. The autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej : Edited, with the addition of some supplementary chapters. e of Aliwal, Jan. 30, 1846. « Sir, My despatches to his Excellency the Com-mander-in-Chief of the 23rd * instant, will have put hisExcellency in possession of the position of the force undermy command, after having formed a junction with thetroops at Loodiana, hemmed in by a formidable body ofthe Sikh army under Runjoor Singh and the Rajah ofLadwa. The enemy strongly entrenched himself aroundthe little fort of Budhowal by breastworks and abattis
. The autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej : Edited, with the addition of some supplementary chapters. e of Aliwal, Jan. 30, 1846. « Sir, My despatches to his Excellency the Com-mander-in-Chief of the 23rd * instant, will have put hisExcellency in possession of the position of the force undermy command, after having formed a junction with thetroops at Loodiana, hemmed in by a formidable body ofthe Sikh army under Runjoor Singh and the Rajah ofLadwa. The enemy strongly entrenched himself aroundthe little fort of Budhowal by breastworks and abattis,which he precipitately abandoned on the night of the 22ndinstant (retiring, as it were, upon the ford of Tulwun),having ordered all the boats which were opposite Philour tothat Ghat. This movement he effected during the night,and, by making a considerable detour, placed himself ata distance of ten miles, and consequently out of my could, therefore, only push forward my cavalry as soonas I had ascertained he had marched during the night, andI occupied immediately his vacated position. It appeared * Not received by the Secret 1846.] FULL STRENGTH OF THE FORCE. 537 subsequently he had no intention of recrossing the Sutlej,but moved down to the Ghat of Tulwun (being cut offfrom that of Philour, by the position my force occupiedafter its relief of Loodiana), for the purpose of protectingthe passage of a very considerable reinforcement of twelveguns and 4000 of the regular, or Aieen troops, calledAvitabiles battalion, entrenching himself strongly in asemicircle, his flanks resting on a river, his positioncovered with from forty to fifty guns (generally of largecalibre), howitzers, and mortars. The reinforcementcrossed during the night of the 27th instant, and encampedto the right of the main army. Meanwhile, his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,with that foresight and judgment which mark the ablegeneral, had reinforced me by a considerable addition tomy cavalry
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