1 536 AMMUNITION SENT TO JAMRUD.
2 should arrive to the succour of the garrison of
3 Ali Masjid, as that fort was now sure of being
4 attacked by the Khaibaris. Meanwhile balled
5 ammunition was being made up in our camp
6 as fast as possible, and all the available in-
7 fantry, including the drafts for the 2nd Eu-
8 ropean regiment, were sent to Jamrud on the
9 14th, to proceed from thence to the assistance
10 of our troops in the Pass, whenever such a step
11 might be necessary. At twelve o’clock the
12 same night, I was ordered off with a couple of
13 6-pounders and a Risallah (troop) of Local
14 Cavalry, to escort a quantity of ammunition
15 to the troops at Jamrud, who were to take it
16 on to Ali Masjid. We reached the camp at
17 Jamrud at nine 4.M., and. immediately on ar-
18 rival made the ammunition over to Captain
19 Prole, 37th Native Infantry, who commanded.
20 “My tent was once more pitched amidst
21 scenery with which I was familiar; but the
22 landscape, though the same, had been changed
23 in some of its accompaniments. It is true, the
24 Sangas still existed, and were even occupied by
25 the friendly Khaibaris, who, to show their zeal