General White telegraphs that the force which was compelled to surrender consisted of four and a-half companies of the Gloucesters, and six of the Irish Fusiliers. The battery. mules, stampeded by boulders from the hills and rifle shots, bolted with all the guns and the reserve ammunition. Ihe infantry held their position under a-heavy: fire from dawn until three in the afternoon, when their ammunition was exhausted, and the position with the survivors was captured, the wounded being treated most humanely,
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