Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st
Lieut. T. H. Plasket.
” W. F. Atty.
” J. L. R. Pollard.
” H. W. Hart.
” Robert Law.
” J. P. Robertson.
” Graham Elmslie.
” Poole Gabbett.
” S. J. Timbrell.
” John Brenchley.
” A. Pilkington.
” E. A. Noel.
Ensign James Paul.
” H. P. Hutton.
” C. H. G. Tritton.
Adjt. William Bernard.
Q. M. Samuel Benison.
A. Surg. G. W. Macready.
” David Stewart.
Lieut. A. S. Bolton (_H. M. 21st Fusiliers, doing duty_).
Surg. R. B. Gahan (_H. M. 9th Foot, in medical charge_).
It being expected that the Sikhs, notwithstanding their defeat on
the previous evening, would make a second attack, the troops were
ordered under arms early on the following morning, the 19th, and
remained so till evening, when, no enemy appearing, they returned
to their tents.
It having been subsequently ascertained, by scouts, that the enemy
was strongly entrenched in great numbers round the village of
Ferozeshah, the Commander-in-Chief determined to effect a junction
with the troops at Ferozepore, and with the combined force to drive
the Sikhs from their position. Accordingly at daylight on the 21st
of December the army was formed in separate columns of attack, and
marched in order of battle in the supposed direction of the enemy.
Having proceeded about five miles, it was ascertained that the
Sikhs had retired to their entrenched camp at _Ferozeshah_, about
twelve miles from Moodkee.
The troops then fell into columns of route, and after a very
fatiguing and circuitous march, rendered more so from no water
being procurable on the road, they arrived about three o’clock P.M.
in the neighbourhood of the enemy’s position, having, on the march,
effected the desired junction with the division under Major-General
Sir John Littler, consisting of five thousand men and twenty-one
guns, which had moved from Ferozepore on the morning of the 21st of
December: about a quarter of an hour was allowed for rest, and the
plan of battle was then immediately arranged. The first division
formed the reserve, and was drawn up in line, the THIRTY-FIRST
being about the centre: here they remained about twenty minutes,
during which time the round shot were passing through the ranks,
killing and wounding several men.
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