Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-04-14
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We eOay almost eniirr the article 0fIAe Lon.
Ion Tines uPoa The recent disastPOus vieasgy q
The English IL tada. its Interest. and Ihe bold
All open admission that The British army has
suffered 10 rePutatios as veil o. 0sR make !,
worth careful gsFiiai:
tits useless 10 disguise ffoa ourselves nat The
Indian hews l. 6Fthe msss aisaslress sbasskIer.
Without wishing TO join IN IAs general sACa' Of
condemnation u Lord Cough, echoed lFoupd Us
from every quarter, Il eaAaOl be denied thai here
has heen an absence 6f seieh,iee Eenersiship 90
The pan Il The so1maaaef.ia.ehial w1ci no
mere animal courage can supply; and fom this
serious deficiency have accrued inss az lie. and
dis2t-ag-n ~, Of Bdish pres'ig- "A ind a. wh.ca
r'n aas le repaired Nv .nme pe1i,4 AT Ge'i..
e ut - o7rr or warlix- enc pj-, th~ Sisas.-
I l'y letters trn Bonbev I'd tse 81 f,hrIt-y. We
| ara that Ike citadel Of NJ, titan Sa-rer!s.ei :,
/ discretion or the - January, An1 the gallant
army Ter Cen Walsh win tho be salb ed to
pin tae grand division OF the Jhtiun wlnsa Fl.
trc,iVs rrrntIrcementS, are we regret to say, but
TO NAH needed,
OIth' lah Januarv Lord Cough. 6f"- hi,
lons iiiervNI orinactviiy, was made acquainted
with the tai Of Auock. AMI Of the advances oi
Chuter Singh 10 join Shcre Singh, who was in
front uf Lord Cough on the south bank of Jhe.
luIr, with An army OF 80 900 to 30, 900 men, and
G2gns. Beng urged by Maj. Mackeson, the
political agent, 10 give the snemy battle, Lord
tough set his troops in motion and advanced
through the jungls o. the l2th. lie continued
hlsmtrch an the Oh I'll lAist ,han hoon, and
at u'cock hal determined 10 encsmp tor ths
3 ~ - ii. a h.,I
reached within the Fro'in marked by the + q.
Iish d,gs. Whether this lrriist' d Lord Cough,
ur indeed him - bar that thu Skins woud sur.
o. 81 hi. rncsm unsnt AMI ffce hin TO battle.
1T, bri.hip 81 idrnly. without, any rreHop. 70
60 n isAncr, resolved to anticipate him and &C.
rnrd .Iy torn ID hi, troops Ia lar, and, deaf to
All ~ n .nsraare. rashly gave the word Of COM
mll d q" advance.
The meyer f.hne p'acs ofths Engish troops
sorn. to have been the only resource q Lord
Cough. aud although prevailed a. heretofore,
The v rlnry was achieved at the in7A disastrous
sarrihce Of hu nan lie. During th'si"ahuI en-,
go inter- ia which III, Skas, poalsl advan's age.
o,.t in wed elected pos, oa, poured from tarir
4 a,,rric. on All s,ir. lbr mos mi'd'rals fire,
manic seem, TO have iz,d a b dy Of h. h Ian.
GERS, wi, insrrai oi rharg'ng the ere NJ a. or.
decd ia.ri lhou' aud ai,h-d p'!l.sn II thr"tg g.
nur own artillery upset the wagons aud nevsr
pulled 49, uil they reached til hpsIta'. The
rupny seeing ihi. disorder, 'o'!Iwrd ~ tAfi' al.
vantage, gpt amaalst our ar' Iety, cM dawn -
vunucrs, M carried oti.is % our gus. tul.
Lam scrn, have poured u bis smra AMI put
A slop tn 'np di"nder
With tnj. idr&plcahls exception AND .r-,a
direction 81 I regiment Of Seg'y., Oh" gt'iaa' ~
lows seem 10 ha,, behaved most notify. t-ats OF
hrrut-m ant Of, tiyidIai bravery a'e de'cnh u
IN eve, I'M 81 the dspt'chr' ard t""er', Ids
) kt, woe beaten 0a I'll sid = IL o.lhrlr glns
Werr caauirnd aad the Blush r"mtinil. mas.
t.rS OF lh, tied, nigat pnt an en- 20 III" engage.
nrn We have 10 d,p.nre lhr loss at no rss
,t,a % uGi,rrS AMI ahmt IS 0 m'n, AHI,iigN
the trmrtal officers h. have prrl'hed IA hs
i1l,c.iyr iiuu,r., battle, we hnl The hon)raba
n,rr"s oi Bog der General J. P"nllch'k L..
Col H. Books. Blev. Maj. {, Elil'. D'2 Al.
iuian, General; Bri. Gen. Pspe, AMI {, csmp.
nrli. " r. ais wounded, tn dst s-i'r-'F.-
The nuni nal ro of killed AID v1nl TEL vii be
toand elsewhere and a SAD Ter ct'A GO Eng
lard has no, witnessed since he disasters - "a.
boot In the "a h foot i of'rers w"-n 20.
and ONE hs'ihc reg nJnt wa 'r""5 K'f or
wuunlrd Whist soma II oar calIrs aAv' itl.tI
into the hands Il he enemy, ~ va ar.''- q
upugh torstdrye during tie nj tx u N" "a
We bad captured, and Lrrd G'u!l say: II
did nm feel Justified in remaining longer o'lt--
The git vas dark. kne not how tar had
alync,d" The loss oilhe Slshs isu1' kn wn,
hlt lhry mIs h,,r ,nfrr'd stTetey3 iud ed
we pr,cci,e some symptoms Of their d's'n'g 10
cutne Ia trrin.. II h,V"yer, Chuunr SINGH comes
up Ssh b.. arm, bente Gen. Whish car reach
he he,un, the Sdhs VII probably ha7'fd a.
nnhrr conflict.
B"s,dps the 'aII Of fIou,tar and the sad battle
II Chrllianwallah which we kave reported. an
action hA, h.en fought by Wheeiers DIVISION,
urdar tho heights Of pu'lah. on tho hsNee, m
which the . slinn d Kan singh was altsrxpo
and carried with considerable loss The AFFAIR
vas .guazed by great individual bravery, but
the inaccessible nature of he place seems to have
enabled Ram Singh MT only To make 'igof.
uu, rrsr,tanc~ but fnthcr to EFF Ct bis escape
With all his band. Here again oIr officers 'ut
Erpd severely These nnwelcdGs 4 ~ creI'
,ed the deepest sensation through.u' Eng S"d'