+---------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Scots | 1 | 2 | 8 | 32 | |Royal Dublin Fusiliers | 1 | 1 | 7 | 51 | |Bombay Art. | - | 3 | 5 | 12 | |28th Light Cav. | - | - | 4 | 8 | |29th Deccan Horse | - | - | 19 | 47 | |63rd Light Inf. | 1 | 3 | 26 | 71 | |74th Punjabis | - | 2 | 14 | 34 | |87th Punjabis | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | |88th Infantry | - | 1 | 14 | 52 | |91st Light Inf. | - | 6 | 16 | 69 | |94 and 95th Russell's Inf. | - | 1 | 12 | 61 | +---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ CORYGAUM, JANUARY 1, 1818. This distinction is borne on the colours of the 34th Poona Horse and 102nd Grenadiers. It commemorates a very gallant stand made by a small body of Bombay Sepoys during the Second Mahratta War, in face of vastly superior forces. Colonel Burr, who was left in command of the troops at Poona after the defeat of the Peishwa in November, found that, owing to various circumstances, that army, though defeated, was by no means demoralized, and there was reason to fear a fresh attack. He therefore ordered Captain Staunton, who was at Seroor, some fifty miles distant, to fall back on Poona. Staunton had with him a couple of guns of the Madras Artillery, with twenty-six English gunners, 500 of the 2nd (now 102nd) Grenadiers, and 250 of what was then known as the Reformed Horse (now the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse). Staunton moved off on receiving Colonel Burr's orders, but on nearing Corygaum found himself in the presence of the main body of the Peishwa's army, estimated at 18,000 men, with thirty-six guns. The village lent itself to defence, though the position was much cramped, especially for the large number of horses attached to his little force. Staunton knew that Sir Lionel Smith was within a couple of days' march, and that if he could hold out for that time he was sure of relief. He had taken the precaution to move with double the usual supply of ammunition, and he was seconded by eight British officers as gallant as himself.