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2 Alleewala, of about fifty men, was driven from the
3 village by 500 or 600 Sikh infantry and sowars, and
4 the village burned.
5 Major-general Sir J. Thackwell sent a squadron
6 of the 3rd dragoons to support, and soon after
7 marched with the remnant of the regiment, a troop
8 of horse artillery, and two battalions of infantry, to
9 repulse any force which might be endeavouring to
10 turn our left flank; but before the general could
11 reach Asyah, Captain Becher had reinforced his
12 picquet with fifty men of his corps, (the 8th irregu-
13 lars,) and the enemy were driven out of the village, Enemy driven
14 and chased to near their own lines, with the loss of iaeeliy Gans
15 from twenty to twenty-two men, the British having ‘" Becher
16 only lost one man. The general had posted an
17 ‘additional picquet of cavalry in rear of Guttah from
18 the 4th light cavalry, when the wing of the 2nd
19 irregulars marched with Brigadier Taylor’s brigade
20 towards Dhurrum Kote. On the 7th, Sir Harry Sir H. Smith
21 Smith’s force returned to their camp near Tilwun- camp.
22 dee, Cureton having left the 4th irregulars at
23 Loodianah. His brigade was still on the right; the
24 4th and 5th light cavalry joined their brigade on
25 the left at Jilleewala, to which Lane's troop of
26 horse artillery was attached, and the 2nd brigade of
27 cavalry having also Campbell’s troop of horse artil-
28 lery attached, encamped in front of Brigadier Scott’s
29 left, and the village of Kumulwala, where there were
30 the 8th and 9th irregulars.
31 The last few days the outposts had been on Very The picquets
32 . . 7 on fri
33 friendly terms, the sowars talking freely with each tem!”