The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-08
The War In India,
SEVERAL DEFEATS OF THE REBEL TROoPs-NuT

SEVERAL DEFEATS OF THE REBEL TROoPs-NuTINY
OF CAVALRY REGIAEST-COMNUNIoATIo BE-
TWEEN BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA REoPENED
The following telegrsphic despatch had been received
from the Malta correspondent Of the London journals
MALTA Jan. 2l-7 80 A. NJ
telegrsphc summary OF the news brough, by the
overland mail Calcutta anu Bombay has been receiv
ed from Corfu, as follows
=, ALEXANDRIA, Jan II. 1858.
The Indian mails have arrived with dates from Calcutta
| to the oath of December
The Pupjab has brough. the mail from Bombay, with
The Furukabad rebels have been defeated in two en-
gsgements, in the latter of wbh the 18th, the dsper
OF the enemy complete. Their guns cap
No further intelligence from Ocde.
The 18th Cavalry mrt.Ied the LIST of December.
They overaken Purneah Eleven killed,
but the remainder escaped.
The nth Native Infantry under orders for China.
The following Geographic despatch was communicated
from the English Foreign Office where II received at
half past the morning Of 22d ult., from Cor
fu:-
ALEXANDRIA Jan. II, 1865
The Candis arrived at SueZ the 14th inst, bringing
dates rom Calcutta to 25th December Madras 10Th De
cember and Gale 9th January; but no news Of import
aDce.
The East India ccmpanys steamer Punjab also ar.
rived at Suez on the 18th nst with Bombay dates n the
29h December she ef, the Feroze Alden, cosling.
small force from Delhi, under Colonel SeatoD, en-
counter ed BODY of rebels Gungeree the 18th De-
cemper, took the guns killed 100 We lost fe men
and three officers.
Again on the ilh December the sane column attack.
|
Futteghur, killed about 60 Of them, including many
chefs; took eleven guns with their camp and parted
(pursuingO The To1ted enemy miles Our loss
! tIinng, including only one officer k led.
Communication By post bet~een Bombay aud Calcutta
had been re established letters and papers having been
NJ, SoT,tawrton ard Prince Albert. with '-eops bod
Exchange a, Calcutta Is 2I.d and at Bombay 2s 21,d
The london Gd,etts .f the I'D nit no promotes cen
be Knights and COMPANIONS Of the Bath.
/ fFrom the IDndon Chronicle
The chief anDoun emt ut reported the despa,N which
pub shsd hf morning. s Of negative characte- TIE
uli., the cay before Christmas. while from Bombay We
have tdr alme, coming down 20 The end OF the
and yet from neither source IL anything related
Cernrg he progress Of the campa gn Dude. 90 this
qsarer and the operations OF the Commander In Chief
attention now concentrated; but for than ,nree
weeks past AID In the arrival Of mails from
India left wholly destitute Of intelligence upon tina,
AL in ortsnt subject he latest despatch
Calcutta under 81 december To- winch SIR Colin
Campbell announced the complete OF Gen Hope
Grant IN his attack upon tie relics of the Gssor Contin
gent white aemptii TO escape across the Ganges Since
then not word has been heard from TIE o.
warfare, either by ssy OF Cacua through Bombay
kurrschee. The inference 70 be drawn from this stop
page Of adyccs that the districts lying south of
Ganres through which communications must pass IN
eastcry direction 70 Calcutta or westerly towards BON
stated satisfactory result Of recent operations. tina
the postal correspondence across the pennsua between
Calcutta and Bombay. had Just been re established Sbe
/ the last mails we're despatched.
AL news from the centre Of interest being thus cut If
the intelligence now communicated relates only 70 trans
sections Of comparatively minor importance. One sat
factory event reported she dpersOn Of body Of rebel
who seem lately 10 have lowered uncertainty about the
districts Of Gwsor and Robncund pluDderng the villages
they went and causing some alarm by their rapid
movements, and sudden appearance al one moment In
the neghbcrhooc Of Agra, then threaienng Seemuch
4 Seugor This bard, We row learn, were pursued By
small fy ps column despatched from Delhi under Colone
Seson, who sa sed and defeated them December II
=. Gunssrn when be ,sos many guns s, and KILLED st
M his success by second engagement, in which the
enemy were assai'ed 10 entrenched position near
fuesghur Geo Killed, including many chefs, their camt
and artillery captured, and the fugtives pursued for
several mil.s. Tie British loss IN both encounters IL
stated 10 have been Insignificant only four officers being
killed and the affair altogether very credtably manascf
The Indian revolt I'll probably degenerate many DIS
rics INTO these minor encounters with detached rather
unattached bodies 81 the enemy. in such affairs
cannot be considered as very decisive, mcasured nv
the numbers engaged. the immediate results Of the
victory. Yet u 20 succession Of these small battle.
and triumphs tina; chiefly look for the ultimate
&c establishment Of the Brtish rule IN Bengal.