1 334 HISTORY OF THE, SIKHS.
2 Ancedote. Other. An officer asked one, “ Why the Sikhs did
3 not leave their entrenched camp?” His reply was,
4 “They were waiting for Goolab Singh,” and added,
5 “ Why don’t you attack it ?” The officer replied, per-
6 haps not prudently, “We are waiting for some
7 heavy guns.” On the 9th (February,) the generals
8 of divisions and brigades waited on the Commander-
9 in-chief, and received his orders relative to the
10 attack on the Sikh army on the following morning.
11 The 3rd brigade of cavalry was five or six miles
12 to the right, and the 2nd brigade in rear of Chota
13 Sobraon was far away to the right. The Major-
14 sir Joseph General, therefore, attached himself to the cavalry
15 Thackwell at- on the left, viz., Brigadier Scott's, consisting of the
16 taches himself
17 to euadier | 3rd light dragoons, 4th and 5th light cavalry, and
18 at Sobran, the 8th and 9th irregulars. These extended in an’
19 oblique line, the right nearly in front of Asyah, and
20 supporting the two left brigades of the 3rd divi-
21 sion. During the cannonade by the heavy guns,
22 some of the enemy’s cavalry moved out of their en-
23 cavalry driven trenchment on their right, but on the 8th irregular
24 entrenchment. cavalry and a squadron of the 3rd light dragoons
25 being detached to keep them in check, they soon
26 raturned to their camp. When the firing of the
27 heavy guns ceased, and the brigades on the left
28 were ordered to advance, the cavalry supported
29 them most effectually; and on the entrenchments
30 on the enemy’s right being carried, Sir Joseph
31 Thackwell rode back to the brigade, to order a
32 part of it to advance, and enter the entrenchment
33 POOR, gi as Sees yee DRED SERN ee oe hy arene Remeeme Se” Naas mee
34 The enemy’s