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BRITISH AR Ms.

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BRITISH ARMS.
The british Arms II, Yadia arc now conending in
precisely the region against the descendants Of
the same rncr, and with little Justification other
than thu lust of conq1cs'-as twenty-five centuries
ago Witnessed IN tho ease OF the Macedonian mad
man" Alexander He too, dissatisfied with the mar
row limits of his Grccan principaios, aimed 10 pos.
scss Asn--and with strenuous end rance, ndom-
table couracc-nnd supported bv his irresistible Ma.
crdnnlin pha anX, sub ucd all is,a W northe Med, $
and the pcr-ilne--1nd finally in this very Punjrub
80 calcd from tn" five rivers Of which the combined
volumes constitutes below the fartl,wiup Indus)
where tho English and the Skhs ~ t now coniendna
for masierv-ho encountered and suhducd the bnrba-
ran King Pnrus-and afterwards made him his stead
fast friend and gave to him territories far more extern
sive than those over which he originally ruled
The very river Suilcge on the hanks of which oc-
Cured the hluody fight between the English and the
Skhs Of which we have inst received the intelligence
is the UpidSis which proved tn boundary Of
Alexander rnnqncsts, and beyond which his army
/ would not follow.
The easy victories and proruse and preciou~ spois,
which IN the softer aud SUMMER plains OF Persia or
western ASn, had rewarded the vnCr m satisfied the
ayarice of the Greek so,liers-had lnd'poscd them
10 the .rrcer conflicts unrcdeemcd by captured treas
uros-Which awaited them along the harder and
pourer tribe, of Northern India. set for n time and
white there seemed some definite linn, to the ambition
of their leader they followed Acxandcr without muir
mnrina, even to the foo, Of the Ilmalnyas
On the hanks Of the ilydnspes--rhe northern trib-
u,ary o( III Indus tn MaccIonians encountered the
| great hnn Porls who re9ncd over the reeon south
NJ Tint river, N whose ambition was dreaded by all
| the Indians dwelling on its northern bank and be-
tween It and the Indus. The g eagerly hailed the APP
pr ach of AuXandrr 4 pro'ector AGAINST the tyr
annv-real or unprecedented. of rus rs ENGLAND
AT this dlv makes battle now against the Afshans,
and now against the : lhs-to avcnne some real or
/ supposed wrongs to some native tribes or princes
indicators, Ike Al yrndor. of MINOR wrongs by the
/ ~ tgutlId
Ga the left lanl; Of the II ydasr's Pnrus sal down
with his army, composed a 10 GEO foot ono hoIse
l20 war chrrrio's and more Then 200 ccphnnts The
force Of NCy1n !orlkp that of the army Of England.
IN tho late h1ttlr-wAs largely uaiivcbul vi h n Eu.
r'pca1 h1sis N corn; hes les his MacrIonIans and
uihrr Gree = he had the hrsi cavalry of ASH from
iia"ria, Scylhia, Snada. &C.. and considerable
force Of native infantry. His main army, however,
was Cav altV.
Not daring cross the river in front Of frmida-
bic nm army, and especially deldnn the effect of the
elephants upon his C1valrV Alexander by favor of d
dark md torny night anlof an isani happily inter.
Sod between the banks Of the river above the posi-
ton of the enemy. and which had the advantage of
ut roncca np aud lciratmn the nticnpt Of The
Gree k throw 5000 horse and as many foot across
lh" river aud leading them in pcrs'n turned the flank
ofPorH-'s armv-Hnd utterly dcfcatci it with great
slaughter e. tn" Indians mixing the bari nrinn kng
prisoner and himself l0siug- differing ihcrein much
from the English battcs-0nly so foot ldlers and
220 hursn.
Anew city chilled Niic1 built or the spot of the
oi H,,..,,55t, hoco,," ,,nnn,nsr, Of ;2,,o,t j
von,i.'ei in lh. n's.aon If The Uvda'pfe ond ,,bo
died tacrc.
P,rus brought before Alexander aod inierroca'cd
how he eyncrel 10 he rcatcd onsvcrrd "likr kim, y
He was nnl di.oono,n,od far i.v,n,er made HIM &,
friend and aiy and greatly increased his COMMONS.
The fame Of such generosity united 10 such valor-
oVrned the hearts of the Indian nation, the Panjnb
t. him. tie was everywhere submit ID to and wei
4 coo,cI-,pi hnyirr rrconi1.d n navel oynoL;,,, "a
descend The Indus O6G Mics in tho Se, mi ,n ,ro.
rood ,bronob The Persian G ,f IN Tho nonih Of Tho
Funhrntcs and oscond II Crhn lannon's vorngn Of
rh,.l hc continued liz march ,br,,'b ,L p,,;a,i
nininr ne bo nror-serl IN rrach Tho C,,n,ro pr,
whom tho orlnr game "a tho b1ris 81 ,rc ry,b
,boy rsG,sJ -, GROSS IL a., o,,r ,,,, ~; ',.,
tn5yn ovlc,, and ,r,lss co,,g,.,s To- 80, "A A.
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or $ It rrr. ard on il, cn bank Tie E1prish rtccNci
H. oss,ilt-nnI :, GsorGIllv siru,oiI far ,hn victn
70 in .,..o
In ms cos,ns in nj like ones our svmn,,hios arc
viii vino defend th'r oyyn homes an the rivers
md ,,. II, ,,ntaips which ti. h,s oss,ngd T., ,hn,
and ,yh,ih.r n re AZ GJ k-,J.r i, Al ir,or ,v,rri
n~s nr n,rihrrn Nv, feel ,h,t y;ri,rv sho,d he
/ ,,,irl,,ho,n
'rh,, srrh v,;l he tho roslt may bc roes;r in ho,
c,s, A. +, ,i,c,i, +, has c''., i,r,',,c mil ,. f
trs,s,o ,,i tins If ,Lnrs,ri, Of l,v..orJ GO, ,Lo
g,eat trah ch oils ne lrtle sr1noI ne q, ,h, b,.i,
moo -, ibouoh the ii III of l,nfle and tho ,roni,cs
If oodkc rc,,1,,nJ ,;,h tho pr.L il Nv Gar f,,,,
sinr con, nj The relative means md numbers 81 tL
! con tcn Iin.r n,rties viii she,v his
tccpr,linI Il, the latest authorities unon which we
have been nhle 10 Law our hands the fatal nurb.r ot
Enronoan troons in all Ind, is ont 81 Oc0 of whom,
20 600 are of the regular arvand the residue recruit
ct Great Britain for the tOlnnnNs service, THIS
nossessi,nsnsuar and continental Of The East India