+-----------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Dublin Fus. (two battalions) | 1 | 8 | 45 | 92 | |Bengal Recruits | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |62nd Punjabis (Natives) | - | 2 | 17 | 57 | |67th Punjabis (Natives) | - | 2 | 10 | 37 | |69th Punjabis (British) | 1 | - | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 2 | 7 | 36 | |72nd Punjabis (British) | 1 | 1 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 1 | 6 | 43 | |73rd Carnatic Inf. (British) | - | 1 | 1 | - | |73rd Carnatic Inf. (Natives) | 1 | - | 6 | 14 | |74th Punjabis (Natives) | - | - | 21 | 34 | |75th Carnatic Inf. (British) | 1 | - | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | - | 23 | 44 | |76th Punjabis (Natives) | - | - | 8 | 29 | |79th Carnatic Inf. (British) | 1 | 1 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 1 | 5 | 12 | |80th Carnatic Inf. (British) | 1 | 1 | - | - | |Do. (Natives) | - | 2 | 8 | 35 | +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ NOTE.--The total losses of the Company's troops at Pondicherry in 1778 were 148 sepoys killed and 482 wounded. For this success Hector Munro, who commanded, was made a K.B. The Bengal Recruits alluded to above were a party of recruits on their way out to join what is now known as the Munster Fusiliers. They were detained by the Governor of Madras to swell the British element at the siege, and they well sustained the honour of the regiment now known as the Royal Munster Fusiliers. In the year 1793 the reduction of Pondicherry became once more necessary. The fortress had been captured by Sir Eyre Coote and its works demolished in 1761. On its restoration to the French, the place was converted into an exceptionally strong fortification, and its capture by Sir Hector Munro in 1778 entailed a loss of upwards of 600 killed and wounded. In 1793 we found that our friends the French had once more--and very rightly, too--done their utmost to render the place impregnable, and that a very considerable force would be necessary for its reduction. Colonel Braithwaite, of the Madras army, was entrusted with its capture. The force at his disposal consisted of the following troops: Cavalry Brigade--Colonel Floyd: 19th Hussars and 4th Madras Cavalry. First Infantry Brigade--Colonel Nesbitt: 36th (Worcesters), 52nd (Oxford Light Infantry), and the battalion companies of the Dublin Fusiliers.