1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. 117
2 It was evident that the battle must be won by
3 the British infantry, the Governor-general as second
4 in command having placed himself at the head of
5 the left, while the Commander-in-chief occupied a
6 similar post on the right.
7 “ The line advanced unchecked and drove the
8 Sikhs out of the village of Feerozshah, as well as
9 their encampment ; then changing front to its left
10 on its centre, the force continued to sweep the
11 Sikh camp and dislodged the enemy from their
12 whole position. The British captured seventy-
13 eight pieces of cannon and were masters of the
14 field; but Tej Singh brought up fresh battalions rej ee
15 and a large field of artillery, supported by 30,000 fesh eb baie
16 Ghorchurras which had been kept as a reserve near Ghorchurees
17 the river.”* This immense force in Cavalry had
18 oceupied the ground about Sultan-Khan-Wala,
19 where there was also a supply of five thousand
20 maunds of gunpowder afterwards seized and
21 destroyed by the British. What a contrast between
22 this immense quantity of gunpowder, and the miser-
23 able supply on the part of the British! The small
24 force constituting the British cavalry could not
25 withstand such a multitude of foes. The despatch
26 continues, he drove in the British cavalry, and British cavalry
27 made strenuous efforts to regain his original posi- _
28 tion, but was unable to effect his object. Still the
29 Sirdar renewed the contest by a combined attack
30 on the left flank of the British, which compelled
31 * The Commander-in-chief 's despatch.