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INDIA.

In the June and July numbers of the Karere, our readers were furnished with a brief sketch of India, and the war which England has been carrying on there against the rebel Sepoys. They will be interested to icarn that this war, though not yet terminated, has been carried on with continued success to the British arms. The rebels have been fhi! "*£"**&* l 0 P lace s wherever they have met our troops, they have been defeated and driven bact, with heavy toss both of men and guns. In one day, the Bth of October, ihey were defeated at three different places. ()n the other hand the successes of our troops have been attended with losses so compa?ati ve lv Slight, that the heathen Sepoys themselves are astonished,and ascribe it to Divine interposition in our favour. They sav to each Other, " Great is the Christians God." The

last news from India is to the effect that ac" live preparations are being made Tor a campaign in Oude, which seems to be the only place where the rebels now dare to face our troops. The rainy season, which in India puts a stop for a lime to all out-door operations, was over and the troops were about to proceed to that Province. The result or this campaign will probably be the complete destruction and final dispersion of the rebel force. Lord Clyde is the name of the Coui-mauder-in-Cbief. ,^**a

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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 22, 31 December 1858, Page 4

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INDIA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 22, 31 December 1858, Page 4

INDIA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 22, 31 December 1858, Page 4