History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 3 (of 3): Third EditionKaye, John William, Sir
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History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 3 (of 3): Third Edition
Kaye, John William, Sir
Afghan Wars
1. A bugler or trumpeter to be attached to each commanding-officer of a
party or detachment of the several columns.
2. Whenever an obstacle presents itself, or accident occurs, of a
nature to impede the march of any part of either of the columns, and
occasions a break in its continuity, the officer in command nearest to
the spot will order the halt to be sounded, which will be immediately
repeated by the other buglers, and the whole will halt till the removal
of the difficulty enables the columns to proceed in their established
order, when the signal to advance will be given.
3. The baggage-master will superintend the placing of the baggage, &c.,
in the order prescribed, and the Major-General commanding requests that
commanding-officers will use their best exertions to facilitate this
important object. The quarter-master of each corps will see that the
baggage of his regiment is placed in its proper position in the column,
and an officer from each is to be appointed to the duty.
4. No private guards are to be allowed. The parties of cavalry and
infantry, allotted at intervals in the line of march, are to be the
only troops attending it.
5. The officers entrusted with the command of the parties which are
to flank the rear-guard on the heights, must give their most vigilant
attention to the important duty of preventing their men from hurrying
in advance of it; its rear must never be left exposed to fire from the
heights.
6. The troops to be told off on their regimental parades, as above
detailed, and marched at the appointed hour to their respective posts.
7. The force will march to Jumrood to-morrow morning, in the order
above prescribed. The general to beat at four, and the assembly at five
o’clock.
8. The baggage and camp-followers of each corps are to be kept with
their respective regiments till notice is given by the baggage-master
that they are required to take their places in the column.[354]
Camp Jumrood, 4th April, 1842.
The force to be under arms to-morrow morning at half-past three
o’clock, ready to move forward, at which time all the treasure,
ammunition, baggage, &c., will be moved to the low ground to the
right front of the hills now occupied by picquets. No fires are to be
lighted on any account; no drums to beat, or bugles to be sounded.
The six companies of the 60th Regiment, and six companies of the
33rd Regiment, will remain with the baggage, in the vicinity of the
treasure and ammunition. The parties for crowning the heights, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor and Major Anderson, will move
forward to the hill on the right of the pass. The parties for the
same duty, under the command of Major Huish and Lieutenant-Colonel
Moseley, will in like manner move forward to the hill on the left.
Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor’s party will be accompanied by the
Irregulars who lately garrisoned Ali-Musjid.
Captain Ferris’s jezailchees will accompany the left advancing party.
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