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      ii i - " ; - " " them Irom their guns , but by this time the ni _ght had set in , further progress was stayed by the darkness , and it was deemed _advisable to withdraw our troops aud retire for thc night : Although tiic _<* netny had been driven with great _, slaughter from the centre of their position , thev a ain advanced and resumed possession of their post on our troops rearing , keeping up so murderous afire during the night from their camions , that our men were obliged to be at them again , and iu the middle ol the night drove the Sikhsa second time from , their guns ; which had the effect of keepiii * them quiet till about daybreak , when General Gilbert led them against such portions of the intreiichnicnts as had not been carried the previous evening , and drove the enemy everywhere before hhn . Ill the absence of official returns it is impossiWe to give any correct account of the movements which were made bv our armyand which led to our gaining

      , 80 glorious a victory ; which , whether viewed with regard to the forces engaged , or the momentous interests at 6 take , may be fairlv placed at thc head of all the battles which have of late years been fought by u < in India- Up to the present moment all is in the dark respecting the arrangements for the hunt : and we kno _* not what was doue by the rvMof our aruiv , or whether tlie reserve was ultimately brought in : o * action ; but enough has transpiredi to convince anv man who has any knowledge of military movements _, that the most egregious want of skill and management of our limited resources , in men and gans , has been evinced in the manner in which our force was brought into action ; and there cannot be a doubt in the mind of any soldier who understands his profession that to thc persevering energy of those in partial command , to the gallant example of our ofiieers , and to tlie bravery of our troops alone , are we indebted for so glorious a victory gained against such fearful odds .

      Among the killed was Dr . Hoffineister , in medical attendance upon Prince Waldemarof l _' rnssia , who is said to have been in the midst ofthe battles of thc l & th , 21 st , and 22 nd . The Prince will be able to tell his countrymen what gallant fellows onr native soldiers * are , under the command of European officers , and how _noulrthey emulate their courage and energy . It is said the young Prince narrowly escaped being killed .

      _^ ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . The Mowing is from the Dettd Gazette of December 31 : — We previously mentioned that thc head-quarters camp wcre to reach _Bliaga Poorana on the 17 th , _itajor Bra-Afoot having ridden on to examine the ground This they did , and on the ISth marched to Jkfoodkee . twenty-two miles from Ferozepore , and ¦ were quict . lv encamped , when about four o ' clock in the afternoon ( not on the 19 th , as had been previously stated on thc very best authority ) an alarm was raised that the Sikhs were in full march upon the camp , some 30 . 000 men stroug . This number _approximates greatly to that given by onr Lahore _carrespondent , who says that the detachment which

      marched was under the personal comniaud of Rajah Lall _Sinch , and consisted of 20 , 000 cavalry , twelve battalionsof infantry ( 500 each ) , and a proportionate amount uf artillery , which would give abont thc total mentioned in our English letters . The British troop * weiv » scarvely under arms before the Sikh guns Cpen * d upon them , but the attack was met so _vcsbiuiely that symptoms of wavering began ? oon to manifest themselves . Thc cavalry and artillery then _advan _.-eii , closely followed by the infantry in line , and a lime after sunset the Sikhs were in full retreat , leaving ali their guns thty had brought with them in our po « sessioii . It was thought they would have renewed the conflict on the next morning ; but though it is evident by our Lahore letter that they meant to do

      so . at least Rajah Lall Singh , who has shown himself a _m-m of great bravery , as well as of considerable talent , they contented themselves , according to that letter , with carrying off two of their guns , thus leaving seventeen ( the number mentioned in our * ' Extra" of the 2 Sth ) in our possession , or in collecting their dead by means of small parties , who were suffered hy our troops to do so . TV hether the troops halted at Mocdkcec-n the lf'th or 2 Gth , we cannot exactly tell , but we believe they did , aud that , leaving tue camp standing , they marched forward *; on the 21 < i . aud were joined by _Msjor-G _. -neral Littler , with 5 ! . _»' . i 0 men from Ferozepore , which junction appears to have been efiecwd south of , and between Sultan _Khaiiwalliih and Ferozepore , some sixteen or

      seventeen mile * from the camp , thc troops being nearly ail thc time without refreshment . When thus reinforced , the whole body formed iuto four divisions , flat on the right apparently under the command of General Sir II . Gough , the centre commanded by _i ! . ' jor-Geaeral W . R . Gilbert , the left hy Sir J . littler , and the rear by Sir _iliim- Smith , marched to the attack of the entire Sikh * army under the command i . f Kajah Lall Singh aud Sirdar Tej Singh , _whh-h had entrenched it-elf in several stroug positions in a country rendered difficult for thc march of infautry by the large quantity of brushwood and high jungle . Tiie consequence was , that the enetuv ' _s

      _gnns ( old most severely as they approached the en-Uvucautents . That Sir ) . Littler failed in his att ick from the lift there is no doubt , but how or from _wuat cause is as yet unexplained , bu will , we trust , nytreuiaiusolans . ' lhee <; ntre , _uuderGeneralGilbert , _wi ' . s more successful , and carried some of the _posticus « f the enemy , hut even he was obliged to desist on account of the darkness of the night , and the _sc-itteraUuite of our troops , many of whom were ! 'Io « u up by mines dug in tiie ground iu front of the _Sskji guns . The men had little , and some of them no _i-Mid . and were _obliged to take up their quarters on tiie b . _iiv ground , the Governor-General and

      _Commaaacr-in-Chiei sharing iu their privations . The _c-iu-my _, resolute on doing all tiie mischief in their Piiver , were not long iu _i . ndin _. * out the spot where Sir Henry ilardiuge and Sir Hush ( _iou-ili had arrj ; ua _* d thtir bivouac for the night , and having Li'iurht >' n : iie guns t <> bear on the same , opened a most « esuue : ive fire , hv which it is supposed the severe h _sscx-H'i-icnccd niuoi £ si the menilje _: s « f _theartuy and p < -r *'' _i' -il .-t . \ if of the Governor-General was caused . Jtnavaiir _!« t « : uc neccssaiT to remove this battery of _ttiO _' _iieiny . uurgallant « fildici ¥ ro . -c from their haul lid . ami Ui-re , in the middle ofthe night , led to the stack , aud it .-at the Sikhs fn . ni their guns . Afttr a few fours further rest , the wean" men were leu by _GwK-wl Gilbert at uavbivak of thc 22 ud ,

      to ihe storming of such parts of the enemy ' s _positi . ms as had nut been _takei-J ou the previous evening . :. ud _carried everything before them , notv- . ihstnudi »« the strcnuou- efforts which had been _ii .: t . ! c by the enemy to strengthen their works during the _ui-iiit , ami a large number ot guns , thirty of _* v _*! ich wens vi large size , came into their _poisession . "W hile _niir men were engaged in collecting their dead an i woundvd _conrades , whose number was great in pr . i : inrli . _'ii to the resistance made by the Sikhs , large When of the _laiter , especially cavalry , and camel swivel-men , poure ) down _np-. m , and compelled them tutake up their anns , and were ouly _be-iten off after a .-evtre _stnurule , rendered much more so by the al « - seuce of artillery and cavalry , who had . _through Sstue mi-: v . ii . ivi > iaiidin < : , retired upon Fcruzipore when the brunt of tiie battle was over , and were not , as we » -u ; i _:. o-cd in our Sunday ' s " Extra , " _absent

      alvgclher , r . t least such is our impression , irmn what v . -.- iiHve li . s : i- < _l since that "Exira" was issued . Three times did thev n-uew the buttle in this manner , and tim-e times were they beaten back at the point < if thc b _.-iyo :-. et . The whole of the contest on the Morning of tlie 22 mi appears to have been carried <> n bv the centre _division , the left and the rear having failed to _coci-uuuicate during the night , aud being , « e presume , without orders , bir II . _Gouuh is _rcpuried tn have had a _iwnwv escape , a horse having fo' « _'ii _s-hol under him during one of the engagements . Of ; he loss in the ranks \ xe bave _^ to idea , but presume ji i _.:.: _> t i _. e very great , from ihe fact th : it her Majesty ' s Sr - Lght _DnigiHiiiE aiv _ivpurtcd to have lo-t upwards of _O'Oo _iiii'it in killed and wounded , ( -titer European _f-bij _^ . Miiforiiigiiipni ] _ioiti'iu . The _uuuilicr of wounded f _. i _. mrs . European and Native , at Fcroz-porc , was t-iimat < _i at 2 , 0 !« j , and thc iois in killed is said to a * _« _-i ; .. e 150 men per regiment of the Europeans .

      . t .- -: > : •< _; -. _i-s . _nowevsr , _ei-il-ni _. that , instead of _standing W wait the result ol another- : iuiioi ! on tht new ground thc enemy had taken up , and which had been arranged in io ; uc off on the 25 th . they lied across the Sutk'j , aud thus rid the position of _Feio- ' _.-poteof their _presence , after being ei _j'ht _d-iys encamped < m British ground , with an army of from _Sfj . _uut ) t « 60 , 009 men , and fighting three battles wiih a _spL-it aud determination worthy ofa better cause . _MajurBroadfoot fell on the evening of the 21 st . lie was last seen near the euireiiclud position thrown up by thc Sikhs , about seven o ' clock , iie attempted to take his horse over the ditch ; the animal fell , and three Sikhs rushed en and _spc-m-d tlie gallant major to death . His remains were not found till thc 25 th , when they were interred at Fepa _< . _* - _nore , followed by the Governor-Geueral uud -aiaff . lie was buried as he was found .

      THE BATTLE OF MOODKEE . Wc give the following extracts from the Commander-in-Chief ( Sir UughGough ' s ) despatch , daed C am ? . _Moodkee , Dec . 19 , 1815 : "" You , sir , know , but others have to be told , that the sudden = nd unprovoked ajrgression of the Sikhs hy crossing the Sutlej with the great proportion of tlieir army , _ivith the avowed intention of attacking ferozepore in time of profound peace , rendered indispensable _, on our side , a series of difficult combiiKiticns for the protection of onr frontier station , so unjustifiably andso unexpectedly menaced . * » * * _^ The troops were in a state of great _esliaustion , principally from tue want of water , which was not _procurablcon theroad , when , about 3 , p . m ., information was received that the Sikh army was advancing , and the troops had scarcel y time to get under arms , ana move to their positions , when the fact was ascertained .

      "Thecountry is a dead flat , covered at short intervals with a low , but , in some places , thick jhow jun » le , and dotted with sandy hillocks . The euemy _eei-eeiied their infantry and artillery behind this _jtiOgle , am ) such undulations as the ground afforded ; and . whilst our twelve battalions formed from echelon of brigades into line , _caened a very severe can-

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      nonade _uuDn our advancing troops , which was _vigorous-lv replied to by thc battery . of Horse _Artiilerv under Brigadier Brooke , whwh was soon joined bv the tivo light field batteries . The rapid and well " directed fire of our artillery appeared soon to paralvse that of the enemy , and . as it was necessary to complete our infantry dispositions without advanuini : the artillery too near the jungle , I directed the cavalry under Brigadiers White and Gough to make a flank movement on the euemy ' s left , with a view of _threatening and turning that flank , if possible . With praiseworthy gallantry , the 3 rd _Lieht _Dragoonswith thB * 2 ml brigade of cavalry , consisting of

      _, thc Body Guard and 5 th Light Cavalry , with a portion ofthe 4 th Lancers , turned the left of the Sikh army , andsweeiang _sdong the whole rear of its infantry and guns , _gikntoed for a time the latter , and put their numerous cavalry to flight . Whilst thiB movement was taking place on the enemy ' s left , Idirected the remainder ofthe 4 th Lancers , the 9 th Irregular Cavalry , under Brigadier Mactier , and a light field battery , to threaten their right . This _nianteuvre was also successful . Had not the infantry and guns ofthe enemy been screened by the jungle , these brilliant charges ofthe cavalry would have been productive of greater effect .

      « hen the infantry advanced to the attack Brigadier Brooke rapidly pushed on his Torse Artillery close to the jungle , and thc cannonade was resumed on both sides . The infantry , under Major-Generals Sir Harry Smith , Gilbert , and Sir John _M'Caskill , attacked in cchellon of lines the enemy ' s infantry , almost invisible amongst wood and the approaching darkness of night . The opposition of the enemy was such as might have been expected from troops who had everything at stake , and who had long vaunted of being irresistible . Their ample and extended line , from their great superiority of numbsrs , far outflanked ours ; but this was counteracted by the flank

      movements of our cavalry . The attack of the infantry now commenced , and the roll of fire from this powerfularmy soon convinced the Sikh army thatthey had met with a foe tliey little expected * : and their whole force was driven from position after position with great slaughter , and thc loss of seventeen pieces of artillery / sonic of them of heavy calibre ; our infautry using that never-failing weapon , the bayonet , whenever the enemy stood . . Night only saved them fr _« m worse disaster ; for this s . tout conflict wasmaintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight , amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain , which yet more obscured every object .

      I regret to say this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss . Major-General Sir Robert Sale , to whom India and England are so much indebted , had his left thigh shattered by a grape shot , and that the wound lias since proved mortal . Sir Jehu _M'Caskitt , an old and valued officer , who has done his country much good service , _received a ball through his chest , on the advance of his division , and immediately expired .

      BATTLE OF FEROZESIIAIl . Extracts from the despatch of thc Commander-in-Chief . Sir Hugh Gough , dated Camp , Ferozeshah , Dec . 22 , 1845 : — After the combat of the 18 th . at Moodkee , information was received tbe following day that the enemy , in increased numbers , were moving on to attack us . A line of defence was taken up in advance of our encampment , and dispositions made to repel assault , but the day wore away without their appearing , and at night wc had the satisfaction of being reinforced by her Majesty ' s 29 th Foot and the East India Company ' s 1 st European Light Infantry , with our small division of heavy guns . * * On the morning of the 21 st the offensive was resumed ; our

      columns of all arms debouched four miles on the road to Ferozeshah , where it was known that the enemy , posted in great force , and with a most formidable artillery , had remained since the action of the 18 th , incessantly employed in intrenching his position . Instead of advancing to the direct attack of tlieir formidable works , our forces manoeuvred to thc right ; the 2 nd and _ith divisions of infantry in front , supported by the 1 st division and cavalry in second line , continued to defile for some time out of cannon-shot , between the Sikhs and Ferozepore . The desired effect was not long delayed , a cloud of dust was seen on our left , and , according to the instructions sent him on the preceding evening , Major-General Sir John Littler , with his division , availing himself of the offered opportunity , was discovered in full march

      to unite his force with mine . The junction was soon effected , and thus was accomplished one of the great objects of all our harassing marches and privations , in the relief of this division ol our army from tho blockade of the numerous forces by which it was surrounded . Dispositions were now made for a united attack on the enemy's intrenched camp . We found it to be a parallelogram , of about a mile in length , and half a mile in breadth , including within its area the ¦ strong village of Ferozeshah ; the shorter sides looking towards the Sutlej and Moodkee , and the longer towards Ferozepore and the open country . Wc _taoved against the last-named face , the ground in front of which was , like the Sikh position iu Moodkee , covered with low jungle .

      The divisions of Major-Gencral Sir John Littler . Brigadier Wallace ( who had succeeded Major-General Sir John M'CaskiU ) _, and Major-General Gilbert , deployed into line , having in the centre our whole force of artillery , with the exception of three troops of horse artillery , one on either flank and one in support , to be moved as occasion required . Major-General Sir Harry Smith ' s division , and oun small cavalry , moved in second line , having a brigade in reserve to covereach wing . A very heavy cannonade was opened by the enemy , who had dispersed over their position upwards of 100 guns , more than forty of which were of battering calibre these kept up a heavy and well directed fire , which the practice of our far less numerous artillery , of much lighter metal , checked in some degree , but could not silence ; finally , in the face of a storm ' of shot and shell , our infantry advanced and carried these formidable intrenchments ; they threw

      themselves upon the guns , and with matchless gallantry wrested them from tlm enemy : but , when the batteries were partially within our grasp , our soldiery had to face such a fire of musketry from thc Sikh infantry , arrayed behind their guns , that , in spite of tlie most heroic efforts , a portion only of the intrenchment could be carried . Night fell while the conflict was everywhere raging . Although . I now brought up Major-General Sir Harry Smith's division , and he captured and long retained another point ofthe position , and her Majesty ' s 3 rd Light Dragoons charged and took some of the most formidable batteries , yet the enemy remained in possession of aconsideraole portion of the great quadrangle , whilst our troops , intermingled with theirs , kept possession of the remainder , and finally bivouacked upon it ; exhausted by their gallant efforts , greatly reduced in numbers , and suflerin < r extremely from thirst , yet animated by an indomitable spirit . In this state of things the long night

      wore away . Near the middle of it , one of their heavy guns was advanced , and played with deadly effect upon our troops . Lieutenant-General Sir _Humy Hardinge immediately formed herMajesty ' _sSOthFoot and the 1 st European Light Infantry . They were led on by their sommanding officers , and animated in thoir exertions by Lieutenant-Colonel Wood ( _Aide-de-Camp to tho Lieutenant-General ) , who was wounded in the outset ; the 80 th captuied the gun , _andlhe enemy , dismayed by this counter-check , did not venture tu press on further . During the whole night , however ,

      they continued to harass our troops by hre of artillery , wherever the mooulightdiscovered our position . But , with daylight of the 22 nd came retribution . Our infantry formed in Hue , supported on both flanks by Horse Artillery , whilst a fire was opened trom our centre by such of our heavy guns as remained effective , aided by a flight of rockets . A masked battery played with great effect upon this point , dismounting our pieces , aud blowing-up our tumbrils . At this moment , Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge placed himself at the head of the left , whilst 1 rode at the head of the right whig .

      Our line advanced , and , unchecked by the enemy ' s fire , drove them rapidly out of the village of Ferozeshah , and their encampment ; then , changing front to its left , on the centre , our force continued to sweep the camp , beating down all opposition , and dislodged thc enemy from their whole position . The line then halted , as if on a day of manoeuvre , receiving its two lcaderj > as they rode along its front with a gratifying cheer , and displaying tlie captured standards of the _Khalsa army . We had taken upwards of seventy-three pieces of cannon , and wer . masters of thc whole field .

      The force assumed a position on thc ground which it had won but cveii hero its labours were not to cease . Ia the course of two hours Sirdar Tej Singh , who had commanded in the great last battle , brought up from thc vicinity of Ferozepore fresh battalions and a ; large field of artillery , supported by 30 , 000 Gkorcpurras , hitherto encamped near the river . He drove in our cavalry parties , and made strenuous efforts to regain the position at Ferozeshah . This attempt was defeated ; but its failure had scarcely become manifest when the Sirdar renewed the contest with more troops and a large artillery . He commenced by a combination against our left flank ; and , when this was frustrated , made such a demonstration against the captured village , as compelled us to change our whole front to thc right . His guns during this _manteuvre maintained an incessant fire , whilst our artillery ammunition being completely expended in these protracted combats , we were unable to answer him with a single shot .

      I now directed our almost exhausted cavalry to threaten both flanks at once , preparing the infantry to advance in support , whieh apparently caused him suddenly to cease his lire , and to abandon the field . For twenty-four hours not a Sil ; h has appeared in OUl * front . The remains of the Khalsa army are said to K ; in full retreat across tlie Sutlej , at f _» _u » gui . puthuraml Tilia , or marching up its left bank towards _Iiurreekeeputliur , in the grente . it confusion aud dismay . ' Of their chiefs , Bahadur _Sim-h is _kiliid ; Lai Sin « h said to be wounded . Mel * fab Sin . I ., Adjoodhkt Fcrshad , awl Tej _Sinuh , thc late Governor of Feshawur , have Sed with preci pitation .

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      Their camp is the scene of the most awful carnage , and they have abandoned largo stores of grain , comp equipage , and ammunition . ¦•* . ¦ . Thus has apparently terminated this unprovoked and criminal invasion of thc peaceful provinces under British protection . The loss of this army has been heavy ; how could a hope be formed that it should be otherwise ? Within thirty hours this force stormed an intrenched camp , fought a general action , and . sustained two considerable combats with the enemy . Within four days it hits dislodged from their positions , on the left bank of the Sutlej , 60 , 000 Sikh soldiers , supported by upwards of 150 pieces of cannon , 108 of which the enemy acknowledged to have lost , and ninety-one of which are in our possession .

      In addition to our losses in the battle , the captured camp was found to be everywhere protected by charged mines , by the successive springing of which many brave officers and men have been destroyed .

      LIST OF KILLED AUD WOUNDED IN TIIE BATTLE OF MOODKEE . Return of killed and wounded in the army of the Sutlej . under the command of his Excellency General Sir Hugh Gough , _G _. C . B ., Commander-in-Chief , in the action fought at Moodkee , on the 18 th of December , im . Camp , Sultan Khan Wallah , 26 th December , 1845 . _Fcreonal Stuff—2 officers killed ; 2 others wounded _. General Staff—1 officer killed ; 1 officer wounded . Artilleiy Division—2 officers , 4 Serjeants , 13 rank and file , & syces and grasscutters , 3 syce drivers , 45 horses , killed ; 4 officers , 1 native officer , 2 Serjeants , 22 _syef / s and grasscuttcra , 11 lusc'irs _, 2 syce drivers , 7 sjces , 25 horses wounded _. Cavalry Division—3 _officern , 6 Serjeants or _havildars , 1 trumpeter , 71 rank . and file , 164 horses , killed ; & officers , 1 native offieer , 6 Serjeants or havildars , 1 trumpeter , 70 rank and file , 03 _hors « B wounded .

      1 st Infantry division—4 officers , 1 native officer , 4 Serjeants or havildars , 69 rank and file , killed ; 18 officers , 2 native officers , 20 Serjeants or havildars , 299 rank and hie , 4 horsts wounded . 2 nd Infantry Division—1 native officer , 17 rank and file , I horse , killed ; 4 officers , 5 native officers , 10 Serjeants or havildars , 81 rank and file , wounded . 3 rd Infantry Division—1 officer , 1 serjeant or havildar , 6 rank and file , killed ; 1 officer , 4 Serjeants or havildars , 78 rank and file , 1 lascar , wounded . Total—18 officers , 2 native _^ officers ,. 15 Serjeants or havildars , 1 trumpeter , 176 rank and . file ,. 5 . sjceB and grassrutters , 3 syce drivers , 210 horses killed ; 30 officers , 9 native officers , 42 Serjeants or havildar * , 1 trumpeter , 545 rank and file , 12 _lascars , 2 syce drivers , 7 syces , 92 horses , wounded .

      European officers , IS ; nativ « officers , 2 ; _non-commissioned officers , drummers , rank and file , 192 j syces , ic , 8 , killed . Grand total , 215 . _Europi-nn officers , 39 ; native officers , 9 ; non-commis . sioned officers , drummers , rank and file , 588 ; syce ? , die ., 21 , wounded . Grand total , G 57 . Grand total of all ranks , killed aud wounded , 872 .

      List of Officers Killed and Wounded . Head Quarters'Staff — Major-General Sir It . II . Sale , G . C _. Ii ,, _Quartermaster-General Queen ' s troops , killed ; Major W . It . Hcrries , A . D . C to the _Governor-General _, killed ; Captain J . Muuro _, killed ; Major Y . Grant , Deputy-Adjutant Generalof theArmy . _dangerously wounded ; Captain G . E . Hillier , A . D . C . to the Governor-General , severely wounded ; Captain H . B . Edwardes , A D . C . to the Commander-in-Chief , slightly wounded . Artillery Division _^ - Captai n Jasper _Trowcr , killed ; First-Lieut . R . Pollock , killed ; Captaiii F . Daslnvood , severely wounded , since dead ; Frst-Lieutenant C . V . Cox , slightly wounded ; First . Lieutenant C . A . Wheelwright , wounded ; _First-Licutenant C . Bowie , slightly wounded . Cavalry Division Staff—Brigadier W . Mactier , severely ; Brevet Captain and Brigade Major T . L . Harrington , severely ; Volunteer Mr . A . Alexander , A . D . C . to Brigadier Gough , severely _.

      Her Majesty ' s 3 d Light Dragoons—Brevet CaptamG , Newton , killed ; Cornet B . Worley , killed ; Lieutenants . Fisher , severely wounded ; Lieutenant E . G . Swintqn , severely wounded ; Lieutenant E . B . Cureton , severely wounded . Governor-General ' s Body Guard — Lieutenant W , Fisher , killed ; Brevet Captain C . D . Dawkins , severelj wounded ; Lieutenant G . H . Taylor , very severelj wounded . 5 th Light Cavalry—Major Alexander , slightly ; Lieut . K . Christie , slightly . First Division of Infantry . Divisional and Brigade Staff—Captain Van llorarigh , 48 thN . I ., Acting A . D . C , killed ; Brigadier S . Bolton , C . B ., dangerously wounded ; Brigadier H . M . Wheeler , C . B ., severely wounded Captaiii E . Lugard , Deputj Assistant Adjutant General , slightly wounded ; Lieutenant Nicolls , Engineers , Acting A . D . C , severely wounded .

      First Brigade . Her Majesty ' s 31 st Foot—Lieutenant H . W . Hart , killed ; LicutcnanuColonel J . Byrne , severely wounded ; Captain W . Willes , dangerously wounded ; Captain T . Bulkeley , dangerously wounded ; Captain G . D . Young , dangerously wounded ; Lieutenant J , L . K . Pollard , lightly wounded ; Lieutenant 3 . Brenchley , mortally wounded , siuce dend ; Assistant Surgeon , It . B . Chilian , 9 th Foot , dangerously wounded . 47 th N . Infantry—1 wounded , Lieutenant J . F . Pogson , dangerously . Second Brigade . ¦ . v H . M . ' s 50 th Foot—Assistant Surgeon A . Graydon _, killed . Captain H . Needham _, severely wounded ; Lieutenant W . S . Carter , slightly wounded ; Lieutenant J . C . Bishop , severely wounded ; Lieutenant B , E . De Montmorency , severe contusion ; Lieutenant C . E . Young , severely wounded .

      42 nd N . Light infantry—Lieutenant J . Spence , killed ; Ensign E . Van II . Holt , slightly wounded .

      Second Infantry _Divtsion . Divisional and Brigade Staff—Major R . Codrington , Assistant Quartermaster General , severely wounded . Second N . Grenadiers—Captain T . W . Bolton , severelj wounded ; Captain J . Gilford , severely wounded ; Ensign A . D , Warden , severe contusion . Third Infantry Division . Divisional and Brigade Stall—Major General Sir J . M'CaskiU , K . C . B ., aud K . H ., killed . Fifth Brigade . H . M . 's 9 th Foot — Ensign ' J . Hanham , slightly wounded .

      Sixth Brigade . H . M . ' s 80 th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel T . Bunbury _, slightly wounded , P . GnANT _, Major , _Deputant Adjutant-General of the Army . Return of Ordnance captured from the Sikh army , at the battle of Moodkee , . on the 18 th of December , 1845 , by thearmy of the Sutlej , under tho command of his Excellency Sir Hugh Gough , G . C . B ., Cuminander . in Cliief . .. : C brass guns , 4 in . 6-lCths , 12 pounders ; 1 brass howitzer , G in . 5-10 ths , 6 _J pounder ; 4 brass guns , 4 in . 2-lOtlis , 9 _plunders , S _hvass % _<&&•& , 5 iw . _6-lQths , 6 pounders ; 1 brass gun , 2 in . _9-lOths , 3 pounder .

      Remarks . Total number of guns captured 15 . It was _impossible to compute the quantity of metal in these guns , but it was evident that they were much heavier than those of a similar calibre in the Bengal artillery . The carriuges were all in good repair , with the exception of one or two struck hy our shot . The whole were destroyed , aud the guns left iu the fort of Moodkee . Four more guns reported to have been dismounted by the mcu ofthe horse artillery , and left ou tho field from want of means to bring them away . Geo , Brooke , Brigader , coinmauding artillery , army ofthe Sutlej .

      LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF FEROZESHAH . Return of killed aud wounded ofthe army of the Sutlej , under the command of His Excellency General Sir Hugh Gough , Hart ., G . C . B ., Comtnander-iu-Cliief , iu the actions fought near Ferozeshah , ou the 21 st and 22 nd of December , 1845 . Camp , Sultan Khan Wallah , Dec . 27 , 1815 . Stuff—I European officer killed , 3 _Europtan ofheurs wounded . Artillery Division—2 European officers , 2 native officcii _, 1 sergeant , 2 G rank aud file , 4 lascars , 4 syce drivers , 2 syce grasseutters , 118 regimental horses , killed ; 4 European officers , 2 warrant officers , 10 Serjeants CI rank and file , 7 lascars , 2 syce drivers , 2 syce grasscutters , 75 regimental horses , wounded .

      Cavalry—S European officers , 2 native officers , 4 havildars , 1 trumpeter , 78 rank and file , 9 officers' chargers 103 regimental horses , killed ; 9 European officers , 2 native officers , 1 warrant officers 9 havildars , 133 rank and tile , 2 officers' chargers , 112 regimental horses Hounded . ' 1 st Infantry—4 European officers , 6 native officers , 5 Serjeants or havildars , 1 drummer , 119 rank aud file ' officers ' chargers , killed ; 19 European officers , 21 Serjeants or ; havild « rs , 8 drummers , 299 rank and file , 2 officers ' chargers , wounded . 2 nd Infantry—8 European officers , 3 native officers , 0 Serjeants or havildnrs , 150 rank and file , G officers ' chargers , killed ; 13 European officers , 9 native officers , ' Serjeants or _Iiaviiil .-irs , 8 drummers , o'fia _rank and file , 2 ouiceri' _chiirgovs _, wounded .

      3 rd Infantry—11 European officers , 1 native officer , 2 Serjeants or havildars , * 2 drummers , 111 rank and file , 2 officers'chargers , killed ; 9 Europeau officers , 2 native officers , 13 Serjeants or havildars , 2 drummers , 315 rank and file , 1 lascar , wounded . 4 th Infantry—8 European officers , 3 native officers , 9 Serjeants or havildars , 115 rank" and file , 7 officers ' chargers , killed ; 21 European officers , 5 native officers , 2 ( 1 Serjeants or havildars , 5 drummers , 323 rank and file , wounded . Grand Total—37 European officers , 17 native officers , 27 Serjeants or havildars , 4 trumpeters or drummers , 599 rank and file , 4 lascars , 4 syce drivers , 2 syce grasscutters , 33 officers' chargers , 281 regimental hurses , killed ; 78 Europi'sii officers , 18 native officers , 3 warrant officers , ll : i _serjeauts or havildars , 2 J trumpeters or drumim is , U ' Jti rank _an-l file , S lascars , 2 syce drivers , 2 syce _erasieuttcrs _, 6 officers' chargers , 187 regimental horses , wounded .

      Names of Officers Killed aud Wounded . Pcrson-. il StalY—Lieuteviaut-Colonel It . B . Wood , Aidede-Camp to the Right Honourable thc Governor-Geueral

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      severely wounded ; Lieutenant F . P . HalneB ; ? , Aide . _de-Camp to his Excellency the Gommander . _in-Chief _, _iererely wounded . : ¦ _¦¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ' .: General Staff—Major A . W . Fttzroy Somerset , Military Secretary to the Right Hon . the Governor-Geueral , mortally do ., since dead ; Brevet Captain W . Hore , Officiating Deputy Secretary to Government , killed . Artillery Division , Divisional Staff—Captain W . K . Warner , _Ccmmissary of Ordnance , slightly wounded . Brigade Staff— Captain M . Mackenzie , Major of Brigade , slightly wounded . 2 nd Troop , 1 st Brigade , Horse ArtiUe ry—Captain E . D . A . Todd , killed . 1 st Troop , 3 rd Brigade , Horse Artillery—1 st Lieutenant R . M . Paton , slightly wounded . 3 rd Troop , 3 rd _Brigade , Ifor « e Artillery— 1 st Lieutenant P . C Lambert , killed . 3 rd Company , 4 th Battalion—1 st Lieutenant E . Atlay slightly wounded .

      t / aiKury Divitwn . Divisional Staff— Lieutennnt-ColonelD . Harriott , Commaiidant , slightly wounded ; Captain C . F . Havelock , 1 I . M . _Dfh Foot , D . A ., Quartcr-Master-Geueral , wounded . Brigade Staff—Lwutenant-Coloncl M . White , C . B ., commanding' 1 st Brigade , slightly wounded . H . M . 3 rd Light Dragoons—Brevet-Captain J . E . Codd , killed ; Comet II . EUU , do . ; Cornet G . W . K . Bruce , H . M . 16 th _, do . Do . —Major C . W . M . _Balders , slightly wounded ; Lieutenant H . C . Morgan , severely wounded ; Lieutenant J . G . A . Burton , eligbtly wounded ; Cornet W . H . Orme , severely wounded ; Cornet Lieutenant J , D . White , tligktly wounded ; Cornet J . Rathwcll , do . 1 st Division of Infantry . Divisional Staff—Captain E . Lugard , D _. A _. A . G ., wounded ; Lieutenant A . J . Galloway , D . A . Q . M . G ., d _» . ; Lieutenant E . A . Holdich , A . D . C , do .

      H . M . 31 st Foot—Lieutenant J . L . A . Pollard , killed ; Lieutenant and Adjutant W . Bernard , do . Do . —Major G . Baldwin , severely wounded ; Lieutenant T . H . Plasket , severely wounded ; Lieutenant A . Pilkington , do . ; _Ensigu J . Paul , slightly wounded ; EnsignH . P , Hutton , do . H . M . 50 th Foot—Captain W . _Knowles , wounded ; Lieu _, tenant C . A . Mouat , do . ; Lieutenant E . J . Chambers , do . j Lieutenant R . M . Barnes , do . ; Ensign A . White , do . ; Lieutenant and Adjutant E . C . Mullen , do . 24 th Regiment N . I . —Brevet Major J . Griffin , kilUd , Do . Ensigu E . A . Grubb , wounded . 42 nd Light Infantry—Lieutenant J . G . Wollen , killed . Do . Lieutenant Adjudant C . W . Ford , wounded : Ensign J . _Wardluw , do ., 48 th _Hegiment IS . 1 . —Lieutenant B . W . Litchford , slightly wounded ; R . C . Taylor , do .

      2 nd Division of Infantry , Brigade Staff—Lieutenant . Colonel C . C'Taylor , Brigadier , wounded . _¦ Captain J . 0 . Lucas , Major of Brigade , killed Captain 3 . H . Burnett , llhhN . l ., do . H . M . 29 th Foot—Captain G . Molle , killed j Lieutenant A . A Simmons ; do . Do . Major G . Congreve , wounded ; Captain A . St . G . H . Stepney , do . 1 st Euro . Lt . Inf . —Captain T . Box , killed ; Ensign P . Moxon , do . Do . —Captain C . Clark , severely wounded ; Captain B . Kendall , dangerously do . ; Lieutenant D . C . T . Beatson , 14 th N . I . ' , Officiating Interpreter , severclydo . ; Lieutenant 11 . W . 11 . Faushawe , slightly do . ; EiuignF . O . _Salusbury , severely do . ; Eiuign C . R . Wriford , slightly do . 2 d Regiment K . I ., Grenadiers—Ensign G . A . Armstrong , killed . Ditto—Captain T . W . Bolton , severely wounded ; Ensign W . S . R . Hodson , slightly wounded .

      16 th Regiment N . I . Grenadiers—Major L . N . Hull , killed . Ditto—Ensign J . J . O'Bryen , slightly wounded . 45 th Regiment N . I . —Lieutenant C . V . Hamilton , wounded . 3 d Division of Infantry , Brigade Staff—Lieutenant-Colonel S . Wallace , Brigadier , killed . H . M . 9 th _Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel A . B . Taylor , killed ; Captain J . Dune , ditto ; Captain J . F , Field , ditto . Ditto—Captain A . Borton _, severely wounded ; Lieute . nant A . Taylor , severely wounded ; Lieutenant J , U , Vigors , slightly wounded ; Lieutenant F . Sievwright , dangerously wounded ; Lieutenant W . G . Cassidy , dangerously wounded ' , Ensign W . H . Forster , contused . II . M . 80 th Foot—Captain A . D . W . Best , killed ; Cap . tain It . _Scheberras , ditto ; Lieutenant R , P . Warren , ditto ; Lieutenant G . C . G . Bythcsea _, ditto .

      Ditto—Major R . A . Lockhart , wounded ; Brevet Captain S . Fraser , since dead ; LieutenantM . D . Freeman , wounded . 2 Gth Light Infantry , N . I . —Lieutenant G . A . Croly , killed ; Lieutenant A . C . Eatwell , ditto . " 3 rd Regiment , N . I . —Captain R . M . nunter _, killed . 4 th Divisiou of Infantry , Divisional Staff—Lieutenant Harvey , _Aide-de-Camp , killed ; Captain 3 . F . Egerton , D . A . Q . M . G ., wounded . Brigade Stuff—Captain C . F . J . Burnet , Major of Brigade , slightly wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel T . Reed , slightly ditto . II . M . G 2 nd Foot—Captain G . H . Clarke , killed _; Caplain H . Wells , do . ; Lieutenant T . K . Scott , do . ; Lieutenant McNair , do . ; Lieutenant R . _Gubbins _, do . ; Lieutenant M . Kelly , do . ; Lieutenant and Adjutant G . Sims , do .

      Ditto—Major W . T . Shortt , slightly wounded ; Captain S . W . Graves , badly do . ; Captain C . W . Sibley , do . ; Captain D . G , A . Darroch , slightly do . ; Lieutenant M . J . _Gregorsou , badly do . ; Lieutenant W . L . Ingall , slightly do . ; Lieutenant A . S . Craig , severely do . ; Ensign C . Robert , do . ; E _« 6 ign J . M . M . Hewett _, slightly do . 12 th Regiment Native Infantry—Lieutenant Colonel L . Bruce , very severely wounded ; Captain W . B . Holmes , severely do . ; Lieutenant C . B . Tulloch _, very severelj do . ; Ensign J . II . C . Ewart , slightly do . 14 th Regiment Native Infantry—Captain W . _Struthcrs , slightly wounded ; Bt . Captain C . G . Walsh , do . ; Lieut . A . O . Wood , severely do . ; Lieutenant I . II . H . Lukin , slightly do . ; Ensign G . Weld , severely do . P . Gr * nt , Major Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army . Killed . —European officers , 37 ; native do ., 17 ; noncommissioned , drummers , rank and file , 630 ; syces , drivers , & c , 10 . Totf . 1 , € 34 .

      Wounded , —European officers , 78 ; native , do ., 18 ] an commissioned , drummers , rank and file , 1 ( 510 ; syces , drivers , _Ac , 12 ; warrant officers , 3 . Total , 1721 . Grand total of all ranks , killed nnd wounded , 2415 . Return of Ordnance captured during the Action of the 21 sl and 22 , id instant . Camp , Ferozeshah , 27 th Dec ., 1845 . One _9-poundergun ; one 42-do _., howitzer ; one 18-do _., gun ; on « 18-do ., do . ; one _lS-do _., do . ; one _9-do ., do , ; one 9-do ,, do . ; one 9-do ,, do . ; one _8-do ., do . ; one 9-do „ do ; one 9-do ., do . ; one 9-do ., do . ; one 18-do ., do . ; one 9 do ., do , ; one 9 . do _., do . oue 18-do ., do . * , one 8-do ., do . < one 8-do ., do . ; one 8-do ., do . ; one G-do ., do . ; one 9-do .,

      do . ; one _12-do _., do . ; one _7-do ., do . ; one 7-do ., brass do . ; one 8-do ., brass do . ; one 18-do ., brass do . ; one 15-do ., brass do . ; one _11-do ., brass do ; one _24-do _,, brass howitzer ; one _3-do ,, gun , brass ; one iron 3-do . ; one G-do . ; one brass 24-do , ; one G-do ., do . ; one G-do ., do . ; one 9-do . ; one 3-do . ; one 8-tlo . ; one G-do . ; one 9-do . ; _oiwO-du . _' , _owiS-iio . ; _<* ttMfV _2--lo . ; one 10-do . ; one G-do . ; one 8-do , ; one 12-do . ; onelU-do . ; onelO-do . ; one 12-do . ; one 8 . do . ; one 3-do . ; one 10-do . ; one 9-do . ; one 8-do . ; one 8-do . ; one 9 . do , ; one 3-do . ; one ten-inch shell mortar ; one _impounder gun ; one _6-do . ; oue 8-do . ; one 7-do . ; oue 3-do . ; one 8-do . ; one 8-do . ; ono _32-do . ; one 9-do . ; one 24-pounder mortar ; one 9-pounder gun _; one 9-pouudcr howitzer ; one _13-pouuder kuii ; one do .

      Many of tnese guns have long Persian inscriptions on them , and very old dates ; some ars highly ornamented , carriages in good repair , nnd closely assimilating to those in use with the Bengal Artillery , the whole well fitted for post guns ; the metal in these guns is much heavier than those of a similar calibre in use with the Bengal Artillery ,

      SUFFERINGS OF THE BRITISH TROOPS . _ExniAcx fuom a Letikb . — " The privations endured by all from the time we left Ferozepore were excessive , the cry for water universal , and when we found a well ou the 22 ud in front of the village , the water was _put-. id , it having been destroyed by the Sikhs , aud partially filled with their dead ; it , was _lueu wuwly drunk by all _svaiies . " * * * * ' " The havoc said to have been done amongst the artillery , and its harness , and tlio number , ot * tlio horses killed , is described as beyond conception ; and the most urgent indents have been sent down , the country for-material of all kinds , to replace the damage ; the officers on the spot doing iu the meantime all in tlieir power to render tlieir troops

      efficient , and some of them had succeeded so far as to place their batteries in at least very _rapoctablc order . The sulfcrings of tlio wounded on the field of battle during the night of the 21 sfc must have been beyond conception frightful . " Extract _i _* uom Sir . II . Gough _' s Despatch . — " Most harassing havo been the marches . of the troops in completing this conccHtration . W hen their march had been farther prolonged to this place , they had moved over a distance of upwards of 150 mile ' s in six days , along roads of heavy sand , their perpetual labour allowing them scarcel y time to . cook their food , even when tliey received it , and hardly an hour for repose , before they were called upon for renewed exertiuns . "

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      LETTERS FROM PERSONS ENGAGED IN TIIE BATTLES OF MOODKEE AND FERO ZESHAll _^ The following letter we extract from the Delhi Gazette : — " Thank God , I am safe ami well . "Wo had dreadful marches ot thirty-odd miles a day , and after on * of such , thc enemy came down to oiler battle on the ISth , about three p . m ., just as we reached our ground , 'ihe troops of all arms turned out as fresh

      as if they had been in their lines for a month . We inarched out a couple of miles , met 20 , 000 of inmiltl _' v , 12 , 000 cavalry , and their horse artillery . Uie horse artillery and cavalry set to work , and the infantry came up in echellon and set at them . The ure was just as hot as man could wish , and the ICtli among others came on part of thc enemy's guns with the bayonet , and did thc needful in good style . The only fault found was that the men were too i ' reih , and could not be kept from running at tho enemy . Wc took _scyeuteen beautiful guns , and thousands of the

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      enemy were slain . . The cavalry got in amongst them , and carried destruction . till . ' night put ' : ' ari ' end , tp ; it . We got back to camp at half-past one next morning " . We halted on the 19 th and , 20 th , and the 1 st Europeans and 29 th Foot having joined , we moved on the 21 st , and came near the enemy ' s fortified position at two p . m . We opened our artillery , but with light guns little was or could be done ' _against their heavy ones . The infantry wereformed in brigadesand advanced in line from the right by regiments 80 paces distance ; when our artillery ceased firing , the infantry went at the fortified positions , found the enemy posted at them , went at them with the bayonet , every gun of theirs turning down half a dozen of our ranks every time they fired . We carried , we overcame all , but

      mines were then Jed offand disabled guns , and huhdredsof our fine fellows were blown up . Nightcarae on , and we wero obliged to withdraw the troops outside the fortified position , and draw them clear of it . The noble 3 rd Dragoons went en , but came on another position with guns , and the infantry suffered dreadfully and retired . Theenemy occupied the position again , and began hammering away with all their heavy guns at 9 o'clock p . m . They got so bold that we were obliged to detach a brigade or two , and cleared their position , butnot without heavy loss . They kept up a heavy fire on us aU night . We were without water or covering , and , tired enough on the morning of the 22 nd . The enemy assembled every man and gun they had , and brought their cavalry to threaten an attack . Wc formed again in cchellon of brigadesand advanced from the right by echellon of regiments , attacked and carried everything before us in two of

      the positions , and thought all was ours and over ; but in an hour another alarm was sounded , that 40 , 000 cavalry with infantry , and a heavy battery of artillery , were at hand . Our cavalry and horse artillery were in advance , and forced to retire . The infantry threw themselves into squares of regiments , and bore the most dreadful fire of round and grape you can imagine . Part of " the infantry in an hour or two were ordered to take possession of a strong village ; the rest ready to advance . The cavalry were formed on both flanks , and ordered to advance . Such cheering as took place , each corps and regiment cheering each other _. and on all went ; but the Sikhs , horse , infantry , and all , took to their heels , leaving there 101 as fine _gtmaaa any irteur army , the whole of their magazines , tents ,, cattle , baggage , and everything , and were off across the Sutlej . We have lost many verydear friends . "

      Extract ofa letter from an officer with the Ferozepore force , dated Dec . 24 , 1845 .: — .,,. "Mydear—— _, We havo had _almost severe and terrible fight , such as * India never saw before . We have gained a victory , it is true , but at what a cost ! There are , I am sure , at least 2 , 000 lulled and wounded ; amongst the former , Generals Sale and _M'CRekill , Major Broadfoot , Captain Nieolson , Captain Egerton , and a host of others . The Europeans have suffered dreadfully ; only about 200 , ofthe 3 rd Dragoons can now be brought into the field . The Sikhs , after threatening to attack us for many days , moved off to meet the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief—tbat is , a portion of them , the main body being ata village about eight miles distantfrom this ; they were defeated with great loss , and seven _, teen _gunB taken . We suffered terribly . On the morning of the 21 st ( Sunday ) we , for the fourth time , turned out about 7 a . m ., and , after marching about ten miles , fell in with the other force under the

      Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief . At 3 p . M . we came up to the Sikh camp , and the action commenced . Such a terrible one it was ! it raged fiercely till night fall , I may say till 9 p . m ., and the cannonade lasted all night . Thc troops bivouacked , and , oh ! what a night it was ; dying and dead all around us ; balls whistling around us in every direction ; no food , and above all , no water : and the cold intense . May I never spend such a night again . At four tho next morning the action commenced again , and raged with great fury till seven , and from that time to ten o ' clock , with redoubled fury . At one o ' clock their camp was taken by storm , and the fighting thus ceased , and the Sikhs retreated ; we took their whole camp , and 106 guns . The field is literally covered with dead , and horses and camels out of number , ammunition , and baggage , guns , & c , blown up . The whole ofthe Sikh campground was mined , and they are even now going off every hour . The 62 nd barracks are full of wounded , so is the magazine . "

      Extract of a letter from a Surgeon in the Army : — Ferozepore , Dec . 28 , 1 S 45 . My dear , ' The nature of the Indian news , which will I dare say reach you before this letter , will make you anxious to hear from me . For the last month a brush with the Sikhs has been talked of , but I for one did not anticipate anything of the kind , and I think I said so in my last letter . However , after several notes of preparation , the order came to Kupowlie , on the evening ofthe 10 th , for our regiment to march on active service the next morning at seven o ' clock . The marches on the route sent us were very long , from fifteen to twenty miles , and in a direction towards this place . Wc were to overtake and join the Commander-in-Chief ' s army , then hastening to thc frontier , which the enemy had already

      crossed . Though we subsequently marched from twenty-five to thirty miles a day , we did not effect this junction till the loth , at Moodkee . An action had been fought tho day before ; in which , though our troops were victorious , they were very severely handled , and were obliged to acknowledge the enemy a more formidable one than had been anticipated . Each party , on the morning of the 18 th , retired to their respective camps . On the 20 th the army halted at Moodkee , and the next morning at 3 a . m . started on the road towards Ferozepore , to meet tlie division under __ General Littler ironi that station ; these two portions of the army met about midday , and it was determined then to lose no time in attacking the Sikhs in their entrenched camp . The cavalry

      of the enemy were already annoying us , but the action seriously commenced at two p . m ., and , expecting for about an hour or so after midnight , did not cease till four p . m . the next day . Our troops had driven the Sikhs trom their position on the evening of the 2 lst ; but , from some cause or other , wc did not hold our ground , but retired , and the enemy , returning in the course of the night to their entrenchment and guns , left us the same work to be done over again the next day . Our regiment was engaged in the thickest of the fight , both days , and distinguished itself as it did in the Peninsula . Nothing could be more admirable , in the way of daring and discipline , than the advance of the regiment upon the murderous entrenchments of the enemy , both on the 21 st and

      22 nd . Thc havoc in the _charge made on the 21 st was _friuhtful ; three of my brother officers , with forty men killed , and about 120 wounded , and in the most horrible manner , by cannon and grape shot . On the second day the slaughter was Jess , but still numbers of poor fellows fell . On the 23 rd , we halted on the field the remainder of the evening , retiring to the Sutlej during the night . The army marched on the 24 th , in the direction the enemy had retired , and halted at Saltan Khanwhallah , about seven miles ironi _ferozepore , where I came with all the wounded of the regiment I could collect , numbering , on the evening of the 24 th , no fewer tlian 173 , and I have received many since . With my small hospital equipment , I advanced into the field with my regiment ,

      and when _tlm wounded began to drop behind fast , I opened hospital . We had nothing to protect us but the cover of one stunted tree , the ground here being for an endless distance one sandy plain as Hat as a pancake . I assure you whilst I was operating , and 1 did many amputations on the field , the cannon Bitot were playing about us much too near , and how and then a shell would make the whole party of us bob our heads . Knowing there would be no water for us on theroad or on the field , I had taken the precaution to load several vessels and leather bags-with it , and carried them in the doolees or portable beds for the sick and wounded . I had also about two and a half dozen brandy , without which two articles . I see nothing is to be done in the campaigning lino . My surg _i cal

      operations continued incessant till dark , and would have continued through thc night , for " , I had candles with me but I had no sooner _lifted them , than orders came to put them out at once , and keep all dark . Shortly after , I was ordered to remove my wounded and join my regiment—very easily said , but not to be done . 1 had no carriages , and 1 had a crowd of wounded from all regiments ; however , as they said the Sikhs would be down upon us , thoso who could get away wero anxious for a start , and it was at last determined to remove as many as we could , aud proceed in search of the regiment . Unfortunately in endeavouring to find the regiment in the direction pointed out , we strayed a little to the left and came

      upon the Sikh camp , fancying it thc position of our troops . The enemy soon undeceived us by commencing to fire upon us , and . it became necessary to retreat rapidly ; and here my hospital establishment , that is , the native part of it , in the hurry to get away , threw down tlieir loads , and I lost the whole of my instruments and stores . In retiring from the Sikh camp we wero challenged by an officer , and upon advancing he proved to be an aide-de-camp with Sir Henry Hardinge . Tho Governor-General asked mea great many questions , and whilst thecoiiversation was going on an officer of my own regimentcamc up , and I found that the regiment was close by , lying _silont , under arms , within gun-shot of the enemy ' s camp .

      Tlio army havo marched to-day to a point of the river about twenty miles from this , where there is an island to whicli the Sikhs have retreated , and which they are fortifying . Our artillery is to bombard them ou this side , and Gholab Sing is to have at them from the « tlier side , far you must kiws the Sites , or chief men of the Sikhs , have not joined in this _hwasion of our territory .

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      The following is ' au extract of a letter from tho above station giving details of it murderous conspiracy- against tho Europeans , which had _iust beeu frustrated : — Wc have all had a most wonderful and miraculous escape here , for there has been a plot against Dhmpore and every _Luropciin . all of whom were to have been murdered , He town burnt , and the barracks taken possession of by the Nepaulcsc . I will relate to you the story as I have heard it , aud you may rel y on the truth and accuracy of it . Whilst the row was _goiug ou in the Punjab , aud

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      _almoiY ail the troop ' s wire there , it was _proposed-to-th « _Kiug of Nepaul to murder all the inhabitants at this station and take possession of the place . The man who made the _proportion was the Moons jiee of the 1 st Regiment , who was to be made the King ' s Vizwr . He wae to bribe the whole of the Mussulman Sepoys and to raise men in the King ' s service , take the barracks , and murder all the European soldiers and inhabitants . For this purpose he received , they say , three lacs of rupees , and thousands of rupees . have , I believe , been found in his house done up into small parcels . He bribed several of the Mussulman Sepoys of the 1 st Regiment , and offered a large bribe to . two of the head of the Jemadars and _Subadars ; they accepted the bribe , and sighed the receipt for it before four , _witnesses , and the Moonshee revealed to them the whole plan , to which they readily assented . After he had settled everything with them , and had taken his departure , tbe Jemadars and Subadars

      went slick to Major Bowcroft _, commanding the 1 st Regiment , who was just going out in his buggy , and told him that they wanted to speak to him . He _ssid they must come at another time , as he was in a hurry , but the men told him it was something _verj particular and important , and they then related to him tho ivhole plot . He told them te go to the Moonehee ' s house that evening under pretense of asking him some questions ; and he went himself . I believe , with a guard , surrounded the house , and , of course , nabbed the _Moonshee , who was clapped into the main guard cells , with two _Buiropean sentries with nmskets before the doors , with orders to shoot him if he tried to escape . He was sent to Patna for trial the other day , and must feel in rather an awkward predicament , as letters have bsen found upon him which , they say , prove the whole affair , and somo say that he will be hanged , others that h » will be tied to a , cannon and blown to pieces . The massacre was to have taken place last Sunday during church time , when the rascals of the

      were to bave gone to the barracks , taken possession arms and ammunition , and have rushed into church and murdered nil the European soldiers , an « also all the officers ; some were to have gone to the bungalows ofthe different people and sacked them , aad th «* a regiment was to have been sent over by the King of Nepaul ; in fact , there was to have been a rsgular mutiny among the Jacks . It is rather amusing , isn't it , when you come to think that you have escaped being murdered incold blood . Next mail I shall be able to tell you more aboutit . There has been a robbery committea at Patna , at thc house of a very rich Zemindar . The _Dacoits tried to steal all the rupees which lie had iii his house , but four of them were killed , and they turn out to be _Nepaulese _,, which looks very suspicious . The Grenadiers and Light Infantry of the 6 Gth have been _isnt , with three officers , to Patna to guard the Treasury , which , thej say , 1 b tobe attacked tomorrow by all the rabble . Should they try it , they ¦ will find rather a warmer reception than they bargained for , i Dinayore , Sec . 81 , 18 * 5 .

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      Dublin, Feb. 22. —Conflict Beiw£E.V The ...

      Dublin , Feb . 22 . —Conflict beiw £ e . v the Policb asd the Rocjum . r-The following appears in the Limerick Chronicle received this morning : —• " About eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night , a police patrol from Kilfinnan Btation , consisting of constable O'lirien , sub-constables Roohan , Kenna , Kearney , Donoghue , and Ireto ' n , fell in with an armed party of men , with their faces blackened , from twelve to fourteen in number , near Cush , at the foot of the mountain . Before the police closed on the gang in conflict , several shots were fired at them , which were promptly returned . The Rockites , disregarding the summons to stand or surrender , again tired at the police , but fortunately without fatal aim , a ball having cut the forehead of sub-constable Kearney ,

      raising the skin on the left temple , and a second perforated the waistcoat of constable Ireton . Both parties now came to a personal encounter , and a desperate conflict ensued , hand to hand , in which the police behaved gallantly against double their number , displaying courage , resolution , and confidence in one another . Not having space or time to reload , they fought with the bayonet and carabine , as if with sticks , and wrestled one to two with their assailants during the collision . Eventually the lawless band , yielding to superior skill and dis cipline , fled , and were pursued by the police , who succeeded in apprehending three of the actual party , one of whom , Patrick Dwyer , was dangerously wounded , a ball having passed through his bod y , which entered at the breast and came out at the back . This man also received a severe bayonet wound in the conflict . Patrick Cosheen , and James

      Sheehan , his comrades , were besmeared with blood , from the violent nature of the contest ,, but did not suffer any fatal injury . It is rumoured that others of the marauders were wounded by the police , but they have not yet been discovered . After arresting the prisoners , the small police force conceived it imprudent at that honr to march them to the station , and accordingly kept them in safe custody in a cabin on the road side , until morning , when a reinforcement arrived , and they were conveyed into Kilfinnan , from whence Cosheen and Sheehan were transmitted to the county gaol , on Thursday , but Dwyer is under medical treatment in Kilfinnan bridewell with only slight hopes of recovery . Near the spot where the engagement took place , * a large rifle percussion-lock gun was found , also a pistol , and the barrel of a gun , which , it is supposed , exploded during the attack . Fifty bullets , a Quantity of powder , and some percussion caps were also found on the scene of action . "

      Suppression Of An Ancient Custom In Derb...

      SUPPRESSION OF AN ANCIENT CUSTOM IN DERBY . THE RIOT ACT READ , AKD THE MILITARY CALLED OUT . The authorities of Derby announced last week their determination not to permit the game of foot-ball to be again played in Derby , according to an old custom , on Shrove Tuesday . The announcement was placarded very freely , and every possible publicity was given to the notice . In order , however , to secure the town against disturbance , and to effectually pat down the play , ic was deemed necessary that the civil power should , in case of need , have the assistance of the military , and for this purpose two troops of the 5 th Dragoon Guards , under the command of Lieutenant * Colonel Scarlett , from Nottingham , were located here . Several hundreds of special constables were also sworn in , and ordered to be on duty in various parts of the town . .

      Matters , however , appeared to take so favourable a turn that it was hoped , and indeed many _persons felt assured , no breach of the peace would be attempted ; and this belief was most materially strengthened from the circumstance that a body of the ordinary promoters , or players , visited the Townhall on Monday evening la . it , when they delivered up a ball , declaring their intention to obey the wishes of the mayor and magistrates strictly and cheerfully , and , not only to abstain from playing at foot-ball themselves , but to use their endeavours to induce and prevent . others from violating the law in this respect .

      Tiie morning of Tuesday betrayed considerable symptoms that there still lingered a strong disposi- tion on the part of many individuals to set the law at * defiance ; aud this feeling increased as the hour at ; which the game is usually played drew near . Large numbers of lads and young men thronged the streets ,, but not to an extent sufficiently to demand the interference of the constables . The special constables * were on duty , and blocked up the diftevent entrances *} to tlie market-place , where the ball has always beeni thrown up , in order to prevent any body of men _congregating there . Two o ' clock in the day is the hour at which tlie j play has always commenced , and at this time , witin the exception-that a groat number of lads wcre in thee streets rather noisy , and giving various indicationss

      of a desire to see the game played , no material act off insubordination took place . A ball , indeed , wass brought from the opening leading from _Eagle-istreet towards the Pig-market , and was in thee water instanter . A general huzza was set up , i , iiuudt'eds rushed to the & pot ; but the ball _wasse- _* - cured by . the police , and eut in pieces . Things wunht ou for about an hour , when the special constables _^ on duty in the Morledge were insulted and attacked , ! , and were obliged to evert themselves to put downn the attempt to break the law . A good deal of _con-ifusion ensued , during which a ball was thrown out o & f ; a public-houso | in tho Morledge , and immediately aa number of persons commenced tlie play . The Alayonr ( W . E . Mousely , Esq . ) , Dr . Baker , and the rest oioi the magistrates who had been in attendance diirin _™

      the whole day , were on the spot immediately , llisis _; worship was struck on the shoulder by a brick-batiti hur ed , and severely bruised . This , aud other _proofafai of the temper of the mob were too unequivocal to _beiei mistaken , and it became instantl y necessary to havc / c the Riot Act read . This was doue , and the aid of thoe > military was called in ; the players having , meaiui .: while , got the ball in the water , and were pr _^ eedinsi _" to tne llolracs . About fift y of the dragoous ale- ' - _contained the mayor and Dr . Baker , but the _playerst * were soon out ot the limits of the borough , and ; _iuiuj fact , at the time the military arrived many of thenuii as well as spectators , tied into the town again . _ThdlU dragoons and magistrates then returned , and up MM the time ot our going to press with our first editionun no other outrage of thc public peace had _oocurwiU-. Derb y Mercury ol Wednesday .

      Lire Waxderiso Jew.—One Of Tho Exhibitio...

      lire Waxderiso Jew . —One of tho exhibitions aiaii the suit ot the _Bwuf Cms , on Sunday last , at Parisis ,, which excited the most attention , was a _proeessiorai " mi _horsebac c , composed of the principal characters os o _> Le Ju . f Errant" of M . Eugene Sue . The _cososs tumes were admirable . Dagobert was attended by . y ;• great concourse ot people . Stiukk Among tub Engineers , Miixwuiguts , _aj-tj-ti bMiThs . —During the last few days thu whole of thClKC London mechanics , connected with the various _eratciisivu engineering establishments , have been iu a ai state of great commotion , in cousequeuco ofthe _whoioiej body of the trade having struck work , for the pur-irpose of getting the masters to sign an agreement to too allow _thetu to leave off At four o ' clock on _Saturdivysys _, _! _, and to be paid their full time . Sir John Reunie _. ie _, ! _, Messrs . Maudeslay and Field , Penn , of Greemvichph _, i , Simpson and Co ., of Pimlico , and other large nianu < _UH < factories , have ucceeded to the wish of tke _meu _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_28021846/page/6/