The History of the Sikhs containing the lives of the gooroos, the history of the independent sirdars or missuls, and the life of the great founder of the sikh monarchy, Maharajah Ranjeet Singh

M’Gregor, W. L. · 1846 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1The Sikhs

2threaten to

3cross the

4Sutlej.

5The design

6abandoned.

724 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.

8CHAPTER III.

9EVENTS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF SHERE SINGH,

10AND ADMINISTRATION OF HEERA SINGH.

11Ir was feared that the discord and anarchy likely

12to follow the death of the Maharajah Shere Singh

13and the Rajah Dhyan Singh, might affect the

14friendly terms which had existed between the British

15Government and that of Lahore for a period of

16nearly five and thirty years; and some troops were

17accordingly hurried towards the frontier stations of

18Loodianah and Ferozpore. At this juncture, the

19British were in the field against Gwalior, and the

20Sikhs, no doubt, watched the issue with anxiety.

21Several times the alarm was raised at Loodianah

22that the Sikhs were crossing. That the Sikhs, at

23the period referred to, did intend to invade the

24British territories appears pretty certain ; but the

25overthrow of the Mahrattas on the fields of Maha-

26rajpoor and Puneear had so decided an effect on

27their movements, that the idea of crossing the

28Sutlej was, for a time, abandoned by the Sikhs.