Four guns, reported to have been dismounted, and left on the ground by the men of the Horse Artillery, for want of means to bring them away. (Signed) G. Brooke, Brigadier, Artillery. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 16: H.M. 39th. The 61st Regiment landed in December, and were immediately ordered up the country.] [Footnote 17: Governor-General to the Secret Committee. Letter No. 9.] [Footnote 18: Vide Governor-General's Minute, dated, "Camp, Umbala, Dec. 4, 1845."] [Footnote 19: H.M.'s 9th Lancers were actually moved about this time, _by mistake_, but, three days afterwards, were counter-marched to Merut again, the commander-in-chief's measures being cancelled. Sir H. Gough's letter to Major Broadfoot, Nov. 20, 1845.] [Footnote 20: The few men incapable of severe duty were left in the fort of Loodiana. The cantonments were unoccupied.] [Footnote 21: Some petty chiefs manifested their hostility by shutting their gates and refusing supplies, but were speedily brought to submission.] [Footnote 22: Captain Biddulph, who was taken prisoner at Moodkee, was restored, two days after the battle, having undergone great hardships.] [Footnote 23: Sikh irregular horse.] [Footnote 24: I was informed, at Lahore, that their whole force at Moodkee was under twenty thousand men; but it was only the bare assertion of a Sikh officer, and may be taken at its value.] 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. On the morning of the 19th, intelligence was brought by the spies that the whole forces of the Sikhs had resolved upon advancing to attack the British army at Moodkee. Preparations were made to receive them, and a more advantageous post than that of the former day was taken up, to act on the defensive, as reinforcements were hourly expected. The spies' reports proved false, as is not unfrequently the case in Indian warfare, and on the night of the 19th, the arrival of H.M. 29th Regiment, and the Company's 1st European Regiment, from their hill cantonments, was welcomed with much satisfaction. The 20th of December was given to the army to recruit their strength, after the toil they had endured, and to prepare for the approaching struggle. Authentic accounts having been received of the enemy being in position at Ferozeshuhur, about nine miles from Moodkee, and twelve from Ferozepore, and on the direct line of communication between those places, orders were sent to Sir John Littler, commanding at Ferozepore, to move out, with his division, from cantonments, and unite with the main column in the attack on the enemy planned for the following day.