The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1857.

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INDIA AND CHINA.
LATER DESPATCII.-11ORE BATTLES.
The following telegram was received at the
Foreign-office, Dec. 11, 1857, 5.15 p.m.:—

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 5, 1857.

The Bombay reached Suez on the 30th of November,
bringing Bombay dates to the l'ith of November.
Greathed's column, after the battle of Agra, was pushing
on with all haste towards Cawnpore, where, on the kith,
Brigadier Grant, of the oth Lancers, joined and took
command. On the '23rd they arrived at Kanouj, where
the enemy was cut up by our cavalry, and five guns cap.
tured. The force, now about 3,500 straw', reached Cawn.
pore on the '2sth, and being reinforced to tire thousand
crossed the Ganges on the 30th, they reach Alumbagh
without obstruction on the 3rd, and there wait till the

Commander-in• Chief joins them.
Luckanow, said to be surrounded by 50,000 insurgents,
had not been relieved at the date of the latest advices, but
still held out.

Our forces at Alumbagh, only three miles from Luck-
now, though in easy communication with Cawnpore, hail
not received a hue from Lucknow for more than a month.

Heavy fighting, with slaughter, believed to have oc-
curred.

Sir C. Campbell, who left Calcutta on Cie '27th of
October, reached Cawnporeon the 3rd of November, where
he remained till the 9th, waiting, it is presumed, rein-
forcements, which must bring up the force at Alumbagh
when he joins to close on 10,000 men.
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On the- Ist of November an action was fought near the
village of Kudjnai, betwixt the Dinapore mutineers and a
detachment of 800 men, consisting of part of the Naval
Brigade, and a detachment of the 93rd Highlanders, with
two nine-pounders, under Colonel Powell, of her Majesty's
53rd Foot ; our success was complete, but loss heavy ;
Colonel Powell being among the killed.

The Naval Brigade afterwards fell back on Binkee with
a view of returning to Futtehpore, and the rest of the
troops reached Cawnpore on the 2nd.
The Rohilcnnd rebels had again advanced towards
Nynee Tal, and again taken to flight on finding the little
force from that place was approaching. Mehidpore having
been attacked on the Btb of November by a body of insur-
gent tribes from the neighbourhood, a portion of Malta
Contingent joined the enemy, killed Capt. Mills, Dr.
Casey, and Sergeant-Major O'Connell, and Manses, cap-
tured the guns and comp elled the other troops to retire.
According to the latest accounts front Bombay, the Ist,
3rd, and 4th Divisions Nizam Cavalry, under Major On,
attacked the rear-guard of the rebels on the Nib Nov.,
at Barrowal, recapturing the whale of guns and stores
taken from Mehidpore, also two of enemy's guns ; 100 of
enemy killed, seventy-four prisoners, our casualties not
yet received, but said to be severe.
The column tinder Brigadier Showers has captured
Altujjur, l?aJree, Nuncood, and other places south west of
Delhi, securing upwards of 70,0001. worth of treasure.
Further north, General 'Van Cortlandt still keeps the
country in order.
The district between Agra and Meerut is so quiet that
the post and passenger carriages run daily between the
two places.

Eastward of Oude the Bengalese Contingent has gained
two victories over bodies of the insurgents.
The steamer li,ngal reached Suez on the 3td inst. from
Calcutta, but brings no later dates than those from
Bombay.
The dates from Hong Kong are to the 30th of October.
Preparations were being made for the assault of Canton.
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