1 196 NAOSHEHERA.
2 to his Highness that’ no information had yet
3 reaclied of the nomination of a Mahomedan
4 commander, and he was urgently requested to
5 appoint one.
6 11th.—Naoshehera.* Distance nine kos;
7 road good; lying on level ground. The
8 country open, and better cultivated than the
9 last march. The town of Naoshehera is
10 situated on the left bank of the Lundi or
11 Kabul river, but our encamping ground is close
12 to a small fort opposite Naoshehera, and on
13 the right bank. Supplies easily procurable.
14 Water from the river. Near this spot was
15 fought the great battle which tvok place be-
16 tween Ranjeet Singh and Sirdar Mahomed
17 Azim Khan, Barakzai. The main army of the
18 Sikhs was situated on the left, and the Afghan
19 chief with his troop un the right bank ; but the
20 brunt of the action was sustained by the Eusaf-
21 * ¢ As we neared the town of Nao Shehera, the scene
22 became almost English ; the sloping banks on either side.
23 of the stream being covered with verdant grass, and fringed
24 with mulberry and other trees, and the distant views
25 bounded by ranges of hills enclosing the expanding valley.”
26 —Barr’s Journal, p. 208.