The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-29
THE UNION.
chief seemed to have been at FIRST utterly al loss what
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was TO be done at rst an Immediate retreat Dnghee
was spoken OF; but as this would have been 100 unns
takable an acknowledgment Of unsuccess he resolved
al length 10 enrench himself where he was, calling up
Wheeers brigade OF about 600 men, engaged IN quell-
ing disturbances the Baree Doab, and sunmonlng the
18Th and 22d from Ramnugger and her Majess 53d from
Lahore sending back, IN exchange, the regiments that
disabled Lord Cough having ordered that letters
should be sent from camp until the dispatches in read
mess, wrote brief notification TO the governor general,
stating that the troops under Shere Singh had been entirely
deieae aud driven back every point with the loss of
many OF their guns, and had renqushed all the positions
in which they had been entrenched The 'ruse' OF
avail For three days silence was successfully main
tanned, when such host OF letters from officers with the
force appeared in all the newspapers bearing obvious
y The stamp Of the highest authority, that the dispatches,
when they do arrive, will take very secondary place in
the rank OF documents The baggage cattle had been
under their burdens for more than thirty hours before
sufficient leisure found TO attend TO them. On the
18th European ancers who had been taken prison
returned to MS; and the Sikh general OF artil
Iery with his two and couple OF other men OF
noe, said to have surrendered on the 10th. Lord
Clifford and Sir H. Lawrence quilted the camp of LORD
Cough for that OF the governor general on the 18th
field work had been thrown up the right. Major
Tucker succeed Major Ekins. Colonel Carney
had reached camp, and been appointed brgader in Pen
uycuick's room. Clutter Singh had not up TO the Goth
our latest date from camp-oined his son, though daily
expected. The weather delightful, and the spirits
of the troops are said to have greatly revived The
wounded are doing we'll. The Skis are said to have
lost OO) killed, and 900 wounded-our casualties
being rather than third of this. The enemy We're
Dusy engaged enrcnchng themselves; hey are reported
10 be 900 strong"
The latest news from the camp of the army Of the
Puniaub is thus given by one OF our correspondents in a
letter received this morning:
"The mound taken by our troops on the 18th has been
enrenched 10 the village of Chan on the left and to
our camp on the right Entertainments for two regl-
ments right and left and battery in the centre, have
been thrown up on right, facing the north -Four
lancers who went out on the 18th IN search OF the
wounded, were surprised by the enemy Two OF them
escaped, but the other two made prisoners. and
oh thau aot hp ed
we'll and sent them back the 10Th with yakeel Ia
Lord Cough Terms were proposed by Shere Singh
which, however, could not be listened TO. The com
mander chief reviewed the troops on the 10TH and in
riding down the line, expressed his satisfaction al the
conduct OF the troops in the action OF the 18th The
wounded are doing well, and has been heard OF
likely to terminate fatally. HAHN Buzz who commanded
the artillery at peshawur escaped from the camp OF Shere
Singh accompanied by his son and few other artillery
men are said TO have reached the British camp. The
rains and cold weather which prevailed after the action
of the 18th had most depressing elect the spirits OF
the Sepoys, who scarcely able to cook their food
The weather is delightful, with every prospect OF
its continuing"