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Najib after devastating Bhiwani went towards Rohtak, where he halted fol' two days, when he received news of the Sikhs having spread through the parganahs of Saharanpur.
Many men were wound- ed on the two sides, and ·the Sikhs wished to contrive things in such a way that by keeping the Ruhelas engaged in fighting they would detain them from advancing for some time and utilise this delay in setting their own camp 102 a.
The Sikhs saw that only a few men and one elephant were coming at the charge, so they came away from three sides and fell upon this division.
By this time many men had been wounded by bullets ; the horse of Hasan: Khan Khanazad, a high sardar, was killed, Najib replied, "The halting place of the Sikhs is now very close.
A great tumult rose up in the midst of this fighting, and the news reached Najib Khan that Sadat Khan Afridi, issuing from the rear-guard had fallen upon the Sikhs.
" He sent orders to Zabita Khan, Sultan Khan, and the troops of the van~ard to fight in the formation settled before and to remain firmly in their places, while Najib himself with the Zamburaks and his household squadron inclined his 10s b.
kos from Delhi, where Najib had his camp-gathered the news and came back to report that Jawahir Singh had come to Sarai Khwajah with the Sikhs; he had made the Sikhs cross his frontier at Ghat Tilpat, and had himself gone back towards Pal. wal.