The history of British India Author:Horace Hayman Wilson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MALAUN INVESTED. 43 ern extremity of the line, and there received the Book ii. submission of the Government of Bilaspur, as well as possession of the fo... more »rt of Ratangerh, divided only Ibm. by a deep and extensive hollow from Malaun. A detachment, under Lieut.-Colonel Cooper, dislodged the Gorkhas from Ramgerh and other posts which they had continued to hold to the south, and then advanced to co-operate with the main body. These subsidiary movements, with the state of the country, and the severity of the season, prevented the completion of the investment of Malaun until the 1st of April. In the mean time, the armies Ibis. acting at the eastern extremity of the line of operations had been engaged with the enemy, but had made little progress towards accomplishing the objects of the campaign. CHAPTER II. Operations of the Third Division. — March from Go- rakhpur.— Stockade of Jitpur,— attacked, — attack repulsed. — General Wood falls back,—remains on the defensive.—Frontier harassed on both sides.— Return of force to cantonments. — Operations of the Fourth Division. — Advanced detachment under Major Bradshaw.—Gorkha posts surprised.—Par- suram Thapa killed.— Tirai conquered. — March of main body delayed.—Outposts at Samanpur and Parsa,—surprised by the Gorkhas,—great alarm among the troops. — General Marley retreats, — reinforced,— leaves his camp.—General G. Wood appointed to the command.—Defeat of a Gorkk-a detachment. — Gorkhas abandon the Tirai.— Division broken up,—troops cantoned on the frontier. — Success of Major Latter's detachment.—Alliance with the Raja of Sikim.—Invasion of Kamaon.— Colonel Gardner's success.—Captain Hearsay defeated and taken.—Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls sent to Kamaon. — Gorkhas under Hasti-dal defeated. — Stockaded hill of Sitauli carried...« less