1 52 FROM THE DRATH OF NOO NEHAL SINGH
2 A few fragments of the despatches will suffice for
3 the purposes of historical detail.
4 “The Sikh army, in large numbers, com-
5 menced crossing the Sutlege on the 11th Decem-
6 ber, and, after investing Ferozepore on one side,
7 took up an entrenched position at the village
8 of Ferozeshah, about ten miles in advance of
9 Ferozepore, and about the same distance from
10 the village of Moodkee.
11 “In this camp the enemy had placed 108
12 pieces of cannon, some of large calibre, with
13 a force exceeding 50,000 men, for the purpose of
14 intercepting the approach of the British force
15 moving up from Umballa, to the relief of Fe-
16 rozepore, which had been thus treacherously
17 attacked, without provocation or declaration of
18 hostilities.
19 “‘ I had ordered, on the 8th instant, that por-
20 tion of our army posted at Umballa for defen-
21 sive purposes, to move up on the ]1th; and,
22 after a rapid march of 150 miles, it reached
23 Moodkee on the 18th, where, on the evening of
24 the same day, it repulsed an attack of the Sikh
25 army, and captured 17 guns. On the following
26 day the army was concentrated at Moodkee,
27 and on the 2lst, moved by its left on Feroze-
28 pore; and having on the march formed its junc-
29 tion at half-past one o’clock with 5,000 men and
30 21 guns, under Major-General Sir John Littler,