lf-past seven o'clock the army advanced in the order described,
with the precision of a parade movement. The enemy opened their fire at
a very long distance, which exposed to my artillery both the position
and range of their guns. I halted the infantry just out of the fire, and
advanced the whole of my artillery covered by skirmishers. The cannonade
now opened upon the enemy was the most magnificent I ever witnessed, and
as terrible in its effects.

"The Sikh guns were served with their accustomed rapidity, and the enemy
well and resolutely maintained his position; but the terrific force of
our fire obliged them, after an obstinate resistance, to fall back. I
then deployed the infantry, and directed a general advance, covering the
movement by my artillery, as before.

"The village of Burra Kabra, the left one of that name, in which the
enemy had concealed a large body of infantry, and which was apparently
the key of their position, lay immediately in the line of Major-general
Sir Walter Gilbert's advance, and was carried in the most brilliant
style by a spirited attack of the 3rd brigade, under Brigadier Penny,
consisting of the 2nd Europeans, and the 31st and 70th regiments of
native infantry, which drove the enemy from their cover with great
slaughter. A very spirited and successful movement was also made about
the same time against a heavy body of the enemy's troops in and about
the Chota Kabra, by part of Brigadier Harvey's brigade, most gallantly
led by Lieutenant-colonel Franks, of her majesty's 10th foot.

"The heavy artillery continued to advance with extraordinary celerity,
taking up successive forward positions, driving the enemy from those
they had retired to, whilst the rapid advance and beautiful fire of
the horse artillery and light field-batteries, which I strengthened by
bringing to the front the two reserve troops of horse artillery
under Lieutenant-colonel Brind (Brigadier Brooke having the general
superintendence of the whole of the horse artillery), broke the ranks of
the enemy at all points. The whole infantry line now rapidly advanced,
and drove the enemy before it; the nullah was cleared; several villages
stormed; the guns that were in position carried; the camp captured;
and the enemy routed, in every direction--the right wing and
Brigadier-general Campbell's division passing in pursuit to the
eastward, the Bombay column to the westward, of the town.

"The retreat of the Sikh army, thus hotly