gallant exertions I owe the satisfaction of seeing such a victory achieved, and the glory of having my name associated with it.

The loss of this army has been heavy: how could a hope be formed that it should be otherwise. Within thirty hours this force stormed an entrenched camp, fought a general action, and sustained two considerable combats with the enemy. Within four days it has dislodged from their positions, on the left bank of the Sutlej, 60,000 Sikh soldiers, supported by upwards of 150 pieces of cannon, 108 of which the enemy acknowledged to have lost, and 91 of which are in our possession.

In addition to our losses in the battle, the captured camp was found to be everywhere protected by charged mines, by the successive spring of which many brave officers and men have been destroyed.

I must bear testimony to the valour displayed in these actions by the whole of the regiments of Her Majesty's service employed, and the East India Company's 1st European Light Infantry: the native force seconded in a most spirited manner their gallant conduct.

To Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge, my second in command, my warmest thanks are due, not only for his personal exertions, which were conspicuous to all, but for the able assistance he afforded me through all the eventful scenes of this well-fought action. To the general and my personal staff, I feel deeply indebted for their unceasing exertions. Major-Generals Sir Harry Smith, Gilbert, and Sir John Littler, and Brigadier Wallace (who nobly fell in the hour of victory), fully realized the high expectations I had formed of their conduct as leaders of divisions.

With the Brigadiers, the Commandant of Artillery, and the Chief Engineer, the Commanding Officer of regiments, and with the Departmental Staff, I was also greatly pleased; their exertions were most unremitting, and highly praiseworthy.

The reports I have received from the Generals of divisions of Infantry, the Brigadiers of Cavalry, and the Commandant of Artillery, speak in the highest terms of their respective staff;

and it is my intention, as soon as possible, to forward to you, Right Honourable Sir, a list containing the names of the officers I have just enumerated, together with the names of all those who appear to me especially to merit approbation and favour.

The hurried manner in which I am forced to collect information, and prepare these numerous details, may, I fear, cause the omission of the names of some officers well deserving of notice; but I shall not fail to send in a supplementary list when I can assure myself of their individual merits, as it would be most painful to me to feel that I had not done justice to any one of the brave men who shared with me the glories and dangers of this arduous conflict.

I beg now to mention the conduct of an illustrious nobleman, Count Ravensburg*, who, with the officers of his suite, Counts Greuben and Oriola, did us the honour to accompany the force during our operations. They were present at Moodkee, and in this great battle. It is with the greatest pleasure and sincerity I can bear my testimony to their gallant conduct on these occasions, worthy of the high reputation in arms of their countrymen, and of the great ancestor of one of them. I lament to add, that Dr. Hoffmeister, the medical attendant on the Count, was killed in the action of the 21st instant.

I herewith enclose the report of Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, second in command.—I have the honour to be, &c.,

H. GOUGH, General, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.

* Count Ravensburg is the assumed name of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, the son of Prince William (the late King's brother), and therefore cousin to Frederick William IV., King of Prussia. The Prince is now in his twenty-ninth year, and is Colonel in the Dragoons of the Prussian Guards.

Return of Killed and Wounded of the Army of the Sutlej, under the command of His Excellency Sir Hugh Gough, Bart., G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, in the Actions fought near Ferozeshah, on the 21st and 22nd of December, 1845.

Camp, Sultan Khan Walla, December 27, 1845.

Staff-1 European officer killed; 3 European officers wounded. Artillery Division.-2 European officers, 2 native officers, 1 sergeant, 26 rank and file, 4 lascars, 4 syce drivers, 2 syce grasscutters, 118 regimental horses-killed; 4 European officers, 2 warrant officers, 10 sergeants, 61 rank and file, 7 lascars, 2 syce drivers, 2 syce grasscutters, 75 regimental horses-wounded.

Cavalry.-3 European officers, 2 native officers, 4 havildars, 1 trumpeter, 78 rank and file, 9 officers' chargers, 163 regimental horses-killed; 9 European officers, 2 native officers, 1 warrant officer, 9 havildars, 133 rank and file, 2 officers' chargers, 112 regimental horses-wounded.

1st Infantry.-4 European officers, 6 native officers, 5 sergeants, or havildars, 1 drummer, 119 rank and file, 9 officers' chargers— killed; 19 European officers, 21 sergeants or havildars, 8 drummers, 399 rank and file, 2 officers' chargers-wounded.

2nd Infantry.-8 European officers, 3 native officers, 6 sergeants or havildars, 150 rank and file, 6 officers' chargers—killed; 13 European officers, 9 native officers, 26 sergeants or havildars, 8 drummers, 365 rank and file, 2 officers' chargers—wounded.

3rd Infantry.-11 European officers, 1 native officer, 2 sergeants or havildars, 2 drummers, 111 rank and file, 2 officers' chargers— killed; 9 European officers, 2 native officers, 13 sergeants or havildars, 2 drummers, 315 rank and file, 1 lascar-wounded.

4th Infantry.-8 European officers, 3 native officers, 9 sergeants or havildars, 115 rank and file, 7 officers' chargers-killed; 21 European officers, 5 native officers, 20 sergeants or havildars, 5 drummers, 323 rank and file-wounded.

Grand total.-37 European officers, 17 native officers, 27 sergeants or havildars, 4 trumpeters or drummers, 599 rank and file,

4 lascars, 4 syce drivers, 2 syce grasscutters, 33 officers' chargers, 281 regimental horses-killed; 78 European officers, 18 native officers, 3 warrant officers, 99 sergeants or havildars, 23 trumpeters or drummers, 1,496 rank and file, 8 lascars, 2 syce drivers, 2 syce grasscutters, 6 officers' chargers, 187 regimental horses, wounded.

Names of Officers Killed and Wounded.

Personal Staff.- Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Wood, Aide-deCamp to the Right Honourable the Governor-General, severely wounded; Lieutenant F. P. Haines, Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, severely ditto.

General Staff.-Major A. W. Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the Right Hon. the Governor-General, mortally ditto, since dead; Brevet-Captain W. Hore, Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government, killed.

Artillery Division, Divisional Staff.-Captain W. K. Warner, Commissary of Ordnance, slightly wounded.

Brigade Staff.-Captain M. Mackenzie, Major of Brigade, slightly wounded.

2nd Troop, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery.-Captain E. D. A. Todd, killed.

1st Troop, 3rd Brigade, Horse Artillery.-1st Lieutenant R. M. Paton, slightly wounded.

3rd Troop, 3rd Brigade, Horse Artillery.-1st Lieutenant P. C. Lambert, killed.

3rd Company, 4th Battalion.-1st Lieutenant E. Atlay, slightly wounded.

Cavalry Division.

Divisional Staff.-Lieutenant-Colonel D. Harriott, Commandant, slightly wounded; Captain C. F. Havelock, H.M. 9th Foot, D. A. Quarter-Master-General, wounded.

Brigade Staff-Lieutenant-Colonel M. White, C.B., commanding 1st Brigade, slightly wounded.

H. M. 3rd Light Dragoons.-Brevet-Captain J. E. Codd, killed; Cornet H. Ellis, ditto; Cornet G. W. K. Bruce, H.M. 16th, ditto. Major C. W. M. Balders, slightly wounded; Lieutenant H. C. Morgan, severely wounded; Lieutenant J. G. A. Burton, slightly wounded; Cornet W. H. Orme, severely wounded; Cornet Lieutenant J. D. White, slightly wounded ; Cornet J. Rathwell, ditto.

1st Division of Infantry.

Divisional Staff-Captain E. Lugard, D. A. A. G., wounded; Lieutenant A. J. Galloway, D. A. Q. M. G., ditto; Lieutenant E. A. Holditch, A. D. C., ditto.

H.M. 31st Foot.-Lieutenant J. L. R. Pollard, killed; Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Bernard, ditto. Major G. Baldwin, severely wounded; Lieutenant T. H. Plaskett, severely wounded; Lieutenant A. Pilkington, ditto; Ensign J. Paul, slightly wounded; Ensign H. P. Hutton, ditto.

H.M. 50th Foot.-Captain W. Knowles, wounded; Lieutenant C. A. Mouat, ditto; Lieutenant E. J. Chambers, ditto; Lieutenant R. M. Barnes, ditto; Ensign A. White, ditto; Lieutenant and Adjutant E. C. Mullen, ditto.

24th Regiment N.I.-Brevet-Major J. Griffin, killed; Ensign E. A. Grubb, wounded.

42nd Light Infantry.—Lieutenant J. G. Wollen, killed; Lieutenant Adjutant C. W. Ford, wounded; Ensign J. Wardlaw, ditto. 48th Regiment N. I.-Lieutenant E. W. Litchford, slightly wounded; Lieutenant R. C. Taylor, ditto.

2nd Division of Infantry.

Brigade Staff.-Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Taylor, Brigadier, wounded; Captain J. O. Lucas, Major of Brigade, killed; Captain J. H. Burnet, 16th N. I., ditto.

H.M. 29th Foot.-Captain G. Molle, killed; Lieutenant A. A. Simmons, ditto; Major G. Congreve, wounded; Captain A. St. G. H. Stepney, ditto.