[Footnote 28: War in India, Despatches of Lords Hardinge and Gough. Second Edition. London, 1846; p. 116.] [Footnote 29: Afterwards, Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Bart., G.C.B. (since deceased).] [Footnote 30: Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th Lancers, and formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Light Dragoons, from which, like the author, he was removed into his present corps, when the 4th was put on the English establishment, on its return from Bombay in 1842. Colonel and A.D.C. to the Queen.] [Footnote 31: History of the Sikhs, p. 319.] [Footnote 32: History of the Sikhs, p. 325.] [Footnote 33: See Appendix XI.] CHAPTER VII. The Advanced-guard cross the Sutlej--Burial of Sir Robert Dick--Bridge of Boats--Kussoor--Surrender of the Sikhs--Dhuleep Singh--Lulleanee--Lahore--Runjeet Singh's Monument--The Summer Palace--The Governor-General's Address. ON the night of the victory of Sobraon, some of our advanced brigades crossed the Sutlej, opposite Ferozepore: they met with no resistance on landing, the whole place was abandoned, and not an enemy was visible. They hastened on to Kussoor, where they took possession of the fort. Early on the morning of the 11th of February, we were once more on the move. The Commander-in-Chief appointed one division to remain behind and take charge of the sick and wounded, with orders to bring them on to Ferozepore; together with all the guns, etc., which we had taken from the enemy. These amounted to sixty-seven cannon, and 200 camel-swivels, or, as they are generally called, "zumbooruks;" together with immense quantities of ammunition and stores, and many of the Sikh standards. The 9th Lancers accordingly started for Attaree, a distance of fourteen miles. On the 12th, we left our old encamping ground at Attaree at four o'clock A.M., and at eight o'clock A.M., we reached our new halting-place at Khoonda Ghât, about two miles distant from Ferozepore. Soon after eight o'clock this morning, we heard the discharge of eleven guns, in the direction of Ferozepore, which we were informed were being fired over the grave of the late lamented Major-General Sir Robert Dick.