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2 HISTORY OF THE SlICHS.
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4 this place he journeyed to MoOgutsir, Arrive.
5 s. at
6 Moogutsm
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9 and here all the Sikhs who had deserted him
10 again collected. The number ofGovind’s followers
11 now amounted to twelve thousand men, including
12 horse and foot soldiers.
13 The news of Govihd’s escape, and of his being fo pm-wi*! by
14 , L 0 trie Governor
15 agam at the head of a large army,, quickly reached ofsirhmd.
16 Sirhind, and the sirdar of that place lost no time
17 in collecting troops, with which he pursued the
18 Gooroo. The Mussulmans amounted to seven
19 thousand fighting men,
20 much larger in number.
21 while Govind’s force was
22 though inferior in dis¬
23 cipline, The Sikhs were, however, determined to
24 donquer or die.
25 A battle took place near Moogutsir, in which ' n -p la(t f r is
26 .Govind was victorious. Great numbers
27 and the
28 were
29 Gooroo
30 slaughtered on both sides;
31 harangued and complimented his soldiers on their
32 bravery; encouraging them, at the same time, to
33 fresh exertions in expelling the enemy. The place
34 which Govind had judiciously chosen as his abode,
35 was in the arid desert, where no water was procur¬
36 able, except from a few tanks
37 his possession.
38 which he held in
39 The Mussulmans, unable to obtain
40 any water, fled and were pursued by the Sikhs;
41 numbers of them perished.
42 Govind’s victory was complete, and the news of
43 it spread far and wide, so that great crowds resorted
44 to his standard. His army increased daily; and
45 peace being now restored, he remained at, Moo¬
46 gutsir.