the commissary had violated" the law , and it was therefore necessary to emp ' oy force , but no violence had been committed which was not absolutely necessary . A very violent debate ensued , in which M . Pierre Leroux made a fierce attack on the government . M . Victor Grandin followed , and complained loudly of the ciuhs , and so far from accusing the government of violence , he accused it of too much tolerance in not putting them down long ago .
M . Ledru-Rolhn then rose and drew a very striking contrast between the conduct of M . Odiilon Barrot ? . t the present time and his conduct when the question was with respect to the banquet of the 12 th arrojidissement , which led to the revolution of February . He declared that the language of the Minislm of the present day was precisel y that used liy M . Guizot in reference to the banquets , and that the Opposition of the present day was doing nothing but protesting in favour of liberty , as the Opposition
of 1848 had protested in favour of liberty against the last ministers of Louis-Philippe . M . Ledru-Rollin produced an immense sensation by reading from the Moaiteur the account ot the debate in February , 1948 , on the subject of the banquets , and the cheering df the Republicans was immense when he read the words applied on that occasion to M . Odiilon Barrot— ' If you were sitting on the same bench as we are , you would do precisely what we are doing . '
1 o this M . Oddlon Barrot made one of his usual replies , vainly attempting to cover his falsehood and treason , \ 3 \ timate \ y the Ass < m > ty passed to the order of the day , which was , in other words , stamping the conduct of the government with its approbation . AVednesdav . —The following appears in the Patrie of last night . One Madrid correspondent , in his letter of the 29 th , confirms the fact of the preparations making by Spain for an armed intervention
in Italy : —« We are assured that letters have been received by express , announcing that Spain is actively preparing for an intervention in favour of the Pope . Already an army of 10 , 000 men was ready to set out . ' The same journal says : — ' A letter from London informs us that a division , detached from the fleet commanded by Admiral Parker , will soon crnisj off Civita Vecchia . Its object is to support the movements of the troop sent by tbe Powers which , on the express demand of the Pope , have resolved on an intervention . '
MORE PERSECUTION OF THE REPUBLICANS . The National Guard ef the town of Clermont , in the departmsut of the Herault , has been disbanded by a decree of the President of the Republic . The Mayor , of the town has been likewise dismissed . M ; Mie ' , Mayor of Perigueux , has been superseded in his functions by order of the Prefect of the Dordogne . Two clubs have been closed at Lyons . Further disturbances have occurred at Navhonne , in consequence of the arrest of two leaders of the Montaguards .
The Republican Prisoners . — The twelve State prisoners of Vincennes left this morning at five o ' clock for Bourges . They were placed in a voiture cellulaire , and escorted to the Orleans Railload station by a strong force of cavalry . There they were given in charge to two companies of Gendarmerie Mobile ( the former municipal guard of Paris ) , 200 in number , and to forty gardiens de Paris , who appeared in the uniform of the former Sergens de'Viile disbanded by M . Caussidiere . Some operatives of the Ateliers Nationaux , mostly belonging to the 12 th arrondissement , have been employed since June in cutting drains through a barren district of the department of the Loire-etCher , called La Sologne , through which the Bourges Railroad
passes . The police received information that these men intended making an attempt to rescue the prisoners . A supply of ball cartridge was accordingly served out to the escort before they marched . Their orders were to prevent , at any cost , the prisoners from falling into the hands of the rioters . Barbes persists in the declaration that he has made that he would neither defend himself nor be defended . Raspailwill plead his own cause . Blahqui will have the assistance of M . Maublanc , advocate , but will himself deliver his defence . Sobrier has chosen as counsel M . Baud ; General Courtais , M . Bethmont ; Albert , M . Henry Celliez Degre , called the Pompeir , M . Picard Borne , M . Ilarntnel , advocate of Grasse .
Barbes , Blanqui , and the other prisoners arrived at Bourges at 12 o ' clock on Sunday , and were lodged in the apartments prepared for them . The authorities have several thousand troops in that town , as if there were some fear of an outbreak . Vilain , late President of the Society oF the Rig hts of Mas , surrendered on Monday to take his trial at Bourges with Barbes and his accomplices . Caussidiere and Louis Blanc have written from London , explaining their reasons for refusing to surrender for trial before the High Court of Justice at Bourges . —2 ' hwm .
The Red Republic . — The Socialist journals publish an addre » s to the 'Democratic Socialist Republican electors , ' announcing a fusion of the different shades of Socialists with the den . o : ratic
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Republicans , for the . purpose of the election . A grand Socialist banquet-for the inauguration of the Salle de la Fraterniie , in tbe Rue de Martel , was given on Sunday ; admission If . 25 c . each person . Seven hundred persons , including women , sat down to table ; the galleries contained about 500 strangers . Invitations were addressed to the members of the Mountain , but M ., Bac alone a ttended . The toasts were ' the right to live by labour ; ' abolition of the conscription ; ' 'the emancipation of the cleray . ' Several other toasts of the same harmless kind wore given , and the meeting separated .
A grand baKquet for the inauguration . of the Salle de la Fraternite , in the Uue Martel , was given on Sunday by ihe founders and the corporations ot worKmen . M . T . Bac , representative of the people , presided over about 700 guests , male and female . The tickets were at If . 25 c . per head . When the toasts were commenced , 400 or 500 of the public were adnrtted to the tribunes . A commissary of police was present . Among the toasts first given were the following : ' To the right of existence by labour , ' To order , ' 'To the abolition of the consciiptiou and tbe droits -retails , ' ' To the enfranchisement of
the clergy , ' and ' . To the happy results of reaction ' —the last by a priest . M . T . Bac proposed ' The right of meeting : / in a speech in which he complained of the attempt to limit that right , which he said had been solemnly proclaimed by the revolution of February . M . Bernard sent a toast to ' The AVorkmen , ' with a le : ter , in which he said that he preferred taking to flig ht to being sent to Ste . Pelagic to undergo the periods of imprisonment to which he has been sentenced for offences against the
law on clubs . A bouquet was placed on the tribune to mark his place , and after the banquet it was sent to him . A Madame Brasier gave a toast to ' Our young republic and humanity , the only harmony ;' and a Madame Duclos to Tae Montague . ' During the banquet patrfotic and revolutionary songs were sung ; and a collection , amounting to 101 C 10 c , was made towards the expenses of the room . AVhen the banquet and speeches were concluded , a basket was placed at the door to receive further subscriptions .- , ••'
A new Socialist Club is to be opened in the Rue St . Antoine on the 7 th inst . ' Citizens Joly and Olivier 'Demosthenejar two repr ^ sentativer . of the Montagne ,. h & ve addressed a letter to the Peuple , declaring in reply to the denial of the Moniteur , that they had been invited by a - great number oflonajide non-commissioned officers of the army to a banquet , commemorative of the revolution of February ,. and that the journals had pul . lshtd an accurate report of . the speeches de . livered . by those brave young men . ' A democratic banquet took . place at Lyons on tbe 1 st instant , which was attended by above 3 , 000
persons . Letters from Toulouse state , that the anniversary of the 24 th of February was celebrated in that city by the Republicans , who paraded the streets wearing the bonnet rovuje , and shouting * Vive la Republique Sociale ! ' 'Vive Barbes !'' Vive la Montagne ! ' 'Vive I 79 : i ! ' ' -
GERMANY . BEMiiN , March 3 . —The police has , it is said , obtained knowledge of a real or pretended con-piracy and outbreak , in which the Pol"s were to he the . actors . In apparent corrobo"ation of this report , many Poles , from the Duchy and from other parts of Germany , had arrived at Berlin within the last ' orty-eight hours . In consequence of this , constables were sent to all the hotels and many private lodgings this morning , with orders to expel all nondomiciled Poles within twenty-four hours . This measure was carried into effect during the day .
THE WAR IN HUNGARY , General Schlick has joined the main Austrian array . On the other hand , the insurgent general , Gorgey , has effected a junction with General Dembinsky , who has arrived at Hatvan , about thirty English miles from Pesth . The troops under Gorgey are 9 , 000 strong , with thirty pieces of cannon and twelve howitzers . The insurgents are now stronger than ever , and are flushed with their recent sue * cesses in Siebmburgen—successes which compelled the Austrian generals to invoke the aid of the Russians .
On the 11 th ult ., General Bern defeated the Austrian General Puchner with great slaughter . The Austrians fled in confusion . ' If , ' says the Times correspondent , ' assistance is not speedily given to Puchner , it is impossible that he can resist the overpowering force of his opponent , increasing as it is from day to day by the arrival of large bodies of Szeklers Indeed , it is clear that the only thing that the Austrian Commander can at present do , is to keap his troops within tha walls of the large towns , as the whole of the open country is in the bauds of the enemy .
ITALY . Rome , Feb . 24 . — The freshest intelligence here tells of two Swiss regiments , one hussar regiment , and several other detachments of Lazzaroni troops , in all , 17 , 000 men , with some twenty guns , being at or about Fondi , a dozen miles from our frontier town of Tenacina . Reports says that the hero ( butcher of Messina ) Filangieri is to command this horde of invaders who promise themselves snug quarters shortly in Rome . I have strong reasons to think that most of them will lay their bones in the Pontine marshes . Garibaldi is on the look-out , and there are fully 25 , 000 Roman troops of all arms , between the frontier and the walls of Rome . The
late inroad on Fcrrara , in which Gen . Haynau showed himself an accomplished pickpocket , carrying off 206 , 000 dollars from that poor and beggarly brokendown city , ha * roused a spirit of resistance to all similar incursions , such a « never existed since the days when the field on which Hannibal encamped was put up for auction , and brought twenty-one years' purchase . All the horses of the ' apostolic ' stables and of the late noble guard have been seized for the artillery waggons , by a decree of the I 8 th , and by a subsequent vote of the National Assembly on the 21 st . After a serious debate , the whole property of the church was ordered to be taken up by
the state , a suitable provision being reserved for the working clergy . The enormous revenues attached to the various prebends of St . Peter ' s held mostly by plutalists , and the similar allowances lrom landed property attached to St . John Lateran's church ( having no congregation whatever ) , and to St . Mary Major ' s ( which is merely visited by cognoscenti and beggars ) , will lapse into the public treasury . In compensation for the money sacked at Ferrara by Haynau , all the Austrian property in palaces and moveables within the city ( of some considerable value ) has been declared national property and confiscated . Mazztni has been elected at the iiead of the poll for the vacancy in the city representation .
REPORTED ENTRANCE OF THE AUSTRIANS INTO TUSCANY . The Steele , which is at present a good authority , says that government has received intelligence that the Austrians have entered Tuscany . The reported motive is the right of Austria , under treaties , to the reversion of the Grand Duchy in the event of the retirement of the family of the Grand Duke Leopold . —Daily News of Wednesday . Confirmation of the above Report . — The Rhiyliomento of Turin , of the 3 d , in a letter dated Genoa , the 2 d , confirms the account that six thousand Austrian troops are marching upon Tuscany . The same paper says that the Tutcan minister , M . Guerazzi , has sent a formal demand to the cabinet of Turin for . its eoneumtice and assistance in the armed in tervention . '
THE LEAGUE OF TYRANTS . La Presso announeeg that the Pope , after having consulted the Sacred College , has applied to the governments of Prance , Austria , Spain , and Naples for an armed force to enable him to return to his capital . It adds that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has resolved to demand the intervention of the Austrian Government to restore him to hit
UU 1 MIIIIUU 9 » A Russian note has made its appearance , aud the Czar blows a louder blast than either the Emperor of Austria or the King of Prussia , though on the same key as the former , The Czar declares his firm intention of adhering firmly to the treaties of 1815 , insomuch as they have not undergone modifications conjointly by the great powers , and that any attempt to infringe the same , withaut his consent , will be regarded by him as a casus belli . ¦
The Assembhe Nationale { one of the Parisian prostitute organs of the Absolutists ) contains the following;— 'There will be an Austro-Russian army in Italy before the month of April , there will be at the same time a Prussian-German array on the frontiers of Sffiizeriand to demand back Neufchatel , and to re-establish the federal compact recognised by all ' the other powers in the-treaties of 1815 . Lord Mmerstod knows all this and will not oppose it .
AMERICA . The following extract from a letter reieived at Washington by G ; neral Jessup , from an officer in
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10031849/page/2/
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