1 Fall of Kangra,
2 322 IlISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
3 natural question asked by the friends of humanity.
4 In all human probability and calculation, it could. -
5 There is, however, little use at present in commenting
6 on such a melancholy occurrence, unless to draw
7 the attention of government to the cruelty and
8 impolicy of trusting the lives of their brave soldiers
9 to temporary habitations.
10 It would have been a fortunate circumstance,
11 had Ajeet Singh completed the work of destruction
12 he began, and burned the whole barracks. Such
13 would have been considered a grievous calamity at
14 the time; but, like many other events during the
15 late campaign, viewed in the same light, most favour-
16 able and providential results would have followed.
17 Since this chapter passed through the press, we
18 have learned that Kote Kangra has surrendered,
19 and that, unconditionally. The killadar having so
20 long defied his own government and that of the
21 British, ought to have fought to the last, and thus
22 gained a name for himself; but his conduct is
23 another exemplification of Sikh courage, which is
24 mixed up with a considerable portion of bravado.
25 The fall of this important fortress will, as in former
26 times, have the effect of rendering the hill tribes
27 more submissive to the paramount power in the
28 Punjab.