E-text prepared by Brian Coe, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original maps. See 56853-h.htm or 56853-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/56853/56853-h/56853-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/56853/56853-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/journalofcavalry00humbrich [Illustration: Route Map from Calcutta to the North West Provinces] JOURNAL OF A CAVALRY OFFICER; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846. by W.W.W. HUMBLEY, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society; Captain, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1854. London: Printed by Wertheimer and Co. Finsbury Circus. TO LORD STANLEY, M.P. THIS VOLUME IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED AS A SMALL TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD, BY HIS FRIEND AND SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. 1 CHAPTER I. Voyage to India--Advantages of Sailing with Troops on Board--Regulations at Sea--March from Cawnpore to Meerut--Return from Nougawa Ghât to Meerut--March to Ferozepore--Cantonments at Kurnaul--Colonel Campbell's Force--Number of Cattle required on a March--Sunday--Rev. W.J. Whiting, M.A.--Distribution of Prize-Money--Advanced Guard--Governor-General--Major Broadfoot and Captain Nicolson--Suspicions of the Sikhs--Sir David Ochterlony--The Sikh Army--The Battle of Moodkee--Tej Singh. 18 CHAPTER II. Colonel Campbell's Advance--Provisions required--Camp Followers--Samana--The Doabs--Gooroo Govind--The Akalees, their Quoits--Sikhs attack Ahmed Shah--Maha Singh--Maharattas--General Thomas--Runjeet Singh--Holcar--Sir Charles Metcalfe--Ochterlony's Proclamation--The Akalees routed--Generals Allard and Ventura--Treaty with Runjeet--Runjeet's Army--Runjeet's Death--Shere Singh Murdered--Dhuleep Singh--Ajean Khan--Battle of Moodkee. 46 CHAPTER III. Nidampore--Christmas-day--Munsorepore--Kotla Mullair--Phurawallee --Bussean--Surrender of Wudnee--Cession of Ferozepore--Bhaga Poorana--False Alarms--Roree Bukkur--Sir John Littler--Sir H.M. Wheeler--Ferozeshah--Aliwal--Sikh Forces--British Forces--Sikh Entrenchment--Returns of Killed and Wounded--Sir H. Hardinge--Battle of Ferozeshah--Sudden Attack by Tej Singh--His Blunder--Appearance of a Field of Battle--Fate of the Wounded. 83 CHAPTER IV.