The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

THE ACTION AT NAWABOIINGL
The following is an amount of the victory described In
the telegram received on Wedneeday evening 1—

Lucallow, Jane 15.
Sines I wrote to you on Sunday General Grant hem
made a good *sample of a large body of the rebels at
Nawabgnage (Bores Bunke.). Of the feet you will have
hosed by telegraph, but some of the details Inas in-
termit you, which I will briefly give you, Our lures—
the two brigades of Mee, 901 h, sth Punjab, 18 guns,
anl some 1,500 cavalry—len Chu?!lntl at 13 at night,
come to the bridge wow the NallidA before daylight,
and hers the action oommeneed. The enemy defended
the bridge with two guns. Our fire moon ;deuced them,
and the rifle skirmishers did the rest. The enemy fled
precipitately berards tbe jungle on this side, and when
they had wound their retreat turned aid sent in an
directed fire of grape and round shot. Our guns re.
plied, and they retreated altogether, leaving one pa.
This party did not loot many men. In the meantime
their guns opened on the right, and all the limbo who
were in the topes round Nawabgunge advaneed and at-
tacked in front, our right, and rear, all at own. Some
of these did not fight at all, but others showed great
pluck, and stood to their gone obstinately. One body
for an hour and a half stood their ground, in perfectly
open ground, within 400 yards of our guns, which were
firing grape and round abot. The rebel loss here was
very great; all their gunners were killed. A party of
Infantry stood in the open against two companies of the
Rifles, and reoeived their charge without running ; they
were all either bayonetted or killed with clubbed mus-
kets. Some forty footiuen received a oilers, of the 7th
Hussars, who rolled them all over; all but one man got
up again, but the Hassan seine back and killed the
whole of them. I mention these instanoes to show you
with what determination seine pert of the rebels fought.
Their loss haa been consequently heavy, and is estimated
at 600 and six exoellent guns. The fight lasted from
half•pad 4to half-put 7 a.m. The rebels were utterly
routed, and have fled actor. the Gogra, at Bairmn
Ghent. Our loss waa six killed and 30 wounded, I be-
lieve; but, alas I the sun afterwards, I bear, knocked
over a number of men. There seeing to hove been some
mistake in keeping the Hussars exposed, for they loot a
number of men. There was no long pursuit, and
General Grant was most careful of his men; but these
new men—some of them—do not know what it is even
to get into a tope of trees. The engagement was most
creditable to our troops, for they were aotually our.
rounded by 20,000 of the enemy, who evidently relied
on their numbers. Some chiefs are killed and wounded
This engagement will have a good effect, I hope.

CLOTHING OF THE TROOPS IT INDIA.—A oommuni•
cation which has just reached us from Bengal illustrates
very forcibly the importance of some decided and
authoritative change :—" Last month the 13th Light
Infantry (in the light country Karkee clothing, which
can be got for every regiment in India much more easily
than the officers get beer), was on field service with de-
tachments of the Bays and Her Majesty's 37th Regi-
ment, when we all had occasion to marsh in the hest of
the day, thermometer At the time standing in the hut::
from 100 deg. to 115 deg. These detachmenta were
dressed as follows ---37th —shako and trawler' all right,
but the old-double breasted tunic on, buttoned up to the
throat. The Bays in English cloth tunics and trousers,
to say nothing cf the helmet, hot enough to toast bread
in, weighing I don't know how much, and with merely
a white cotton cover on. After it had been sometime
worn in the sun you could seams bear your hand on it,
much less you head inside. What was the result? The
1311, Light Infantry could morel, the 37th into fits, al-
though they are AA fine slot of fellows as you would de-
sire tome ; andasforthe cavalry, they were more knocked
up than either, notwithstanding their being on horse.
leak. That fine regiment, the 10th Foot, which the
&toys dread so much, is still dressed in red cost; but
mark the difference, not for working in; they march
and fight in their shirt sleeves—about the it dress for
India. The 35th often parade in scarlet, and not fine
linen, but black leather stocks ; they light in the former,
and hence, perhaps, one reason, if not the chief one,
why they lost so many men by sun stroke or apoplexy
at that unfortunate Arrah business the other day. The
men (many of them) must have been killed by their
tunics moaning the chest and throat. The 37th, who
have been so unfortunate in their encounter with the
enemy, also fight in red, buttoned up to the throat,
which ii also very distressing to the men, particularly
If moving quickly. Their failures have been so fro.
(pent that the 97th lies become quite a byword with
Sepoys, who also my that if they would orily drat all
the men in red they could lick um out of the country
In a 0101411.-101.1 to • (*nolo eatent they are right.
Many other regiments which I could mention are also
still In scarlet, which is a great shame, as almost any
amount of Marko' clothing can be got at Bemires
whom!' it amid be despatched without much delay to
any part of ladle."