The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-03 00:00:00

ABSTRACT.

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BRIGADIER MOUNTAIN'S BRIGADE.-1.1.171.-8 29th Foot
—Officers killed and wounded, 5; men 240. 13th N. 1.;
Men unknown. 30th N.I. Officers killed and wounded
12; men 340. 56th N.I. Officers killed and wounded

10; men 279. Total, Officers 27; men 859. —
BRIGADIER PENNYCUICK'S BRIGADE.—H.M.'s 24th
Foot—Officers killed and wounded 23; men 540. 25th
N.I. Officers killed and wounded 4; men 264.
22d N.I. Men unknown. Total, Officers 27; men 749.
BRIGADIER ti/)Day's BRIGADE.-2d Europeans. Offi-
cers killed and wounded 2, men 66. 31st N. I. Officer
killed and wounded 1, men 32. 45th N. I. Officers killed
and wounded 5, men 70. 70th N. 1., men 12. Total—
Officers 8, men 180.
BRIGADIER PENNY'S BRIGADE.-15th N. I. Officers
killed and wounded, 2; men unknown. 20th N. I. Offi-
cers killed and wounded unknown; men unknown. 69th
N. I. Officers killed and wounded, 2; men unknown.
Total—Officers, 4; men unknown.
BRIGADIER tiOGGAN'S BRIGADE.-11. M.'s 61st Foot.
Officers killed and wounded, 4; men, 114. 36th N. I.
Officers killed and wounded, 6; men, 200. 46th N. I.
Officers killed and wounded, unknown; men, 70.
Total, Officers, 10; men, Grand total of In-
fantry officers killed and wounded, 76; Infantry men,
2,167. Infantry officers killed and wounded, 76; staff,
3; cavalry, 10; artillery, 4; total, 93. Infantry men,
2,167; artillery, 63; cavalry and Penny's Brigade, about
270; total, 2,500.

The British force bivouacked on the night of the
13th a little in rear of the field of battle. The
Seikhs withdrew to Nussort, where they placed their
guns in the position of a besieged force, and fired a
salute—a rather odd combination of mewiures! In
the night parties of the enemy returned to the battle
field and carried off the guns which had been spiked
by our troops ; all the wounded men found by the
Seikhs were murdered, and the dead robbed and
mutilated.

The following is from the Bombay Times :
"'they now took up their position on the heights of
Russoul, watching the movements of Lord Gough's army
at the distance of five miles, and in daily hopes of re-
ceiving an accession to their strength. Chuttur Singh
had nut as yet joined them. Some 10,000 Affghans were
to the north of them, watching the turn of events. The
10,000 Seikh troops sent by Ghoolab Singh, under Col.
Steinbach, to co-operate with us, were only waiting to
see on which side victory should declare itself, to attach
themselves to the winning cause. The Commander. in.
Chief seemed to have been at first utterly at a loss what'
was to be done; at first an immediate retreat on Dinghee
was spoken of, but as this would have been too unmis-
takeable an acknowledgment of success, he re-
solved at length to entrench himself where he
was, calling up Wheeler's brigade of about
5,000 men, engaged in quelling disturbances in the
Baree Doab, and summoning the 13th and 22d from
Rauanugger and ll.M.'s 53d from Lahore; sending back,
in exchange, the regiments that were dicabled. Lord
Gough having ordered that no letters should be sent
from camp until the dispatches were in readiness, wrote
a brief notification to the Governor-General, stating
that the troops under Shero Singh had been entirely
defeated and driven back at every point with the loss of
many of their guns, and had relinquished all the posi-
tions in which they had been entrenched. The ruse was
of no avail. For three days silence was successfully main-
tained, when such a host of letters from officers with the
force appeared in all the newspapers, bearing so obvi-
ously the stamp of the highest authority that the dispatches
when they do arrive will take a very secondary place in
the rank of documents. The baggage-cattle had been
under their burdens for more than thirty hours before
sufficient leisure was found to attend to them. On the
17th, two European Lancers who had been taken pri-
soners were returned to us ; and the Seikh General of
Artillery, with his two sons, and a couple of other men
of note, are said to have surrendered on the 19th. Lord
Gifford and Sir IL Lawrence quitted the camp of Lord
Gough for that of the Governor-General on the 18th.
A field-work had been thrown up on the right. Major
Tucker was to succeed Major Ekins. Colonel Carnegy
had reached camp, and been appointed Brigadier in
Pennycuick's room. Chuttur Singh had not, up to the
20th, our latest date from camp, joined his son, though
daily expected. The weather was delightful, and the
spirits of the troops are said to have greatly revived.
'the wounded were doing well. The Seikhs are said to
have lost 3,000 men killed and 4,000 wounded—our
casualties being rather more than a third of this.
The enemy were busily engaged entrenching them-
selves—they are reported to be 60,000 strong.
The latest news from the camp of the army of the
Punjaub is thus given by one of my correspondents,
in a letter received this morning :—" The mound
taken by our troops on the 13th has been entrenched
to the village of Chilliani on the left, and to our camp
on the right. Entrenchments for two regiments,
right and left, and a battery in the centre, have been
thrown up on our right, facing the north. Four
lancers, who went out on the 15th, in search of the
wounded, were surprised by the enemy. Two of
them escaped, but the other two were made
prisoners, and taken to the presence of Shore
Singh, who treated them well, and sent them back
on the 19th, with a vakeel to Lord Gough. Terms
were proposed by Shere Singh, which, however,
could not be listened to. The Commander-in-Chief
reviewed the troops on the 19th, and in riding down
the line expressed his satisfaction at the conduct of
the troops in the action of the 13th. The wounded
are doing well, and no case has been heard of likely
to terminate fatally. Malin l3ux, who commanded
the Artillery at Peshawur, escaped from the camp
of Shero Singh, accompanied by his son; and a few '
other artillerymen are said to have reached the