234 BRAVERY OF A SOWAR. 



bearer, and the youngest a private sowar. 

 On tlie morning of the action in which I 

 lost my leg, the regiment was so much weak- 

 ened by detachments that we had only about 

 120 sowars present. A battery was at some 

 distance in our front, against which we were 

 advancing, when another battery opened upon 

 our flank, a shot from which took my horse 

 in the side, which was in the act of falling 

 dead under me, when a second shot shat- 

 tered my leg to atoms. Our doctor at once 

 dismounted, and, with the assistance of his 

 orderly, the youngest of the three brothers, 

 put me into a dooly, which took me to the 

 rear. He then, as I afterwards heard from 

 himself, remounted, and was about to follow 

 the regiment, which had got far in advance, 

 when his orderly, remonstrating, said, 'Don't 

 attempt it. Sahib, or those men whom you 

 see lying on the ground, and who have 

 only so thrown themselves for the cavalry to 

 pass over them, will murder us ; come with 

 me and join that troop of Horse Artillery 

 on the flank, where we shall be in safety.' 

 The doctor did so, and presently lost siglit 

 of his orderly. 



