1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. 129
2 CHAPTER VHIL
3 PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS.
4 Arter his defeat at Feerozshuhur, Lal Singh fled
5 to Lahore, and Tej Singh sent an urgent request
6 for more troops; otherwise, as he said, the disaster Te} Singh
7 which had befallen him would be fatal to. the Sikh sae fo agai
8 nation. Ife doubted his ability to again resist the cpecunter
9 British without the aid of Goolab Singh, who
10 appeared, however, but little inclined to leave
11 Jummoo, and perhaps rejoiced at the overthrow of
12 the Sikhs in the fields of Moodkee and Feerozshuhur;
13 for he conceived, as the power of the dominant
14 party declined, his own would be in the ascendant.
15 His object, and that of the Ranee, was to preserve Policy of the
16 friendly terms with the British, since they well Gosleb Singh.
17 knew that in the event of the complete conquest of
18 the Punjab, their position as hostile parties would
19 not be an enviable one.
20 The Khalsa troops believed the army of the uae
21 Sutlej, on defeating them at Feerozshuhur, would Bash ve
22 follow up their
23 follow up its advantage by crossing the river and advantage and
24 cross the river,
25 VoL. I. K