sudden and precipitate retreat of the enemy. The water in the wells was, however, found to be in such a putrid state, as to be nearly useless, from the bodies of the dead having been thrown into them; and the ground in the neighbourhood was extremely dangerous, having been extensively mined. The loss of the THIRTY-FIRST regiment at the battle of _Ferozeshah_, on the 21st and 22nd of December, amounted to two officers killed and six wounded. Serjeants. Rank and File. Killed, 2 57 Wounded, 4 92 The following officers were killed or wounded on this occasion:-- Killed. Wounded. Lieut. Pollard. Major Baldwin, mortally. Lieut. & Adj. Bernard. Lieut. T. Plasket, severely. ” A. Pilkington, ” Ensign Paul, slightly. ” Hutton, ” Captain Garvock, Major of Brigade, had his horse shot under him in the advance to charge the enemy’s batteries. On the 21st of December, Lieutenant Bolton was appointed to carry orders from the Governor-General to Major-General Sir Henry Smith, and was transferred from the twenty-first Fusiliers to the THIRTY-FIRST regiment, to which he was appointed adjutant shortly afterwards. Lieutenant Pollard, a promising officer, was wounded at Moodkee; but being a high-spirited young man, he would not remain behind, when his regiment went into action at Ferozeshah, although suffering from his wound, and advised to remain in his tent by the medical officers. He went into action on horseback; his wound being in the foot, he was unable to walk. At the desire of Sir Henry Smith he was employed as second adjutant to convey the orders of his commanding officer, Major Spence, who was so hoarse from a severe cold which he had caught at the battle of Moodkee, that he could not make himself sufficiently heard by the men; in the performance of this duty this gallant young officer nobly fell.