The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-04 00:00:00

TIPPER SINDE:

Sir,—l have the honour herewith to forward a report
from Lieutenant Merewether, commanding at Shahp,xe,
of proceedings with regard to the inroad of the Booghtee
tribe, reported by me to you yesterday. Lieutenant
Merewether's letter requires no 'comment; it sets forth
distinctly and fully the particutara of the most perfectly
successful affair of the kind I have ever wifasesed or
heard of. One hundred and thirty-three men killed
nearly six hundred enemies, and made prisoners one
hn nired and twenty, in t.vo hours' fighting, the enemy
r:sii:ing manfully the whole time, and obstinately re-
fusing quarter. Five hundred and sixty dead bodies
have been counted, and there a:e probably more lying
about in the jungle.

The conduct of Lieutenant Kerowether himself has
been beyond all praise, and shows a rare and most ex-
cellent unison of implicit obedience and great military
skill, of cool and careful prudence with the most daring
courage. _ _

...
I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) J. JACOB, Major,
Commanding Sinde Irreiallar Horse, Frontier,
Shahpore, Oct. 2, 1847.
TO MAJOR JACOB, COMSIANDINC, FRONTIER, KILLNOITIt.
Sir,—Having received good intelligence of the whole
Booghtee force having entered the plain as already re-
ported to you, 'have the honour to inform you that I
started at half-past one o'clock on the morning of the
Ist of October with a party of the Sinde Ir-
regular Horse, amounting to 133 men of all
ranks, from hahpore, in pursuit of the enemy.
I arrived at the Zeemanee aiver just as it became
light enough to see clearly the tracks of the enemy. I
observed a spot in the bed of th a; Zeemanee River where
they had apparently halted for :s short time; from the
marks, I was of opinion that tilteir strength might be
400 or 700 footmen, with a small party of horse. I thence
proceeded, according to your ia ultructionF, along the foot
of the small hill, intending to WI .e post in the Teywagh,
thinking that the enemy would I Trtaiply return that way
and the ground being favourabi 4 for cavalry to act on.
flowerer, I had not proceeded a, quarter of a mile beyond
the " Timanee" River, when Jan Mahomed Kheyree,
who was a short distance in ad% nande, came back and in-
formed me that he had heard I litmd shouting and much
noise in the direction of Kour tie. My detachment was
marching in column of troops. I wheeled them into line,
and proceeded in the direction , Yr Kouree, when, near the
jungle about that place, I saw tb se. enemy formed in a deep
And long line to my left. They .:appeared to be making a
side movement towards the ju tr gie. I therefore passed
rapidly along their front to cut. them off from the jungle,
and drive them to the open plat. in. They were at this
time posted in some rough hr oken ground, with sand
hillocks and bashes, but appa re, itly fancying from my
7.alloping along their front thi it I did not intend to at-
lack them, they
.left their vat at .age ground and rushed
forward to attack me, with n 'itch firing, loud shouts,
,Lnd howls. This at once g:s se me all I wished for,
namely, a fair field. I immedi.a tely changed front to the
left, which the men did most &steadily, as if on parade.
When my change of position. was executed, I charged.
The charge was made steadily :and rapidly, with irresis-
tible effect. The Booghte es had formed a solid
mass to receive us, but /wt are overthrown at the
first onset with terrible Lass. They then moved
off towards the hills, dis, to nt about three miles,
in disorder, but shouldering together as closely
as they could. We contin aed our attacks, killing
numbers, until, on recrossir t g the Zumanee river,
they made another short stand.. They were again over-
thrown and driven into the op. it I plain. They were now
approaching the low hills, wl at :n. Russaidar Sheik Ali,
very judiciously getting some tven in advance, cut them
off from that place of refuge, and they turned back
towards Koouree. Their ni it nbers were now getting
small, but, though repeated ofl b rs of quarter were made
to them, they obstinately con ti .need to fight until the
destruction was so great that .their numbers were re-
duced to 120, many of whom a vere wounded. At last,
seeing resistance utterly hopel es s, they were induced to
throw down theirarms and sun. Ir Lder ; not a single footman
escaped capture or death; wiry a horsemen alone oat of
the whole force of the enemy, a,tated by the prisoners to
have been full 700 in all, inclu xt ing 35 horsemen; among
the slain are several chieftai .n s of note, in fact all the
leaders of repute in the Le el 5. The undermentioned
were recognised among the d. 5t id
Hundoo, Nothanee; Cora, F :ulpur; Kurreemdad, Rai-
mooaye; Jumah (outlaw), J -sackrange; Chuttah, ditto,
ditto (killed in the attack on Kundranee); Kumber,
nephew of the Shumbrane Mid " Lango; also a ne-
phew of Hundoo's, name unk sown; Sungur, Kind.
There were also many of he rs, esteemed as warlike
character, but of less note, ki litld. Neither Islam Khan
nor Alim Khan were with th 3 party.
Our own loss has, I am h si )py to say, been trifling
compared to the result, as sh a, sn by the annexed return
of lulled and wounded; nine tsf our horses were killed
and ten wounded, seven of tl !QM mortally so; amongst
the wounded is your own hc r se, which I was riding at
the time. He has received Vso severe sword cuts, one
on the loins, close behind th a saddle, and the other on
the heel. After all was ovei-: I returned to Shapoor rid
able to,mt° which
Chutter,
of my detachmenth I
wounded till I could e t
Azeera Rhan
from this place.
ing. tou,ualttle;pla, A I had sent all the prisoners
Russndiedr the q tstody of Naib Rusauldar
Before I fell in with the
aSt ht ik Ali, with the remainder
.onree to take care of the
Alle ad out assistance and carriage
zeturu.e 3 to Shahpoor this morn-
;ftenee, whence they were
plunder the villa,pa of Ruelai tnY they had attempted to
beaten off by the head man,7l
in splendid style. Deen Mal, earner
the notorious " Chutta," J *akrateeaend hanis
taking one prisoner. Three.. date nil'
Mallomed Kyheree,
a top of taitiotethweitrsal,l abnd
people killing
made by the Booghtees on th to for t, and at oneac
time the
assailants had actually reach( ti th
, ut
were thrown back by the de' ;ender -s.

All my native officers and 1 men behaved well in this
affair; nothing could be m( ire pet feet than the steadi-
ness, resolution, and quickness which they showed
throughout ; but I beg parti. :ule rly to bring to your
notice the excellent conduct a Russaidar Shaik Ali,