The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-03-31
THE GREAT BATTLE IN
INDIA.

Tie Hflllhli 40 dnlfhI fUiifTrd that hliieH
no heter Than defeat. The account say'
The action commenced with canuonade
which, on our slide, had sirli fiiilo drlnii
object liui the pthners cOihruied lhensfVe
with directing lteif hFs against llie efnnke
snppGfed a. iudicnie The position Oi HE Srikl
pfrrrs, A lruFii tie lrli divisiun ofihe az
fuy, under Brigudier Campbell was orlere'
~ uHke y "nnuk movement, "a namuyr'
1 which disclosed i0p painfully lhHt tho Selkl
artillery wns ~ he fund 90 usuAi where I
could net will ilis most destructive effective
sooner were lhe, troops within range THAI
some heavy bntieries, before un6hHeryed, D
peued cross llre upon HitH, ulider whrl
officers nud men Rll 10y hundreds, The lead
& iug hri gnde, consisting oftlfg 9Th Foot nnd
! lhe 2hd aud 15nl Regiments Of Native lnlnn-
NY, advanced rrs0luiely upOu The gus, hul
upon HrfiVlng NJ rho batteries WE'RE ~ terri
big weakened by losses and 80 exhausted by
there hliHd slf.#elss Va I'i'gle shat Illoy were
compelled 10 rnlnn upon llie regiments u lich
Ind buen nrdrrrd in their supIDri, lhrir
place was taken ly the bh BriRndh, which
succeeded, uudrr a tremendous hre of round
shot, grape md piuskeNy, ~ renrhinE the
battery, md capturing and spikiug The guns,
bet completely were ihgy lleu enYcluped
hy rhu Seikh Infantry that it wus found ndyi-
aalilr iu close up mud retire, The ~ almost
the Dnly definite operation Of the hHitlr, HHd
with ~. terrible q lors was IL attended that
the IoInl discontinue Of tho enemy would
have been dearly purchased ~ such sHcri-
Zee Of life. The 9Th lost IN eolOnef.l major,
. capt'iHs, . lieuleuanlr, . rnsigns, aud 2ls
men killed on tao Flipl, and | nWJur, 2 cap
tnius, 2 lir,tenanlr, aud 2ii men woanded,
Ia one uf Ilir native regiments bfgndud With
ii, IliG lnsa la killed and wounded was4 OH.
cers nnd 2Ol men The Ilh brigade Noun
inin'-l had 40 fewer lhHlr27 officers nnd $50
men hors de- o0mbdi, list TO which D officers
aud $50 men were contributed 10y The 29li
Foot
The rest ofthe bnlile WINS confused msits
nf detached aud uuconcericd conflicts, ~
which ench brigade mud regiment, niler plum
gius IN The jungle aud finding itself u,inrk'
ed, defended itsclfus best u uighi
"ln the meantime" rays The Delhi Guz"ttc,
4'IIiigndicr Colby, with MAJOR General flr
W. Gilbert M n leader, who was on the ~,
iremc right Of lhe Infantry line, moved for.
ward. aud ulier marching through dense
Jungle Tor some minutes, came upon the ca.
cmJ's infantry; the brigade opened their fire,
hul lhc enemy wrrr la such numbers thai
DIZZY easily oulnaukud them, Two companies
Of tie Pad European regimen were wheeled
lip, showed front, aud tie whole charged,
hut had not gone far when they found they
were surrounded, They immediately faced
right about, korl .lip some &c iriuG and
ehhr..cd ~, iuug IN trout. 4, ihs Junction
llawess battery game TO ,hc rescur ,nnd lav'
Jog beaten OF tho emmy, ihrir guns were
taken. While tho infantry were thus highly
thcniscvrs, md earning in-
pcrishui,le lndtclr,ho cavalry onlle extreme
left, under Brigndirr Wine, had made dash.
ing charge, aud contributed much 10 tbs de-
feat Of the enemy, while The cnynlry on tlI-
extreme right, consisting Of Brigadier Pnpc's
force, 1iIh ihe / lili light dfn2oops lcmpor-I
nry attached, having lscn taken Ia ndy~ncr
of ihoir horse artillery, Lance, Chrs'e's nud
Ilui-h'H trOops,l we're directed 10 chhrgc
body of liir curniy's cuynlry, Nnriously csIi'
iuaicd al from 1000 io 5000; inslrHd uf'Vhcy.
ing the orders given them, they hcrd nhout,
aud ~ spite ct the energetic endcnyors of
their own aud Other officers, let the field,
with the exception Of body ofthe oli Inn
GERS, who were rallied and made direct for
the nrlllerlt on coming zap to which, Instead
OF uaniua up they dushrd through iluislls
and Chris,le's troops, upselting wagon md
some horses, aud directing their course To
the field hospital. The enemy, seeing tho nd-
vantage they had thus uuuccouu,uhly ctrs,r.
cd, followed our cavalry, got amongst The
horse artillery ,cut down no less thnn ~ guu-
ncrs who had, 10y the flight Of the caynlry
mcuus of defending themselves, and carried
onsiX oflheir guns, Two Of which were sub
tcquenily recovered, aud would have done
much more harm, Ind not Col. Lane been
fortunately enable to draw his troops out Of
the melee and pour IN grape 80 rnergeicaly.
that ihu Goorciurras thought they hud done
enough, and 1loi!'" .......
Il is stated that the 18th druEoouS retired,
because ordered 70 ,lo so. Thus polul' how
ever, requires To bc cleared up. The con-
duet OF tie 9th Bengal light cavalry nrpeurs
to have been very rcpreheusiblc.
On the left, il is stated, the enemy were
pushing forward boldly aud successfully,
when squadron Of tue Sd Dungeons and the
9Th light cnvary were ordered 10y Thnckwen
to clnrge Them On approaching the foe,
Tie native cavalry broke and fled the drug
oons. unsupported ms they were, charged
through the sivlSlis, ritz, aeFs tor u Iilne lost
sight ol, II wns feared they MUST hnyG inlen
into mn ambush md been uunihln,ed, and
crilble.wns the anxiety and suspense, when
they quickly reArpeNrcd IN the renr of the
enemy, dhd were seen gallnntly cutting their
way hnck, Capt Une,t, the heroic officer
who led them, wns severely wounded Lieu
tenant Sisted, slightly; md 40 men were
found TO have been killed aud wounded in
the charge. Tho 9Th cavalry, said TO have
thus forgotten themselves, hnvo for long been
considered one of the'fnest regiments in the
Bengal army portion Of them distinguish
ed themselves M Cabnl another portion
formed n part of, the heroic garrison nj Jellul-
nbnd.
!, The fight WINS finally put an end to by the
!. khr'les, Of evening drawing OF. When the
whole was over, the COMMANDMENT Chief
role in among The troops, ana wns received
with every demonstration of JOY. The fight
] s..Arl.iuly M N Mn haa lkgrI
! fought ia. India, not executing Eeroaeshah
Nlrllt unfortunately Aal,s.r it,t