The Sikhs and Afghans (1883)

Ali Shahamat · 1883 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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2RAW AT KEE SABAE.

3of his force now at Peshawr to proceed to

4Dera Ismael Khan, so as to co-operate on that

5side with the Shah Zada’s troops, by which

6means the enemy would be alarmed and their

7attention divided. It was necessary that the

8Maharaja should be reminded of the necessity

9of producing his contingent, as we had heard

10with surprise that nothing had yet been done

11to collect it; and the plan of creating a diver-

12sion by Dera Ismael Khan was one which it was

13expected that Ranjeet Singh would approve.*

142^th. — Rawat Kee Sarae, distant about

15eight miles. Supplies scarce ; water good.

16West, inclining to the north between two and

17three miles, is the tope of Manakiala ; and

18about the seventh mile cross a small Nala,

19which joins the Sohan. Very little cultivation,

20but the country looks less bleak and dreary

21than that between Dhamuk and Pakaki Sarae.

22Layers of sandstone are frequent. Burnt red

23earth seen in the ravines. At Rawat itself a

24ridge of sandstone rises in upright blocks in

25• Both he and Shah Shuja had suggested the import-

26ance of such a moveineat.