1 Queries con-
2 dnued.
3 366 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
4 -
5 the night of the 2Ist, it was naturally to ‘be sup-
6 posed, hat he would have bivouacked at Missree-
7 wallah, and we therefore put the next question. ,
8 “In not effecting a junction with the rest of the
9 army, at what place did you afterwards bivouac, and
10 was it at the village of Missreewallah, about two
11 miles in rear of the field of battle ?”
12 “ We did not bivouack any where after leaving
13 Feerozshah, till we joined the main army. In falling
14 back we had nothing to guide us, and made’for the
15 first fires that came in sight, imagining they be-
16 longed to the army. They proved to be Missree-
17 wallah, where stragglers from every corps had col-
18 lected. After enquiries had been made as to the
19 direction of the main body,and when the menwho fell
20 out in search of water, as also the stragglers found
21 there, had been got together, we moved on to form
22 a junction, and the Deputy Assistant Adjutant-
23 general was ordered to gallop in the direction of
24 the firing, and report our being ready to support. -
25 The day had well broken by this time. The De-
26 puty Assistant Adjutant-general found the Gover-
27 nor-general and*reported our advance, and received
28 orders to move on steadily.”
29 The next point was to ascertain how long Sir
30 Harry Smith halted at Missreewallah, and this ques-
31 tion was accordingly put.
32 « After how long an interval did you again move
33 forward to join the Commander-in-chief?”
34 “ We halted at Missreewallah. The men fell out
35 to get water, and some grog coming up was served