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2 Lahore, had also a similar escape; the excite-
3 ment, though without any ground whatever,
4 being so great against the European officers.
5 By this time, the disaffection of the part of the
6 army at Lahore had also found its way amongst
7 the troops in the different provinces, who, emu-
8 lating their brethren at Lahore, murdered the
9 Governor ‘of Kashmir in open court, upon his
10 refusing to comply with some request from these
11 miscreants, which he had no power whatever to
12 grant. Lieutenant-Colonel Foulkes, stationed
13 with a large body of cavalry at Mundee, also fell
14 a victim to the lawless excitement of his soldiers ;
15 universally regretted by all who had ever known
16 him. Lieutenant-Colonel Ford, another British
17 officer, after having been plundered of everything
18 he possessed by his men, even to the ring upon
19 his finger, died at Peshawur, from illness and
20 ill treatment, which place he just contrived to
21 reach alive. It was the intention of the troops
22 to have sacrificed the lives of all the European
23 officers ; but most of them having obtained in-
24 formation of this diabolical project, the attempts
25 were frustrated by corresponding energy. This
26 critical state of affairs continued for some months,
27 during which period there existed in fact no
28 government at all, the soldiers doing just what
29 they thought proper. One brigade, near Pesha-
30 wur, intercepted and plundered a government