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2 of the province, and departed with his troops for the Hazareh
3 and Trinoul districts, by the Mozufferabad road. The object
4 of his march in this direction was to put down the distur-
5 bances that were just then created by Paindha Khan, the
6 chief of the Trinoul district, an old and inveterate enemy
7 of the Lahore Government.
8 The Rajah encamping- at Chumkaree, was engaged in
9 settling matters in that quarter, about a month before the Cabul
10 insurrection broke out. At the beginning of October, secret
11 despatches reached him from his brother Rajah Dehan Sing
12 at Lahore, and some Patan messengers arrived in his camp about
13 the same time from the same quarter ; it was, apparently, in con-
14 sequence of these communicaations, that the Rajah moved down
15 into the Hazareh country. He was heard about this period
16 to throw out hints of things to come, which afterwards tended
17 to excite a strong suspicion that he was privy to what was to
18 take place at Cabul. However, when the outbreak did occur,
19 and the news of it was made public, he professed to consider
20 it quite a matter of course, and what must in the nature
21 of things have occurred sooner or later.
22 When the first two battalions of the British force sent to
23 the relief of their countrymen in Affghanstan reached the
24 Indus at Attock, Goolaub Sing, who was in that neighbour-
25 hood, and who had orders from the Durbar to render them every
26 assistance in his power, did his utmost to delay their passage
27 across the river. He secreted all the boats, with the exception
28 of some two or three, and these he contrived to keep from them
29 for some time, on the plea that they were urgently required
30 for the use of his own troops, then engaged, as he said, in active
31 operations against the insurgents under Paindha Khan.