1 142 CAMPAIGN IN THE KASHMEER MOUNTAINS. A.D. 1824.
2 was in consequence of this disaster, called out earlier than
3 usual, and directed against the hills between the Indus
4 and Kashraeer, in the early part of October. By the
5 19th, RuNJEET had penetrated with a division of his
6 troops to Gundgurh, but found the population dispersed,
7 and nothing but empty walls and deserted houses ; the
8 place with all the surrounding villages was burnt and pil-
9 laged, the unripe crops were used for forage to the army,
10 andRuNJEET Singh following the deserters, determined
11 to ford the Indus after them, an attempt in which many
12 lives were lost, but the object was effected on the 3rd
13 November. When the army was well across, Mohum-
14 MUD Yar Khan was summoned to attend from Pesha-
15 wur, which after some hesitation he did on the 16th
16 November, bringing a present of horses, which were at
17 first rejected, as of inferior quality, but, being replaced by
18 others, the offering was accepted, and the terms on which
19 Peshawur had been assigned were renewed with fresh
20 protestations and oaths of allegiance on the part of the
21 Afghan chief. On the 30th November, the Sikh army
22 re-crossed the Indus, not without further loss, from the
23 depth and bad footing at the ford. On the 10th Decem-
24 ber, RuNJEET Singh re-entered his capital by no means
25 satisfied with the result of the expedition of the season,
26 for he had incurred heavy expenses in preparation, and
27 yet had been able to inflict no blow on the turbulent
28 body of Mohummedans in insurrection, and had levied
29 very little in the way of tribute and contribution. No
30 further expedition was attempted in 1824, nor in the
31 early part of the following year. Indeed the Burmese
32 war had been commenced by the British Government,
33 and RuNJEET Singh seemed to watch with intense
34 interest all the events and operations of it. The most