The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1858.

The guerilla warfare is still maintained in
India. No sooner has a stronghold been captured,
and its garrison dispersed, than they assemble in
another direction, and are prepared to plunder
and devastate any past of the country where
there is not an adequate force to resist them.
They will not, however, face European troops,
unless the odds in their favour are absolutely
overwhelming. Although quadruple the English
force, they shrink away like Leaten curs. They
will not risk the chances of a stricken fight ; their
chief efforts aro directed to harass and annoy our
troops, and allow the climate to do the work
which they feel themselves incompetent to accom-
plish.

They have not, however, the same salutary
tearor regarding our allies. They will still
fight men of their own race, more especially
if there is any reason to suppose that they
are at all disaffected or that they may be induced
to become traitors towards their legitimate chiefs.
Our faithful ally SCINDIA has thus been

" Deserted at Lis utmost need,
By those his former bounty fad,"
and compelled to become a fugitive in conse-
quence of the treachery of a portion of his
troops. It is, however, but simple justice
to say that his body-guard behaved with un-
blemished fidelity and unflinching courage,
notwithstanding the numerical majority of the
rebels, and the shameful desertion of their col-
leagues. They fought bravely to the last ; and
although nearly half the number remained on the
bloody field, they saved their leader—who, although
closely pursued by the rebels for more than 15
miles, succeeded in crossing the Chumbnl, and,
after a brief rest at Dholpore, arrived in safety at
Agra.

• The assailants were a party of fugitives from
04pee, swelled by auxiliaries from other districts,
and amounting in the whole to some 8,000 or
10,000 men. Against these the Maharajah un-
hesitatingly marched out, relying on his body-
guard, 600 strong, and some 6,000 infantry,
with 8 guns. The battle would have been fairly
contested, but unfortunately treason had been at
work. A large proportion of the troops had
yielded to temptation, to the artful suggestions of
their betrayers. It is said that a certain well-
known rebel named TANTIA TOPAY, was the
chief agent in. producing this untoward result,
And that he had been actively engaged in tamper-
ing with the fidelity of_the troops fur same days
previously.

After the narrow escapa of SCINDIA, his friends
and relatives fled in every direction, and Gwalior
fell as unresisting. prey to the enemy—by whom
it Was speedily occupied, and of course
plundered. Reo a nephew of the notori-
ous miscreant NANA SAIIIB—now designated as
" The Peishwa"---was elevated, fur the time
being, to the Muanud, and is, or was, strutting
his brief hour as the nominal Maharajah. NANA
SAHIB himself had latterly deemed " discretion
the better part of valour," and carefully avoided
risking his precious life in any encounter. It is,
however, more than hinted that the taller
have already been turned, and the brief triump'l
abundantly avenged.
• Before the intelligence of these proceedings
had been received, it had bean the intention of
Sir HUGH Rose to give some rest during the in-
tensely hot season to his gallant and herd worked
troops. Ho had announced that the Central Indian
.ield force might tike the rest so urgently required.
He clearly pointed out the labours they had un
dergone, the difficulties they had overcome, and
the exploits they had achieved during the course
'of their brilliant march over 1,000 miles--
• from the western shores of India to the wata.s
of the Jumna i The men rejoiced at their
comparative holiday, Lut the moment they heard
of the proceeding at Gwalior, they were 1411ZiPt.0