The regiment arrived at Jellalabad in April, 1842, where it remained until the 14th August following, when it proceeded to Futteabad, detaching one squadron to Mammoo Khail on the 23rd of that month. The THIRD LIGHT DRAGOONS left Futteabad on the 2nd September, and on arriving at _Jugdulluck_, the summits of the hills, which command the road through the pass, were perceived to be occupied by a considerable number of the enemy, who were assembled in bodies under different chieftains, each having a distinguishing standard; their position was one of singular strength and difficulty of approach. The heights occupied by the Ghilzies formed an amphitheatre, inclining towards the left of the road, on which the troops were halted, while the guns opened; and the enemy were thus enabled, on this point, to fire into the column, a deep ravine preventing the troops coming in contact with them. The British troops, however, on attacking one of their hill-forts, gave an animated and enthusiastic cheer, which so dismayed the enemy, that they fled down the heights without waiting the collision, and were thus enabled to escape chastisement by the nature of the ground, which was so well calculated to favour their retreat. At this moment, Major Lockwood with the THIRD, KING'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS, galloped up, and nearly succeeded in overtaking the enemy's cavalry, who effected their safety by flight.[45] The loss of the regiment at the storming of the heights of _Jugdulluck_ on the 8th of September, 1842, was limited to two men wounded. Major-General Pollock, in his despatch, speaks of the conduct of the troops employed in the following terms:-- 'It gratifies me to be enabled to state, that we have thus signally defeated, with one division of the troops, the most powerful tribes, and the most inveterate of our enemies, the original and principal actors in those disturbances which entailed such disasters on our troops last winter.'