+------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Artillery | - | - | 5 | 19 | |Roy. Engineers | - | - | 5 | 7 | |6th Jat Light Infantry | - | - | 2 | 11 | |61st Pioneers | - | - | - | - | |62nd Punjabis | - | - | 2 | 6 | |Royal Scots | 1 | - | 29 | 97 | |81st Pioneers | - | - | - | - | |83rd Light Inf. | - | - | 14 | 20 | |86th Infantry | - | - | 1 | 5 | |88th Infantry | - | - | - | - | |97th Deccan Inf. | - | - | 12 | 45 | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ MAHEIDPORE, DECEMBER 23, 1817. This battle honour, which commemorates the only general action fought by the main army during the course of the Second Mahratta War, is borne on the colours and appointments of the Royal Scots. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 28th Light Cavalry. 2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners. 63rd Light Infantry. 74th Punjabis. 87th Punjabis. 88th Infantry. 91st Light Infantry. 94th Russell's Infantry. 95th Russell's Infantry. The distinction was granted in recognition of the services of the army under Sir Thomas Hislop, which resulted in the total defeat of the army belonging to the Maharajah Holkar, of Indore, at Maheidpore on December 22, 1817. Holkar's army far outnumbered the English in cavalry, as well as in guns. We captured no less than sixty-five of the latter. The Holkar force had the reputation of being well trained. For many years the Maharajah had availed himself of the services of English and French instructors, but on the outbreak of hostilities he had foully murdered all the English in his employ, and their absence, no doubt, shook the confidence of the men, who for so long had been accustomed to European leadership. From the returns it would appear that the 27th Light Cavalry (then the 3rd Madras Cavalry) suffered some casualties on this occasion. CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF MAHEIDPORE, DECEMBER 22, 1817.