1 60 FROM THE DEATH OF NOO NEHAL SINGH
2 the Sikh infantry, arrayed behind their guns,
3 that, in spite of the most heroic efforts, a portion
4 only of the entrenchment could becarried. Night
5 fell while the conflict was everywhere raging.
6 “ Although I now brought up Major-General
7 Sir Harry Smith’s division, and he captured and
8 long retained another point of the position, and
9 her Majesty’s 3rd Light Dragoons charged and
10 took some of the most formidable batteries, yet
11 the enemy remained in possession of a consider-
12 able portion of the great quadrangle, whilst our
13 troops, intermingled with theirs, kept possession
14 of the remainder, and finally bivouacked upon it,
15 exhausted by their gallant efforts, greatly reduced
16 in numbers, and suffering extremely from thirst,
17 yet animated by an indomitable spirit. In this
18 state of things ‘the long night wore away.
19 “ Near the middle of it, one of their heavy guns
20 was advanced and played with deadly effect upon
21 our troops. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Har-
22 dinge immediately formed her Majesty’s 80th foot
23 and the lst European light infantry. They were
24 led to the attack by their commanding officers,
25 and animated in their exertions by Lieutenant-
26 Colonel Wood (aide-de-camp to the Lieutenant-
27 General), who was wounded in the outset. The
28 80th captured the gun, and the enemy, dismayed
29 by this counter-check, did not venture to press
30 on further. During the whole night, however,