The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

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J t/1111# FLAXAOAN.
digestant Surpca, is Medical elsrp, Navel Brigade,.

Cusp, Puttslpore, Nor. 3. 1857.
sir,-1 have the homer to lay before ha Excellency the
Cosemeader.to-Chiel, the details of the battle of liniljrya,
with the cironmetanomthat preceded it.
Datechatente amounling to 700 met ander the of
Lieutenant-Cokes& Powell of her Majesty's S3rd
la charge of eitnia vas. sad a large convoy, wavelet,-
from Mlahabed to Csernpore, and bad arrived sa
raidial, after a march of twelve mike, et the magi,
ground of Thorns. The mm. afternoon intelligence was
mind from Yattehpore that th
em. Sea mousiest of the
Magee* Regiments, with three , the Jose
with the intention of either attacking Potterp:de, or croming
over tato Otida. The aimp we, immediately struck, sad we
arrived et the atropin( ground of Futtehpore et midnight.
Calomel Powell than made arrangements fur march* at
daylight upon the enemy who were reported to te about SG
m(l.. &aunt et Kadjwa, beyond the vtllage of Bulks,. The
column of iota-k roweled of 162 men of her Majesty's dard
Regitera., under Major Clark, 68 of Royal Euerineere ander
Captain Clara., 70 of a depot detaehmeat under Lieutamat
leash g, of her Majesty's 64th Regiment, end 103 of the
Ravel Brigade under Captain Pod. It tweeted at daylight,
and wits rued from the garrison of Puttahpore by • tem-
gamy of 93rd Righter/ahem 100 la nutter, melee Coogan
and tee 9-ponds gum under Lkutenant Ander-
arm, Bengal Artillery.
After marching he sixteen miles, the column halted tar
reftsekoemt. sad then resumed the march at a rapid pace,
passing through the village of Blake, at about 1 10 pm.,
when the intelligeece we, ccellrmed that the canny we, at
bead.

TIM troops mewed no without interruption, the High.
hinders advarAing in skiratiehieg order, au ported by the
Royal Engineers, and follosrol b 7 the 53rd Regiment ia
column. and then Bngade the depot detach-
ment wee with the . We advanced along the rood
which led straight for t village of Kodjwa, and saw that
IM ememy's righttorcZ'e
a long hoe of high eciabankinent
is our left of the which eubankment, mend by a
pueA roatinued the village, end that their left was
higher up on the ether aide. with their guns posted is the
centre es the road, two of them to advent*, and one on a
brldp mar the villege.
A round shot, coning down the mad, opened the battle at
about 2.20 p m, and the column wee ordered to edge to the
=se advance on the guns through the corn fields—the
re of the 93rd and the Royal RmOnours pushing up
de Ina aides of the reed. The maemy's artillery was well
ma* end did great execution. and the flank Ere of mus-
ingly vas wry severe. no gallant Colonel Powell himself.
is UMW at the reed, premed°. the attack, and bad just
reated two guns the enemy whin he fell dead with a
haell Ihrimeth his forehead. _ _

Brigade boa blotto,' on th.
of the 634 sod serried the oneWs ti..o in their
hoot. It wee th ea thee the death of Wool Powell wis re-
mted to us, ma I woe towasesed to ream the esemood.
wet fame of the may. abs h. hoe sells* dilhasse,
sad the a:hordes et hole enema sad we shoe moth Ifte
mambas. rendered ear whim traly critical. The frost Of
the battle had bosoms eheard to the It.. of the road. and
W enemy, with all their bra behind their maLankinente, '
thintattll,4 to intercept our rem. I left Clew Hey, R N.. '
supported by the two 9-pounder rasa, to hold the position
which his party lead nallintly caned, sad which secured our
aank . sag rotnetioa os marry fresh troops se were available,
sasisted priampall be Lieut. Leeson., R.E. (Ciptain Clarke
betas sofort y severely wounded), and by Ensign Troia,
of Ms 63rd, we stashed across the rood, and paring round
the upper sod of the easbeakmatts, divided the enseny's
axon and drove them siscenstrely from all their positima.
The army them retired in crotfurion, leaving to nimuin of
their camp, sad with two of their gam and & tumbril in out
poierelea.
TM hie hoar of the evening (it was half-past four whos
the mew and their het shot), end the emulsive f tigu. of
the troops prevested my pursuit. We therefore spoiled their
romp, and lemma, It with Metro, formed on the raid by the
Wileodurou mar the vliap, and end oat pieties to collect our
sided.

tiitk lla;bodt of tha colonel as tie timber of tie pa
Woo plloratly captund, ma Una named, and __eyed
are the village o Biskra
Our lan In On wawa was very nven, amounting Is 95
killed sad wounded.

The behaviour of the troops sad of the Naval Brigade area
tedenirebte, and all vied with each ether, and elbowed egnel
courage in the Bald. The ramekin of the 63rd. and the
eocarete firing of the Highlanders darned special meta-
aerederion.

1 received the matelot asoistonoo from Captain Cu, bar
lajisoy's 7-S,b Remoset. whom I would oh\ to Wog to
the fivouroblo antic* of h. E• ibo Comonior4oo
Chief, sod the anakromosta of the Moil BooplOol mho Dr.