Hardinge to Peel: residents reports of anarchy in Lahore. Sikh government's attempts to induce British intervention; Golab Singhs conditional offer of allegiance; Sutlej militarily preferable as a frontier to the Indus: objections to the subsidiary system and to the dismemberment of the Sikh stat...
Hardinge to Peel: his orders to halt all movements of troops: Golab Singhs intrigues: Lahore urging its army to attack the British in order that it may be destroyed: no military operations likely. V/24.
Hardinge to Peel: the Sikh advance over the Sutlej and their repulse: Goughs incapacity for higher command and his bad staff: his own part in the battle and the conduct of his sons and Prince Waldemar of Prussia. V/25.
Hardinge to Peel: dispositions of the armies and prospects of marching on Lahore: Goughs indifference to elementary logistics: approaches by Ranee and the chiefs: previous estimates for the invasion of the Punjab: casualties. V/26
Hardinge to Peel: Sir H. Smith's victory at Loodianah; 143 guns taken: their excellence, cast by French officers; Golab Singhs messages; Lawrence's answer, plans for settlement. V/27.
Hardinge to Peel: the crossing of the Sutlej: surrender of Golab Singh and the Durbar's apology. The terms imposed on Lahore; army strengths; comments on his colleagues and his son. V/28.
Hardinge to Peel: his departure from Lahore: the safety of the garrison: details of the settlement: the despatch for moral effect of 250 cannon through Delhi to Calcutta: expense of the campaign and poor showing of the native troops. V/30.