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The Afghan War of 1879-80: Being a Complete Narrative of the Capture of Cabul, the Siege of Sherpur, the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the Brilliant March to Candahar, and the Defeat of Ayub Khan, with the Operations on the Helmund, and the Settlement with Abdur Rahman Khan Hensman, Howard
Afghan Wars; Afghan Wars -- Personal narratives, British; Hensman, Howard, -1916
──────────────────────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ British │ Other Ranks. │
│Officers. │ │
──────────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┬──────────┤
│ │ British.│ Native.│
──────────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
Divisional and Brigade Staff │ 60│ - │ -│
F-A, R.H.A. │ 7│ 118│ -│
G-3, R.A. │ 7│ 137│ -│
No. 2 Mountain Battery │ 3│ - │ 223│
9th Lancers │ 4│ 118│ -│
5th Punjab Cavalry │ 7│ - │ 325│
12th Bengal Cavalry │ 6│ - │ 328│
14th Bengal Lancers │ 7│ - │ 407│
67th Regiment │ 18│ 686│ -│
72nd Highlanders │ 23│ 746│ -│
92nd Highlanders │ 17│ 717│ -│
5th Punjab Infantry │ 8│ - │ 610│
23rd Pioneers │ 6│ - │ 671│
28th Punjab Infantry │ 8│ - │ 636│
5th Ghoorkas │ 7│ - │ 574│
7th Company Sappers and Miners│ 3│ 2│ 93│
Two Gatling guns │ 1│ 34│ -│
──────────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
Total │ 192│ 2,558│ 3,867│
──────────────────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘
There are about 6,000 “followers” and some 3,500 baggage animals.
Fourteen days’ supplies are being carried, with tea and sugar for two
months. Lieutenant-Colonel B. L. Gordon, R.H.A., commands the artillery
(twelve 9-pounder and six 7-pounder guns, with two Gatlings); and
Lieutenant-Colonel Æ. Perkins, R.E., is in command of the Engineers. The
Cavalry Brigade is of course commanded by General Massy; while the
Infantry are brigaded as follows:—1st Brigade (General Macpherson),
67th, 92nd Highlanders, and 28th P.I.; 2nd Brigade (General Baker), 72nd
Highlanders, 5th Ghoorkas, and 5th P.I. The 23rd Pioneers are not
attached to any particular brigade.
SUFED SANG, ZAHIDABAD, _4th October_. ← Previous Page 25 of 517
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