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| The camps of the two armies of Bengal and Bombay were two miles to the southeast of the city. The Bengal troops in Column A, were tasked with capturing the Brick Kilns and Am Khas which was Mulraj’s garden. Column B consisted of the 60th Rifles and 3rd Bombay NI ordered to capture the mound at Mundi Ava. Column C contained the 4th Bombay Rifles and Bombay European Fusiliers, aiming for Sidi lal ki Bed, and Column D was led by Herbert Edwardes with his irregulars approaching the west of Multan. The Canal Wali Muhammad came out of the River Chenab but had been dammed and drained. Five gates of the city are numbered. The north gate was named after the Idagh, a mile to the north, where the injured Van Agnew and Lt Anderson were murdered. |
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