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

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1858.

The guerilla warfare is still maintained in
India. No soonbr has a stronghold been captured,
and its garridon dispersal, than they assemble in
another direction, and are prepared to plunder
and devastate any part 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 beaten curs. They
will not risk the chances of a stricken fight ; their
chief efforts are 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, tho same salutary
terror 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 &INDIA has thus been

" Deserted at his utmost need,

By those hie 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 Chumbul, and,
after a brief rest at Dholpore, arrived in safety at
Agra.

The assailants were a party of fugitives from
Calpee, 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 for some days
previously.
After the narrow escap3 of SCINDIA, his friends
and relatives fled in every direction, and Gwalior
fell an unresisting prey to the enemy—by whom
it .WU speedily occupied, and of course
plundered. RAO Same, a nephew of the notori-
ous miscreant NANA SAHIB —no tv designated as
" The Peishwa"...was elevated, for the time
being, to the Musnud, 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 hietel that the tatles
have already been turned, and the brief triumph
abundantly avenged.
Before the intelligence of these proceedings
had been received, it had been the intention of
Sir HUGH ROSE to give some rest during the in-
tensely hot season to his gallant and hard worked
troops. He had announced that the Ceetral Indian
field force might take the rest so urgently required.
He clearly pointed out the labours they had un-
dergone, the difficulties they had overcome, and
thg exploits they had achieved during the course
lar their brilliant march over 1,000 miles--
from the western shores of India to the waters
of the alumna! The men rejoiced at their
comparative holiday, -brit the moment they heard
of the proceeding at Gweliev, they wen anxious I