n writing, the following plan of operations:--

"The army was to be divided into seven divisions, one to remain at
Lahore, and the rest to proceed against Roopar and our hills,
Loodianah, Hurreekee, Ferozepore, and Seinde, while one was to
proceed to Peshawer; and a force under Rajah Goolab Singh was to be
sent to Attock.

"Each division was to be of 8,000 to 12,000 men against Ferozepore,
under Sham Singh Attareewallah, whose estates adjoin the place
against which it was to act. Against Hurreekee is to go Rajah Lal
Singh; against Loodianah, Sirdar Tej Singh, the new
commander-in-chief; and against Roopar, a brother of Sena Singh
Mujeeteea.

"The force under Sham Singh is to be 4,000 horse, and two brigades
of infantry, with guns; under Raja Lal Singh, 4,500 horse, and two
infantry brigades; under Sirdar Tej Singh, four brigades of
infantry (one of them irregulars, and one new levies) and 1,000
horse, &c; but till the plans of the Durbar are in actual
execution, they cannot be considered fixed, and therefore I do not
trouble our Excellency with further details.

"With respect to the probability of their actually moving, I must
say that my correspondents in Lahore seem to doubt it, though they
are perplexed."

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"The Durbar of the forenoon of the 18th was protracted till 2
o'clock, but I have not the details of the afternoon Durbar.

"11 A.M. was the hour found by the astrologers as auspicious for
the march of the troops; not a chief stirred from his house. The
officers and punchayets of the troops, regular and irregular, to
the number of a couple of thousand, crowded to the Durbar and
demanded the reason; the Ranee tried to soothe them, saying, that
the fortunate hour being passed, the march could not be undertaken
till the astrologers found another. The crowd demanded that this
should be instantly done, and the court astrologer was ordered into
their presence to find the proper time. He pored through his tables
for two or three hours, while the Ranee sought to divert the
attention of the military mob; at length he announced that the
most favourable day was not till the 15th Mujsur (28th November).
The military were furious, and declared that he was an impostor,
and that they had to get