Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-26
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| ID Er it IN Presidents Message great and glo.
aais hailun like France shaul not be sbuhbed Ike
.h,alhly. even y nsn decidedly Wrong. IL returning
| r. Pix n0. she has struck harder than was
4s;ed, aud she has taken altitude which Hereafter
nay be of immense gravity the Unled States. It's
ply gfeat rhy. thai sire shoad have been forced
nipii, especially al pefiad when not altogether
u.pssibe between tie L. States aud Great Btitan.
On The oteeon Question The newspapers have SAID
1oihng oi late oi suf pDrtance be cited The
Presse h1weyer Conservative though an ami Eng lish
newspaper, III npllcng the statement OF London
aal, that the English had consented
rep The offer made by Mr. Gallaln of division The
1Jh degfer ut latitude, Notwithstanding had been
previously hadghiily refused says thai proot that
England will csde whatever the United Stats persist
III DEMANDING Nobody here thinks or has ever thought
that this Organ sqnabhe Would end in war; but every
hndy thinks nal there has been far much stupid
ionng on both SIDES The debaes in Congress On The
matter are re produced IN the newspapers they arrive
without Comment. but The votes that will follow them
viii excite greai interest
The resolutions Of Mr. Allen ablul the noninierer.
ehee al European govprnu The American cupll-
hehi have airar, cd very liliie attenilnn here.
GREAT BATTLE IN INDIA.
imee Moas"hd 'es hnndred British and natre troops
hHed and rounded and reported loss of Mtrty
honsand Silks at .loodhee and fero=eslah
Oar alvlc.s from Boabdy since the sailing of
the steamship Cambria come down 10 January III,
aod furnish accounts IT "ne tn greatest ba es ever
ohghi by The BRUSH IN Indian empire IN wbIcb
We have sustained The known loss If 800 Of our brave
soldiers including the gallant veteran SIR r. b,t Sal
Sir J. MeCaskiIl. and ,aur Bruadf o, Whro ,h..s
accounts le the scene ut action ir Bombay I,r lr,ns.
mission l" f'oeland there were several regiments from
winch returns had nj been eeved, So that further lss
may be calculated upon.
An exltaodlnary gazette wives tn, ,ial accou, r
all The military operations IN this great strnople The
result we are proud 10 say is as glorious decisive
N'oly as ever crowned The BRUSH arms and equallrd
only by The field OF Waterloo. Previous 10 laying be.
aIt.F-a
es. We prefix the loowng brlel oullu,e: On The l2h
i"'4, and Alb o Decpmbe The Sikh arm, crossed he
on'IfJ wllh nj The lowest estimate 50 900 men ui
Whom 2OuOO II Zoo were cavalry, aud about 30
pieces Il cannnn OF The largest cabre movable in he
hrld and eAqusely fin shed An artillery inneasufa-
bly, more powerful than ever bruu.h into The field
hy Wellington ~ NapoIeon Il Is only in morals that
ilt Slhhs are 10 be ranked barbarons. They are
race as vigorous IN body acute In intellect. and as skill
in Ia all The arts they cultivate Of whicn war is the
Chief as The generality oi Europeans. The place at
which this tumIdabe hs passed the river may be a.
bout tory or bt1y miles from Lahore. The clpal Of the
Pnnanh, and within much less distance nj F.roza, pore
te most advanced OF the Brush posts. Fer zpppre IS
about fifteen or tnenIy miles from the poui al which
NE Stkhs crossed the Tivtr, # II is much,
The invaders having established themselves and or.
ganzed Their lorre on the Brush side OF the Sulej
hade some slight demonstrations oi attacking Fefuze>
pore III The interval between The I6 h ard 18Th but
upon the last NAMED day broke up and taking the direct
road 10 DEM, proceeded suulh rly dlrecHua as
hey would mask Fer zepore leaving II ION their right.
In 'his direction dvison ot 30 900 If he invaders had
proceeded about twenty five miles a place GATED Mo-
dice, when on the evening ot the SIh they were net
by parI OF HE british army commanded 6v Sa IIunb
Tough aud the Governor General SIR Henry liardinae
VINO as second IN command inok The field IN Ierstn-
h"fre conflict ensued IN which the Skhs lsl HE
Iety attached 10 their division 10 numher . enteen
guns u was IN his stage of The battle that Sir Robert
sale AID General Nd Cask fell The contest proceed
go 'aneudy lhr"n4h The l9h and 20 h, the armies on
boh sides helhg occupied with The bufIa Of their dead
and The reorganization OF their respective armies Du.
fig these odays the Brush commander received
some reiniircements, hat the invaders havin, ia len
back upon lher main hdy, probably 30 QO 40 600
pr scented prdlgonsly augmented ce when the shock
u battle was renewed on The 2st at place called
i ~ Zeshar about twelve miles NJ ,udkee
Al Fer z"shar The invaders had prepared ronaIy
enched camp which they sfnnd prepared dttthi with
100 pieces ut their huae field artillery. and GO geo men
Imagination can scarcely depict the fury and the obsIi
macy Ut the Two DAYS fight that have preceded the
capture of The invaders camp with all lis mae,ie
and artillery aud the dispersion Of the adlnu
army on the 22d December. Thr most fortunate
ped 10 islands IN the SnIe perhaps The Punaub
'ank but the creates; pari scattered in broken
parties through the Brush territories Their loss is
varonsly estimated IT from 25 900 So 600 IN k He'd
aud wounded. Oar loss in killed and wounded, it Is
10 be +afd falls hue short ut 800, Including fiy
European ,iliners
Sir Robert Peel. in the ovcr. and The Fad Of RI
pom, IN the upper house moved the thank, III Parliament
10 The Indian army, IN goud set phrase, NJ nday
night.
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