The history of General Sir Charles Napier's administration of Scinde, and campaign in the Cutchee Hills . y the general made for the scene of action withhis Mogul escort, leaving orders for a regiment of irregularcavalry to follow; for that such a daring attack, so closeto his camp, would not have happened unless a refuge wasat hand he felt assured, and that refuge could only beTrukkee. In this conviction, when he reached the ground, hewished to keep the enemy in play, but his staff seeingonly fifty mounted robbers in the field galloped againstthem and caused a retreat. This unmilitary procedu
The history of General Sir Charles Napier's administration of Scinde, and campaign in the Cutchee Hills . y the general made for the scene of action withhis Mogul escort, leaving orders for a regiment of irregularcavalry to follow; for that such a daring attack, so closeto his camp, would not have happened unless a refuge wasat hand he felt assured, and that refuge could only beTrukkee. In this conviction, when he reached the ground, hewished to keep the enemy in play, but his staff seeingonly fifty mounted robbers in the field galloped againstthem and caused a retreat. This unmilitary procedurewas very displeasing, but his judgment was quickly con-firmed ; the retiring horsemen suddenly rode into a chasmamongst the rocks, and a guide at his side involuntarilyexclaimed as they disappeared, Trukkee! having only theevening before declared it was two marches distant! Thisexclamation, coupled with the confident retreat of therobbers, gave warrant that the long-hidden fortress wasfound, and the confederates brought to bay; wherefore theirregular cavalry were instantly posted opposite the chasm. ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE. 227 through which the horsemen had disappeared, and the CHAP. leader went back to camp exultant. It was then 1845 *dark and the troops were merely warned to support thecavalry, if any alarm was given, but at daylight bothinfantry and guns marched, and the discovered southernentrance to Trukkee was blocked up. In his tent the general had found a spy, come to report,that all the confederate chiefs, with four thousand fightingmen, had gone into Trukkee by the northern entrancetwo days before, having quitted their camp at Partur forthat purpose, and there were no other entrances save thosenow watched by the cavalry. This advice, agreeing withwhat had just occurred, was confirmed by the ambassadorsfrom the Murrees, and Sir C. Napier, seeing he hadthe game at last in his hands, instantly detached thecamel corps and the volunteers of the 13th regiment,
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