New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-20

water AZ the Fs.,s OF Niagara. Soldiers anc Jecks
Eurepesns and natives msn. women ana cn-creo'
horsee Csmes and cKen poured 10 10 couLt'ess mum
bers from p. m. BY niyhifsl, the lnlreoohed camp
with its motley as-enbiage Of and beasts. bag
gage, luggage ard ten thousand rondescript incum.
braI ces vsed the chaos thai existed before tae hat
OF creation wept forth
Finally, II, Timtss Calcutta correspondent
states that evidently tae British suffered on the
9th "what almost amounts to repalse, but that
from patriotic motives the Ansio-Indian rress
covers the disgrace with the impenetrab'e 'ai oi
charity. Thus much. however, is a.so admitted.
that one OF Her Msjesty's regiments, composed
mostly Of recruits one moment got into disorder
without however giving way, and that at the fort
the confusion was extreme, Windham having iost
al control over his men, until in the evening OF the
2sth Campbell, arrived and with few naughty
words" brought every body to his pi'ce again.
Now, what are the evident conclusions IRON
ell these confused and prevsricst'ns state
meuts? No other than that, under the IN
capable direction OF Wndham. the Br'tsA
troops were completely. though quite nnnce''
ssrily defeated; that whea tae retrest "s'
ordered, the officers OF the oata Regiment
Who bsd not even taken the trouble to get IN any
Way scouanted with the ground they had fought
on. could not find the place they were ordered 70
retreat to; hst the regiment get into d'sofder Suu
finally aed that this led to panic in the camp
which broke down sll the bounds Of order and as
cp,ine end occssioned the loss Of the csmp-equip'
sge and part Of the bagssge; that hnaNy' ih sPlte
OF Windham's assertion about the stores, io'oVV
Mimic cartridges, the Pssmasters chests, and the
shoes and clothing for many regiments aud new
levies, fell into the hands OF the enemy.
English infantry, when in line or column seldom
run away. In common with the Russians, tney
have natural cohesion which generally belongs TO
old soldiers only. and which is IN part explained oy
the considerable aJmxture Of old soldiers IN botn
services but il in part also evidently belongs 10
national character. This quality which has moth
inc whatever to do with pluck" but is on the
contrary rather peculiar Development oil the H.
stnct of aelfpreservation, is still sery valuable
especially in deiersve positions. 1t Sso' IN CON-
mon with the phlegmatic nsture OF Ensiishmen
prevents panic; but is TO be remarked that waen
Irish trcops are once disordered and brought 70
panic, they are not easy to rally Thuslt happened
10 Wndhsm on Nov. 81. lie viii figure hence
forth among that not very large but distinguished
list of English generals who have succeeded IN
making their troops run away under pane
On the oSth the Gwaor contingent we're reen'
forced by considerable body from Bthoor, and
closed up to within four hundred yards OF the
British intrenched outposts. There WAS another
engagement conducted On the part OF the asaall'
ants without any vigor whatever. During 1t IN
example of resl pluck occurred on the part oil tue
soldiers and officers of ne 6ith, which we are
glad 10 relate, although the exploit itself was as
foolish as the renowned Balaklava charge. The
responsibility of it, too, is shifted upon dead
man--COl. Wilson of that regiment. II appears
that Wilson advanced with one hundred and eighty
men against four guns of the enemy, defended BY
far superior numbers. We are not told who they
were; but the result leads to the conclusion that
they were of the Gwalior troops. The British took
the guns with a rush. spiked three of them, and
held ont for some time, when. no reinforcement
arriving they had to retreat learipg sixty men aud
most Of their officers on the ground. The proof Of
the hard lighting is in the loss. Here we have a
small force, which, from the loss they suffered,
must have been pretty well met holding battery
till one third of their numbers are dswn This is
bard fighting indeed and the first instance Of it we
have since the storning Of Delhi. The man who
planned this advance. however, deserves to he tried
by court martial and shot. Windham says it was
Wilson. He fell in it, and cannot reply.
In the evening the whole British force was pent
up in the fort, where disorder continued to reign
and the position with the bridge was in evident
dar ger. But then Campbell arrived. He restored
order, drew over fresh troops in the morning, and
so far repelled the enemy az to secure the bridge
and fort Then be made sn his wounded, women
children and baggage cross, and held defensive
to Allshabsd. AS soon a. this was accomplished
he STACKED the Sepoys on the 6th and defeated
them, bis cavalry and arte ry fOllowingthem up for
fourteen miles the same day. That there was little
resistance offered is shown from Campbells re-
port; he merely describes the advance Of his own
troops, never mentioning any resistance or maneu-
voIs on the part of the enemy; there was no check
and it was not battle, but boane. Brigader
Hope Grant, with light division, followed the
fusitives, and caught them the 9Th in the act Of
passing river; thus brought to bay, they turned
round and suffered severe loss. With this event
CampbelPs first campaign, that of Lucknow and
CswDpOre, is brought to a close, aud fresh series
of operations must begin whose first developments
may expect to hear of within sfortnieht or three
weeks.