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tially shifted, the doctor tokl me half the 

 Regiment might have been cut off also. 



At Ferozepore we found everything at a 

 stand still, and nothing decided upon, and 

 there we remained until the 23rd July ; when 

 the state of aflairs in the Punjab becoming 

 such as to render it imperative to take the 

 field, irrespective of the season, the order came 

 for us to move. I was appointed to the com- 

 mand of a brigade consisting of my own 

 Regiment, with the 49th, 51st, and 72nd 

 N. I. With the three native corps I crossed 

 to the right bank of the Siitlej ; and with 

 Case, of my own Regiment, as my brigade 

 major, and Kennedy, of H.M.'s 18th Regt., 

 as a companion, marched for Mooltan. 



In spite of the intense heats of July and 

 August in the Punjab, the brigade reached 

 Mooltan as strong and healthy as when it 

 marched, and eflected a junction with head- 

 quarters under General Whish. The 32nd 

 were meanwhile descending the Sutlej in 

 boats, and joined us, having had two days 

 of intense heat during their march from the 



