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near the pass, where he found a large body of men, 
with three guns, which were tolerably well served; 
and this was generally the case wherever the enemy 
employed cannon. These three guns pointed directly 
upon the path by which alone he could reach the 
pass. He advanced rapidly, keeping up a brisk fire, 
which was fearlessly and smartly returned. The 
enemy contested the position bravely, and were not 
defeated until they had sustained too severe a loss to 
continue the conflict with any chance of repelling 
their adversaries. They fled through the pass to 
Lutteefpoor, having killed twelve of Major Crabb’s 
division and wounded twenty-two, which showed 
that they had not relinquished their position without 
a struggle. The victors followed upon the heels of 
the vanquished, and without further opposition reach- 
ed the head of the pass, where they encamped for the 
rest of the day, having succeeded beyond expectation 
in an enterprise which threatened considerable diffi- 
culty and danger. 
The news of these sudden and unexpected losses 
so alarmed the Rajah, that he already began to 
think of providing for his own personal safety. The 
fears of the fugitives magnified the number of the 
Government forces, or else the shame of having sus- 
tained such a signal defeat inducing them to make 
a false representation, Cheit Singh began, for the first 
time, to apprehend that, in spite of his immense 
treasure, the bravery of his troops, and the fidelity 
of his subjects, he was likely again to become a 
vassal to the Company whose dominion he had so 
unsuccessfully endeavoured to overthrow, and to suffer 
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