The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

Camp, Truckee, Fcb. 10, 1845.
It is my duty to his Highness Ali Slorad Khan, Talpoor, to
nake an official report of this Prince's conduct as a faithful
ally of the liriti,h nation.
At the commencement of the present campaign on the
Shute frontier, his Highness brought an auxiliary force into the
field, under his personal command, and has given me every as-
sistance in his power.
Ilis Highness was ever eager to be in front, and in fact his
troops encamped farther into the pass than ours, at least up to
the present moment.
For his Highness I have to crave your thanks, Right Hon.
Sir; they are due to him for the zeal and courage with which
he has served the Hon. Company, and at a large expenditure,
thus proving the fidelity of his alliance.
Camp, Truckee, March 9, 145.
I have to report to you the conclusion of the war againBst the
mountain and desert tribes, who, driven into their last refuge,
the stronghold at Truckee, have this day laid down their arms ;
the fort of Deyrah is destroyed ; and Islam Boogtie, the only
chief not a prisoner, is said to be a lonely fugitive to the
Ketran country, far in the north, and ruled by a chief whose
daughter Islam married.
To detail the movements which led to this result would
produce a dispatch of greater length than is necessary; nor
indeed could it be well understood, as no map exists of this
part of Sehwisian and Cutclice. Suffice it, therefore, to say,
that the mountsia tribes occupy a country of extensive deserts
and barren mountains, stretching about 140 miles from east to
west. On the western side it is about 12J miles in breadth,
but has a triangular form, and diminishes towards the east
to the breadth of about fifty miles. Into this epee, or smaller
part, we succeeded in driving the robber chiefs, but with great
difficulty, for this part of the country is full of the most dan-
gerous defiles. To enter them with a regular force is an ope-
ration which threatens it with destruction. The only credit to
be acquired in such a war is that which results from patience
under privations created by the dearth of water and the
difficulty of getting up supplies. These deprivations were
borne by this whole force with so much good-humour as
to show that the eager desire of every one to do his duty ab-
sorbed all other feelings, and deserves my highest praise. These
privations fell especially hard upon those hard-working and
much-enduring men called camp followers.
The demands of this campaign at times placed Major-
Generals Simpson and Hunter in commands which, in point of
numbers, were more suited to the rank of captains than se that
of general officers; but, well aware of the vast importance at-
taching to each post in so dangerous a country as this, these
general officers devoted themselves with the greatest alacrity to
the duties demanded of them. In short, I must speak in the
highest terms of all the officers, non•commissioned offitters, and
privates in this field force, whether belonging to the general
staff, my personal staff, cr to regiments. Every thing has
been accomplished by their personal exertions, each in his own
sphere. 1 have also been fortunate in the commanders of all
arms, arid I therefore give a simple list of their names in the,
margin, that whatever credit the supreme Government may
deem due to the troops may be theirs.
This force consists of 4,861 men of all arms, including non-
commissioned officers ; a small force, when it is considered over
what an extensive tract of country our operations have beers
carried, and the difficult nature of that country.
The results of this campaign may be divided into two parts,
the physical effect, and the moral effect.
With regard to the first, the results are as follows
lst. The total destruction of the robber tribes. Ileyriah
Khan, Chief of the Jakranies, Dinanah Moondrannee, Sooli-
man Ramdanee, and Toork Ali, and their tribes.,- all surren-
dered on the sth, accompanied by Jurnal Ktan. nephew of
Beejar Khan Doomkie, with a large portlon of that tribe.
These men I pardoned and saved from Plunder, but on condi-
tion of their being transplanted into the Sinde territory. The
great Chief Beejar Khan, and the rest of • the Doomkies,
refused to surrender en the proffered conditions. They
held out till this day, when they were forced to submit
uncondi,ionally, together with Meer Hussen Notanee, a lead-
ing chief of the Boogtie tribe, and his followers ; also Mundoe
Khan Doomkie, nephew to Beejar Khan, and Wuzeer Doomkie,
son of Beejar Khan. Ali Sher Boordie, a minor desert chief,
surrendered a week ago, and was the first who broke the coa-
lition. The chiefs and their tribes who held out have been de-
servedly plundered by the troops which, I had dispatched in all
directions to intercept their retreat with their baggage ; cattle,
household furniture, almost every, thing has been taken, except
what was in possession of their women and children, who have
been in no way molested. or even approached by the troops.
The moral effect of th s expedition has been-
1. To spread a wholesome respect for our arms amerig, the
neighbouring nations, aho, seeing the tribes, so warlike and
honoured among them, have-been broken to pieces without
daring 'to fight a battle, even When posted in the celebrated
fastness of Truckee, will form a just idea of the British
power ; indeed, 1 have already received, within the last few
dam letters from neighbouring tribes, asking me to attach
their territory to Sinde, to be under the British rule. and thus
to be protected from the pillage and misery in which they
live.

2. The moral effect in Sinde will be to give confidence to
the people (especially those bordering on the desert frontier ),
whose cries against the Government during the last summer,
for not aff,rding theat protection against the robber tribes,
were both frtquent and just ; but the Great heat at that time
rendered it impossible to give them that protection. The ex-
ample now made of the robber tribes will show the people of
Sinde that the Government has both the will and the power to
protect them.
Tho above results can hardly be denied.
In conclusion, I have to observe, that the war lasted from the
16th January to the 9th of March, a period of fifty-two slays.
This was too long, but the robbers had stricken souls terror
into the cam,( Owners, that to get sufficient carriage for our
supplies was difficult in the extreme ; and if we bad fallen
back one march to meet Our provisions, during ovr operations,
the exultation among the robbers and all their allies would
assuredly have been so sudden and so great, tir.,t I think it very
doubtful whether we must not have retreP.tsid altogether, for
our camel men would have deserted, and enemies would have
risen up in every direction.
On one occasion we were so closely pressed by the scarcity
of provisions, that I sent off the ca•inel corps, under Lieute-
nant Fitzgerald, who reached St*.ahpoor in one march from
the Jummuck Pass, making thre,l marches in one, and then re-
turned the same distance with 4:3,000 pounds of provisions,
thus doing, in two days atsd a night what a convoy
of hired camels would take six days and six nights to
perform, besides requiring a guard ; whereas the camel corps
required pr, guard, the drivels being well armed with muskets.
There could scarcely be a bettor specimen of the great power
of `.xis corps, even in its infancy.
Had a baggage camel corps been formed, this campaign
could easily have been concluded in thirty days. In the above
forced march made by the camel corps, not one animal was lost,
nor did any of them fail till during the last week, when, being
obliged to make a forced march among these tremendous rocks,
the corps lost fifteen animals ; but this is not marching, it is
climbing. To show the nature of the ground over which we
have carried on our operations during the last three weeks, I
have only to say that the robbers have been seen pulling their
camels up precipices by ropes; and they probably knew the
easiest places of access.
The campaign has convinced me of the necessity of a
camel
baggage corps being formed on a very extensive scale. With-
out that, theloss of camels will always be immense in the field,
and the efficiency of the army liable to be paralysed at the most
critical moment of the campaign.
ROLL OF GENERAL OFFICERS, HEADS OF DEPART:VENTS.
STAFF OFFICERS, AND OFFICERS COMMANDING REGI-
MENTS AND DETACHMENTS SERVING UNDER THE c 0241-
NAND OF MAJOR•GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER,
G.C.B. DURING THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TUE ROBBER
TRIBES.

Camp, Truckee, March 10, 1845,
Personal Staff—Captain ,I. M. Napier, her Majesty's 62d Foot,
Military Secretary.
Captain William Napier, her Majesty's 25th Foot, Aide- de-
Camp.
Lieutenant E. Byng, Ist European Regiment..Aide-de- Camp,
Lieutenant u
W.
J. Edwards,
pelly, Bthh RelerAgaiimesetnyt'sl3ombaFB6thy N. I.
Fool, ex, Persiantradi
ditto.
Lieutenant
Interpreter.
Assistant-Surgeon Gibbon, Bengal Establishment, Pirsonal
Surgeon.
General Staff—Brevet Major Edward Green, C. 8., 21st regi-
ment Bombay N. 1., Assistant-Adjutant-General.
Captain 111,Murdo, her Majesty's 78th Highlanders, Assistant-
Quartermaster-General.
Captain Jameson, 18th Regiment Bombay N. 1., Baggage
Master.
Captain Cristall, Bth Regiment Bombay N. 1., Acting Deputy
Judge Advocate General.
Lieut. E. J. Brown, Bengal Engineers, Secretary to Go..
vernment.
Lieut. Younghusband, Bth Regiment Bombay N. 1., Provost
Marshal.
General Officers and Staff—Major-General Simpson, her Ma-
jesty's 29th Foot, second in command in Sinde.
Captain R. D. White, 69th Regiment, Bengal N. 1., Aide-
de•Camp.
Major-General Hunter, C. 8., Ist Bengal European Regiment,
commanding in Upper Sinde.
Captain Shortreed, ditto, Aide-de-Camp.
Officers commanding Regiments and Detachments—Lieut..
Colonel Frushard, 4.4 Bengal European Regiment, command..
ing 2d Europeans.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Geddes, Bengal Artillery, com-
manding artillery.
Islajor Brown, 69th Regim
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Captain Gerrard, Ist Bengal European Regiment, Sub-As-
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Lieutenantal
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Cavalry.
Lieut.
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Native Infantry,
commanding Sinde Camel Corps.
Lieutenant Barry, her Majesty's 86th Foot, commanding
Volunteers her Majesty's 39th Foot.
Lieutenant Maxwell, Bengal Engineers, commanding Sappers
and Miners.

EDWARD GREEN, Major, Assistant Adjutant
General.

SIR CHARLES rritru
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PTO THE GOVERN3R-GENERAL OF
INDIA IN COUNCIL.

sr- Camp, Shahpoor, March 16, 184.5.
have the honour to inform you, that, in the list of
ofneers Rhich accompanied my dispatch of the 9th instant,
acquainting, you with the conclusion of the campaign against
the hill tribes, the names of three officers, as per margin, were
omitted by mistake. I now beg leave to rectify the omission,
and—l have, &e., C. NAPIER.
Captain Mowatt, Bengal Artillery, commanding 4411 troop
Horse Artillery.
Captain Smith, Bengal Artillery,
Native Infantry, Officiating
Major of Brigiide. commanding mountain !raja.
Captain Bignell, 69th Bengal

By the recent death of General Northey 11-opkins,
his son, Mr. W. It. Hopkins Northey, has succeeded .? the
ancient estates of the Hopkins family, in the counties of wirwi

and Bucks.

Time qu4l.ties, pt, ,e the rncrlt oP a commander an
the disi.ipine of the troops, have been displayed by bothlwirh
charact,iistic energy. Every officer and man in this short but
arduous campaign has shown that there are no difficulties whirl
discipline cannot surmount under able guidance.
In some instances the marches performed b-Liyantry
artillery have been so remarkable that the Governor eneral
in Council has called upon the Major-General to transmit the
details of his arrangements, in order that the record may be
preserved for the information of the service.
The chastisement whieh these robber tribes :have received
will convince them, that they can no longer depend upon their
mountain la.tnesses for security, nor plunder with impunity vil-
lages under British protection.
The Governor-General in Council cordially congratulates
Major-General Sir Charles Napier on the successful termina-
tion of this carnpaig.n. He begs that his Excellency will in-
form the general officers, officers, non-commissioned officers,
and private soldiers, that the Governor-General in Council ad-
mires and acknowledges their patient perseverance and indefa-
tigable exertions throughout these operations.
The Governor-General will convey to his Highness Ali
Morad the sense he entertains of the zeal, courage, and fidelity
displayed by his Highnees on this occasion.
EXTRACTS FROM DISPATCHES FROM 'MAJOR-GENERAL SIR
C. NA riEn, G C. 8., TO THE GOVERNOR•GENERAL OF INDIA
IN COUNCIL, &C.

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