1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. 367
2 out. Phe general sought for those who could give Queries con-
3 information of the main army. Captains Lumley
4 and Christie were found at one of the bivouac
5 fires; the former urged a march towards Feerozpeore.
6 Sir Harry replied, he wanted but one piece of in-
7 formation, ‘ Where was the Commander-in-chief, as
8 there he would take his men.’ Captain Christie,
9 ‘commanding the 9th irregulars, finally volunteered
10 to show the way, the day broke just about this
11 time, and as soon as the men could be collected,
12 we moved off to form the junction.”
13 In addition to the foregoing replies, which satis-
14 factorily settle the points at issue, namely :—
15 Ist.—That Sir Harry Smith entered the en-
16 trenchment after the 2nd division, which was in it
17 when the mine blew up;
18 2nd.—That he passed through the village of
19 Feerozshuhur, and took up a position in advance of
20 it, nearer the enemy;
21 3rd.—That he did not leave his position until
22 the latter became untenable; and a risk existed of
23 his being cut off from the main army ;
24 4th.—That he did not leave his position until
25 three 4. M. of the 22nd, and then with the intention
26 of joiing the main army, which he could not at
27 that time effect, but halted at Missreewallah; again
28 advancing at day-break on the morning of the 22nd
29 under the guidance of Captain Christie,—we were
30 also furnished with an intergsting Memorandum of
31 Operations of the Ist division of the army of
32 the Sutlej, on the 21st and 22nd December, 1845,”
33 Conclusions,