1 66 FROM THE DEATH OF NOO NEHAL SINGH
2 of the enemy’s horse attempting an inroad to-
3 wards Loodianah, or any attempt upon the bag-
4 gage assembled round the fort of Buddawul.
5 “In this order the troops moved forward to
6 wards the enemy, a distance of six -miles, the
7 advance conducted by Captain Waugh, 16th
8 Lancers, the Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Master
9 of Cavalry ; Major Bradford, of the Ist Cavalry,
10 and Lieutenant Strachey, of the Engineers, who
11 had been jointly employed in the conduct of
12 patrols up to the enemy’s position, and for the
13 purpose of reporting upon the facility and points
14 of approach. Previously to the march of the
15 troops it had been intimated to me by Major
16 Mackeson, that the information by spies led to
17 the belief the enemy would move somewhere at
18 daylight, either on Jugraon, my position of Bud-
19 dawul, or Loodianah. On a near approach to
20 his outposts this rumour was confirmed by a spy,
21 who had just left his camp, saying the Sikh army
22 was actually in march towards Jugraon. My
23 advance was steady, my troops well in hand,
24 and if he had anticipated me on the Jugraon
25 road, I could have fallen upon his centre with ad-
26 vantage.
27 “ From the tops of the houses of the village of
28 Poorein, I had a distant view of the enemy. He
29 was in motion, and appeared directly opposite my
30 front on a ridge, of which the village of Aliwal