1 HISTORY OF THE sIKHS. 195
2 Ellabec Baksh, Shah Nuwaz Khan, son of Fultch
3 Vodeen Khan of Kussoor, and many more of less
4 note.
5 Thus terminated the last battle in the campaign he -{atention
6 against the Sikhs, who had crossed the river in the on crossing
7 vain hope of conquering Hindostan, and had been feaue i
8 employed for several months in bringing guns to puseand 3
9 the left bank, where they were said to have been the left bani
10 hidden in grass and about villages previous to their
11 being collected at Feerozshuhur ; at least, this.was
12 the explanation given by themselves when interro-
13 gated on the subject, and when surprise was ex-
14 pressed as to how they could possibly have trans-
15 ported so many pieces of ordnance across the Sutlej
16 in so short a time. The arrogance of the Khalsa
17 troops led them to rely with confidence on becoming
18 masters of the British possessions, and a Governor
19 of Benares had even been appointed! Even this Their absura
20 acquisition could not entirely satisfy their ambitious cenit
21 views ; for their ultimate destination was to have
22 been London, by which they understood the
23 British Empire; but how they were to reach that
24 remote kingdom, whether by a voyage round the
25 Cape or by the Isthmus of Suez had not been defi-
26 nitely settled, and would, no doubt, have occupied
27 their attention on reaching Calcutta! They looked
28 forward to the sacking and pillaging of Delhi, and
29 because Nadir Shah had preceded them, their
30 vanity led them to believe the same’ feat might be
31 performed by themselves, forgetting that there was
32 no British force to oppose that rapacious soldier!