The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-14 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

warnsfr OPERATIONS AGAIN 'T NAPALTL.
(Front the Galt:matt Times, Jan. 17)
We regret to state that the accounts received
during the week, concerning the operations of the
'divisions of ,the army, under Generals Martindell,
Wood, and Marley, are of an unfavourable
na-
,tttre. Th'e following is the substance of our pri-
vate ad' ices fr leer .General nartindell's camp, in
the vicinity of Mahon.
'f%vo-columns moved off front camp on the night
of the 26th ult. in different directions. One; of
them, commanded by Major Ludlow, was born-
posed of a battalion. of the Bth native intan-:
try, five light companies, and the grenatlier
companies of his Majesty's 53d foot. Thesq.kol.'
vanced about seven-miles, when they attacked Ana,
carr'cd a stockade of the enemy, but ,wcre obliged
to;attandon. it afterwards, having. used all their
ammunition pouch; and a supply nnt having
'come up. it In ts affair Lieutenant -11:lont, of the
Ist N I has been killed, and Lieutenant Seatt,
of rite 5111, Seyer, of the fith, frith Ensign Dorrelly,
of the 27111,. are wounded.
The other column's, consisting of the I.3th re-
giment, the light companies of the 53d (King's)
7th, 26th, and 27th, native,, and the 6th com-
pany of pioneers, un:ler the command of Maio',
Richards, matelied off about eleven o'clock on the
same night. • After traver:ing-anextent of .about
18 Mies, over rocks and precipices, tin' arrived
on the following this., at noon, withia half a alile
of the fort' of .Joinpta. Major II here commenced
his Operations, by taking-meatires td cat solf the
water from the garrison, aoll had' not been 11ins
employed above -an hour, when .the enenty began
to pour down front the fort in such muliitmics,
that it was found necessary to take posses9ion
of a height, a.ncl stand on the'-defenive,... This
was inoned!atiely done, and front one o'clock
until seven, the detachment had to keep up.
an inces!.ant fire on the assailing enemy, doting
- which time theirammtmition was expended. Stones
.
were then heaped for. the purpose of." herng
hurled upon the assailants, when it was perceived.
that they had run ofit ;1 gun front the fort, abOut
a quarter of a
.mile on the left of the de,tachment,
another on the right, and a third in the rear, so
that it .was comPletely surrounded. Orders were
at this time received fram General Martindell; to
ret real measure wlach Was ec.complished, not„
however, willt6nt considerable loss amt. confusion
comna.nrmcv,Linte_n4nt:l'llaru and
lisitn, or toe Atilt!, allu v,nsign Turner
of the 27th, bc;itg among the killed, and AsSiSI-
£IIIE:-SWICO:IS Watson, of the 13th, and Dar.by of
the 7th, supposed to be so. -
The fatigues as well as loss of this little detach
meat have -been, severe.- In the course of their
advance and retreat they marched 4G miles over
difficult ground, and without any refreshment ;
in the space of 24 .hours, dialog six of which,
from one to seven. P. M., they were continually
fighting, having had to repulse twenty differept
attacks. made by the enemy, for the purpose of
driving them front the heiglat, Captain Warner of
the 6th, and Lieutenants Stalkart and Johnston of
the 13th are missing-, and a number of men are
. . -
killed and wounded.
Later accounts state, that 14 Officers and '2BO
rank and file, have been killed and wounded. The
disproportionate severity in the loss sustained by
the Of slims, that they must have exposed
themselves very much in'the situations-of danger,
during such unequal combat. The substance of
our accounts front the army of General Wood, are
mostly comprehended in the following
EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED CAMP; THREE
MILES FROM BUTTOOL, J4:4 4. 1815.
" Yesterday six companies of his Majesty's 17th foot, both
detachments of the 14th native infantry, five companies each,.
the two' Hank companies of the 170 /native infantry, three
companies-4 the Bth, three of the 12th, the cavalry and gal-
lopers, sonic autillery, and a party of piotierrs, left camp at
nine, A.M. under the personal command of General Wood;
the object in view, I believe, to gain possession of the town
of Buttool, situated at the foot of the hills.
" Tne troops marched on; his Majesty's 17th leading, buit
tLey had not advanced above a mile in the jungle before a
high. wall of stu:te, about eight feet, thrown.across the road,
brought them up. The Eaatters at the same time gave outlet
that the enemy were stroug!y posted in the jui)gle on fue
right and. left. They immediately commenced a heavy fire
front every cr:arter, and brought town our men in numbers,
for the road 'being a good one, and a jungle Ott each side
close, oar risen were fairohiects to direct their tire on, white
we were not able to' pere;.ive 'a man. We were therefore
obliged to fire at random iota- the. jungle. About an boor
before the march of General Wood, ,two companies of his•
Majesty's 17th, and seven of the 17th native infantry, under. -
Major Comyn, of the latter corps, moved off to divert the
enemy's attention from the main attack, and, ,if possible, to
turn their flank, as soon as our firing commenced. The
enemy, however, were so protected by steep ravines, and
other natural as well as artificial obstacles, that they could
mate no impression, and were obliged to return.
" In the mean time, General Wood, with the, .detachment
of the 7th t'aul; the light companies of the other battalions,
and same (tithe 14th, was warmly engaged with the enemy
(from the nature of the ground. the whole could not be
brought into and a most drradfal fire was kept up for
an hour and 20 minutes. Where the enemy were seen they
were charged and bayoneted, and their loss must have
been immense, as they wore not pirtieularly
solici-
tons to avoid open comi?at, but fought gallantly baud
to hand.- The nature of the jungle was such, -so muse
and heavy, that we could make no impresitm, it
whe' a retreat wAs sounded,- it was some tune berme our
brovt fellows could he rerailed on to desist from their at-
tempts tq penetrate it. Whenever they could obtain 'a glance
at any party of the coenty, they returned with ardour to the r-
charge, and briliiantty sustained the character of British
" General Wood was struck, by a spent ball ill the chest,
but 6thvrwise n injured. 2.tigade Major 1-.liatt,-(l4pt.sin
M. Nl,Powall, and k..ieutemint .Morrison, etigineers,-,:•re
Ivo:poled; his Majesty:, 17th Imo 1-1 and Bo wounded]
Some. Officers AN ere struck with spent bans. Lieuten4i,ts
Poititz .tud Pia, rin' the 17th were wounded. The ,
bet of the 3,..16}b killed and woundeto hart Pot heard. war

;tic. 14:1:s1; zzpirite, fur
I-duabt not we s!iall ent2ry every thing beta re tis."

Of the disastron re sit of the attacks ,matte
the enfitn.' nn tlV(') bill1C;i11. Alv,lnCed
ifCradifllefitS in the 'Torts; :.„ no -very dkaired or
authentic accounts hat e yet rbt.clicd•us. The chief
eircionstances„ hc:•wever,are gciehttly known. 'lite
attack on Ci:lpt. Sibley's party Commenced at day
break on .the rat current. The iii.thictiment was
composed of 'four companies of- the 15th native
infantry, and a fete European artillery with
one six-pounder. The enemy, whose steengt.j ex.
cecifect ours by a least ten tiers, moved cio.t'tq
tire attack in separate columns, with great: .-t-gu»,
larity, and supported by a tromerons troop of ele-
phants, with ginjauls mounted on them. One cd
Nom is said to have passed to the rear,Of Capt. Sib-
ley's camp, and taken possession of the spare annnu
nition-; a circumstance which contributed. mater
rially to their ultimate
.success. Both sepoys and
Europeans contested the ground with great
bravery,, but were obliged at length to yield
to superior numbers. The gun fill into the
possession of the enemy, anti the surviving' part
of the- foree,. trot supposedato exceed one hundred
men, effected their retreat across the Nullvh, oa
which one flank of the detachment rested.. Tbe
body of Captain Sibley, who fell -under. his
wounds,. was carried" across tire rivulet by four
grenadiers •of his battalion; but being hard
pressed they were obliged to abandon it, after
reaching the opposite-side. Capt. Sibley, on the
day preceding this unfortunate affair, is said to
have received secret information of the enemy's
intention to attack him, and to have applied .ac-
COlNtillgi% for reinforcements. Vonr additional
companies of the 151 h, were in consequence de-
tached floor camp to liii.suppoit, but too late—
when within a mile of the spot, they fell in with
sonic vragglers, who informed them of the issue
of the day, and warned them to retire, which it
was accordingly 'thought prudent to cio: The
whottt of General Marley's fUrce immediately
AnoVed• forward on receipt of the above intelli-
gence ; anti the (meaty, there is reason to believe,
fell bark to their jungles.
-I';!ear;y about the same time gve ceuripanies of
'the 22d native infantry, posted at Gorashnn, un-
der Captain Black ney, were attacked in like man-
ner by an overwhelming force of the enemy, and
oblie.ed to retreat with considerable loss. Both
Captain ,Blackney.and lily s.ceond in c.otontand,
Lieutenant. Duncan, are among the killed.
The Sid battaiionz 7.th native infantry, com-
manded by 'l,,entenaot,Coloitel Ly,ms, arrived in
General Ochterkruy's camp on the 27th ult, at
which period offensive opci:ati:nis had not been
re-commenced against the fortress of Itattighnr,

Froin'Aleertat- we learn that the third reginivit
of cavalry had arrived there,. Inui that grenadier
cnni.vanks were daily joining- the force Collected
th.ere, consisted 'if a part of the horse ar-
tillery, the 6th dragoons, die 3d and it,h regiments
o native cavalry, under Sir \Vitliain Kcir,--des-
tinitions unknown.

I4th toot atnrched front .lerhantpove, can
tits l lilt, a-f4d crossed the Bang, atty the new
roil''., from thence tfi proceed to ilusscinnba(l.

I.?Acellency the Rigtit Hou. the. Governo-
r ,Na...; at Sahrunpore on. the 2e,th lilt. which
place bif Lordship %vas vxpveted to leave on the
following day'an his return to the Presidency by
Kut thirriabniih, Agra, Ftittvghtiri

A_A r _ _ - c ; t--,arr--.5----err t rriir
cotta is expected tile eod,of April, or
of May. •

(.Isia:k Jair, 8, - 8 1 )

From General Aiartindeil's camp we learn, that
.the detachments wider Majors Ludlow and
Richards hire sacred less thmt we had reason to
fear : three officers are killed, t missing, and
three wounded.—K ilied,_4o rank and file wound-
ed about 10.

(Calcatta,Catate, Jan. 1.9.)

We have very great pleasure in announcing a
marked and deeisive success gained by the force
under Brigadier Ochteilony, over the Goorkalee,
troops stationed in lthanighur. We have already
mentioned; that the reinforcements and battering-
train arrived in camp on the 26th tilt. On the
28th the 18-pounders, opened,' and the reserve
moved to occupy some heights on the rear of the
enemy, who received their e s by this route;
Next morning, ye believe, nearly the whole of:
-the garrison sallied out, headed by Umber Sing
in person. They were received by. Lieut. Colonel'
• Thompson, at the head of two battalions, and
driven front the fivld,- with the loss of 500 killed
and wounded. The whole of the stockades erect-
ed in front of the fort, and forining its chief pro-.
tection, have fallen into Brigadier Ochterlony's
bands. It is very satisfactory to-learn, that this
signal success Ids been achieved without atiy Of-
ficer being killed or wounded, and with a vet y
small loss of men. We mention, but not _upon
-authority so certAin, that_a report has reached
town of 1500 of the enemy having come over, and
joined the Brigadier's -force.