1 366 SANGAS.
2 was formed, beneath the walls of Fattehgarh ;*
3 and sangas, or rude breastworks of stones, were
4 thrown up on the more commanding positions
5 near the entrance of the pass. These rough
6 pieces of fortification, so close to their own
7 haunts, proved very offensive “to the inimical
8 * « Considering that with reference to the probable date
9 of the departure of the Shah from Candahar, and the de-
10 claration of the Khaibar chiefs that they would give hos-
11 tages of their good faith when we appeared in the vicinity
12 of Jamrud, and that it was desirable to endeavour to ascer-
13 tain what the intentions of Mahomed Akbar Khan were,
14 in the event of a demonstration to force the pass, it ap-
15 peared to the Lieutenant-Colonel advisable that no further
16 delay should take place in occupying the entrance to the
17 pass in some strength. He proceeded therefore to the
18 spot himself, and lost no time in erecting two stockades,
19 supporting one another, commanding the principal en-
20 trance to the pass, and securing at the same time a com-
21 munication with the Sikh garrison in Fattehgarh, where
22 he formed an encampment of the troops which had been
23 placed at his disposal by the Maharaja specially for service.
24 On the following day he erected two other stockades,
25 which gave complete possession of the entrance, and left
26 Lieutenant Mackeson, with his levies added to the force
27 already there, in charge of the post, visiting the ground
28 occasignally himself.”—-United Service Magazine for
29 1842, p. 482.