[125] “Early on the morning of the 5th, the commissariat fort was abandoned by its garrison, the enemy having attempted to fire the gate and escalade. The garrison came out by a hole made from the interior—tools having been sent overnight, with a view to the introduction of reinforcements and the withdrawal of supplies from the store.”—[Report of General Elphinstone.]
[126] Captain Johnson’s MS. Journal.
[127] Captain Mackenzie’s narrative in Eyre’s Journal; a very interesting and well-written report of one of the most honourable incidents of the war.
[128] November 5, 1841. 5 A. M.—[Unpublished Correspondence of General Elphinstone.]
[129] Unpublished Correspondence of General Elphinstone.
[130] Mohun Lal says: “I had a very narrow escape, and was saved by taking a shelter under the garment of Mahomed Zemaun Khan in the street. Everything in my house (which I had saved in the course of my twelve years’ service) was plundered, besides the murder of several servants belonging to Sir Alexander and myself.”—[Letter to Mr Colvin.—MS.]
[131] Unpublished Correspondence of Sir W. H. Macnaghten.
[132] November 8, 1842.—Unpublished Correspondence of Sir W. H. Macnaghten.
[133] He had sent in a medical certificate some time before, and received permission to return to Hindostan. He was to have accompanied the Envoy.
[134] Memorandum found among the effects of the late Major-General Elphinstone, C.B., in his own hand-writing.