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that it was impossible to extricate it. The 

 unharnessing of horses from other guns to 

 draw it out was observed by the Sikhs, who 

 directed such an overwhelming fire upon it 

 that the Artillery were obliged to spike and 

 leave it. The enemy next endeavoured to 

 lure the British advanced guard within range 

 of their guns on the right bank ; but this 

 feint failing, 4,000 Sikh cavalry crossed the 

 sandy water-course from the island and rode 

 within a very short distance of our troops. 

 This was too much for Lord Gough's patience; 

 the bugle was sounded, the word ' Charge ' 

 rang through the ranks, and in a few moments 

 the 14th Dragoons and the 5th Bengal 

 Cavalry were hotly engaged under a most 

 deadly volley from the island. Three times 

 did the brigade return to the attack. In the 

 second charge Colonel Havelock, who was 

 leading it on, was shot, and just as Colonel 

 King led back his men from the third, 

 General Cureton met him with orders from 

 Lord Gough to desist. Scarcely had the 

 gallant General uttered his message before 

 he staggered back, dead, with a ball in his 

 forehead and another in his chest. In these 



