The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-14 00:00:00

THE HEROES OF JELLALABAD•

The following is from the letter of a young officer
in the division of Sir Robert Sale, and seems worthy
of notice from the interesting evidence which it gives
of the fine spirit which animates our troops. The
letter is dated the 27th of April, 1842, and 'eters
to the battle of the 7th, in which the gallant
Dennie fell :
" We had received intelligence the day before that
General Pollock had been beaten back in the Khyber,
and the report was confirmed by a salute of twenty
guns. from Mahomed Akbar's camp. In this
emegency, nothing remained for us but to sally out
and fight a battle, and under cover of the terror
which would be produced by victory, to march down
to the Khyber, and fight our way to Peshawur. Our
loss would have been tremendous, but I am fully
persuaded that the colours of both the regiments
would have arrived in safety. We marched out at
break of day in three columns ; the right consisted
of :the Sappers and • Miners, one company 13th
Queen's, and one company 35th Native InfanteY;
the centre was the 13th Queen's, and the left toe
35th Native Infantry. The guns and cavalry were
formed in rear of the centre. About 750 yards from
the gate there is a ruined fort, which Akbar had
repaired in a rough way, and garrisoned with 2,
men, picked Ghilzies.
of our
" As everything depended upon the rapidity
movements, it had been arranged that the coluls
were to leave this respectively to their right and
and push on without loss of time to our main object
—the camp of the Sirdar. The guns were set t°
work; but before they had had time to do anythillifi
a cry arose of A breach ! a breach ! ' and the assau •
was ordered. Colonel Dennie, on his white Arab,
rode to the head-of the column, and said, ' Thirtecatl
I have led you often before, stand to me now.' An
up they went to the wall ; it was 12 feet high, thickly
pierced with loop-holes, and not injured by the gtiP,l'
Dennie rode to within. five yards of the wit'
and. was immediately shot through the body ; -111'
fell from his horse mortally wounded. The 1314'
went up with a most devoted gallantry, and,'
hand to hand struggle commenced through I°ll',
loop-holes, the Affghans laying hold of the ruttr
zles of our men's muskets, and they in their ter: -
seizing the matchlocks. The men were dropping in
great numbers when Sale 'adered a general advance
to be sounded. Our column had moved on to a CO;
siderable distance -ahead of the others, and was kept
halted all this. time. The enemy's cavalry seeing ns
in a measure isolated, came . down at the gallop. IVre
immediately formed squares, and made ready to re'
ceive them. Our position was a capital one, 9.4
one side of the square rested on a walled garden'
which enabled us to strengthen the other three side*
the space between us and the walls of a ruined fortesil
narrow that in reality only one side of '9%,
square was exposed to an -attack from formidable
numbers. The heavy fire which we opened Made
them pull up at a decent distance. Their leader'-,'
however, was not is 'be stopped; he gallop'
impetuously down upon us, spear in hand, 81,'1.:
knocked over the man at the corner of •••tiw
square ; he passed round two sides of the square aPPe:
rently uninjured, and I thought he was going to
cape, when I saw him fall headlong from his Weil
pierced with five balls. I have. his lance, and sluir.
keep it to my dying day, as atrophy of the 0).1.
On seeing their leader fall, his horsemen turned
and galloped away. 'When the- advance was sound7B'
we at once re-formed column, and prepared to Those
on. As bugle atter bugle, tookup the sound, to
troops, white and black, set up a cheer; which ma
the hills ring ; on hearing that cry, I said to ruredie•
These men are resolved. to come back victors, or
.11
on the field.' Mahomett.-Akbai now came on ‘4,ite
about 2,000 cavalry ; the sharp and well-directed firs
of our infantry skirmishers had staggered them
little, but now that the 9-pounders came into P.
they were absolutely bewildered. It was perfectly' erd
possible for them to keep together. A dozen of them eou
not collect in a knot, but down came the iron
'upom them, scattering them right and left, and crush
ing horseman and horse in its progress. They CO
menced galloping wildly about in all directions, " 8.
they Could find .safety nowhere. In the roefintie4,
our columns moved steadily on, , and we grada9
approached Akbar's camp. All of a sudden a 1°,11,4
boom was heard in our front, and a round sPf -
came whistling over our heads.; . it was succeeded
et
a second, and then by a third. Our men gave aor,h
cheer, and there was a smile on every face, i"'". -
said as plain as words, These were once our gtin;
and 17 the blessing of God they will soon be
again. The enemy continued their cannonade, di,
few and far between were the shots, and as badlj tso
rested as even my mother would have desired. 114°60
our battery, which now. concentrated nearly all itss.
upon the spot from which the enemy fired their 'Plea •
Our infantry continued to advance,lara.when we rose' e¢
their 'camp, we found it deserted. The great Prirse •
were the guns ;we found them all together-1 beat;
artillery 6-pounder; 1. horse artillery 121 b. howi°;3l,
1 mountain howitzer ' • and, lying upon the g'rtithe
the Sikh gun which Colonel Wild had hst io;ned
Khyber Pass on the 24th of January. We reltthe
in the camp for about two hours, and burned
iD
tents, and then returned, dragging the 01.10 s';
triumph to the city. On our way we re'lceiVe-,1
letter from General Pollock, saying that he had gor:he
the Khyberries a sound thrashing, and had forced
dreaded pass ; and we soon afterwards learned t' f,
Akbar had fired his yesterday's salute on hearile,
the murder of Shah Soojah by a son of Nuwaub
ma.un Khan. We all, however, blessed the liteio,l
false tidings which had caused us to gain this Tail
rious victory, and enabled us to boast that WC '
raised our own siege three times."
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COURT-MARTIAL IN THE TOWER.—YesterdaY
Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under the CO
. ...ti

of Colonel Shaw, now stationed in the Tower, were rou';otai
upon parade to hear the finding and sentence of a regisili.
Court-Martial on Sergeant Sharp, who had been tried 10 arch
obedience of orders and neglect of duty. This proeeedingisce
out of the case of Mr. Elder, senior clerk of the Ord'lool'
office in the Tower, who had been held to bail for an rty
on William Yotil, a private in the regiment, while on °ooiferi
a sentinel at the Jewel-office in the Tower. Elder w 29
0
into the custody of Sharp after the alleged assault '9,e,
mitted, but instead of taking him to the guard-101V'
Sharp ought to have done as sergeant of the guard, he art the
the accused to go to his own residence, and did not rePsharf-
occurrence to his officers. The Court-Martial found le 3
ct °t;
guilty of the charge of disobedience of orders and neg„
duty, but in consideration of the excellent character ",iy
to
maintained in the regiment for 19 years, sentenced him fover'
be reduced to the ranks. After the sentence was rev, fon',
Sharp had his stripes denoting his rank as a sergeant ohgoe"
his dress, and took his place in the ranks as a private. oweir
commiseration is fe,t for him in the regiment ,as his ec7v 50's
previous to the transaction in question was that of a stewi. as).
careful soldier, and he had never been reported before °
breach of military discipline,
...-- Dr'
•
ILLNESS OP THE BISIIOP OF WATEItrOI/—„•
Sondes, the Bishop of Waterford, is confined by b
prevented his Lordship from attending the visitstiO
diocese last week.