the following morning; and the 19th of December ought to have yielded more favourable results, under such circumstances, than the 18th. Taking, as a third supposition, that the Sikh force would have fallen back during the night on their main column at Ferozeshuhur, the conclusion is, that there would have been no battle of Moodkee, and that Ferozeshuhur might have been fought on the 20th, in lieu of the 21st and 22nd of December, in neither of which cases can I see any ground for supposing that our interests would have suffered. I have heard it suggested, that if the enemy had not been engaged at Moodkee, there was a probability of his turning our flank, and threatening the provinces; if such had been his intention, it is probable that he would have taken another line of country, and not the road by which our forces were advancing, for the country affords anywhere a ready passage for troops, and they are not confined to any particular track, as in inclosed countries. RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE WOUNDED. 4 3 +: 12 3 1 11 232 2: 53 88698 5 ... ... ... ... 1 ... 2nd ditto H.M. 50th Rgt. 1 42nd Native Infantry 48th ditto ... 142 1 ... ... 3 ... Non-commissioned officers, privates, &c. Syces, followers, &c. . 2 Non-commissioned officers, privates, &c. Syces, drivers, &c. LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. KILLED. Head Quarters staff Major-General Sir R. Sale. |