The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-18 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By the Overland Mail we are in postemion of news
from Bombay to the 16th, and Calcutta the 7th of
March.

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The last mail brought the intelligence of a great
victory, fought and won by the British army against
the Bibb. at Goojetat. The official despatches an-
nouncing this victory ere before no.
It will be remembered that at the date of the unhappy
snow at Chillianwallah,wha the commander.in-eltief totally
ovallisow the enemy—our troops continued for a month
to emapy an entrenched map clue by the tune of combat.
About the 6th a bold-work skilfully plead in advance, com-
paled the Sikhs to shift that rrt of their amp mote imme-
diately threatened with danger; and Jut after this an at-
tempt was made by. them to out flak us, they continuing to
protect themselves in their movemeate-breuellest entrench-
masts, constructed with the ski'l and overtimes in forming
field weeks to which all their swam' an eseribable. Their
object seemed to be twofold—fat, to assure supplies, then
en their way for them, and next to provoke us, if possible,
to attack them in their entrenehmente before the arrival of
oar reinforcements. They bad begun very seriously to in-
commode us, by interrupting our communication. from the
rear, when all st ones they abandoned their entrenchments,
and a rumour ran that they had ceased the 'Jhelum and fled
into the Doeb beyond. Their tamp was examined
anywhere' but not an article of panty was found as
indication discernible of what might be -their purpose,
or whither they bad gone. One day of mystery and
woodsmen& was spent, when the seat brought the
astoanding intelligence that the its, instead of
e seems the Jhelum, had moved their whole army peat
ref
r&
now ocsapiod the town of Cludrat, 17 miles in our
rear. Rumour added that they were to fall aura on La-
hore. and that a party of them had mused the Chen tab and
threatened Weseseabiad, a detachment of Nicholson'. Irre-
ite having fallen into their hand, The Commander. in-
. Me( now prepared to abandon hie @avouchment', but the
dint:tufty of collecting acme 80,000 bmep mule and 100,000
followers who were permitted to prow wut is quiet of food
es far from the camp as was consistent with safety, owed 30
hours' delay. At length the troops were got la motion on
the Uth.. They proceeded in nearly the same line as that is
wldahthey had advanced, and after a'much of from 13 to
17 Ml* took up ground near the village of Lasseeesge:ar
tse gat where U. rue
the
the
MOW en the 3rd of December. Meanwhile the
somitflune Mahe& had been directed to pleb es by fore:
membith Otomml Whisk with Markham 's brigade wired
al ibrtl3l, H.,trylrellowid tist thcoollith ;
ley
min gigesaaee, ita;ring onered tlirtyoeva's
min it plea doing . their last day en the way, and
Wks tit' dt a day leee from Mahan than any of
the Mews thew as And this w much where all
bad Mies' tf is here adverted to to meet the slander
.had Otateliesered on the way. On arriving at Waiter-
teal strong force on their way Wein Labors
tibeeAt bendisertees. It consisted of H. M. 63 end the
13th, Illy end Wed N. I, with the 12th, and
Berm TIM hoes whisk bad arrived with him from col-
lie, mailed of H. N. 32nd, the 61st, 62nd, and fled
N. 1., with tie Ha 'tweeter Cavalry. The first news
whisk reached him on his arrival was, that the whele Wear-
gent farce was is fell march on the Chennb, a pint of them
having already crewed at Waseerabad. Immediately ea
becoming aware of this, General Whisk, without wades
for astronaut, Mend two 9-pounder gas and Qula's
Irregular Hata to Foaled up the river's beak without
delay ea the 14th.
_Da the 16th, IL M. 63rd, the 13th
N. I , sad 19th hemplar Cavalry, with two field guns, the
whole under the essamad el Colonel Byrne, were despatched
in the same MMUS.. They marched an day,
art readied Waseralsod in the
emend acres swain twasty.foor asibri"estritzt
They mem erases& to risk sethies—as reconnoitre.
mently*if raked, to hll bask at owe on Mark-
ham's , Oda toNowed Is semptet Mem. It tweed
vat that Ode bad weer Ti 411119111 hew at On—those of
diem she lid been la the Mikes side
ihmieraVead m Me
holltar ; Mime isms& Oa-same hem m be 4A.D
at Me es We apposlts hank. Oa the Ifik Misa-
bast's of H.M. 32nd, dad the 51st and
mid NT:allaidaqi.usaroas of, the 11th breeder Rome,
as Is the hid as Berme- ball-way Whim
soh Westorobsd, whew a of boats had
bees welessille; emtbalf the hew falsedietely
at Mem •Oa Ihs aim iloy O. that a body
NtieMhholvdag, IMO 'Ort‘sit prepsring to era I
as &dm Obist, cheramauwimi Masair to the
eiee,atb Mir two,tilomis • Irregular Hone,
dIe•ooso et 11.11. gird, end lber 1116 N.I. These Mere
'ass oily obis to pirtoot.llllllllolo troottroaliog, bat in-