New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

have been tsker from them; the greater portion Oh
tstir stores and artillery are lost; the inPortsni
towns are al in tie hands Of their enemies b''
Cd the ether hand, the British, in a. this vast di''
tr:ct, hold nothing bet tie towns, Ed OF tie open
country, nothing but the spot where their mo's0ie
columns happen to sssnd; they are compeueo v
chase their nimble enemies without any hope OIL
attaining them; aud they are urder the necessity
Of entering upon this hTrsssing mode OF warfare
a. the very desdliest season Of the yeH. Ine
rstive Indian can stand the midday heat OF nis
Summer with comparative comfort, while mere
exposure to the rays Of the sun 10 aimos'
certain death to tie European; he can march
forty miles in such season. where ten break down
bis northern opponent; to hin even the hot rams
and swanpy junses are comparatively innocuous'
while dysentery, cholera, and asue follow ever5
e1ertion made by Europeans in the rainy season OF
in swsmpy neishborhoods We are without detailed
accounts If the sanitary condition Of tho British
army; but from the comparative numbers OF those
struck by the sun ard those bit BY the enemy In
Gen. Roses army from tho report that the gsrrl-
son Of Lucknow il sickly, that the 35th regiment
arrived last Autumn above 1000 strong, row
scarcely numbers $50 and from other indications
We may draw the conclusion that the Summers
heat, during April and May, has done its work
smorg the newly imported men AID lsds who have
replaced the bropzed old Indian soldiers Of lsst
years campaign. With the men Campbsll has, he
cannot undertake the forced marches of Hsvelock
nor a siege during the rainy season Ike that OF
Delhi. And although the British Government are
doubtful whether they will be sufficient to replace
the wear and tear of this Summers campaign
against an enemy who declines to fight tho Bntish
except on terms most favorable to himself.
TIE insursent warfare now begins to take the
character of that OF the Bedouins of Algeria
against the Fferch; with the difference that the
Hpdoos are far from being 10 fanstical, and that
they are not q Lation OF horsemen. This latter 10
important in fat country of immense extent
There are plenty of Mohammedans among them
who would make good irregular cavalry; still the
principal cavalry nations Of India have no. joined
the nsurection so far. The strength OF their
army is in the infantry, and that arm being unfit to
meet the English in the field, becomes drag IN
guerilla warfare in the plain; for in such country
the sipew of desultory warfare is irregular cavalry
How far this want may be remedied during the
compulsory holiday the English will have to take
during the rains we shall see. This holiday will,
altogether give the natives an opportunity Of reor-
eanziDg and recruiting their forces. Beside the
organization Of cavalry, there arc two more points
of importance. As soon as the cold weather sets
in, guerilla warfare alone will not do. Centers Of
operation, stores, artillery, intreI ched camps or
towns, are required to keep the British busy until
the cold season is over; otherwise the guerilla
warfare might be eItiDguished before the
next Summer gives it fiesh life. Gwalior aP-
pears to be- among others, a favorable point,
if the insurgents have really got hold
of it. Secondly, the fate Of the nsurrection is de-
pendent upon its being able to expand. If the dis
persed columns cannot manage to cross from ROhil.
cund into Rsjpootana and the Mahratta country; if
the movement remains confined to the northern
central district, then no doubt, the next Winter
will suffice to dsperse the bands, and to turn them
into dacoits which will soon be more hateful to the
inhabitants than even the palefaced invaders.