The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-03 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

INDIAN DISPATCHES.

Camp, near Attock, March 1813111, 1849.
Since my dispatch from Harrill Pind,7e, of the 14th
instant, I tlxva advanced tO this place, and bag to spurt,
for the information of the Commender-in-Chief, that I
am, to-day, in pessossion of the fort of Attock.
On the 13th instant, the Bengal division of the force
under my consmard moved to Jatrii• lie-Sung,
17 miles, and, on the 16:h, reached Wah, after a
march of 14 snip. s. While at Wah, intelligence
reached me that the bridge over thu river Indus
was still standing, and that Attock was ectoipied
by the Affg,haa troops: se,:ing at once the imp-. t•
anco of securing toe bridge, or, at all events.
the boats forming it, or such of them as could be rescued
from the hands of the enemy, I resolved upon advancing
on Attock, by a forced march of thiry-one miles, relying
with cor.fidenco on the utmost exertion beiLig made by
every olii,.!er and !uidier under my command to effect so
grout an object as that i)f securing the means of rapidly
cro3si, g the river Indus. This confidence has not been
misplaced.
At lie o'clock P X on the 16th, the force moved from
Wah, biv,.alacked f,r a few hours at licoran, and icacbed
Shutn,habad, about utilise. From Shurabhuhad, at.e;
tectiing the h.-Tses, I pushed on, i.h my cavaliy ar d
artillery, to A:ice:li, before which fortress I arrivce,
with the e,-Noilry, at halt-past eleven o'cLak, the
artillery comii,g up at COO Par. The fort o:
Attock I found to be evauea teal ; and the
rear-guard of the A fir-:;fian army was in the
Set of orossing the briiige of bats. Our troops had
hr diy shown theinsAvca, where the E.: i,lge was broken
up, and many of the bonai ailoweol to float down the river.
'Ftte cue-soy was dawn up in forte on the right
bank, and on the sloping ground extending hem
the liver to the hilts in his rear , on the river bank, he
hod plated three batteliee, two of them
of three guns to.cli ; the third or right battery
c insisted of a larger number of guns. Tu his right was
tt e fort of lihyral.,ad, where.he had placed two guns, out-
side that fortress. Each battery was supported by a re-
giment of regular infantry ; and crowds of irregulars,
both infantry and cavalry, were formed on the sloping-
ground, in rear cf his guns.
From his position, with a rapid river in his front, I
was led to expect that he would have offered some re-
sistance to our passage; bur; in this belief I was mis-
taken, and was disappointed by his moving off, almost
immediately on my arrival with the cavalry, and before
my. guns could come up.
ale batteries on the river side, and the guns to, Khy.
robed, opened upon such parties as showed themselves
while the guas remained in position; and an exchange
of musketry wile kept up by the Jezzailchies and some of
our troops until late in the day, but apparently without
lugs on either side.
Seventeen boats have been secured, and are sufficient
to form a bridge, which shall be made with all possible
dispatch. I hope to cross the river, with the Bengal
division, en the afternoon of the 19th instant, and shall
push cn, after the flying enemy, with all expedition.
TUC SECRETARY WITI GOVERNOR•GENCRAL TO TILE
ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Camp, Ferozepore, March 10, 1549.
The name of Lieutenant-Colonel Birch, Judge-Advo-
cate-General, having been inadvertently of in the
general Order, dated the let of March, publishing the
details of the action at Goojerat, I am directed by the
Governor-General to request that that officer's name
may be inserted, immediately after that of Lieutenant
Colonel Garden, C.B.

THZ COMMANDER-IN-CH.IW TO THE GOTORNOR-GENERAL.
Camp, Kullalla, March la, 1849.
On re-perusal of my dispatch, relative to the opera-
tions of the 21st of February at Goojerat, I regret to
find I omitted mentioning the 'names of Lieutenants
Lutnsden and Hodson, of the Corps of Guides, and Lieu.
tenant Lake, of the Engineers, attached to the Political
Department.
These officers were most active in conveying orders,
throughout the action; and I now beg to bring their
;tames to the favourable notice of your Lordship.
_ _

MAOOE-GENERAL WHIRR, C. 8., TO THE ADJUTANT-
GRNERIL OF THE ARMY.
Camp, Itamnaggur, February 13, ISO.
In my dispatch of the 22d ultitho, I expressed my
apprehension that I might have omitted mention of some
who merited particular notice, and I beg leave, now, to
repair the omission.

After Lieutenant Garforth was wounded, on the 2d
ultimo, Lieutenant Maxwell, of the Engineers, who had,
on the 27th of. December, accompanied the column of
attack, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Young, her
her Majesty's 10th Regiment, was appointed to officiate
as Brigade-Major, and carried on its duties with great
efficttncy, giving, as his predecessor had done, every
satisfaction to the Chief Engineer, who also makes
favourable mention of Captain • Longden, her
Majesty's 10th Regiment, Acting Field Engineer,
whoee diligence and useful services have, frequently,
during the operations before Moulton, come under my own
notiete: and alfhotab, at the earliest commencement of
them, I drew his Excelh.ncy's attention to the ability and
persevereece regfecel by Lieutenant Glover of the En-
gincers, in performing (in August last) :he important duty,
assigned•to hi en on my approaching Moulton, of block-
ing op the mouth of the Grand Canal, I would lain
recur to it in this, as that officer's qpurse has, ever since,
been consistent with this beginninE.
As, from Jely last, the arduou?, and often harassing,
duties of Brigwie Quartermasters of the Bengal field
force, h.v© been tifutormly carried out by the under-
mentioned officers, wiqi an energy and attention most
creditable to thew, I be-g to bring them to his Lordship's
favourable notice.

Artillery—LQtenant W. K. Fooks.
Dagineers—Livatenant J. E. Cracroft, 69th Nativ.3
Infan.ry.

Cavalry:—Lientenant JrII. e
ItiLntr Toone, 11 VI Light Cavalry.
Nati•inlantry.
y. Brig4do--Lictronaut G. G. Moxon, 52d
v_

2(1 Litiotri
Nat;v,3 In entry.

Brigade—Litutt,nant J. 11, Reit!, 51st

1 have the honour to enclose a detailed return of the
ordnance capturcd from the enemy during our opera-
tions before Moulton; total 50 pieces, including four
large mortars;_ also Major-Garbett's letter of the 231
ult., that accompanied it; and with which I also asso-
eiti;e letter's, of the semo date, from Brigadier Cheape,
C.f3a, Chief Engineer, Major Napier. and Capt. Slddons.
I have, As aodclusion, the honour of forwarding a gene-
ral easuilty list of the force, from tho 17th of August,
1848, to the 22d of January, 1849, which win, I trust,

(From the London Gazette Extraordinary of thi evening.)
INDIA BRAID, MAY 2.
The clispetoli, of whiabctlie following is an smtract,
steiti.the resompsnying papers, have been this day re-
ieeivect M tke limn Intim, House, from the Governor-
General of .India.
TER Ilirr/IMOR-CaEXIIRAL OF INDIA TO THZ SECRET
CONNITTZZ.

Camp, Ferezepore, March 24th, 1849.
(Extract.)
The tietory of Goojerat, followed up, as it has been,
With unfailing vigour by Sir Walter Gilbert, has led to
the delivery of the British prisoners, the surrender of the
Seikh chiefs, with all the guns that still remained to
them, and the entire prostration of the Seikh army.
These important results have been obtained, without
another shot being fired.
On the Bth instant,
the enemy, about 16,000 strong,
were at Lewin Pindee, thirty-one miles in advance of
the position which Sir Walter Gilbert had reached. In
the evening, Mrs. Lawrence and her children, with
others of the British prisoners, arrived in the General's
camp. The rest, accompanied by Raja Shere Singh,
Lail Singh, More.reea, and 450 followers, came in, a few
hours afterwards. On the following day, Shere
Singh returned to Rawul Linde°, to arrange with his
troops for their unconditional capitulation. Sir Walter
Gilbert, however, determined to continue his advance,
and to close up his rear division, for the purpose of
moving on the enemy's position. On the 18th, he was at
Manikyala, where Sirdar Khan Singh Majeetia came,
and tendered his submission, bringing with him his
armed retainers, about 1,000 men, with some
guns. On the'l Ith he was at Hoormook, on the left
bank of the Sohan River. There Sirdar Chutter Singh,
Raja Shere Singh, and several other Sirdars, and officers
of the Sielda army, arrived in his camp, gave up their
swords, and made over 17 guns, intimating that others
were en their way.
On the 14th, the General reached Rawul Pin-
dee, turd received the surrender of the whole body
of the Seikh army, the Sirdars surrendering their swords
in the presence of the commanding officers of divisions
and brigades, and their staff:. The total number of
guns given up was forty-one, and 16,000 stead of arms
were laid down. I have since learnt that the arms
amount to more than 20,000.
All the Sirdars that were in arms have surrendered,
with the exception of two, Bhaee Maharaj Singh (still
alive, it seems), and Colonel Richpaul Singh, who have
absconded, but without adherents.
"We have now," writes his Extelleney the Com-
mander-in-Chief, "in our possession, 56 guns, taken at
Goojerat, and abandoned by the enemy in his retreat,
en the 21st of February-41, surrendered to Major-
General Sir W. Gilbert, since that event-12, captured
at Chillianwallah—andso at Illoultan—making a total of
158 pieces of ordnance, which have fallen into our bands
during the present campaign."
In offering to Major-General Gilbert, and to the
whole army, my heartfelt congratulations upon the
events above related, the results of the battle of Goo-
jerat, and of tke operations subsequent to it, so admira-
bly conducted by the Major-General, in fulfilment of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief's instructions,
I did not allow the glory of these results to conceal the
fact, that although the Seikh enemy was humbled to the
dust, nod his power uttetly crushed, these still re-
sneined another, whose wanton and insolent hostility
demanded sp_edy ohastistment. I cannot regard
the war as cuncludel—l cannot say that peace is
restored—until 1)ost Maln-med Khan and the Affghan
enemy are either driven from the province of Peshawur,
er destroyed within it. This may be—l hope it is—the
case, even now. I have heard, already, of Sir W. Gilbert
being at Attock, which the enemy ex a.nated, on his
approach. This energetic officer male a forced march
o thirty-one indea to that kirtress, in o:der to secure
the budge of boats on the Indus from being burnt
or cit se:toyed ; and, in this olject he has been
quite success!ui, having secured no less than seven-
teen beats, afar the bridge hid Eh en broken by
the retr. ating Aff;hans. The Mji)r-General writes,
that he hopes to cm si the river with the Bengal division,
on the afternoon of the 19. h ir s'ant, and intends to pmli
on, alter the filing weary, with all xpedition. lle
must, by this time, have reached Peshawur; and the
Arn,er ~rill hardly venture to meet him in the field.
XATRI GENERAL SIR W. R. GILBERT, K.O 8., TO TIIE
ADJUTANT-GENERAL.