The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

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ADDIT/ONAL NEWS FROM INDIA.
A FFGHANISTAN.—JELLALABAD.
J
At Jellalabad matters were in state quo on the 15th Of
made
December. The enemy had not a
oemonstration since
.the Ist of December, and the worksl ref
progress-
ing, our troops having been employedveuponre,
" themeore'
when not ort
other more martial duty. Provisions ere still not plentiful;
at-least the troops were on half rations, but this may be
:merely a precautionary measure, not the reeult, perhaps, of
!pressing necessity.
The• following are some further particulars of the attack
upon Jellalabad, and the dispersion of the enemy, as already
mentioned by us :—The troops in the town had been for some
time actively employed, having been surrounded by the enemy,
who varied from 2,000 to 5,000 men, in their different at-
tacks, all within a compass of four miles. On the 14th of
December they came down in force to the number of 3,000
close to the fort. Three hundred men of the 13th, the same
number of the 35th, two companiessof Sappers, two guns of
Captain Old€eld, and a squadron of the sth Cavalry under
Lieut. Mayne, sallied out under Colonel Monteath, and drove
them back with heavy 1. ss. The troopers behaved very well,
as did alto the Sappers. After this affair, they only appeared
in small bodies, and, from under the shelter which the nume-
rous forts around afforded, continued teefire on our sentinel
both day and night. From the 12th of November the troop
had been employed in working on the defence-. The day they
entered Jellalabad from Gundamuck the cantonments had been
burnthy th enemy, and, new barracks were in progress cf
etection though the work was proceeding but slowly.
On the ;Ist of December the enemy presented themselves
close up to the gates, to the number of 4,000, but were quickly
repulsed with a loss of one hundred men, among whom• were
chief and two Mollahs, the trumpeters and encouragers of the
rogues. Our troops remained out till dark; they had none
killed, and but two or three wounded. The enemy- had been
recently joined by a powerful tribe, inhabitants of Khyber,
c hose dislike, however, was so decided to Captain Abbott's
gqnds, that they precipitately retired, not to appear again.
Captain Burn, chose corps deserted, had joined the garrison
atlJella,abad. The Janbaz had ale, gone off, and by way of
ernploying themselves had burnt Gundamuck. Captain Ger-
rard had been wounded in the neck, as had. also been Captain
Wade, of her Majesty's 13th, the latter slightly. The defences
of theiort were much dike ' of the
march of the 53d, 60hh,
The ammunition-said to
Avit elide had not arrived.
in want of supplies at Cabe
General Elphinstone
it has been ascertained ti
cutta or Delhi), who- spea
the intercepted despatehee,
be in future written in Fre,
ordereto push on as qui,
may perhaps effect this in
not go ; the roads are i
All corps that hare ever
there till April, when the
come passeble. By tint time whit will" not
poor fellows Who are intrereebed in the vicinity
may expeet'soon to hear of still worse disasters.
The following are particulars of the fight of Cabal on the
'234:—The enemy had mounted en a Height, commanding
cantonments at a long range, the old Portuguese 18-pounder
they took at Chureekar. It was supported by the elite of their
force, which Gees& 'Elphinstone seems not to have known,
for he sent out a- mere •party to tale it. hey dashed up the
hill, but were completely, surrounded an,d fought their way
back towards the cantonment, suffering great loss. , A rein-
forcement turned the_ tide • the enemy were-driven up the hill
andl forced to retire, bet( they carried 'Off their gen, all their
besi men defending it desperately. Here they (the enemy)
sustained their heavy lots, especially of chiefs ; Meer Musjeodee,
Abdoollah Khan, and thirteen others are named amongst the
killed. On the same day all the Ghilzees malted in a rush at
the bastion of Bali Hiesar. Our people allowed them to eorne
quite close, whets their grape and musketry poured destruction
upoe them ; they were slainin heaps. A tOrtieheaded by the .• •
WuZeer and the Prince Sufder Jung was alsoequite successful, eta
and it was a bad day -altogether for the' faithful. Akbar '•
Khan, Dost Mahomed's eldest son, arrived at Cabal on the -•
25th, and has sent written proclamations 1 ere calling on all `‘"4,„a
to attack us. But the affairs of the 14th of December and the
Ist of January havo considerably dimpedabe zeal of the crusa-
ders; and we get heaps of supplies. At Jellalabad every day
increases our strength and adds to ,outemears of subsistence.
If the Khybarees take part with us we shall be all right; at
present they waver, and our two successes on the 15th Decem-
ber and let of January, alone prevented their dosing the pass.
It appears that the enemy invested the intreuched camp in
great numbers, and no resource was left, but, to sally out and
attempt to drive them back. The engagement was ,roost..
severe, and the insurgents were enabled to repulse our-jroops,
and to capture their only gun; but our men, falling back on
a reserve, soon returned reinforced to the attack, re-captured
the gun, and drove the enemy bra with great slaughter.
Anderson's cavalry again shone oonspicuous and did great
exeeption, and the fire of the infantry is said to have been very
well directed ;' in this engagement Abdeollah Khan and font--
teen-other chiefs were killed.
From- another letter, of the same date, we glean the follow-
ing :,—'l here are now three months' provisions in Jellalabad—
an agreeable contrast to the state and the anticipations of the
troops when they arrived there, for from all accounts nothing
could have been .nore disheartening than when, on the 13th
'Nine, they found •there were only two days' half rations for
the whole force, the •walls destitute of parapets, and, full of -
breaches, With shelter for an enemy tttenty paces (of
the remparts. The enemy on the 14th of November were.all
but iaside the fortress, when the sally of. Captain• Oldfield's
siluarein of the sth, with a Rissalah of Andersoies-horse; diove
%hem, off.
, GANDAIIAR.
•
Avg have leeters from Candahar to the 34:1' IJecernher.
All was quiet then at that piece. The principal intelligence
which our correspende'nt forwards tour relates to the return of
Colonel Mac:aeon's brigade, news Of which has just reached
Candahar. the brigade had'found it impossible to overcome
the difficulties iii its way,. and was, therefore, obliged to
abandon the undertaking, and fall back again on Caudahar,
leaving a wing of one of the regiments at Khelat-i-Ghilzee to
strengthen that post. '1 he following extrac• from a letter from
Colonel Maclaren's camp, dated Tazee, November 28, Will give
the reader a good idea of what the force suffered, before it wss
I compelled to make the retrograde movement announced else-
'whet e

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" We arrived at Khelat 4-Ghilzee on the 23d, when we suc-
ceeded in getting aorne few camels and donkeys, std next day
continued our march.' Leach was very anxious that he shottiu
make a diversion to capture a few hostile forts near °Man
Rohauts, and urged the Colonel to give the orders, but in
vain. Every day was of material consequence to us, and, con-
sidering the positive orders he received from the General. he
could not have complied with Leach's requisition. On the
'4th we continued our march, and reached this place on the
26th, without experiencing any d fliculties, excepting from the
donkeys knocking up. The march to this ground was through
rain and snow, comfortless and wretched, and now we are
halted in consequence of the continued fall of snow, hail, and
rain. When we shall be able to move it is impossible to say.
We are really in a most critical situation. Last night 301)
donkeys with their loads- deserted, and an hour scarcely
elapses without reports being made of deaths amongst the re-
mainder. —, who was on rear guard at this place, left
100 or upwards with their loads on the road, unable to get
them to move. The cold was most severe, and it was not
till three of our men had fallen speechless and insensible from
the effects of it that they abandoned the donkeys and came
into camp. You cannot conceive how great the sufferings of
our poor camp-followers are. They are perfectly useless, and
beginning to die with wet and cold. From a-head we learn
that at 3lookoor the snow is knee-deep on the ground, so you
may imagine what a pleasant prospect we have. It is not
improbable that we may have to abandon the whole of our
baggage, as camels cannot live through such weather as we
now have, and, even then, I fancy, we shall be able to proceed
but a few marches, before we aro brought up altogether. The
idea of carrying our commissariat supplies on donkeys is quite
ridiculous. Report has it that a large force is now assembling
at Oba to oppose us ; we cannot, of course, rely on it. Not a
word of news from either Cabul or Ghuznee, or I should rather
say not a dak from either place since that which contained the
envoy's despatch. You have, of course, heard of poor Gad-
dot, Khan's fate. It is believed that he was the bearer of im-
portant letters from Cabul. The natives of the country say that
Cabul has been reduced to ashes, and not less than 5,001 or 6,000
of its inhabitants killed. What the real state of things is there,
we can only conjecture at. Whatever it may be, I don't fancy
there is the least prospect of our brigade being able to arrive in
sufficient time to render the troops there any assistance—in-
deed, there secant little chance of our being able. to advance more
than a couple of marches further."
From the Agra Ukhbar.)
" °UDE, DEC. 4. Confusion and anarchy are often talked
of,. but 1 may well say that they exist to the very letter of the
, words in this devoted country. The whole kingdom is up in
arms; the Chucktaders are slaughtering the Ryots on one ride,
and the Phaloodars are, on the other hand, murder i the
King's troops whenever they get the advantage. The Clit k-
'attar of Sultanpore had received as great a licking as ever a
merciless tyrant could have deserved, from the Rajah or Pha-
looter of Budiyan, a place not three miles from the British
cantonment of Sultanpore, Roberts' Ist regiment was en-
gaged in this bloody conflict with the rest of Nujjeehs, and it is
reported that this once invincible regiment was now obliged to
take to its heels under the command of Captain flearsey, who
gallantly, at the head of his men, showed the use
of his iicra-
pers. They pursued the King's troops for two miles. Capt.
Hearsey suffered a loss of tiO men in killed and wounded;
amongst the former Lieut. Spry, nephew to Dr. Spry, of Cal-
cutta, and a Mr. Nesbit."

apidated. Onr troops had heard of the
, and 64th Regiments Native Infantry.
to have been despatched by General
d. It' reported that they were not
bul.
has written to Sale to say, that since
that a native,(educated either at Cal-
teaks and reads English, interprets all
es,.it will be advisable if all letters, kc.,
mul. Colonel Wild's brigade has had
ickly asposSibry to Jellalaba.d. They
is moderate time, but farther they can-
impassable at this season of the year.
gone up to Jellalabacl have had to wait
snow begins to in, It and the roads be-
time what will not have befallen the
7enched in the vicinity Of Cabnl l We
of still worse disasters.