The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-09 00:00:00

0 jay 4re treat, I returned to them thelr swords, They awalt
your Lordship's orders. Their Highnesses have surrendered
Hyderabad, and I shall occupy it to.morrow.
It is not to be supposed that so hard-fought an engagement
could be sustained without considerable loss on both sides.
Ti.at of the British forces is 256 men killed and wounded.
The enemy is generally supposed to have lost 5.000; Major
bankwili amidstle theatin)atirgenemy his Sepoys, dashed on horseback
o :rd , and was instantly shot and
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sabred, dying like a glarious soldier.
M .jor laAson. irtillte manner, rushed forward, two brave,
havildars followed him': too far advanced before their men,
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several.derthesabres of the enemy, but it is said not be-
fore
Captains Mead, urging Cookson,: with Lieut. Wood,
all fell honourably, on the assault with unmitigated
valour.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather was severely wounded, as
with the high courage of a soldier he led his regiment up the
idesperate bank of the Fulaillee. Major Wyllie, Captains
Tucker and Conway, Lieutenants Aarding and Phayre, were
all wounded while glorioAusnlyd
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that British office ld not show greater gallantry in lead-
ing their men into ion than did the Queen's anti com-
pany's officers on this day, and the troops well maintained
their reputation.
Honourable mention is made of a number of officers, and
the despatch is signed by Sir C. Napier.

"'THE ATTACK ON MAJOR OUTRAM.
The following are the particulars of this outbreak, as con-
tained in a despatch from. Major Outram to Sir C. Napier,-
dated February 15, 1843:—
At nine a.m. this: ning a dense body of cavalry and
infantry took post on morning a dense body of cavalry and
infantry took post on three sides of the Agency compound
(the fourth being defended by the Planet steamer, about 500
yards distant) in the gardens and houses which immediately
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were frustrated by Captain Conway's able distribution of his
small band, and the admirable conduct of every individual
soldier composing it. Our ammunition being limited to 40
pounds per man, the officers directed their whole attention to
reserving their fire, and keeping their men close under cover,
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never showing themselves or returning a shot, except when
the enemy attempted to rush, or showed themselves in great
numbers, consequently great execution was done with trifling
expenditure of amunition and with little loss. Our hope
of receiving a reinforcement, and a supply of ammunition by
the Satellite steamer (hourly expected), being disappointed,
on the arrival of that vessel without either, shortly after the
commencement of the attack, it was decided, ai 12 a.m., after
being three hours under fire, to retire to the steamer while
still we had sufficient ammunition left to fight the vessel up
river. Accordingly I requested Captain Conway to keep the
enemy at bay for one hour, while the property was removed,
for which that time was ample, could the camp followers be
induced to exert themselves. After delivering their first loads
on board, however, they were so terrified at the enemy's cross
fire on the clear space between the compound and the vessel,
that none could be persuaded to return except a few of the
officers' servants, with whose assistance but little could be
removed during the limited time vie could afford ; conse-
quently much had to be abandoned, and I am sorry to find
that the loss chiefly fell upon the officers and men, who
were too much occupied in keeping off the enemy to be able
to attend to their own interests. Accordingly, after the ex-
piration of another hour (during which the enemy, despairing
of otherwise effecting their object, had brought up six guns
to bear upon us), we took measures to evacuate the Agency.
Captain Conway called in his posts, and all being united, re-
tired in a body, covered by a few skirmishers, as deliberately
as on parade (carrying off our slain and wounded), which,
and the fire from the steam-boats, deterred the enemy from
pressing us as they might have done. All being embarked, I
then directed Mr. Acting Commanding Miller, commanding
the Satellite steamer, to proceed with his vessel to the wood
station, three miles up the river on the opposite bank, to se-
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