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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1985.

A BATTLE HONOUR

BRITISH LEGATION

LINCOLNSHIRE, REGIMENT CELEBRATE SOBRAON

The anniversary of the Battle

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COMMONS QUESTION ON -MOVING TO NANKING

London, Feb. 11.

THE PEAK TRAMWAY

COMMENT IN CATHEDRAL MAGAZINE

Among Intersting comments of Sobraon (February 10, 1840) In the House of Commons, tola the latest number of St. John's Cathedral Magazino is this:; Thi is being celebrated by the lat day, Sir W. H. Davison, (Consor- company has at last taken cour Battalion The Lincolnshire (10th valive-Kensington) raised again age in both hands and forced the Foot) Regiment, stationed at

the question of removing the Bri passenger who wishes to travel Shamshuipo Camp, with dance at the Garrison Lecture Hall to tish Minister's residence to Na third class, to do so from the night at 8.80 p.m. The hosts will king. Ho naked how often the moment he approaches the station Minister had visited Nanking or by following the Coolle trall, be the Warrant Officers, Colour Shanghai since his arrival in though the rially determined por Sergeante and, Sergeants of the China,

#011 can still without loss of Sir John Simon referred him dignity get into the tram 3rd class Historical notes on the battle back to hlá anawer given in the at Barker Road and get out at of Sobraon will be of interest.

House on December 6. He sald Kennedy Road which is no great on the downward Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the that the proposed changes for the hardship Punjab, who ruled from 1818 to Consulate-General at Nanking journey. 1889, was the first Bich to throw were for the purpose of enabling off the Afghan yoke and ally him the Minister to visit that place as has no doubt been more..then self to the British. He organised often as was required. Ho under-neutrallerd by the opening of the his army on European models, ak-stood that the changes had not Magazine Gap Road to moter cars. alsted by French and Italian off-yet been completed.-Reutor,

The upward rite of the dollar

By this route to the Peak Hotel, t costs one dollar and sixty-conts. by taxi from the Ferry, and this means that the Peak Tram will now rarely be used after 12.5 a.m. The days of the nine dollar per for six for the wife are gone ever, together with the books of tickets for Coolies, and the punch tickets for others, all at special

cors, and added to his dominion The answer referred to by Sir Multan, Kashmir and Peshawar John Simon stated that the matter After his death in 1889, he was had been the subject of careful succeeded by his three sons In consideration, and it was hoped to turn, the youngest, a boy, coming adapt the house occupied In Nan-month ticket for the husband and to the throne in 1848. During king by the Consul-General for the this period the army had acquired use of Sir Alexander Cadogan. for itself a great amount of power and insisted on an anth

British policy, with the result vance in line was carried out with rates, and the rebate when the un- that in December, 1845, the Sikh the regularity of a parade move expired season ticket was handed Army crossed the Sutlet and was ment under the devastating fire in. These are all gone. Fortunately opposed by British and British of the muskota, swivels and guns the whisky and pickles advertise-

·Indian troops under Sir Hugh of the Sikhs from their entrenchments have gone too, for they very Gough, who was Commander-in-ments. The effect of that au- quickly lost their pristine fresh- Chief. Action successful to Bri- vanco was disconcerting to the neas of colour in the humid tleh arms were fought at Mood- enemy, and the Tenth was spoken atmosphere of the Colony which koe (December 18) and Feroze of by Sir Hugh Gough as greatly seems to discriminate wisely, for shah (December 21-22), after distinguishing themselves. The though it destroys such art, it which the Sikhs, some 85,000 Regiment did not fire a shot until preserves the natural beauty" of strong, constructed a tele-de-pont it got within the enemy's. works. the Peak slopes.

of exceptional strength south of the river Butlej at Sobraon, covoring a bridge of boats,

A portion of the entrenchments

was overrun and captured by the PEPYS MANUSCRIPTS 10th Foot.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY BY BRITISH HISTORIAN

The strength of Sir Hugh

Bir Robert Dick's Division thus' Gough's army was not more thun 15,000. Ho decided to attack the carried the enemy's works: and enemy's right and capture his on this success being apparent,

London, Feb. 11.. trenches, making holding attacks Sir Hugh Gough ordered a gen-

eras

advance. While the 10th on the enemy's centre and left.

The discovery of fresh manus- were belug hard pressed to cripts of Pepys, the famous diarist, Sir Robert Dick's Division was

counter has been made in Pepys Library, detalled for this task. The 10th hold against repeated Foot, commanded by Lieut attacks the ground they had won at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Colonel Franks, were on the right their cousins, the 29th Foot (now They are understood to be of

Worcestershire Regiment), of the first line of attack, the 23rd the Foot being on the left and two who wore on the left of Gilbert's great historical importance and to throw frosh light on political up and joined native Infantry Regiments in the Division, came

events about the middle of the 17th century,

centre.

them.

At dawn on February 10, the The battle was a completo vic-) The manuscripts were found by troops were ready in position; the tory, and on. February 20, the Arthur Briant, historian and an artillery duel commenced at 7 British Army entered Lahore, the authority on Popys. The docu- a.m., and, at 9 n.m. Sir Robert capital of the Sikhs, and the ments, unlike the famous diarios. Dick's Division were ordered to Treaty of Poace was signed on are not In shorthand but advance. It is said that the ad-March 8, 1846,

longhand.-British Wirelem.

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