The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-26
IMPORTANT EVENTS IN INDIA.


The sansuinary Battle. Between the Britain
and sikhs on the Jhelum-Phe surrsn.
der OF moultan and MooIrsj % the British
The fall or Attock into the hands q the
Anghans.
The fol owing is taken from the London Chro~s-
Gle, al the 9Th inst
THE sANGUINARY BATTLE OF CHTLIANwALA, BoHBAYs
FEBRUARY 3, lS40.
The intelligence by the present mall Of greater In
erst than which has for years past
been despatched from the shores Of India. A most
sspguipAry conflict has taken place on the bank or
the Jhelum nearly the fpot which formed tho bat
tie field Of Alexander and rorus, ,and though the
British have of victorious, their triumph has
he. n purchased by sad shusion Of blood NO fewer
than 70 officers having been killed and sc wounded
the officers who fell, Brigader j. Psnnyouiek
and Lieut. Col Brookes, Of her Majestys gath foot;
Major Ekin., Deputy Acjutsnt General; aud ether
perhaps not the worst feature Of the engagement
One of the cavalry brigases WAS struck with panic
and the unusual spectacle presented OF regiment
Of British dragons flying from native foe. Senegal
cavalry corps 1.-THE 5th) fed in great disorder More
The Sikhs beaten from their positions
before dusk with rghtul carnage, and with the lose
hey soon Failed and up another position on the
left bank ofhe river firing salute inathe evening ~
though claiming the victory A.. ,a,,,
Of January. Lord Cough had originally intended to
the fall of MoultsD before enoountering Shere
Singh but the delay in the capture of that fortress
having proved snticipa and there
being rumors that Clutter Singh was on bis
way to join with large ,enforcements while the
long delay was evidently producing injurious effect
the native mind his lordship suddenly altered MS
troops amounting to about coo men, with las 1870
guns and gave the order for move In advance OF their
encsmpnent which was situated about midway between
to attack the enemy was ct all influenced by fnstruc.
tions from the Governor General We are unaware but
a. Sir II. Lawrence (who had commu nicated to LORD
Dslhouse the tdings Of the capture Of the town OF
Moultan) arrived at the commsnder-ia chiefs camp
IN hnfth h.
1t il quite possible such may have been tho case The
troops marched the morning Of the 18th for Ding
hee the direction Of the Jhelum and having halted
! here for the night resumed their march next day,
| when they soop came in sight Of tho enemy They
battle. About ii O'Clock, 4. NJ, The leading column
CO upon one OF The snemy's outposts low, bare
hill' and the heavy guns we're ordered forward and
room cleared this place tho enemy rstreatng With
their artillery The Sikh army occupied long line,
exte ndug from their original position, called Moong,
10 place bearing the name OF Russoo or Rassoolnug-
per the latter being strong post where tho enemys
mag zines were established, and which mar
gorge well adapted for retrest in case Of disaster
| Lord Cough had at arst intended to throw ell his
strength upon It, and thus turn the enemy's flank ac
to the plan u;usy sSopsa "pas. sSsn o,n
this The Sikh position to be strong the
Jhelum was In their rear with well constructed bridge
Its and their centre protected oy
Geld woris had ofroug sndjungly
ground Between and twoP. Va. Lord Cough decided
posponng the attack till nsTt day; and as the troops
e,t exhausted and but little time remained to fight
battle, unquetion ablySthe determination was wise
Jf% S".s s.e ,u;,S,n "I hon"sm4d 'o,
10 fan close to the Commander in, Chef; and with
ro,Ln,ss ,nheh eanno be dapiored hi, lard
sh,p at once determined TO engage ths Schs uitAoas
deisv He uouid hear no ,easo,- listen 10 no adpice
and sren IL. said tn .at.ned to p s.y one in srrssi
idea of attacking Russoo he resolved to erdesyor to
penetrate the tire OF the ensmys postion, and,
ccrdjnrv without making pre mi srv recon nois-
sspce commen need can uouads which VAS answered
by the enemy and to have lasted between ono
| end two hours Brigader General Campbell, who CON-
ma the division of Infantry our right was now
| directed to make flank movement and in obsying
the order exposed the flank Of his own troops to
ribls GROSS are from sikh batteries on his eft which
| had not previously been observed The Sd and lth
br gadee ached the Sikh the attsr Of the two
eaeing the way-and no IRENE ndous fire then opened
upon them thai they were compelled to give way, her
Majesty e Path regiment, in particular, sustaining
oss than has befsllen British corps since
the Cabool massacre. Unsupported by artillery, e.
treat VAS inevitable and the we'll
as the Path, left numbers Of dead and wounded upon
the field On this occasion fell the brgader command
ing, Colonel Pennycuck, Lieut. olonel Brookes Ma
jor Harris, and numerous other officers. While ths
occurred on the right Brigader Hogsans brigade,
the left carried everything before H. calamity storm
Ing the ensmys batteries and spkiDg their gun, The
brigade under Colonel Mountain were aent against
enemys centre but after having seized and spiked
q battery Of sikh guns, they found the enemy's in
fantry close upon them and were compelled to rs-
In the meantime Brsadier Colby, With Major Gem
esal Sir w. Gilbert leader who was on the extreme
right Of the infantry line moved forward, and ster
marching through dense jungle for some minutes,
came upon the ensmy's infaoryi the brigade opened
their Ere but the enemy were In such number, that
theyeasiy outHank.d them; accompanies Of the I'd Eu
regiment were wheeled up showed front snd the
whole but had not gone FAR when they found
they we're kuff6unded they immedissiy faced right
about kept some fe.f firing ana charged resr rank
in front; at this juncture Hawes1 battery came 20
the rescue and bavipg beaten on tue enemy; their
guns were taken Whie sne inisntfy we're snas nigny
oisripgushpg themselves, and earning inperishs6le
sures the cuvary on the ex rene le under orige1er
White, had made dasp'ng cnarge' ana oonsrioused
much to the defeat OF me enemy wns me "a,afy On
the extreme right coptisfns OF orgaaisr opes iorce
with the l4tb light DRAGONS temporarily attAcnsd ma
wing been taken in ADVANCE II ther morse artillery
Lanese, Christies anu HUSH troopc were oirectsQ
to charge body Of the ensmys cavalry, variously es-
dss gwen them they faced about and in spite Of the
tpeygeuc epoeA9orb vi tneu o~" anu osno. UmseIss
lspc.rs who were raie d. and direct for the
t.ry: on coming up to which, instead Of pulling up,
they dashed through Huishs snd Christiss troops,