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CHAPTER IX
THE WAR WITH THE ENGLISH 1845—6
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Causes leading to a war between the Sikhs and English The English, being apprehensive of frontier disturbances, adopt defensive measures on a scale opposed to the spirit of the policy of 1809 The Sikhs, being prone to suspicion, consider themselves in danger of invasion And are
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further moved by their want of confidence in the English representative The Sikhs resolve to anticipate the English, and wage war by crossing the Sutlej The tactics of the Sikhs The views of the Sikh leaders Ferozepore purposely spared The Battle of Mudki The Battle of P'heerooshuhur, and retreat of the Sikhs The effect of these barren victories upon the Indians and the English themselves The Sikhs again cross the Sutlej The Skirmish of Badowal The Battle of Aliwal Negotiations through Raja Gulab Singh The Battle of Sobraon The submission of the Sikh Chiefs, and the occupation of Lahore The partition of the Punjab The Treaty with Dalip Singh The Treaty with Gulab Singh—Conclusion, relative to the position of the English in India.
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The English Government had long expected that 1845-6. would be forced into a war with the overbearing Tjie indiaiT the Indian public, which con- public presoldiery of the Punjab
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sidered only the fact of the progressive aggrandize- pared for ment of the strangers, was prepared to hear of the ^^^^^j^
of another kingdom without minutely ^^^ ^^^.^^ inquiring or caring about the causes which led to it; and and the more selfish chiefs of the Sikhs had always English, desired that such a degree of interference should be exercised in the affairs of their country as would guarantee to them the easy enjoyment of their possessions. These wealthy and incapable men stood rebuked before the superior genius of Ranjit Singh, and before the mysterious spirit which animated the people arrayed in arms, and they thus fondly hoped that a change would give them all they could desire; but it is doubtful whether the Sikh soldiery ever seriously thought, although they often vauntingly boasted, of fighting with the paramount power of Hindustan, until within two or three months of the first battles, and even then the rude and illiterate yeomen considered
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THE WAR WITH THE ENGLISH 1845—6
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Causes leading to a war between the Sikhs and English The English, being apprehensive of frontier disturbances, adopt defensive measures on a scale opposed to the spirit of the policy of 1809 The Sikhs, being prone to suspicion, consider themselves in danger of invasion And are
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further moved by their want of confidence in the English representative The Sikhs resolve to anticipate the English, and wage war by crossing the Sutlej The tactics of the Sikhs The views of the Sikh leaders Ferozepore purposely spared The Battle of Mudki The Battle of P'heerooshuhur, and retreat of the Sikhs The effect of these barren victories upon the Indians and the English themselves The Sikhs again cross the Sutlej The Skirmish of Badowal The Battle of Aliwal Negotiations through Raja Gulab Singh The Battle of Sobraon The submission of the Sikh Chiefs, and the occupation of Lahore The partition of the Punjab The Treaty with Dalip Singh The Treaty with Gulab Singh—Conclusion, relative to the position of the English in India.
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The English Government had long expected that 1845-6. would be forced into a war with the overbearing Tjie indiaiT the Indian public, which con- public presoldiery of the Punjab
it
:
sidered only the fact of the progressive aggrandize- pared for ment of the strangers, was prepared to hear of the ^^^^^j^
of another kingdom without minutely ^^^ ^^^.^^ inquiring or caring about the causes which led to it; and and the more selfish chiefs of the Sikhs had always English, desired that such a degree of interference should be exercised in the affairs of their country as would guarantee to them the easy enjoyment of their possessions. These wealthy and incapable men stood rebuked before the superior genius of Ranjit Singh, and before the mysterious spirit which animated the people arrayed in arms, and they thus fondly hoped that a change would give them all they could desire; but it is doubtful whether the Sikh soldiery ever seriously thought, although they often vauntingly boasted, of fighting with the paramount power of Hindustan, until within two or three months of the first battles, and even then the rude and illiterate yeomen considered
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