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 SIT 393 “The infantry were then ordered to advance. The enemy occupied a village on a hill in front of us; at the base of which a stream fowed. Large columns were posted on both sides of this valley. I threw out the rifle brigade in skirmishing order, supported by the 5th Punjab corps. The main line in rear advanced close up to the village under a heavy fire and stormed it gallantly, capturing two colours. “We afterwards advanced and took the higher ground, the rebels bolting without firing a shot. The cowardly fellows might, with a little resolution, bave defended the position for some time, as the banks and honey-combed ground would have delayed izs under fire considerably, but they had no confidence either in themselves or in their leaders. Whether they had. artillery or not I cannot say. Our cavalry on the right captured a wag- gon filled with ammunition, but no guns opened on us. "We proceeded to Beleri, three miles distant, and were there told that the Maulvi bad commanded the cavalry in person. This I doubt, as all their leaders valued too much their precious lives. “The next day we marched to Burassie, 12 miles off. The weather was now becoming excessively hot, and poor Augustus Anson, who had beld out so long, was taken very unwell with a dreadful sickness and dysentery. He was obliged to get off his horse, and was carried in a doli. “A decoction of the bel fruit, which was now ripe was given to him, and the next day he was in a fair way to recovery. On 15th April we marched for Mahmudabad where it was reported Kuán Ali Khan had collected a force of 3,000 men. On reaching the town, however, we found it deserted, and the chief's house, though surrounded with mud walls and bastions, left undefended." SITAPUR Pargana*-Tahsil SITAPUR—District SITAPUR.Pargana Sita- pur runs north and south, and in shape resembles a pear; its length being 20 miles and its greatest breadth 9 miles. It is bounded on the east and south by the Sarayan, a small stream fordable in the dry weather, but rising to a great height in the rains, on the west by pargana Maholi, and on the north by the district Kheri. The superficial area is 115 square miles, of which 67 are cultivated, and the following is the detail in acres : 43,029 cultivated, assessed, 12,221 cultarable, 8,651 revenue-free, unassessed. 9,794 barren, making up a total of 73,695 acres. Its villages (mauzas) number 159, besides which there are 11 grants amounting in all to 170. There are 110 hills or lakes in the pargana, and its natural features are those of the greater part of Oudh-namely, a flat fertile country with
 * By Mr, M, L Ferrar, B.A., C.8., Assistant Commissioner,