Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell
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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
Our casualties were heavy, fourteen officers falling on the field.
A monument was erected by Lord Cornwallis to mark the site of their
interment, and may yet be seen by the roadside near the village
of Betourah. The action, though costly, was decisive as to its
results. The recalcitrant leaders of the insurrection made their
submission to the Governor-General, and the army was immediately
demobilized.
CASUALTIES AT BETOURAH.
+----------------+-----------+-----------+
| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|Staff | 3 | - | - | - |
|Artillery | 2 | - | - | - |
|Munster Fuslrs. | 2 | - | - | - |
|13th Bengal I. | 5 | 4 | - | - |
|18th Bengal I. | 2 | - | - | - |
+----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Here again it would appear that no record of the losses of the men
has been kept.
SEEDASEER, MARCH 6, 1799.
This distinction is borne on the colours of the
103rd Mahratta L.I.
105th Mahratta L.I.
107th Pioneers.
It commemorates a brilliant engagement with the army of Tippoo
Sultan, in which these three regiments of Bombay sepoys held at bay
for eight long hours some 18,000 of the flower of the Mysorean army.
As in 1792, so now in 1799, the armies of all three presidencies
were employed in a last endeavour to crush the power of the
Mysorean usurper. The Bombay column, under the command of
Major-General James Stuart, moving from the coast at Cannanore,
consisted of three brigades. The Centre Brigade, under Colonel
Dunlop, comprised the 75th (Gordon Highlanders), 77th (Middlesex),
and the 1st Bombay Europeans (now the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers); the
Right Brigade, under Colonel Montresor, was made up of the 1st
Battalions of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Bombay Infantry (now the 103rd,
105th, and 107th Regiments of the Indian army); the Third or Left
Brigade, under Colonel Wiseman, comprised the 2nd Battalion of
the 2nd, 2nd Battalion of the 3rd, and 1st Battalion of the 5th
Regiment of Bombay Infantry. For convenience of supplies, and also
owing to the bad state of the roads, the army was marching in three
columns, the Right Brigade, under Colonel Montresor, leading.
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