The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-25

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Great Battle IN India
Or sd.iees INN Honbsy sanss Ina
SAILING u the steamship t.snbsis e.ms
dswn 10 Jsna.ry TN. and larnlsh &C.
eOEn's III ohs e Tie grssassI b.h.ss ever
bought BY The nIlish IL or lndisn en-
pfc. IN shleh ~e base sUs sinsd he
known Ices Of $500 Of sur bTsss col
dIsIs. including Tie gallant VETERAN. Sir
Robert Sale. ; J. MrK.skIll. and M,jor
BleadlOoG. Mhsh lir,s arcopnl IsIl ihs
sesns nj ariish ipr Bombsy Tor irsnsun.
SION TO Engl.nd. there ssIs ssEsnl req.
Rsnu from .hieh Fssurns had not bssn
Tese'"d. so thai further lOss nsy be cal.
sVl.isd UpuR.
An extraordinary gsrsiss givss u off,
cal sreouni VI al The military oprrsii0ls
IN lhis gIsa' srrpfglr. The rssHlI. Nc
are proud 10 ssy. 10 a. glnrious and dsei.
size victory % ever srownsd The Bri ish
sim., and squsllsd only By The field Of
WsTIsIlao. Previous 10 laying before
our rfadsrs copies Of The more inporast
dtsI atrhss. No pIeix the lolIowing busf
oud.ue: On The I2Ih. 18Th. and lalh Of
December. the S,kh army crossed The
SuIIlsj Nth. al the lowssI s,Iin,ts. 80.
900 men; VI shom 10000 OF 30. 900
wsis cavalry, and about $50 pieces Of CO.
non OI ihs largest sslibrs mo'eable IN the
field and sxquI.ilsly 6nishsd--sn srI,lls-
~ UNNECESSARILY more powered lhsn v.s
ever Brought into the field BY Wellington
or Nspols0n. Il j, only 10 morals that
The Skis are 10 be Tshksd % bsIbsTous.
They are race a. vigorous 10 body. a,-
cute In intellect. end skIlful 10 .l lhs M,s
they cuII'a's. Of which war 10 the ehnf.
az the generality nj Europssss. The
place 81 Which This iorlnidshls host pas.
sed the river may be about forty OF City
mites from Lahore. The e,pIlsl Of The
Punl,nb. sad within much le,s disnncs
Of FsrozepoIe. the moa sd.aAesd Of tho
brush poets. fefozepore 10 sbout 6f.
teen OF twenty miles iian The point NJ
whirh the Slkhs crossed The nysf, IL nu
90 much.
The invaders, having established ihsm.
selves and organIzed their force on ihs
BRUSH side Il the Su.lej, made some
Sigh, denominations Of smseking Fsro-
zspors IN the interval between the 18Th
and 18Th; but, upon the lssLnsnsd deg.
broke up. snd. ticking The direct road 10
Delhi. proceeded in sou,hsfly dirsetisn.
m IL they would mask Ferozspors, ls,s.
ing u on their right. 10 this direction o
division oi 10000 Of the invaders bad
Proceeded about twenty five miles, 10 n
pare esilrd Moodkee. wnen. ON me eve
nlng OF the 18th, they were met by part
oil The Brush army, commanded by SIR
Hugh Cough and The Governor.G General,
SIR Henry Hsriings, ~ho. as second IN
totk The field in person. A
fierce coDil'rt en,ned, in wh,rh ,he Sikhs
lost tie artillery attached TO their dlvisior,
IN number seventeen guns. II was In
Ills stage Of the battle that SIR Robsu
Sale aud General McCa,klll fell. The
con'es1 proreedrd languidly through The
18th aud 2Oih, the armies On both sides
beng occupied with The buIisl Of their
lead. and The reorgan,z .tion Of their res
psrii'e atmie'. During these Two days
lie British commander received some re-
bu', the invaders having
allen b'rk upon their main body, prob
lbly 10000 ~ 10000, presented a pro-
iigio"sly augmented io.cc when The shock
81 battle was renewed on the 2la, ala
place called Feruzesh,r. abou. twelve
niles in relresI from MuoJkee. AlFs-
'"zeshar The inv adsrs had prepared a
strongly entrrnched camp. which they
stood prepared TO defend with 100 rieces
II Their huge field srnllery, and 60, 900
nen. Imagination can scarcely depic, The
Dry and the ob,iinaey Of tie Two days
light thai must have preceded the capture
II the invaders camp. with all iis male.
'iel aud artillery. aud the utter dispersion
u the invading army on the 22d Deem
'er. The most fortunate escaped to i.l-
nds IN the Su'l'j. or. perhaps, to tho
'unJaub bank; but the greater part were
catered in broken parties through the
british lerrtarss. Their loss is various.
= eslIm ned q, from $4,000 to $4,000 in
Tiled and wounded. Our loss in killed
nd wounded. i, Is to b. feared, falls 1T
e short Of 1890. including fifty Euro
ear officers.
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