Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly ...

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III GUJERAT AND PESHAWAR General course of the campaign; battle of Gujerat; pursuit of the Sikhs; their surrender; pursuit of the Afghans and occupation of Peshawar. Appointment of Sir C. Napier as Commander-in- Chief; offers of staff employ in Bombay and the Punjab; decision for the latter. In the meantime a great British army had been assembled at Ferozpur to put down the insurrection, which had now spread to the whole of the Punjab. This force entered Lahore shortly before the middle of November 1848, and was joined on the 21st November by Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief. On the 22nd November he gained the indecisive victory of Ramnugger. On the 10th January 1849, he was joined by Sir Henry Lawrence, who, hurrying out from England, had reached Multan just after Christmas, and had pressed on to join the main army directly after the successful assault of the 2nd January. On the 13th January 1849, was fought the bloody battle of Chillianwallah, in which Lord Gough's losses were terribly severe. Immediately after Mulraj had surrendered, reinforcements were pushed forward to the field army. On the 19th February the 6oth Rifles, 1st Bombay Fusiliers, and the 32nd Bombay Infantry reachedGujerat. In the crowning victory of the 21st they formed the extreme left of our line. On the 22nd the Bombay troops accompanied General Gilbert's division in his pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans, and marched 25 miles "in appalling heat and with no water." On the 28th February they were over the Jhelum. On the 8th March George Lawrence, with his wife and children, and the other prisoners were brought in, safe and sound, to Gilbert's camp. Negotiations followed for a general surrender of the Sikhs. Daly gives the following account of the event: ? " gth March (1849).?The Sher...

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