1 100 FUTEH KHAN VUZEER DEFEATED. A. D. 1813.
2 the support of his battalion, some fresh troops, and artillery
3 under Ghousee Khan, which had come in sight, but
4 his order was not obeyed. Dost Mohummud now
5 attacked with his horse, and the Sikhs were sinking
6 before him, when the Dewan in person on his elephant,
7 carried up two guns, which discharging grape checked
8 the Afghans. By this time it was noon, the heat of the
9 sun had become intense, and a strong hot wind blew the
10 dust into the faces of the Afghans. Under these disad-
11 vantages, the Vuzeer did not think proper to carry the
12 troops he had in reserve into action, and those who had
13 been engaged being exhausted, the battle ceased. The
14 Vuzeer retired across the Indus to Peshawur, leaving the
15 Dewan free to relieve the fort, which having effected,
16 MoHKUM Chund returned to Labor in August, to
17 receive the reward of his service, and to prefer his com-
18 plaint against the officers, whose disobedience had so
19 nearly proved fatal. They received the punishment,
20 attaching to correspondence with the enemy, which was
21 detected as the motive of their so critically holding back
22 from the action.
23 In the rains of 1813 nothing particular occarred, but
24 toward the close of that season Runjeet Singh com-
25 menced preparation for an expedition into Kashmeer.
26 In October he visited Juwala-Mookhee, and Kangra, and
27 thence marched, via. Seeal-Kot and Vuzeerabad to the
28 Jyhlura, where he summoned all his Jageerdars, and all
29 the tributary hill chiefs, to be in attendance with their
30 respective quotas. Strict muster was taken of each
31 party as it arrived, and fines were imposed if the number
32 was short, or the equipment in any respect deficient.
33 Great preparation had also been made to bring an effec-