The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-18 00:00:00

- were lighted throughout the camp by which
large fir, their clothes. Every precaution was taken
the men dries. of the camp, and the night passed off
for the protectioe "Irring worthy of notice beyond the
without o
anything
a youth
nythingozar
u_ ,e,n of the
guns, who was con-
captureefed, it having bee* ascer-
fined, and subsequently firs,.
twined that he had come from A•-_ arch
erch towards All
At daybreak we resumed our me the ros ect
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vengeance,
gurh in good heart, and elated with p p
meeting and chastising, with retributie
rebels and mutineers unequalled for their eitlel fiendish
malignity and cowardly atrocities to our helpless (21:1 most
instances) ceuntryinest and their families, thougis so
vastly superior in numbers ; ient still, fighting in a
good cause, and with. the fullest re:iance oa the Al-
mighty's aid in the result, on closing e,:ele the enemy,
there was but one feeling which animated am.; 'pervaded
the minds of most composing the detachment.
I must here mention that on starting from Sasnee, Mr.
Cooks placed at my disposal 70 Jat horse and matchlock
men, belonging to Thaco or Gobind Sing, the former
being under the command of C.ipt. J. J. Murray, of the
Gwalior Contingent, and the latter of Mr. Daniell, C.S.,
and who, as will afterwards appear, were of great service.
On nearing Mudrok, at')out miles from Allygurh, we
observed a party of cavalry quietly retiring fully a mile
ahead of our advance guard, which consisted of a com-
pany of the 3d Europeans, on elephants, preceded by the
Militia Cavalry and Jat Horse); the enemy's cavalry had
evidently no wish to interfere with our advance, and
continued to retire till nearing their position, they sided
off to the left, and were joined by others.
The detachment continued to advance to within a
quarter of a mile of Maun Sing's garden ; and, on ascer-
taining the exact position of the enemy, measures were
promptly taken for the protection of the carriage, &c.,
consisting of a numerous train of waggons, 130 head of
cattle, 16 elephaate, and many camels, with ammunition
and stores, which, surrounded as we were on nearly all
sides by overwhelming numbers of the enemy caused me
no little anxiety.
The carriage, &c,, having been collected on the
smallest possible space by Captain Fanshawe, I placed
at his disposal, for their protection, the Jat matchlock
men and a few sowers, under Mr. Daniell, who per-
formed that duty most efficiently and satisfactorily.
Having secured the baggage, &c.,my greatest care and
anxiety, I commenced the action by attacking, with the
Militia Cavalry, under Lieutenant De Kantzow, and
the Jat Horse, a large body of cavalry, chiefly Irregulars,
who threatened our left and rear.
This duty was most gallantly and promptly performed,
and our left and rear having thus been cleared of the
enemy's cavalry, who were driven back to the rear of
their main body, I brought the guns into position, under
cover of skirmishers, and opened fire, which was sharply
replied to by the enemy from behind the garden walla,
against which I found the artillery of little avail. In-
formation was now brought to me by Mr. P. Saunders,
who considerately and kindly placed hie services at my
disposal, that the enemy were in great force on the right
of the garden. I immediately directed Captain Murray
to move round to the right with the Jat Horse, and cut
off the enemy, on the general assault, carrying off
their position with the infantry; at the same time order-
ing Lieutenant Griffin to move up two of his guns in the
same direction.
This movement took some little time, evidently occu-
pying the attention of the enemy, and enabled me to
make arrangements for the assault.
Leaving a sufficient number of men under Captain
Strover to protect the gun on the left, and all being
ready, I gave the word Forward," and went to the
front accompanied by Lieutenant Clarke, and followed
by No. 8 Company of the 3d European Regiment,
under Lieutenant Blake. On reaching the garden
wall, a large party of fanatical Mussulmans, headed
by Moulveee, rushed forward, sword in hand, from the
right corner, and there ensued a most desperate hand
encounter, which terminated in their total destruc-
tion, and where we met our chief loss, which might, in
a great measure, have been avoided, had Captain Bacon's
company, attached to the two guns on the right, fired
upon them as they debouched from the garden imme-
diately on their front. Fortunately, at this moment,
Lieutenant Griffin, at Captain Murray's request, moved
up his two guns, and getting well to the right, opened
fire with terrible effect on their reserve, killing great
numbers and completely dispersing the remainder. Capt.
Murray, at the same time, taking advantage of an
opening in the wall, dashed forward with part of the Jat
horse, entered the garden, and cut up the Ghazees who
remained in it, among whom was the Chief Moulvee,
Abdool Znleel, who was cut down in a hand to hand
encounter with that officer.

The field was now our own, after two hours' fighting,
the enemy having been completely routed and dispersed
in all directions, leaving at least 300 dead ; thus termi•
nating in a decided victory, against great odds, and with
comparatively small loss on our aide, considering the
strength of their position aud the nnmber of Ghazees,
who fought with the desperation and contempt of life
of Mussulman fanatics. _ . .