New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-29

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Lucleow via FyYEsbaA had been abandoned. II IL
true, tho English he'd gained 70 decided advantage
but, al leading Fsepch journal justly rem.rks,
al, tie respective positions Of the belGeereots, the
"sinPIe statn' ono is gain for England"
The Dews from Delhi is 10 August 90. On tho
26ib, Gen Eicholson defeated small body Of in
sureents, said to have attempted, BY flank march
On Soneput, to intercepts siese-tran, the arrival
of which in the camp was already announced BY
tie last mail but which il now stated to be at kur-
paul. or, according to another report on it's way
somewhere between Loodisus and Kurnaul After
40 killed and wounded. On the ssme day, the mu-
tineers In the city, thinking that most Of the Brit
ish troops had gone after their detachment, made
an attack on the camp, but produced no impress
sion, and were repulsed in the usual way. Ac-
cordips to the latest advices the ground in front OF
Delhi wa being cleared BY the British, and trenches
for advance were being formed. There il danger
that this work undertaken in the pestlentsl month
of September, may reduce Gen. Wilson's forces to
q still weaker state than those Of Barnard and
Reid before the arrival of the Puujsub reinforce
Rents. The Lahore Chronicle gives q list OF the
generals and field officers killed, wounded, dead
from sickness or disappeared from the camp with
out medical certificates. The entire number is 81.
Among those reported - "gone away" without
medical certificates, are five Ulcers in the general
staF, including Colonies Congreve and Curston.
The report Of The Calcutta Engtishmsm that 81 the
.. Delhi detachment against Hissur had been three
" times defeated BY Cortland" gives us at least
sone clue as TO the whereabouts of that General,
and as to the sort Of obstruction which, up to the
end of August, had prevented bis lopgexpected
junction with the British camp. 1t shows, ct the
came time, that the Delhi mutineers do not limit
themselves to operations agan,t the enemy in their
front Alebur situated about midway between
Dehiand Agra weknew already, from the previous
mail, to be in tho possession Of the insurgents,
who were encamped about three miles from it.
small force detached against them from Agra al
though reported to have defeated them, with loss
of $50 killed, proved toe weak to dislodge them,
and bad, consequently, to retreat If the report
of The Madras Athenexm that "there was revo-
" luton at Gwalior on the 25th Of August, that
"the troops rose against Scndiah deposed him, and
"placed prince of Delhi on the Musnud," should
prove true, the position Of the Agra garrison
must be considered as very critical.
The garrison of Lucknow, in spite Of its sue
cessful sorties cannot yet be considered safe. Ac-
cording to the latest sdvices they were reduced to
three hundred and fifty soldiers in effective condi-
ton, encountered with helpless band Of women
ard children of the Same number. 1t is true that
the 5th and Goth regiments, after having been sent
up and down the Gsnges, had at last arrived at AL.
lshabad, and we're, on September g. to be marched
for Cswnpore, by Gen. Outram. Yet on the other
hand, the rebels had taken up q strong position on
the Dude side Of tho GaDges, opposite to Gavin
pore, on the only road to Lucknow practicable at
this season of the year; while letters from BuKar
mention that the people from Dude were crossing
over 10 crowds to Allahsbad. The evacuation by
the British of GoruckpoOr situated in northeast.
erly direction from Dude, would seem to be step
in the right direction. But nothing can yet be re-
earded a. secure. There il still possibility that
the great stratescal lines Of the upper Ganses aud
the Jumna may be lost BY the English before the
arrival Of their resnforcements