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: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/militaryservicea02cavauoft Project Gutenberg has the other volume of this work. Volume I: see http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55844 MILITARY SERVICE AND ADVENTURES IN THE FAR EAST: Including Sketches of the Campaigns Against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6. BY A CAVALRY OFFICER. In Two Volumes. VOL. II. London: Charles Ollier, Southampton Street, Strand. 1847. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER I. The commander-in-chief returns to England--Disastrous insurrection throughout Afghanistan--Jellalabad holds out, and General Pollock advances upon Caubul p. 1 CHAPTER II. Visit to Agra--Journey through Central India via Gwalior and Indore to Bombay 16 CHAPTER III. Arrival in Calcutta--Departure for the south-western frontier--Arrival at Merut--State of affairs on the north-western frontier--The Sikh military establishment--The British position 37 CHAPTER IV. The British forces--The Sikh army cross the Sutlej--The battle of Moodkee--Position and operations considered 65 CHAPTER V. The army advance to attack the Sikhs in their entrenched camp at Ferozeshuhur--The actions of the 21st and 22nd of December--Sikhs retreat behind the Sutlej--Observations 91 CHAPTER VI. Assemblage of the British forces on the Sutlej--Sikhs threaten to recross--Sir Harry Smith detached towards Loodiana--Skirmish near Buddewal 133 CHAPTER VII. Sir Harry Smith advances to attack the Sikhs in their camp--The battle of Aliwal--The enemy defeated and driven across the river--Observations 163 CHAPTER VIII. Sir Harry Smith's division march to rejoin the head-quarters of the army--Preparations to eject the enemy from their position on the British side of the river 207 CHAPTER IX. The battle of Sobraon--The enemy defeated and driven across the river with enormous loss 223 CHAPTER X. The British forces cross the Sutlej, and are concentrated at Kussoor--Visit of Ghoolab Singh and Dhuleep Singh to the Governor-general--The army advance to Lahore--The Sikh army disperse, and surrender their guns 249 CHAPTER XI. Ratification of the treaty--Observations on the effects likely to be produced thereby--Conclusion 269 MILITARY SERVICE IN THE FAR EAST. CHAPTER I.