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IATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNUILL, LO.NDON.
Capital MOO,OOO.
Empowered by Act of Par!lamest.
This institution offsrs important and suintantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrm, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi interests to meet other convenh.ncee Cr necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
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The sacce.ss and increasing presperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3U to 76 per cant. on the premiums paid on
..ach Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLRS.

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INDIA AND CHINA.

DEFEAT OF THE SEIKHS,

WITIE
IMMENSE LOSS,

AND
TERMINATION OF
THE WAR.

,t 1 g, let
s••• Bonus Bonus in is,9 g
r, Premium. g I added. Cash. o'• 0-
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1837 £l9l 13 5 487 13 5 413 17 1 4395 Il 1
60 1000 7, 3 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
'lB4O 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5

OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.

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ALRGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
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the security of the Company's rapidly increasing income, and an
accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other
available securities, of considerably larger amount than the esti-
mated liabilities of the Company.
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with the security of the Assured and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits.
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1 2 7
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1 19 10
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£1 11 10
2 0 7
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4 0 11
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"PROCLAMATION BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GO-
VERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
" Foreign Department, Kussoor, Feb. 14, 1846.
" The Seikh army has been expelled from the left bank of
the river Sutlej, having been defeated in every action with
the loss of more than 220 pieces of field artillery.
" The British army has crossed the Sutlej, and entered the

Punjaub.
" The Governor-General announces by this proclamation
that this measure has been adopted by the Government of
India, in accordance with the intentions expressed in the
proclamation of the 13th of Decpmber tact, gQ having beam
forced upon the Governor-General for the purpose of effec-
tually protecting the British provinces, for vindicating the
authority of the British Government, and for punishing
the violators of treaties and the disturbers of the public

peace.'
" These operations will be steadily persevered in and vi-
gorously prosecuted until the objects proposed to be accom-
plished are fully attained. The occupation of the Punjaub
by the British forces will not be relinquished until ample
atonement for the insult offered to the British Government
by the infraction of the treaty of 1809, A.D., and by the
unprovoked invasion of the British provinces, shall have been
exacted. These objects will include full indemnity for all
expenses incurred during the war, and such arrangements for
the future government of the Lahore territories as will give
perfect security to the British Government against similar
acts of perfidy and aggression.
" Military operations against the Government and army of
the Lahore State have not been undertaken by the Govern..
ment of India from any desire of territorial aggrandisement.
The Governor-General, as already announced in the procla-
mation of the 13th of December, ' sincerely desired to see
a strong Seikh Government re, established in the Panjarib
able to control its army and to protect its subjects.'
The sincerity of these professions is proved by the fact
that no preparations for hostilities had been made when the
Lahore Government suddenly, and without a pretext of com-
plaint, invaded the British territories. The unprovoked ag-
gression has compelled the British Government to have re-
course to arms, and to organise the means of offensive war-
fare, and whatever may now befal the Lahore State, the
consequences can alone be attributed to the misconduct of
that Government and its army.
"No extension of territory was desired by the Government
of India; the measures necessary for providing indemnity for
the past and security for the future will, however, involve the
retention by the British Government of a portion of the
country hitherto under the Government of the Lahore State.
The extent of territory which it may be deemed advisable to
hold will be determined by the conduct of the Durbar, and
by considerations for the security of the British frontier.
The Government of India will, under any circumstances,
annex to the British provinces the districts, hill and plain,
situated between the rivers Sutlej and Bees, the revenues
thereof being appropriated as a part of the indemnity required
from the Lahore State.
" The Government of India has friendly declared that it
did not desire to subvert the Seikh Government in the Pun-
jaub ; and although the conduct of the Durbar has been
such as to justify the most severe and extreme measures of
retribution (the infliction of which may yet be required by
sound policy, if the recent acts of violence be not amply
atoned for and immediate submission tendered), nevertheless
the Governor-General is still willing that an opportunity
should be given to the Durbar and to the chiefs to submit
themselves to the authority of the British Government, and
by a return to good faith and the observance of prudent
counsels, enable the Governor-General to organize a Seikh
Government in the person of a descendant of its founder, the
late Maharaja Runjeet Singh, the faithful ally of the
British Power.
" The Governor-General, at this moment of a most com-
plete and decisive victory, cannot give a stronger proof of
the forbearance and moderation of the British Government
than by making this declaration of his intentions, the terms
and mode of the arrangement remaining for further adjust-
ment.
" The Governor- General therefore calls upon all those
chiefs who are the well-wishers of the descendants of Run-
jeet Singh, and especially such chiefs as have not partici-
pated in the hostile proceedings against the British Power,
to act in concert with him for carrying into effect such ar-
rangements as shall maintain a Seikh Government at Lahore',
capable of controlling its army and protecting its subjects,
and based upon principles that shall provide for the future
tranquillity of the Seikh states, shall secure the British fron-
tier against a repetition of acts of aggression, and shall
prove to the whole world the moderation and justice of the
paramount powet of India
" If this opportunity of rescuing the Seikh nation from
military anarchy and misrule be neglected, and hostile oppo-
siti
make to henritish army be renewed, the Government of
India such other arrangements for the future go-
vernment of the Punjaub as the interests and security of the
British Power may render just and expedient.
" By order, &c.,
(Signed) " F. CURRIE,
Sosretary to the Government of India,
with the Governor-General.
(True copy) t' W. EDWARDS,
Under-Secretary to the Government of India,
with the Governor-General."

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Life ; without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership.
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which it hot occupied in the former building from 1720 till its de-
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COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
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which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum
en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from
the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
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onlyonmost
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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET,
office, London .at the Entrance of the Old Post
DIRECTORS.
JOHN LABOITCHERE, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P.
John W. Buckle, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. James Morris Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
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average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
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On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
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about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
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must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams,
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agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary._

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Mr. Hutt, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Earl
of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade.

THE VICTORY OF SOBRAON.
GENE:RAL ORDER.
Foreign Department, Camp Kussoor, Feb. 14.
The Governor-General having received from his Excel-
lency the Commander-in-Chief the dispatch annexed to this
paper, announces to the army, and to the people of India, for
the fourth time during this campaign, a most important and
memorable victory obtained by the army of the Sutlej over
the Seikh forces in Sobraon. on the 10th inst.
35,000 men and 67 pieces of artillery, exclusive
On that day the enen iy's strongly entrenched camp, de-
gips on the opl iosite bank of the river, was stormed
bb the British army une,er tbe immediate command ~f his
Excellency Sir Hugh Go ugh, Bart., G.C.8., and in two hours
the Seikh forces were driven into the river with immense loss,
67 guns being captured 'by the victors.
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fended e
heavy d by
The Govei-nor-General, most cordially congratulates the
Commander- in-Chief anei the British army on this exploit,
one of the most daring ever achieved, by which, in open day,
a triple line of breastwork a, flanked by formidable redoubts,
L bristling with artillery, ins nne4 by 32 regular regiments of
infantry, was assaulted amid carried by the forces under his
Excellency's command.
This important operation: -was most judiciously preceded by
a cannonade from the he ~vy howitzers and mortars which
had arrived from Delhi c at the Bth inst., the same day on
which the forces under iNlajor-General Sir Harry Smith,

4:` Ny APRIL 1, 1846.

SCENE OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN INDIA.

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taking an hate_ ietween Major-
Generalgilbeet Hairy Smith's
left, proteelg 'ph Thabkwell,
under whom , rve on Odr left,
ready to act as circumstances might demand, the resCef the
cavalry. •
Our battery of 9-pounders, enlarged into twelves, opened
near the little Sobraon with a brigade of hOwitzers formed
from the light field batteries and troops of horse artillery,
shortly after daybreak. But it was half-past six befoiv the
whole of our artillery fire was developed. It was' most
spirited and well directed. • I cannot speak in terms too high
of the judicious disposition of the guns, their "admirable
practice, or the activity With which the cannonade was sus-
tained; but, notwithstanding the fiirmidable -calibre 'of our
iron guns, mortar., and howitzers, and the admirable way in
which they were served, and aided by a rocket battery, it
would have been visionary to expect that they could, within
any litnited time, silence the fire of seventy pieces behind well
constructed batteries of earth, plank, and fascinee; or dislodge
troops covered either by redoubts or epaulentents, nr within
a treble line of trenches.' The effect of the cannonade was,
as has since been proved by an inspection of the camp, most
severely felt by••the enemy; but it soon became evident that
the issue of this struggle must be brought to the arbitrement
of musketry add the bayonet: -• • • • • •
At nine o'clock Brigadier. Stacey's brigade, supported on
either flank by Captains Horsford'e and Fordyce's batteries
and Lieutenant-Colonel Lane's troop of Horse Artillery,
moved to the attack in admirable order. The infantry and
guns aided each other co-relativel'v. The former marched
steadily on in line, which they halted only to correct when
necessary. The latter took up successive positions_at the
gallop, until at length they were within 300 yards-of the
heavy batteries of the Seikhs; but, notwithstanding the regu-
larity, and coolness, and scientific character of this assault,
which Brigadier Wilkinson well supported, so hot Was the
fire of cannon, musketry, and zumboorucks kept up "by the
Klialsa troops, that it seemed for some moments impossible
that the intrenchnients could be won under it ; but soon per-
severing gallantry triumphed, and the whole army had the
satisfaction to see the gallant Brigadier Stacey's soldiers
driving the Seikhs in confusion before them within the area
of their encampment. The 10th Foot, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Franks, now for the first time brought into -serious
contact with the enemy, greatly distinguished themselves.
This regiment never fired a shot till it got within the
works of the enemy. The onset of her Majesty's 53c1 Foot.
was as gallant and effective. The 43d and 59th Native
Infantry brigaded with them, and emulated both in cool
determination.
At the moment of this first success, I directed Brigadier
the Hon. T. Ashburnham's brigade to move on in support,
and Major-General Gilbert's and Sir Harry Smith's divisions
to throw out their light troops to threaten their works aided
by artillery. As these attacks of the centre and right com-
menced, the fire of our heavy guns had first to be directed
to the right, and then gradually cease, bat at one time the
thunder of full 120 pieces 'of ordnance reverberated flip this
n tsiieliaitghhhtaee'dacmponasipl..areat through the valley of the Sutlej, and as it
was soon seen that the weight of the whole force within the
wd•asitilikelj- trenches,tn b e
bthrown upon the two
itbrigades
teamt necessary to convert
into close and serious attacks the demonstrations with skir- •
mishers and artillery of the centre and right; and the battle
raged with inconceivable fury from right to left. The Seikhs,
even when at particular points their intrenchments were
mastered with the bayonet, strove to regain them by the
fiercest conflict sword in hand. Nor was it until the cavalry
of the left under Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, had
moved forward any' ridden through the openings of the in-
' trenchments made by oursappers, in single file, and re-formed
as they passed them, and the 3d Dragoons, whom no obstacle
usually held formidable by horse appears to check, had on
this day, as at Ferozeshah, galloped over and cut down the
obstinate defenders of batteries and field-works, and until
the full weight of three divisions of infantry, with every
field artillery gun which could be sent to their aid, had.
been cast into the scale, that victory finally declared for
the British. The fire of the Seikhs first slackened and then
nearly ceased, and the victors then pressing them on every
side, precipitated them in numbers over their bridge and
into the Sutlej, which a sudden rise of seven inches had
rendered hardly fordable. In their efforts to reach the right
bank, through the deepened water, they suffered from our
horse artillery a terrible carnage. Hundreds fell under this
cannonade; hundreds upon hundreds were drowned in at-
tempting the perilous passage. Their awful slaughter, con-
fusion, and dismay were such as would have excited com-
passion in the hearts of their generous conquerors, if the
Khalsa troops had not, in the earlypart of the action, sullied.
their gallantry by slaughtering and barbarously mangling
every wounded soldier whom, in the vicissitudes of attack,
the fortune of war left at their mercy. I must pause in this
narrative especially to notice the determined hardihood and
bravery with which our two battalions of Ghoorkhas, the
Sirmoor and Nusseree, met the Seikhs wherever they were
opposed to them. Soldiers of small stature, but indomitable
spirit, they vied in ardent courage in the charge with the
grenadiers of our own nation, and armed with the short
weapon of their mountains, were a terror to the Seikhs
throughout this great combat.
Sixty-seven pieces of cannon, upwards of 200 camel swivels
(zumboorucks), numerous standards, and vast munitions of
war, captured by our troops, are the pledges and trophies of
our victory. The battle was over by eleven in the morning,
and in the forenoon I caused our engineers to burn a part and
to sink a part of the vaunted bridge of the Khalsa army,
across which they had boastfully come once more to defy us,
and to threaten India with ruin and devastation.
We have to deplore a loss severe in itself, but certainly not
heavy when weighed in the balance against the obstacle
overcome and the advantages obtained. 1 have especially to
lament the fall of Major-General Sir Robert Dick, K.C.8.,
a gallant veteran of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns.
He survived only till evening the dangerous grape-shot
wound which he received close to the enemy's intrench-
ments whilst personally animating, by his dauntless example,
the soldiers of her Majesty's 80th Regiment in their career of
noble daring. Major-General Gilbert, to whose gallantry
and unceasing exertions I have been so deeply indebted, and
whose services have been so eminent throughout this eventful
campaign, and Brigadier Stacey, the leader of the brigade,
most hotly and successfully engaged, both received contu-
sions. They were such as would have caused many men to
retire from the field, but they did not interrupt for a
moment the efforts of these heroic officers. Brigadier
BPLaren, so distinguished in the campaigns in Alf-
ghanistan, at Maharajpore, and now again in our
conflicts with the Seikhs, has been badly wounded by
a ball in the knee. Brigadier Taylor, (C. 13 ), one of the
most gallant and intelligent officers of the army, to whom
I have felt deeply indebted on many occasions, fell in this
fight at the head of :hie brigade, in close encounter with
the enemy, and covered with honourable wounds. Brigadier
Penny, of the Nusseree Battalion, commanding the 2d
brigade, has been wounded, but not, I trust, severely. I
am deprived for the present of the valuable services of
Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Gough, C. 8., Acting Quarter-
Master General of her Majesty's troops, whose aid I have so
highly prized in all my campaigns is China and India. He
has received a wound from a grape shot, which is severe,
but I hope not dangerous. Lieutenant-Colonel Barr, Act-
ing Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces, whose superior
merit as a staff officer I have before recorded, has suffered
a compound fractare in the left arm by a ball. It is feared
that amputation may become necessary. Lieutenant-
Colonels Ryan and Petit, of the 50th Feet, were both badly
wounded with that gallant regiment. Captain John Fisher,
Commandant of the Sirmoor battalion, fell at the head of his
valiant little corps, respected and lamented by the whole

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ment generally, for their ability. and intelligence. To the
Quartermaster-General the service is much indebted, to the
judgment and zeal which mark all the proceedings of that
officer, and the Governor-General offers his acknowledg-
ments to him, to the Deputy Quartermaster-General, Lieut.-
Colonel Drummond, and the officers of that department.
To Lieutenant-Colonel Barr, Acting Adjutant-General,
and to Lieutenant-Colonel Gough, Acting Quartermaster-
General (Queen's service), the Governor-General's thanks are
due. He regrets the temporary deprivation of the services of
these officers by the wounds they have received.
To Lieutenant-Colonel Birch, Judge Advccate-General,
the Governor-General again has to repeat his thanks for his
intelligence and gallantry.
To Lieutenant-Colonel Havelock Persian interpreter, the
Governor-General offers his best thanks.
The Governor-General desires to record his obligations to
Count Ravensburgh and to the officers of his Royal High-
ness's staff, Count Oriole and Count Greuben. This gallant
and amiable Prince, with his brave associates of the Prussian
army, has shared all the dangers, and secured for himself the
respect and admiration of the British army; and the Go-
vernor-General begs to convey to his Royal Highness and his
staff his cordial thanks for the ready offers of their services
on the field of battle.
The Governor-General has now to acknowledge the ser-
vices rendered by the officers attached t.) his own staff.
He renews to -Lieutenant-Colonel Benson, of the Military
Board, his strong sense of the impottant services rendered by
that officer during the whole of this campaign, whose general
information in military details and cool judgment in action
deserve this acknowledgment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, the Governor-General's military
secretary, displayed on the 10th inst. the same intelligence
and gallantry as on former occasions.
Major Lawrence, the Governor-General's Political Agent,
hae--ti.—.,,e-hout these operations afc.ra.l---au)st useful assist-
ance by his ability, zeal, and activity in the field, as well as
on every other occasion.
Captain Mills, Assistant Political Agent and Honorary
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General, has shown the most
unwearied devotion to the services as well in the field as in
the exercise of his personal influence in the protected Seikli
states.
The Governor-General's thanks are also due to Captain
Cunningham, of the Engineers, Assistant Political Agent.
The Governor-General's Aides-de-Camp, Captain Grant,
Lord Arthur Hay, Captain Peel, and Captain Hardinge, by
their gallantry and intelligence rendered themselves mebt
useful.
In the operationsof this campaign, in which officers of the
civil service have accompanied the camp and participated in
the risks incidental to active warfare, the Governor-General's
thanks are due for their readiness in encountering these
risks and their endurance of privations. The Governor-
General acknowledges the able assistance he had at all times
received from the Political Secretary, F. Currie, Esq. His
acknowledgments are also due to his private secretary, C.
Hardinge, Esq., and to the Assistant Political Agent, R.
Cust, Esq.
Lieutonant-Colonel Parsons, Deputy Commissary-General,
has succeeded in keeping the army weal supplied, and the Go-
vernor-General is much satisfied with his exertions and
those of the officers under his command. The army took
the fidid under circumstances of great difficulty, and by stre-
nuous exertions and good arrangements on the part of the
Lieutenant-Colonel, the army has now a large supply in re-
serve, a result very creditable to the chief of the Commis-
sariat Department. The manner in which Captain Johnson
has conducted the Commissiariat duties entrusted to bon
has also met with the Governor General's approbation.
To Dr. Macleod, Superintending-Surgeon, and to Dr. Gra-
ham, as well as to the officers of the Medical Department
generally, the Governor-General offers his acknowledgments.
His thanks are due to Dr. Walker, Surgeon to the Go.
vernor-General, whose ability is only to be equalled by his
zeal and humanity.
A salute of twelve guns will be fired in celebration of the
victory of Sobraon at all the usual stations of the army.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India,
F. CURRIE, Secretary to the Government of India,
with the Governor General.

army.
I have now to make the attempt, difficult, nay impracti-
cable 'though I deem it, of expressing in adequate terms
my sense of obligation to those who especially aided me by
their talents and self-devotion in the hard-fought field of
Sobraon.
First, Right Hon. Sir, you must permit me to speak of
yourself. Before the action, I had the satisfaction of sub-
mitting to you my plan of attack, and I cannot describe
the support which I derived from the circumstances of its
having in all its details met your approbation. When a
soldier of such sound judgment and matured experience as
your Excellency assured me that my projected operation
deserved success, I could not permit myself to doubt that,
with the blessing of Divine Providence, the victory would
be ours. Nor did your assistance stop here ; though suf-
fering severely from the effects of a fall, and unable to mount
on horseback without assistance, your uncontrollable de-
sire to see this army once more triumphant, carried you
into the hottest of the fire, filling all who witnessed your ex-
posure to such peril at once with admiration of the in-
trepidity that prompted it, and anxiety for your personal
safety, involving so deeply in itself the interests and happi-
ness of British India. I must acknowledge also my obligation
to you for having, whilst 1 was busied with another portion
of our operations, superintended all the arrangements that
related to laying our bridge across the Sutlej near Feroze-
pore. Our prompt appearance on this bank of the river
after victory, and advance to this place, which has enabled
us to surprise its fort and encamp without opposition in one
of the strongest positions in the country, is the result of this
invaluable assistance.
The Major-Generals of divisions engaged deserve far more
commendation than lam able, within the limits of a dispatch,
to bestow. Major-General Sir Robert Dick, as I have already
related, has fallen on a field of renown worthy of his military
career and services, and the affectionate regret of his country
will follow him to a soldier's grave.
dNisipeltaoyreydotfhAe mlislavaie. vAalmouorreana drajuuodugsmtaenskt Nhasthicsheldgoamve
In his attack on the enemy's left Major-General Sir Harry
Smith
hifimevtehre, been assigned to a division. Never has an attempt
been more gloriously carried through.
I want words to express my gratitude to Major-General
Gilbert. Not only have Ito record that in this great fight
all was achieved by him which, as Commander-in-Chief, I
could desire to have executed ; not only on this day was his
division enabled by his skill and courageous example to
triumph over obstacles from which a less ardent spirit would
have recoiled as insurmountable, but since the hour in which
our leading columns moved out of Umballah I have found in
the Major-General an officer who has not merely carried out
all my orders to the letter, but whose zeal and tact have
enabled him in a hundred instances to perform valuable ser-
vices in exact anticipation of my -wishes. I beg explicitly to
recommend him to your Excellency's especial notice as a
divisional commander of the highest merit.
Major-General Sir Joseph 'l'hackwell has established a
claim on this day to the rare commendation of having
achieved much with a cavalry force, where the duty to be
done consisted entirely of an attack on field works usually
supposed to be the particular province of infantry and artil-
lery. His vigilance and activity throughout our operations,
and the superior manner in which our out-post duties have
been carried on under his
.superintendence, demand my
warmest acknowledgments.
Brigadier Stacey (C. 8.), I must commend to your special
protection and favour. On him devolved the arduous duty
of leading the first column to the attack, turning the enemy's
right, encountering his fire, before his numbers had been
thinned, or his spirit broken, and, to use a phrase which a
soldier like your Excellency will comprehend, taking off
the rough,edge of the Seikhs in the fight. now ably, how
gallantly, how successfully this was done, I have before i
endeavoured to relate. I feel certain that Brigadier Sta
xcel-
cey
and his noble troops will bold their due place n y
lency's estimation, and that his merits will meet with fit

THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S
DISPATCHES.
Head-Quarters, Army of the Sutlej,
Camp Kussoor, Feb. 13.
TO THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
OF INDIA, &c.
Right Hon. Sir,—This is the fourth dispatch which I have
had the honour of addressing to you since the opening of the
campaign_ Thanks to Almighty God, whose hand I desire
to acknowledge in all our successes, the occasion of my
writing now is to announce a fourth and most glorious and
decisive victory !
My butt communication detailed the movements of the
Seikhs arid our counter-manoeuvres since the great day of
Ferozeshah. Defeated en the tipper Sutlej, the enemy con-
tinned to. occupy his position on the right bank, and for-
midable tete de pont and entrenchments on the left bank of
the river in front of the main body of our army. But on the
10th instant, all that he held of British territory, which was
comprised in the ground on which one of his camps stood,
was stormed from his grasp, and his audacity was again sig-
nally punished by a blow, sudden, heavy, and overwhelming.
It is my gratifying duty to detail the measures which have
led to thin glorious result.
The enemy's works had been repeatedly reconnoitred dur-
ing the time of my head-quarters being fixed at Nihalkee,
by myself, by my departmental staff; and my engineer and
artillery officers. Our observations, coupled with the re-
ports of spies, convinced us that there had devolved on us
the arduous task of attacking, in a position covered with
formidable intrencbments, not fewer than 30,000 men, the
best of tle Kbalsa troops, with 70 pieces of cannon, united
by a good bridge to a reserve on the opposite bank, on
which the enemy had a considerable camp and some ar-
tillery, commanding and flanking his field works on our
side. .Major-General Sir Harry Smith's division having
rejoined me on the evening of the Bth. and part of my
siege train having come up with me, I resolved, on the
morning of the 10th, to dispose our mortars and battering
guns on the alluvial land within good range of the enemy's
works.. To enable us to do this, it was necessary first to
drive in the enemy's pickets • at the post of observation
in front of Koodeewalla, and at, the little Sobraon. It
was directed that this should be done during the night of the
9th, but ,the execution of this part of the plan was deferred
owing to misconceptions and casual circumstances until near
daybreak . The delay was of little importance, as the event
showed t trot the Secklis had followed our example in oc•
copying the two posts in force by day only. Of both, there-
fore, poss ession was taken without opposition. The batter-
ing and t isposed field artillery was then put in position in an
extended semicircle, embracing within its tire the works of
the Seikb 0. It bad been intended that the cannonade should
have con ,menccd at daybreak ; but so heavy a mist hung
over the plain and river, that it became necessary to wait
until the rays of the sun had penetrated it and cleared the
r
atmosplu ire. Meanwhile, nn the margin of the Sutlej under
left, two t Tigades of Major-General Sir 11. Dick's dievisi,oenc,
his person cal command, stood ready to cominrie,
ssault
against t be enemy's extreme right.
brigade, iu
which we is the 10th Foot, reinforced by
.ck. supported at
.
by Brigac tier Stacey, was to head the
ta
200 yards; distance by the 6th brigade utalltileisslCl
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Gil-
bert's div ision was dtheip)loy.leldafeoorfstuhpeport or attack, its right
resting o 3, and in the a-,
Major-
General 1 witharry
rights thrown
as formed near the village of
Guttah, its right up towards the Sutlej. Bri-
gadier Cs geton's cavalry, threatened, by feigned attacks, the
ford at 11 rareeke, and the enemy's horse under Raja I,all
Singh ,isr on the opposite bank. Brigadier Campbell,

reward.
Brigadier Orchard (C B.), in consequence of the only regi-
ment under his command, that was engaged in the aZlion,
being with Brigadier Stacey's brigade, attached himself to it,
and shared all its dangers, glories, and success.
whlicbli liiga
egtaswdaierrini;nd sincerely to praise the manlier in
Wilkinsoni supported Brigadier Stacey, and
followed his lead into the enemy's works.
Brigadier the Hon. T. Aidiburnham manoeuvred with great
coolness and success as a reserve to the two lad-mentioned
brigades.

Brigadier Taylor, her Majesty's 29th, fell nobly, as has
already been told, in the discharge of his duty. He is him-
self beyond the reach of earthly praise ; but it is my earnest
desire that his memory may be honoured in his fall; and
that his regiment, the army-with which he served, and his
country, may know that no officer held a higher place in my
poor estimation, for gallantry or skill, than Brigadier C. C.
Taylor.
Brigadier M'Laren (C. 8.), in whom-I have ever confided
as one of the ablest of the senior officers of this force, sus-
tained in this day, as I have before intimated, his already
enviable reputation ; I trust he may not long be kept by Ins
wound out of the sphere of active exertion which is his na-
tural element.
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at their head the most formidable opposition. I beg to bring
both in the most earnest manner to your notice, trusting that
Brigadier Penny's active services will soon become once more
available.
The manoeuvres of Brigadier Cureton's cavalry, in attract-
ing and fixing the attention of Raja Lall Singh.iNlisr's horse,
fulfilled every expectation which I had formed, and were
worthy of the skill of the officer employed, whose prominent
exploits at the battle of Aliwal I have recently had the honour
to bring to your notice.
Brigadier Scott (C. 8.), in command of the first brigade of
Cavalry, had the rare fortune of meeting and overcoming a
powerful body of infantry in the rear of a line of formidable
field works. I have to congratulate him on the success of
the noble troops under him, and to thank him for his own
meritorious exertions. lam quite certain that your Excel-
lency will bear them in mind.
Brigadier Campbell's brigade was less actively employed ;
but all that was required of it was most creditably performed.
The demonstrations on the enemy's left by the 9th Lancers,
towards the conclusion of the battle, was made in the best
order under a sharp cannonade.
Brigadier Gowan (C. 8.), deserves my best thanks for his
able arrangements, the value of which was so fully evinced
in the first hour and a half of this conflict, when it was al-
most exclusively an artillery fight. Brigadiers Biddulph
and Brooke, and Denny's, supported him in the ablest way
throughout the day, and have given the most effectual as-
sistance under the circumstances of the campaign.
The effective practice of our rockets on the wing under
Brigadier Brooke elicited my particular admiration.
Brigadier Smith, C. 8., had made all the dispositions in the
engineer department, which were in the highest degree judi-
cious and in every respect excellent. On the evening of the
9th instaat, Brigadier Irvine, whose name is associated with
one of the most brilliant events in our military history, the
capture of Bhurtpore, arrived in camp. The command would
of course have devolved on him, but with that generosity of
spirit which ever accompanies true valour and ability, he de-
clined to assume it, in order that all the credit of the work
which he had begun might attach to Brigadier Smith. To
himself, Brigadier Irvine sought only the opportunity of
sharing our perils in the field, and he personally accompanied
me throughout the day. Brigadier Smith has earned a title
to the highest praise which I can bestow.
To the general staff lam every way indebted. Nothing
could surpass the activity and intelligence of Lieutenant-
Colonel Garden and Major Grant, who are the heads of it,
in the discharge of the duties of their departments, ever very
laborious, and during the campaign almost overwhelming.
Both yet suffer under the effects of wounds previously re-
ceived. Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, C. 8., Deputy-Quar-
ter-Master-General, and Lieutenant Arthur Beecher, Deputy
Assistant Quarter-Master-General, ably supported the former,
and the exertions of Captains Anson and Tucker, Assistants-
Adjutant-General, have been most satisfactory to the latter
and to myself.
Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons, Deputy Commissary-General,
has evinced the most successful perseverance in his important
endeavours to supply the army. He has been ably aided at
head-quarters by Major W. F. Thompson, C. 8., and Major
Curtis, Sub-Assistant-Commissary-General ; all three of
these officers were most active in conveying my orders in the
battle of Sobraon in the face of every danger. I have, in the
most explicit way, to record the same intelligence and ability,
and the same activity and bravery in the case of Lieut.-Col.
Birch, Judge Advocate-General, both as respects depart-
mental duties and active attendance on me in the field.
I have already spoken of the loss which I have sustained by
Lieutenant-Colonels Gough and Barr being wounded. The
exertions of both in animating our troops in moments of
emergency were laudable beyond my power to praise.
Lieutnant Sandays, 35th Regiment Native, Postmaster of
the Force, assisted in conveying my orders.
Superintendent Surgeon B. Macleod, M.D., has been in-
defatigable in the fulfilment of every requirement of his im-
portant and responsible situation. lam entirely satisfied
with his exertions and their results. I must bring to notice
also the merits of Field Surgeon J. Steel, M.D., and Surgeon
Graham, M.D., in charge of the depot of sick.
I was accompanied during the action by the following
officers of my personal staff:—Captain the Hon. C. R. Seek-
vile West, her Majesty's 21st Foot, Officiating Military Se-
cretary (Captain Haines, for whom he acts, still being dis-
abled by his severe wound); Lieutenant-Colonel H. Have
lock, C. 8., her Majesty's 39th Foot ; Persian Interpreter
Lieutenant Begot, 15th Native Infantry; Lieutenant Ed-
wards, Ist European Light Infantry ; and Cornet Lord James
Browne. 9th Lancers,-my aides-de-camp ; and Assistant
SurgZon, J. E. Stephene, M.D., my medical officer.
All these officers assisted in conveying my orders to various
points, in the thickest of the fight, and the hottest of the fire,
and to all of them 1 feel greatly indebted.
I have to acknowledge the services in the commandof regi-
ments, troops, and batteries, or on select and particular du-
ties in the engineer department, of the following officers, and
to recommend them to your Excellency's,special favour—
viz., Major E Abbot, who laid the bridge by which the
army crossed into the Putijaub. and who was present at
Sobraon, and did excellent service ; Captain Baker and
Lieutenant John Becher, engineers, who conducted, Bri-
gadier Stacey's column (the last of these wounded); Lieut.-
Colonel Wood, Artillery, commanding the Mortar Bat-
tery; Major Lawrenson, commanding the eighteen-pounder
battery; LienteCeionel Huthwaite. commanding the eight-
inch howitzer battery; and Lieut.-Col. Geddes, command-
ing the rockets; Cep:. R. Walter, Horse Artillery; Capt.
G. R. Swindley, Captain E. F. Day, Captain J. Turton,
Brevet Major C. Grant, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel J. Alexander,
Brevet JiaJur F. Brind, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel J. D. Lane,
Brevet Major G. Campbell, Captain J. Fordyce, Captain R.
Horsford, and Lieutenant G. Holland, commanding troops
and batteries ; Major B. Y. Reilly, commanding Sappers and
Mines; Lieut.-Colonel White, commanding 3d Light
Dragoons; Captain Nash, 4th light Cavalry; Major Alex-
ander, sth light Cavalry; Captain Christie, 9th Irregular
Cavalry; Lieut.-Coloriel Fullerton, 9th Lancers; Captain
Leeson, 2d Irregular Cavalry • Brevet Captain Becher, Bth
Irregular Cavalry; Captain Pearson, 16th Lancers; Brevet
Captain Quin, Governor-General's Body Guard ; Brevet
Major Angelo, 3d Light Cavalry ' • Lieut.-Colonel Spence,
31st Foot ; Captain Curfield, 57th Native Infantry ; Brevet
Lieut.-Colonel Ryan and Brevet Colonel Petit and Captain
Long, 50th Foot ; Major Pohl hele, 42d Regiment Native In-
fantry; Captain O'Brien and Lieutenant Travers, Nusseree
Battalion; Captain Stepney. 20th Foot; Major Sibbald,
41st Regiment Native Infantry; Major Birrell and Brevet
Captain Seaton, Ist European Light Infantry; Brevet
Major Graver., 16th Grenaa-liers ; Lieut. Reed, Sirmoor Batta-
lion ; Lieut.-Colonel Davie, 9th Foot ; Major Handscombe,
26th Regiment Light Infantry ; Lieut.-Colonel Banbury,
80th Foot; Captain Hogan, 63d Regiment Native Infantry;
Captain Sandeman, 33d Regiment Native Infantry; Lieut.-
Colonel Franks, 10th Foot; Brigadier Lieut.-Colonel Nash,
43d Regiment, Native Infantry ; Lieut.-Colonel Thompson,
52d Regiment Native Infantry; Lieut.-Colonel Philips, 53d
Foot ; Major Short, 62d Foot; Brevet Major Marshall,
69th Regiment Native Infantry ; and Captain Short, 45th
Regiment Native Infantry.
The following staff and engineer officers I have also to
bring to your special notice, and to pray that their services
may be favourably remembered and the survivors duly re-
warded, viz. :—Captain E. Christie, Deputy-Assistant Adju-
tant-General and Lieut. Maxwell, Deputy-Assistant Quarter-
master-General of Artillery; and Captain Pillans and Brevet
Captain W. K. Warner, Commissaries of Ordnance; 'Brevet
Captain M. Mackenzie, and Brevet Captain C. G. Austen,
First Lieut. E. Kaye, Artillery, Majors of Brigade; Captain
R. Napier, Major of Brigade of Engineers; Captain Tritton,
3d Light Dragoons, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General ;
Lieut. E. Roche, 3d Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp to Major-
General Sir J. Thackwell, and Officiating-Deputy Assistant-
Quartermaster-General of Cavalry in the place of Captain
Havelock, 9th Foot, who was present in the field, but unable,
from the effects of a wound, to discharge the duties of his
office; Captain E. Luguard, 31st Foot, Deputy-Assistant
Adjutant- General ; Lieut. A. S. Galloway, 3d Light Cavalry,
Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Lieut. E. A.
Holdich, 80th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir
Harry Smith, Lieut. F. Mc. D. Gilbert, 2d Grenadiers, Act-
ing Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Gilbert, Captain R.
Naughton, 63d Regiment Native Infantry, Officiating As-
sistant Adjutant-General; Lieut. Rawson, Deputy-Assistant
Quarterma-ter-General, killed; Lieut. R. Bates, 82d Foot
Aide-de-Camp to the late Major-General Sir R. Dick;
Captain J. R. Pond, Ist European Light Infantry, Deputy-
Assistant Adjutant-General ; Lieut. J. J. Paton, 14th Regi-
ment, Native Infantry, Officiating Deputy-Assistant Quarter-
master-General ; Brevet Captain Harrington, sth Light
Cavalry; Captain C. Spottiswoode, 9th Lancers; Lieut. it.
Pattenson, 16th Lancers ; Captain J. Garvock, 31st Foot ;
Lieut. G. H. M. Jones, 29th Foot; Captain J. L Taylor, 29th
Light Infantry ; Lieut. H. F. Dunsford, 59th Regiment Native
Infantry, Major of Brigade; Captain Combe, Ist European
Light Infantry, Major of Brigade 2d Brigade; Captain
Gordon, 11th Native Infantry, Major of Brigade 6th Brigade ;
Captain A. G. Warde, 68th Native Infantry, Major of
Brigade; and Lieut. P. Hay, Major of Brigade (killed).
Having ventured to speak of your Excellency's own part
in this action, it would be most gratifying to me to go on to
mention the brilliant share taken in it by Lieut.-Colonel
Wood and the officers of your personal staff, as well by the
civil, political, and other military officers attached to you.
But as these were all under your own eye, I cannot doubt
that you will yourself do justice to their exertions.
We were in this battle again honoured with the presence
of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, and the two noblemen in his
suite, Counts Oriole and Greuben.
Here, as at Moodkee and Ferozeshah, these distinguished
visitors did not content themselves with a distant view of
the action, but throughout they were to be seen in front
wherever danger most urgently pressed.
The loss of the enemy has been immense ; an estimate of
it must be formed with a due allowance for the spirit of ex-
aggeration which pervades all statements of Asiatics where
their interests leads them to magnify numbers, but our own
observation on the river banks and in the enemy's camp,
combine, with the reports brought to our intelligence depart-
ment, to convince me that the Khalsa casualties were between
eight and ten thousand men killed and wounded in action and
drowned in the river. Amongst the slain are Sirdars Sham
Singh, Attareewalla,Genls.Ghoolab Singh, Koopta, and Heera
Singh, Topee, Sirdar Kishen Singh, son of the late Jemadar
Kooshall Singh, Generals Mobaruck Ally and Illahee Buksh,
and Shaw Nbwaz Khan, son of Futtee-oed-deen Khan, of
Kus3oor. The body of Sham Singh was sought for in the
captured camp by his followers ; and, respecting the gallantry
with which he is reported to have devoted himself to death
rather than accompany the army in its flight, I forbade his
people being molested in their search, which was finally suc-
cessful.

The consequence of this great action have yet to be fully
developed. It has at least, in God's Providence, once more
expelled the Seikhs from our territory, and planted our
standards in the soil of the Punjaub. After occupying their
intrenched position for nearly a month, the Khalsa army
had perhaps mistaken the caution which had induced us to
wait for the necessary material for timidity. But they must
now deeply feel that the blow which has fallen on them from
the Britiah army has only been the heavier for being long
delayed.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) H. GOUGE!, General Commander-ic-
Chief, East Indies. •

RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED,
THE COMMAND OF HIS AND MISSING OF THE
ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ, UNDER
EXCELLENCY GENERAL SIR HUGH COUGH, BART, G.C.8.,
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, IN THE ACTION AT SOBRAON ON
THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY, 1846:
General Starr-2 European officers wounded.
ARTILLERY DIVISION.
Ist Brigade Horse Artillery (head quarters 2d, 3d, sth
Troops)-1 rank and file and 1 svce-driver killed; 1 rank
and tile wounded.
2d Brigade Horse Artillery (head quarters Ist, 2d, 8d
Troops)-1 European officer, 2 rank and file, and 14 horses
killed ; 1 European officer, 15 rank and file, 2 syces and 20
horses wounded.
3d Brigade Horse Artillery (head (inarters,
Troops)-5 rank and file wounded.
let, 2d, 3d
2d Battalion Artillery (2(1 company)-1 Lascar wounded.
3d Battalion Artillery (3d and 4th companies)-3 rank and
file, and 2 Lascars wounded.
4th Battalion Artillery (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th companies)-2
ayck.s and 3 horses killed ; 5 rank and tile, 2 Las=s, 3 syces
and 2 horses wounded; 5 horses missing.
6th Battalion Artillery (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th companies)-1
sergeant, 4 rank and file, and 1 horse wounded.
Total-1 European officer, 3 rank and file, 3 syces, and 17
horses killed ; 1 European officer, 1 sergeant, 33 rank and
file, 5 Lascars, 5 syces, and 23 horses wounded ; 5 horses
missing.

ENGINEER DEPARTMENT AND SAPPERS.
2 rink and file killed ; 3 European officers, 1 nativekfficer,
and 16 rank and file wounded.

CAVALRY DIVISION.
Divisional and Brigade Staff-2 horses wounded.
Ist Brigade.
ller Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons-5 rank and file and 1
horse killed ; 4 European officers, 22 rank and file, and 13
horses wounded; 20 horses missing-.
4th Regiment Light Cavalry-4 horses killed ; 1 drummer,
4 rank and file, and 7 horses wounded.
sth Regiment Light Cavalry-2 horses killed ;10 rank and
file, and 20 horses wounded ; 2 horses missing.
9th Regiment Irregular Cavalry-1 horse killed ; 3 horses
wounded.

2d Brigade.
Her Majesty's 9th Lancers-1 rank and file, and 5 horses
killed; 1 drummer, and 5 horses wounded; 2 horses
missing.
2d Irregular Cavalry, Head-quarters, and Light Wing-2
horses wounded.

3d Brigade.

Governor-General's Body Guard-1 horse wounded.
Total--6 rank and file, and 13 horses killed ; 4 European
officers, 2:drummers, 36 rank and file, aad 53 horses wounded ;
24 horses missing.
IST INFANTRY DIVISION.

Divisional and Brigade Staff-1 European officer killed,
and 3 wounded.
Ist Brigade.
Her Majesty's 31st Foot-35 rank and file killed; 7
European officers, and 112 rank and file wounded.
47th Regiment Native Infantry-1 native officer, and 7
rank and file killed ; 4 European officers, 4 native officers,
and 64 rank and file wounded.

2d Brigade.
Her Majesty's 50th Foot-1 European officer and 41 rank
and file killed ; 11 European officers and 186 rank and fil•
wounded. .

42d Light Infantry-8 rank and Me killed; 2 European
officers, 3 native officers, and 53 rank and file wounded.
Nusseree Battalion-6 rank and file killed; 1 European
officer, 6 native officers, and 75 rank and file wounded.
Total-2 European officers, 1 native officer, and 97 rank
and file killed; 28 European officers, 13 native officers, and
489 rank and file wounded.

2D INFANT/IX DIVISION.

Divisional and Brigade Staff-2 European officers killed,
and 3 wounded.

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3d Brigade.
Her Majesty's 29th Foot-1 sergeant, 35 rank and file, and
1 horse killed ; 13 European officers, 7 sergeants, and 132
rank and file wounded.
41st Regiment of Native Infantry-2 havildars and 14 rank
and file killed; 8 European officers, 3 native officers, 5 havil-
dars, 1 trumpeter, and 99 rank and file wounded.
68th Regiment of Native Infantry-1 Native officer and
10 rank and file killed ; 2 European officers, 1 native officer,
2 havildars, and 67 rank and file wounded.
4th Brigade.
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Ist European Light Infantry 2 Europeon officers, 2 ser-
geants,' and 31 rank and file killed ; 10 European officers, 10
sergeants, 142 rank and file, and 1 horse wounded.
16th Grenadiers-6 rank and file killed; 2 European
officers, 4 native officers, 19 havildars, 1 drummer, and 122
rank and file wounded.

Sirmoor Battalion-1 European officer and 13 rank and file
killed ; 4 native officers, 3 havildars, and 123 rank and tile
wounded.

Total-5 European officers, 1 Native officer, 5 sergeants
and havildars, 105 rank and file, and 1 horse killed ; 38
European officers, 12 Native officers, 46 sergeants and havil-
dars, 2 trumpeters, 685 rank and file, and 1 horse wounded.

3D INFANTRY DIVISION.

Divisional and Brigade Staff-1 European officer and 2
horses killed ; 1 horse wounded.
sth Brigade.
Her Majesty's 9th Foot-5 rank and file killed ; 1 Euro-
pean officer, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer and 2.5 rank and file,
wounded. _ _

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26th_ Regiment Native Infantry-3 rank and file killed;
2 European officers, 3. Native officers, and 19 rank and file
wounded.
Her Majesty's 62d Foot-1 European officer and 3 rank
and file killed; 1 European officer, 3 sergeants, and 40 rank
and file wounded.

6th Brigade.
Her Majesty's 80th Foot-1 trumpeter and 12 rank and
file killed; 4 European officers, 3 sergeants, and 71 rank and
file wounded.

33d Regiment of Native Infantry-1 European officer, 1
native officer, 1 havildar, and 3 rank arid file killed ; 1
European officer, 4 native officers, 1 haviidar, 1 trumpeter,
and 53 rank and file wounded. _ _ _

63d Ditto, ditto-1 havihlar, 2 rank and file, and 1 horse
killed ; 3 European officers, 1 native officer, 4 havildars, 1
trumpeter, 25 rank and tile, and 1 horse wounded.
7th Brigade.
Her Majesty's 10th root-1 European officer, 1 sergeant,
29 rank and file, and I horse killed; 2 European officers, 2
sergeants, 98 rank and tile, and 1 horse w.)unded.
43d Native Infantry—e rank and file and 1 horse killed; 2
European officers, 4 native officers, 5 havil4.ars, 85 rank and
tile, and 1 horse wounded.
59th Ditto, ditto-4 rank and file killed; 1 European
officer, 1 native officer, 6 havildars, 53 rata( and file, and 2
horses wounded. _ _

Her Majesty 79 53d Foot-1 European offerer and 7 rank and
file killed; 8 -European officers, 1 sergeant, and 104 rank and
file wounded. _

Total-5 European officers, 1 Native officer, 3 sergeants
and havildars, 1 trumpeter, 75 rank and file, and 5 horses
killed ; 29 European officers, 13 native officers, 27 sergeants
and havildars, 3 trumpeters, 573 rank and :file, and 7 horses,
wounded.