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2 which had moved from Ferozepore that morn-
3 ing, the Commander-in-Chief formed the army
4 in order of battle, and attacked the enemy’s
5 entrenched camp, and on that evening and the
6 following morning captured 70 pieces of artil-
7 lery, taking possession of the enemy’s camp,
8 with large quantities of ammunition and warlike
9 store.
10 “These successful and energetic operations
11 have been followed by the retreat of the Sikh
12 army to the other side of the Sutlege; the
13 British army being now encamped between Fe-
14 rozepore and the fords of the Sutlege.”
15 The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough,
16 gives of course a more minute account of the
17 operation, confirming, however, the broad facts
18 stated by the Governor-General. The action of
19 the 18th December, at Moodkee, when the Sikh
20 army attacked the British troops the instant
21 they had reached their camping ground is thus
22 related.
23 “Soon after mid-day, the division under
24 Major-General Sir Harry Smith, a brigade of
25 that under Major-General Sir J. M‘Caskill, and
26 another of that under Major-General Gilbert,
27 with five troops of horse artillery, and two light
28 field batteries, under Lieutenant-Colonel Brooke,
29 of the Horse Artillery (brigadier in command of
30 the artillery force), and the cavalry division,