The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

-G, JANUARY 19, '.0136:

.8 or 10-arnees bail) from behind rocks and bushes. ll* then '
stood watching them, until our guns am e mpo wka our
artillery opened Ire. The Sikhs went right and left to skir-
mishing order, and we advanced straight to the front.
Throng it the village we mat--regnliar demetalldag--ench a
dam you sew saw. Aline we bad driven them out of the
village, welted to traverse ravines, climb rocks, and mramble
over small mountains. The runaways buried themselves in
bashes, with the 1111111111 and children on top of thine. We
haslet fhma out, Mil killed between thirty and tarty
' men. Horses= were of no use in these rocky jungles.
We Inlaid tires villages, and hunted the rebel ryots
rim awl doer oat of the place. We took two primmer.
—am et mbsra we shot and the other we hanged. On
sew Mai ems eikh Infantry man was wounded, and one man
banging to the Ird Europeans. The latter was one of a
guard of them men sad $ corporal, who were In charge of the
ammunition, sad were attacked by four sowirs. After we
bid done this job, we got ear dram, and marchol quietly
lame to breakfast, when semi more work was cut out for us.
The enemy numbered, s well as we mold geese, about 400,
including • few swan. Oar party camisted of 200 Sikh
Cavelry, 200 ditto Infantry, 100 Europeans, two 9-poeuders,
nod two mortars.

Dammam 6.—We matthed from Fattembed in the di-
lution of Gotha. We watt down by the aide of the
Lbw" the sera 11.11/ le the bunks of which Colonel Cotton
chased the rebels an the 10th. Ryan time we have had a
hart theme rebels away, leer woos the water. They
are very shy fa showing fight—thing a few shots
and them of Kite deem Leaving Feittembad, we
Inerehed through jungle. end ploughed fields, lum-
ber as to pioneer the way for us. That
meraing we Tenths& In mills. After pitching our
camp there wee a mane that thee* were Were= 700 or
WO rebels, with Mx gnu, in a village not seven miles
bass is. Twenty cavalrymen, with two Mimes, went
est le reconnoitre, who on their appearance got
• sable of bullets from out the jangle-grass ;
and on artillery oilier got one goals* through
'the skirt of hie coat, the ballet taking a piece out of the
haw's back. Thb Illouniag we mereleth out to see what we
could do with the meals. They MOOS opened fire on as with
disk Aapba, bet hit may; eels artillery treated Wesin ric•
tun to • shell et two, and • few round shot. Than they
meth o(. While the artillery wen thing, we retnekci our-
selves with • tot, and then west of la akirmieblag
order, driving them over the river. Cavalry are of no
nes in ere rocky jungles, ec our horeamen dinnounted
end eland the fugitives on foot with the whim
We followed in the hunt two or three lam Retun-
ing we set Are to the villages that had tired an as In
this chums we killed about 60. We had one 814.11 wounded,
one am el the led shot through the era. Our mss be-
haved admirably, no menecaseary theighter %Wag plum ;
but enly those who really deserved It thing punished, while
Make MOM mar child was molested.

There is little as yet passing in Rajpootana.
Sir Hugh Rose and Sir Robert Hamilton have been
actively engaged at Indore in dealing with rebellious
rajahs. They caused the Rajah of Amj heirs and
his ministers to be arraigned for aiding the
rebellion, and the court found the prisoners guilty.
The ministers were all hung forthwith; the
rajah awaits instructions from Lord Elphinstoue.
This occurred at Indore on the 20th. Brigadier
Stuart, in leaving Mundesore, ordered the Hydrabad
contingent, ander Major Orr, to stand test there,
and Nessauch has been reinforced by 160 of
H.M.'s 83rd, under Major Prescott ; 160 of
the 12th Regiment Native Infantry, two guns
with Goltuidanze, and 30 Lancers, in charge of a
good supply of ammunition and other materials of
war, which are much wanted. The detachment of
her Majesty's 83rd, hitherto at Neemuch, and the
Lancer, were to leave for Niniseerabad, where Gene-
ral Lawrence proposes to take speedy measures for
destroying the rebels of Awah. Thence his
destination will be Kotah. The rebels that
were defeated at Mundesore are said to have fee-
terniaed with the Kotah mutineers, with the inten-
tion of making another attack upon Neemuch. Fugi-
tives from the victorious army in the north are said
to be collecting with the avowed purpose
of going to Nussearabad and Ajmeer. One
thirtg is certain, viz.—that the whole of the fanatical
Mahonzeilan population of Rajpootana are our inve-
terate foes; and every day's delay in sending troops
up only accumulates the number of the
disaffected. Thousands of the ignorant peo-
ple do not credit the fall of Delhi ; and
look upon the report of the capture of that hoary-
headed villain, the King of Delhi, as fictitious; and
the " power and strength" of Great Britain, as re-
presented in the large army which have
left England for India, se a myth; both
being trumped-up, fabrications to dispirit and
keep the rebels in awe. Heavy work is yet before
us; and General Lawrence will require not only
the pluck (and he has plenty of that), but the ge-
nius and generalship of his gallant brothers to arty
himself and us throagh these stormy days.
No news from Behan.
The South Mahratta country was quieter, and the
disarmament continuing.
P.S.—The news, partly embodied in the foregoing
letter, is officially made known by the government,
am follows :

"INDORE, Ditc. 22.
"The column under Colonel Seaton, from Delhi,
moved on Oungree,• near Khasgun. The insur-
gents eama out, and a tight ensued on the banks
of the Neon Noddy. The rebels were routed, losing
3 out of 4 guns and 160 killed. Our loss, 3 °Moms
killed and 1 wounded. This news emus from Mr.
Muir, dated Dec. 15.

INDORE, Dec. 22.
" The itmjheera Rajah, his minister, and three
officials, tried by sit this morning, and sentenced to
be hanged. Eight mutineers blown from guns this
evening, one hung. All quiet here."

• Onngree or Gunpree r SI .A. 8.3. at Ally pub, on
the rood by Kheagonj to Bareilly.

The following is the
...summary of the Bombay
Times of that date :

The Gwalior Contingent has been totally anni-
hilated by the Commander-in-Chief. After
their defeat on the 6th of December, they were
permed by General Hope Grant, of her Majesty's
Illek Lancers, who overtook them u they
were crossing the Ganges, and captured
fifteen guns, besides immense quantities of
stores. The lose on the side of the British was
nominal, but General Grant wu slightly wounded.
Our communication with Calcutta has not yet

been re-opened, and the intervening districts are
still partially disturbed. The Punjaub and
Rohileund continue tranquil. The Governor.
General, and Governors of the minor Presidencies
remain at their respective seats of government. The

Commander-in-Chief of Bombay hue returned from
Poona, and is now at the Presidency.
Ouor AND CAwrtronc.—We gave in OUT kg
summary &string of short telegraphic notices, bringing
down our intelligence from Gwnpore and Ouds to 6th
December, at which date the Commander-in• Chief

had defeated and scattered the Gwalior Contingent,
capturing sixteen of their guns. The only addi-
tional victory we have to chronicle is that of
Brigadier Grant. who, on the 10th, attacked
and defeated them, capturing the remainder
of their artillery. We have, however, to
revise and correct the summary formerly
gives, by means of the information since received
direct from the north-west provinces and from Cal-
cutta. It most be remembered in the first piece,
that the contingent consists of four batteries of artil-
-let7, two regiments of cavalry, and seven regiments
of infantry, all as highly disciplined as any native
troops in the service ; and they had not, from the
time of the mutiny, until their approach to Cava-
liers, been weakened by defeat. They had been
joined by the remnant of the Dinapore mutineers,

the eontingents of all the ill-disposed Rajahs in
this part of India, with the whole body of ruf-
fians and bandits from the country around. In
all, they probably amounted to at least
20,000 men, with about forty pieces of
ordnance. On the advance of the Commander-
in-Chief towards Lucknow, the force at Cawn-
pore, amounting to abont 3,000 men, had been
left in charge of General Windham. On the 24th,
the first detachment of the rebels crossed the Ganges
and approached Cawnpore. General Windham
went out to meet them on the 28th, and attacked
and defeated, following them up for a couple
of miles—not deeming it wise to pursue them
further, lest, with each large masses in the
field, the enemy might get into his rear.
Having returned to Cawnpore the same evening, he
encamped at Nawabgunge. The force he had gone
out to meet, seemed in all likelihood to entrap him
and draw him from his supports. The remainder
of the contingent appear to have joined almost imme-
diately after the defeat,and to have made arrangements
for at tack. On the e vening of the 27th, aeoordingly,they
poured down an overwhelming force on Windham,
and compelled him to withdraw into the entrench-
ment. They then burned the camp, destroying three
thousand tents, with our baggage and supplies. On
the following day they attacked the entrenchment,
but were met by a sortie from the troops, and retired
under discharges of grape from our heavy guns. Our
troops suffer ed severely, especially BLM.'s 64th
foot. Colonel Wilson, of this corps, was, however,
the only officer killed. The mutineers were now
able to occupy the native town of Cawnpore, when
no opposition appears to have been attempted
against them for several days. On the 28th Sir
Colin Campbell, who had left a division at Al-
umbagh, under command of General Out-
ram, reached Cawnpore with a considerable
portion of the relieving force from Luck-
now. Having made arrangements for sending
down towards Calcutta the wounded, the
sick, the women and the children, he on the 6th at-
tacked the enemy; and, it is said, by • feigned re-
treat, drew them for several miles from their posi-
tion. A detachment of 500 men had meanwhile
been sent round to attack them in the rear ;
and so soon u time had been allowed them to
take up their position, the retiring force
faced round, attacked, and defeated them
with great slaughter. The enemy were routed,
and driven fourteen miles along the Calpee road.
Sixteen of their guns, twenty-aix battery carts and
waggons, with an immense quantity of ammunition
of all sorts, were captured. Our loss was insignifi-
cant, Lieutenant Salmond, Aide-de-Camp to General
Grant, was the only officer who fell. The
Commander-in-Chief bad thus succeeded in
capturing no fewer than 32 pieces of artillery within
little more than a week. On the 9th, General Hope
Grant, of her Majesty's 9th Lancers, who had been
sent in pursuit of the enemy, overtook the fugitives
at Sersigham, when they were beginning to cross
their pins over the Ganges. The folllowing telegram
from the Commander-m-Chief to the Governor-
General, dated 10th December, the latest received in
Bombay, will explain subsequent operations :
A. despatch has just been received Iron General Hops
Grant, H.R.'s 9th Lemma. It narrates that he came up
with ths fugitives at 9osnaglasa whim Shay were beginning
to cross the gins over the Oseges. Reattached them
inabatly with his cavalry and artillery with great spirit, and
after haR-an-hour's sharp &log, took 16 guns, including
omelB-poonder, eight 9-pounders, three 12-pounder headhunt,
two 4-pounder howitsen, one 6-pounder-native--withall
I their stores, outs, waggons, large quantities of annionnltion,
bollocks, kackeries, &c. General Grant estimates the ter
of the enemy at about 100. He did not loss a man in the
operations, he himself being slightly wounded. 1 congra-
tulate your lordship on the happy dui& of this particular
oaropsips.

MALWA.

From Fort Mhow, under date December 16, the
Bombay Times has the following :

A ohne of thirteen gone was fired is front of the eag-etaff
at 12.30 p.m., on the arrival in amp of flir
Robert Hamilton, Bart, agent to the Governor-Or

meal for Central' India.; and =other salute of the
seas number wee fired ten minutes after, on urinal of
General Sir Hugh Rose, H.C.B. , Sir H. Rose
hes inspected the fort and the detail hospital.
The Maims field foam arrived at Indore yesterday,
sad dimmed the cavalry portion of Holkar'a troops.
They are to hilt there until further orders. We expect to
disarm the mmalleder of the troops, and also to EU out
the chid Mitigator@ alibi rebellice. I than let you know
the fall partioalers in ay neat. The dal from Bombay
come very Irregulerly; none to-day—the hat date reosimal
petards, was the 9th. Whomever the mdl liken end pa-
pers it, expected, Airs le some delay or other somewhere.
Some ponce ought to look star this, for we have no other
immolate them some popes from that quarter or lathes
from home.