The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-10

deep ravines. In the rear" OF these ran
the Ghelum, or Thydaspes. river. and IL
was a remarkable fact that the Anglo
Indian army covered as much ground as
the English army did at the battle OF
Waterloo. but was still outfianked This
was partly accounted for by the spaces
caused by the jungle.
SiI<hs Wrenk Great Havoc.
4 was with squadron Of the Third
Light Dragons which formed the body
guard of the commander-in-chief when the
attack commenced but we were very snon
ordered to join our regiment on the ex-
IRENE left of the army Just at this
time an aid rode up to General Camp
bell and ordered him 10 take the guns in
his front At the same time General Pope
received orders TO move rapidly forward
and attack the enemy Three regiments
OF cavalry were posted on our right flank.
with two troops of horse artillery. while
infantry. with heavy and light artillery
Toned the center. and two regiments NJ
cavalry. with artillery. were posted on
our left flank. The battle now became
furious along the whole line. Our infan-
try had great difficulty in making forma
tons in the dense Jungle. and were AZ
great disadvantage in not knowing the
ground. One cavalry regiment on the
right was thrown into confusion by some
one calling out 'threes about, Just as
they were upon the enemy. causing a dis
astrous retreat. not only 10 themselves.
but to the artillery in their rear, over
which they rode, and one troop lost all its
guns, besides the casualties in killed and
wounded, the Sikh horsemen following
close upon the rear Of our retreating cav
airy; but they were checked by the raj
lying Of two Of the fleeing squadrons.
our center met a similar fate, but
more destructive in loss OF life. General
Pennywick was in command OF the diyis-
ion, and his orders to the men were not
to fire a shot, but take the battery OF
guns at the point Of the bayonet. the
same as they did Of yore in the PENN
sula- The consequence was a brigade
charged up an incline through the Jungle
and came onto the guns posted on the
high ground and took them In doing so.
up rose Sikh regiment from ambush
and fired deadly volleys Into these brave
men, and their cavalry dashed into the
TANKS Of the brigade, almost annihilatinr
II. One British regiment lost thirteen
officers and 800 men killed and wounded.
and the remainder Of the brigade suffered
fearfully.
PrOdiGies of VnIOr.
General Campbelrs and General Glib
berts divisions were doing prodigies Of
valor. Often the regiments under their
command had TO fight back to back. the
front and rear rank blazing away at the
same time. taking and spiking guns.
which were retaken, not having been
effectually spiked, and were fred at us
again. Our right had been turned. and
the center broken, which placed them
both on the defensive. To make matters
worse, Sheresing and Ottersing were con-
centrating some twenty thousand men.
with artillery. to attack and turn our left.
in order TO get in the rear OF our army
AS I before stated. the left flank was
guarded by two regiments OF cavalry
with n complement OF infantry and guns.
but was rather weak. as three squadrons
of the Third Dragons had been ordered
away TO support the center. The enemy
OUtflanked us, and was advancing. so thar
our left had to be thrown back. Every
moment matters became more critical and
threatening. when General Sir Joseph
Thackwell ordered the Fifth Bengal Cav
airy 10 charge, supported by the remain
ing squadron OF the Third Light ORA
goons. The Fifth dashed into the jungle
but was assailed by such a storm OF
bullets that they could not stand and
retreated. Many Of their officers were
wounded In endeavoring 10 stop the men.
but TO no purpose. This unforeseen retro
grade movement did not deter Captain
Unett and his squadron of the Third, Of