1 116 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 subject, but there is surely no more important
3 point connected with the efficiency and welfare of
4 Importance of an army, than the medical provision for the gallant
5 eset soldier who is wounded in the defence of his country;
6 ‘pthefield. and the energetic measures adopted by the Go-
7 vernor-general, after the battle of Feerozshuhur,
8 clearly proved that he was determined to save no
9 expense or trouble in providing for the wants of the
10 sufferers, both European and Native. But in a
11 campaign commencing so suddenly as the present
12 did, the attention of the ruler of the land is neces-
13 sarily directed to the means available for opposing or
14 attacking an enemy; and it is only when the can-
15 non and musket have done their work, that arrange-
16 ments for the care of the wounded men are forced
17 on his attention. We will return to this subject;
18 meanwhile we proceed to the renewal of the battle
19 of Feerozshuhur on the morning of the 22nd.
20 Rattle renew- “ The British infantry formed into a line, sup-
21 ed on the
22 22nd, ported on both flanks by the horse artillery, while
23 the fire was opened from the centre by a few heavy
24 guns and a few flights of rockets sent among the
25 Sikhs, But on these a masked battery of the Sikhs
26 played with great effect, dismounting the British
27 guns and blowing up their tumbrils.“* We were
28 assured by the horse artillery-men, that they had
29 never witnessed any thing so terrific as the effect of
30 the Sikh guns on theirs, which they described as
31 being actually blown into the air!
32 * The Commander-in-chief’s despatch.