1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
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4 stand, an,{1 the cavalry of Azeem Khan coming np>
5 the Sikh infantry was completely routed, and tnWS’S^r 1
6 were kilted ; among the rest, the gallant. JewvuvH»Aed.
7 Mill and numerous sirdars ; the rest fled in. all
8 directions. The ensuing night witnessed the Sikhs
9 in a sad plight, running and wandering about the
10 snow-clad hills and valleys of Cashmere.* The,
11 wounded men collected round the tent of Ram
12 DyaS, who retired to a village in the vicinity of
13 Sreenuggur.f Those who fled, collected in the
14 lull-pass of Ram Gulleln A|. the latter place, Bhaee
15 Ram ,J3ingh was stationed'with 4,000 men, and a
16 supply of provisions; but hearing of the defeat of
17 the Sikhs, he fled to R^ouree, The Maharajah, who Many
18 was at Foonch, was told that he could not cross «*»»•■
19 the hills to Cashmere, and was advised to return,
20 to Lahore. Hearing of the signal defeat of his
21 troops, the Maharajah marched back to Lahore. J
22 In the retreat of the Sikhs from Cashmere, the
23 people hurled stones against them, by which many
24 were killed; among the rest, Meth Singh. From
25 Foonch, the Maharajah marched to Meerpore, and
26 from thence to the Punjab. Azeezooden. was de¬
27 spatched to a hill Ranee, and by flattery and
28 smooth words, which the fukeer knew well how
29 to employ, lie obtained her assistance in keeping
30 * The- Maharajah used to express a horror of Cashmere from its snow
31 and cold, and wondered how any English traveller should wish to visit such
32 i place.
33 f The capital of Cashmere.
34 J This disaster was a sore subject with the Maharajah, and he never
35 touched on it without denouncing Cashmere as a vile place.