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2 delaying the invasion of the Punjab, or at least the
3 crossing of the Sutlej, nevertheless resolyed to
4 effect one or both purposes, when the means should
5 arrive. The army of the Sutlej accordingly moved
6 from Feerozshuhur to Sultan Khan-Walla, and after-
7 wards to MuHawala, Attaree, Bootawala, and lastly
8 to Akhberwala, only a few miles from the Sutlej.
9 At Sultan Khan-Wala, as already stated, 5,000
10 maunds of gunpowder were destroyed.
11 The Sikhs, though driven across the Sutlej after
12 the battle of Feerozshuhur, began to recross as soon
13 as their bridge was finished, and advanced just as The sikhs
14 Little Sobraon was taken possession of by a British "22%"
15 brigade of infantry: the brigade was subsequently
16 withdrawn, and a picquet substituted. On two or
17 three occasions the alarm was given that the Sikhs
18 were advancing for the purpose of attacking the
19 British camp, but such an occurrence never took
20 place.
21 The Governor-general, in his manifesto, had
22 confiscated all the possessions of Dhuleep Singh on
23 the left or British side of the Sutlej. Among these qye Fort of
24 was Wudnee, a fort belonging to the jagheer of Wudree.
25 the late Shere Singh. The gates of this place were
26 shut against the Commander-in-chief’s force when
27 advancing to the frontier, but the wish to relieve
28 Feerozpore induced him to hurry forward without Sutrendara to
29 besieging Wudnee, which place afterwards surren- Sit John Grey.
30 dered to Sir John Grey and the Meerut force.
31 Another place of some importance to the Sikhs,
32 and situated about half-way between Feerozpore
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