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beasts hungered and terrible. With a vehe- 

 ment shock Merewether and his horsemen went 

 through them, but they closed again shoulder 

 to shoulder, and slowly retiring under a severe 

 carbine fire crossed a rivulet and made for their 

 rocks. Again they were brought to bay, and 

 when falling fast under fire were offered quar- 

 ter, but without shrinking they fought until 

 only 120 remained, who threw down their 

 arms. Islam Khan Bhoogtee and Ahmed Khan, 

 the two principal chiefs, were not there, but 

 18 minor chiefs died under shield, and the 

 tribe of Blioogtees, those fierce spoliators, those 

 gallant swordsmen, heroic in sentiment and 

 constancy, was utterly destroyed, and the 

 Sindliian frontier remained in peace." 



In September, 1848, on a requisition from Cap- 

 tain Edwardes, 500 of the Sindh Horse marched, 

 at a moment's notice, to join General Whisli's 

 army before Mooltan, in the close investing of 

 which place they were actively employed dur- 

 ing the siege. Having subsequently joined 

 Lord Gough's army, they took part in the battle 

 of Goojerat, in which their gallantry elicited 

 the marked commendation of Sir Joseph Thack- 

 well, commanding the left wing of the army; 



