'I considered the occupation of Lahore, and the close of active operations in the field, a proper opportunity for marking, by substantial reward, the gratitude of the British Government to its faithful and brave army, which had fought so gloriously, and so successfully; and I was glad at being able thus to bring into prominent contrast, the just reward of discipline and obedience, with the certain penalty of insubordination and violence, as exemplified in the fate of the two armies, which had been so long the objects of mutual observation; the one, victorious in the field, and honoured and bountifully rewarded by its Government; the other, in spite of its exceeding numbers and advantageous positions, vanquished in every battle, abandoned by a government it had coerced, and, with its shattered remains, left, but for the intercession of its conquerors, to disperse with no provision of any kind, and to seek a precarious subsistence by rapine and crime.' [Illustration: 3rd Light Dragoons in India. [To face page 106.] The following Regular Regiments formed part of the Anglo-Indian Army engaged in the Punjaub in 1845 and 1846:-- +------------------+----------------------------------------------+-------+ | | Actions at which each Regiment was | | | | engaged. | | | +----------+-------------+----------+----------+ | | | Moodkee, | Ferozeshah, | Aliwal, | Sobraon, | Total.| | | 18th Dec.| 21st & 22nd | 28th Jan.| 10th Feb.| | | | 1845. | Dec. 1845. | 1846. | 1846. | | | +----------+-------------+----------+----------+-------+ |3rd Light Dragoons| 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |9th Lancers | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |16th " | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |9th Foot | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |10th " | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |29th " | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |31st " | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |50th " | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |53rd " | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |62nd " | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |80th " | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | +------------------+----------+-------------+----------+----------+-------+ * * * * *