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three desperate onsets two more officers were 

 killed, two severely wounded, and forty-five 

 rank and file either killed or wounded. Such 

 was the eccentric hut kind feeling evinced by 

 our Mahomedan troops towards their British 

 comrades in these charges, that the ^"50 

 which Lord Gough presented to them in 

 token of their valour was promptly laid out 

 in a dinner to the 14th Dragoons. On the 

 30th November a ford was discovered above 

 Ramnugger, which General Thackwell im- 

 mediately crossed and attacked the left 

 flank of the Sikhs, while Lord Gough 

 assaulted them from his old position. With 

 a very slight loss our troops succeeded 

 in driving them westward, carrying their 

 camp, baggage, and wounded with them 

 towards the mountainous country. A de- 

 cisive defeat of the insurgents is much 

 needed, if we are to retain our prestige and 

 authority in the country. The whole of our 

 troops on the verge of, or within, the Punjab 

 are divided into six divisions, making a total 

 of 49,000 fighting men (12,130 of whom are 

 British), with 180 pieces of cannon. The 

 death of General Cureton is a deep national 



