Famous Fights of Indian Native RegimentsHodder, Reginald
History
Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments
Hodder, Reginald
India -- History, Military; India. Army
Assaye cost Wellesley twenty-two officers and 386 men killed, and
fifty-seven officers and 1,526 wounded. Excluding the regular cavalry
which had remained on the other side of the river and had not been
engaged, the total number of killed and wounded amounted to nearly
one-third of his force. The general himself had two horses killed under
him, one shot and the other piked; every one of his staff officers had
one or two horses killed, and his orderly's head was swept off by
a cannon-ball as he rode close by his side. The enemy, who had fled
towards the Adjuntee Ghat, through which they had poured into the
Dekhan, left 1,200 dead, and a great number badly wounded on the field
of battle.
THE MAHRATTA COMPANY REGIMENTS, WITH THEIR BATTLE HONOURS
Although there are no Class Regiments composed wholly of Mahrattas,
they form in Company Regiments the bulk of the following bodies of
Infantry:--
103RD MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY. Raised 1768.
4 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, 2 companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Mysore," "Seedaseer," "Seringapatam," "Beni Boo
Alli," "Punjab," "Mooltan," "Goojerat," "Abyssinia."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _black_.
105TH MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY. Raised 1788.
4 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, two companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Mysore," "Seedaseer," "Seringapatam," "Beni Boo
Alli," "Kahun," "China 1860/62," "Afghanistan 1879/80," "Burma 1885/87."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _black_.
110TH MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY. Raised 1797.
4 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, 2 companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Central India," "Abyssinia," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _black_.
114TH MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY.
4 companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _yellow_.
116TH MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY. Raised 1800.
4 companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan 1879/80," "British East Africa 1901."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _yellow_.
117TH MAHRATTA LIGHT INFANTRY.
4 companies Konkani Mahrattas, 2 companies Dekhani Mahrattas, 2
companies Dekhani Mussalmans.
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _yellow_.
There are companies of the Mahrattas also in the
107th Pioneers.
108th Infantry.
109th Infantry.
121st Pioneers.
128th Pioneers.
THE GURKHAS
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