The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-02 00:00:00

demi redline se Beentektethiere heat not, hew the
enemy awe Se path up ~i it was quite evident
they weal& bath an of seskeleg an attack with
the great aesthetes postion. Deadth the 13th, the Wee
lady of the wasay at ILssrat renesieni en apparently thei
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be hissesi4ethwthse of their passeilejs. and
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impreaelens that Him se thy paths of them, bad oriessil
the arthem, was 111111111.1., sswalatily eased, snit these he
1 of mows were et their 's made, and radioed te ad.
whet thews next.
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Ewa is the naming of the 14th Fetitury, and was very
pmenlly knows by sunrise, that a la. rgo porthole of the Sikh
tray, Nast the satire holy, had asit.. d hem their pre-
thou psitiene. sad were at the time of writhe) actually in
pemeellth of the town of Goojeat, whore they took a detach-
ments( lithielson's Afghans who were in the fortby surprise ;
ems of them is supposed to have escaped, and to have
been the enay penes who brught in this " pleasant "
1M« of ithillenssekand whence they threatened au imme-
diate edema upset Wmaerabed, intestine the rhea via which
the Alighems were posted so completely that there was small
therm of their escape. They sent word, however, that if
speedy relief were promised thus, the could easily hold out
far some days. The whole camp was naturally la a state of
Weems excitement, and mien were tweed ohms nice, for
the immediate march of the army, which, of MUM, con-
lewd the morn that had been spread. The march oat,
however' subsequently deferred till twelve ; the utmost haste
was still made, and everything was ready for an instant start,
when the aniline of the troops was damped by a third order,
iatimatisg that the march was postponed UI an early hour
the sent morning. Nothing having apparently occurred to
induce any farther delay, the array abandoned the fortified
pen of Clailisawallah about four a.m. on the morn-
ing of the 16th of February, reaching the vicinity
of Lassoorees, which they bad quitted ea the
12th of January, between three and four o'clock
p.m., after a march variously estimated at from twelve to
seventeen miles, the sun being found somewhat warm for
the seem. Here it was andagood Chit the main body of
the enemy were encamped, at a place about Fenn miles ou
the Lemons' side of tjrat, with iti em iller body at that
plass itself. It was also Ordained, oa one hand, that the
party of Nietheon's Afghans, which had been surprised, had
surrendered, while another was to the of et that they still
held out. Here also eiders were Lased to General Width
to kiln headquarters, but his letters, anammeing his own
movements, crated the orders, which meld not esneeloontly
be obeyed, and the impression in camp was that nothing
would be done on the 18th, although it was considered so
highly dellreble that the enemy should be brought imam.
diately to action, that a battle seemed all but inevitable for
the 19th, when, as far as all human foresight could indicate,
success at our part sppeared quite certain, the {MMUS, pre-
ponderance of artillery on our side giving as such a greet
advantage that the victory appeared likely to be as easy
as it would be bloodless, should anything approaching'
to generalship be mullioned. The number of gnu with the
Sikhs was known to be 63 ; ours is 110, including those with
the Bombay troops. which may, however, not be in time tar
the fray. Chatter Kest bed creased to ilia left beak et the
Joelem, earl Widths gems the Sikhs had ahandoned with 1
his force sad mese gum Mae 14 bowie_ mer, a threes of
the Inks Mush, to the Thelma asinine* as theft set
treat does not appear to have been eat off.
qua this was pawing in the camp of the semmanillerdn-
chides Chilinawallah, General thrash, who was now her
= without his own cavalry (which had, as eke*
, preceded him by toned marches, ether nag ft la-
mentations from head quotes), with Brigadier 31Mtham's
bit :ItarahTtait liablillig..r and
s hadm
bratlrriugp. the 11,'.
• gave his mush jaw last up to** 12th, within
one stage
of that place. Os the eves* of that day an order won issued
for the immediate departure of Ovine Anderson's troop
of holm artillery sad they marched about eight at night,
and arrived at lealf-past three am., on the 13th, having
completed a distance of entrees miles in forty-eight hours.
They wen at a loss to find out why they had been sent off in
such a harry, and, coos 'led themselves with the prospect of
rustis rest at least. The remainder of the brigade
in on the same day, and General Which found dm.
settee the had of a considerable force, consisting of H. M.'s
3ind and Ski Foot, the 13th, 20th, 51st, 63rd, and 72nd
regiments el Naive Infantry, with however but one troop of
hens ertithery, and three regiments of cavalry, the 11th
Light, the lath (Belmes') Irregular', end the 13th (Quin's)
ditto. The general, wee betieve, also hand orders to remain
ASrosavima
there until the whole of the field form should ban
aimed up, and fortunate it his position at Ram-1
, sooneeted with the movement of the
mugger oy Waseer.bad ea Lahore, Rest d meet im-
portant. The effect of the movement of the ea Geoj.
rat was not slow in billag telt at Rummest'. Oa trite 14th
February, information having bees reedved lc Omen al
Whisk that 500 Sikhs bad actually mewed the Monalt at
thumarrabad (one mount from heed quartsre map
say they merely sent a party to examine the ford), he
issued orders for the immediate departure in that direction
of two 9-pounder guns (Miles' battery), end of Quin's
irregular hone. Oa the 15th, instructions were issued for
the immediate departure, in the came direction, of H.M.'s
53rd foot, the 13th regiment native infantry, and the 12th
cavalry (Holmes'), with two horse artillery guns,
ifsniXZ' of Lieutenant Alexander, from Anderson's trop,
the whole commanded by Lieut.- Colonel Byrne. They
marched the whole day, and arrived at Wuseerabad about
fear in the afternoon, and there they found that the Sikhs
had returned to the right bank of the Chensb, if they had
ever crossed. It was ascertained, however, that they was
actually in tame, semi 4000 strong, with somer juns,_ at no
great seases en the smite Otto river. B • ter Hervey
resched Baimmagiur ea the morning of the 1 th February,
and Brigadier General Muds' was expected on the 18th.
Oa the fret-named date General Which issued an
order ter the march of Brigadier Markham's Mi-
-1 pais (M. K. 32d Foot, and 51st and 72d Beets. N. 1., the
Me Ming still on the way from thooltan), and of two squea-
ling ef Master's irregular cavalry (11th) towards the ford,
lelf way between Muntiuggor and W tisoerabad. A general
erase was also looked for with much certainty in General
Whisk's amp, and we bare no hesitation in saying that the
speed with which he get over the ground has saved a very
Legs theenat of trouble. as, bad he not been on the spot at
the time be reached Misname, the whole Sikh army
would, in all probability, have been in the Masjhs on the
17th, without the possibility of their being stopped by the
fora under the commander-in-chid. —Delhi Gaulle, Feb. 21.
The above intelligence extends only to the 15th:
we have kttere from the camp to the 18th. On
the 18th the force moved from Laseoorie to Se-
doolapore, the scene of Sir J. Thackwell's action
with the Sikhs on the 3d December. On the
17th they marched nine miles in the direction
of Goojrat, which brought tl-em within sight
of the enemy. Major Lawrence had arrived in
camp on unlimited leave on parole, and Shere Singh
had announced his intention to liberate all the pn-
toners in a few days. On the same day, General
Whish, with one brigade, was at Hurree-lee-Putten,
half way between Ramnuggur and Wuzeerabad,
coveting a bridge of boats; another brigade was at
the latter place, and a third on the opposite bank of
the river. General Dundee, with the Bombay column,
was to arrive at Ramnu:gor on the 18th. On the
18th the two armies lay encamped within four
miles of each other, and a great battle wan expected
to be fought next day.
Camp, 31 miles from Harree-km-Puttan Ghat, 17th
February.—Last night's orders sold we were to halt, but at
hell-past seven this mania; the bugle sounded to strike our
' camp, and we marched about aims a.m., aid came about five
miles, where we belted to allow the new ground to bas taken
up. This was a work of throe hews.
Ir. II 1110 t Lawrence was mut is yesterday, by Shore
Blagli—who
also forwarded the dab which his men bad
taken. Major Lawless west to Lahore today. It is said
he has a week's leave, but that, if he Ands it ineetaysnisat le
come back at the expiration of that time, he may extend it.
General Which joined us to-day. He brought on OM of
his free—at least nose came with him. Brigadier Hervey
has jest come in with kis brigade—cad heavy guns are now
on their way oat. We all expected a battle to-day: bat
this will sot he till the Bombay troops join us, if we as
help it. However, if the enemy_ try eo cross the Obis&
to- ht or te.ntorrow, they vrill had us at their bode.
`s brigade has been pushed on to Wesseetiel.
We are adored to Moos baggage."—Mofusriffee,Foian.
LAII OIL Fes. 19.—Major Oserp Lawrence is hare on
his parole. It is said be will proceed Immediately to the
camp of the Goya:tor-General, with proposals from the
Singhs. Martin Singh come in hare the day beton yesterday.
He is an impudent ruffian, and is kept is fetters. Merkel
is expected from Bantalgger to-sorrow. lie travels in a