When dawn broke on the 22nd it was found that Sir Harry Smith, who had clung to the village of Ferozeshah during the night, had effected a junction with the division under Littler, and that both divisions were now in front of the extreme right of the Sikh position. They were too distant to join in the final attack on the entrenchments, which was delivered in the early dawn, the Commander-in-Chief leading the division on the right, the Governor-General that on the left. The attack was preceded by a heavy artillery fire, and under its cover the infantry, forgetting fatigue, cold, and hunger, swept forward with unhesitating devotion, and carried the entrenchments at the point of the bayonet. Our losses in this battle were terribly severe--not merely in numbers. Whole regiments were decimated, but amongst the dead were men who had helped to build up our Indian Empire, and whose names are imperishably engraved on the military history of our country. The total casualties amounted to 2,415 killed and wounded, including 115 British officers. No means existed of ascertaining the enemy's losses, but that they were most severe was undoubted. They abandoned their entrenched position, and recrossed the frontier, leaving seventy-three guns in our hands. But the campaign was not over. Reinforcements were called up from Meerut, Delhi, and Cawnpore, and on January 6 Sir John Grey arrived at headquarters with the 9th and 16th Lancers, the 10th Foot (Lincolns), two regiments of native cavalry and three of native infantry, whilst the 53rd (Shropshire Light Infantry) was within a few days' march. CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF FEROZESHAH. +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |3rd Hussars | 2 | 7 | 53 | 86 | |Royal Artillery | 2 | 4 | 39 | 84 | |9th Norfolk | 3 | 7 | 67 | 197 | |29th Worcesters | 3 | 3 | 52 | 192 | |31st E. Surrey | 2 | 6 | 59 | 96 | |50th Roy. West Kent | 2 | 6 | 24 | 89 | |62nd Wiltshire | 7 | 11 | 97 | 184 | |80th S. Stafford | 4 | 4 | 39 | 73 | |Royal Munster Fusiliers | 4 | 4 | 51 | 164 | |Staff | 6 | 12 | - | - | |Gov.-General's Bodyguard | - | - | - | 2 | |3rd Skinner's Horse | - | - | 9 | 8 | |6th K.E.O. Cav. | - | - | 4 | 9 | |4th Rajputs (Natives) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 37 | |5th Rajputs (British) | 1 | 2 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | 2 | - | 12 | 40 | |7th Rajputs (Natives) | - | - | 9 | 26 | +-------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+