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Common terms and phrasesAhmed Shah army artillery attack Attock battle Beas became bestowed Bhungee British government brother Bunda Cabul camp Cashmere cavalry Chenab Churruth Singh command Commander-in-chief crossed the Sutlej death Delhi Dewan Dhyan Singh Doab European Feerozpore Feerozshuhur fled followers force fukeer Futteh Singh Ghuneeya Goolab Singh Gooroo governor Governor-general Govind Singh Gunda Singh guns Hindoos horse Hurao Hurree Singh India Indus infantry Jalindhur Jelum Jemadar Jummoo Jussa Singh Jye Singh Kangra Khan killed Kote Kussoor Lahore government latter Loodianah Maha Singh Maharajah Missul Moodkee Mooltan Mussulmans named Nanuk Native nuzurana officers Pathan Peshawur possession Punjab rajah Ravee reached regiment returned to Lahore river Runjeet Singh rupees Saheb Singh seized sent Shere Singh Sikhs Sir Harry Smith Sir Henry Sir Henry Fane sirdars Sirhind Sobraon soldiers Suda Koonwur Sunsar Chund Sutlej Teghbuhadur took troops Ukalees Umballa Ummur Umritsir Urjun village Wittala wounded zemindars Popular passagesPage 254 - Singh acknowledges the supremacy of the British Government, and will, in token of such supremacy, present annually to the British Government one horse, twelve perfect shawl goats of approved breed (six male, and six female), and three pairs of Kashmir shawls. Page 254 - This Treaty, consisting of ten Articles, has been this day settled by Frederick Currie, Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the directions of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, GCB, Governor-General, on the part of the British Government, and by... Page 252 - Singh, and the heirs male of his body, all the hilly or mountainous country, with its dependencies, situated to the eastward of the river Indus, and westward of the river Ravi... Page 253 - Singh will refer to the arbitration of the British Government any disputes or questions that may arise between himself and the Government of Lahore, or any other neighbouring State, and will abide by the decision of the British Government. Page 237 - Maharajah of Lahore, on the left or British bank of the River Sutlej, were confiscated and annexed to the British Provinces; and since that time hostile operations have been prosecuted by the two Governments, the one against the other, which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops; and Whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions, peace shall be reestablished between the two Governments, the following treaty of peace between the... Page 169 - ... hundreds were drowned in attempting the perilous passage. Their awful slaughter, confusion, and dismay were such as would have excited compassion in the hearts of their generous conquerors, if the Khalsa troops had not, in the earlier part of the action, sullied their gallantry by slaughtering and barbarously mangling every wounded soldier whom, in the vicissitudes of attack, the fortune of war left at their mercy. Page 77 - Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was driven from position after position with great slaughter, and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre; our infantry using that neverfailing weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured... Page 241 - Aieen, or regiments of infantry, upon the system, and according to the regulations as to pay and allowances, observed in the time of the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh. Page 237 - Esquire, and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, by virtue of full powers to that effect, vested in them by the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, GCB one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-general, appointed by the... Page 253 - Singh engages never to take or retain in his service any British subject nor the subject of any European or American State without the consent of the British Government. Article 8. Maharaja Gulab Singh engages to respect in regard to the... References from web pagesRare Books | M'GREGOR, wl i Bibliographic information
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