The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the above mail we have *dots,.
from Bombay to the 28th ult., arid from Calcutta to
the 21st ult.
TUE EXPEDITION TO BHOOTAIT.
The four columns of the Bhootan field force
started simultaneously on the mat of December.
The left columa has taken Dalimkote, oil the bill
slope* about forty miles due north of Jidpigeree,
and believed to be the strongest fortification the
Bhootanese possess. It is thought probable the
troops will suffer more from sickness than
front other muses. In fact, some of the
senior officers have already bad to relinquish
their commands in consequence of severe attacks of
fever. The plains at the foot of the Bhootan hills
are extremely unhealthy, but when once our forms
reach the heights, which are 4,000 feet above the
sea level, they will really enjoy the climate.
The following. is an account of the taking of
Dalimkota It is dated within the stronghold,
Dec. Bth :
I seed of a few lien just to tell you that we took this
famous place the day before yesterday, sot, I am sorry to
say, without serious lose, the Bootau having fought with
much more ooursgs and resolution than we expected, and
the fort being both naturally and snificially strong, and is
a meat commanding position. We were opposed nearly all
the way up the hill, sod could °sly proceed by a narrow,
tortuous road, sensually exposed to showers of snows sad
stoney both of which the Bootees 'threw with great force
sad ancient). The column got close up to the tort
without soy serious loss, MacGregor, the
Major, sad Loughman, of the 18th Native lafastry,
the only wounded ; bat tins there stood the fort before
us, on • hill shout 200 feet high, surrousded by a thick
wall of about 20 fest elevation. We soon brought our smell
snorters into position, sad were getting as very well with
the work, throwing shells and carcasses into the fort at
about a couple of hundred yards range, when, from a foss
being too short cut, the shell bent in the nude of the
mortar, and exeloded a quantity of powder which poor
Griffin wee weighing out for the charges ; and in an fastest
three otiose', GriMe, Aodersoe, end Wenn, and some
artillerymen close by,
were blows to stoma. This was a
terrible catastrophe to the whole fora, and bad nearly boss
fax worse, as oar gallant sod much-esteemed Brigadier
General Dumbed was within a yard of the group just
before it occurred, and only that instant left poor Griffin
to give some orders to Captain Perkins, of the Engineers.
this untoward calamity the force last the services
ofthree most excellset officers and seven men and
also of OM of their mortars, which became utterly un-
serviceable. With great difficulty, sod after some delay,
au Armstrong gun was nought up the hill, and soots Awed
Is
position and brought to play upon the confrosting boa-
doe, and, with a serous, set fire to the buildings snide the
fort. This the General thoucht as suspicion signal and
time for an assault ; and having got the easing ladders up,
the storming party made a rush, sod carried the pleas at
once, the Dwane. bolting out on the posito side.
Ikalintkota is a fearfully strong plan, and was sot taken
without several casualties, the General having had several
men shot close to his side, mid not a few marrow escapes.
Our work is sot completed yet, as we have one more
fart to take, that of Menu Bing, said to be nearly u
strong as this, but not is such a commanding and difficult
positeoe. Oar lose has bees heavy ; but oonedariag the
important results and the rapid way Is whisk it was oh-
tabled, 1 do not think it dieproportiosate if we deduct these
killed by the unfortunate explosios. Collins, of the Be-
Omen, is wounded severely, both his legs haw=
broken by the explosion ; MacGregor, the Geanal's
Major, slightly weeded on the scalp by a gun shot, and
Loughose, of the lath N. 1., wounded by an arrow through
the right arm. We have besides eight men killed and
fiftjoix wounded. We wen at it from ten in the morning
until 111 is the evening ; and you may imagine that we
were sot sorry whoa the Weir was ever said the fort in our
pomessios. We are not easneured of hill and tangle war-
fare, where the highest military skill and the best soldiers
may be employed with comparatvely inadequate results.
We leave a garrison to hold this tort, and tomorrow or
next day go on with nor work.
A telegram announces that the Bhootess are
gathering in strength on their frontier immediately
adjoining Hooch-Behar.
Lady Lawrence arrived in Calcutta on the Bth
December. She was met at the mouth of the
Rooghly by his Excellency the Viceroy, who pro-
Deeded thither in her Majesty's steamer Celerity to
receive her. His Excellency the Viceroy, it is
stated, intends visiting Port Blair during the month
of January, and will perhaps proceed as far as
Rangoon and Moulmein.
A Russian ambassador with a guard has ezrived
in Cabool via Bookharo, and has been received by
the Ameer with great honour.
The territory of Kokan has bees taken by the
Russians. Of the three Kokanee vakeels who went
to pay their respects to the Governor-General at
Lahore, one is gone to Turkey to the Sultan, one
is still at Lahore' and the third is at Peshawur on
his way to Cabool. The Ameer of Csbool has been
requested by the British authorities, through the
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