Forty-one years in India eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,042 pages of information about Forty-one years in India.

Forty-one years in India eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,042 pages of information about Forty-one years in India.
|                              | British. | Native. |
|60th Rifles, 2nd Battalion    |    616     |    --     |
|15th Sikhs                    |    --      |    650    |
|25th Punjab Native Infantry   |    --      |    629    |
|4th Gurkhas                   |    --      |    637    |
|                              |    ___     |    ___    |
|                     Total    |    616     |  1,916    |
|CAVALRY BRIGADE.----------------------------------------
|                              | British. | Native. |
|9th Queen’s Royal Lancers     |    318     |     --    |
|3rd Bengal Cavalry            |    --      |    394    |
|3rd Punjab Cavalry            |    --      |    408    |
|Central India Horse           |    --      |    495    |
|                              |    ___     |    ___    |
|                     Total    |    318     |  1,297    |
|ARTILLERY DIVISION.------------------------------------------
|                                  British.|Native.|Guns. |
|6-8th Royal Artillery--screw guns|   95    |  139  |  6    |
|11-9th Royal Artillery           |   95    |  139  |  6    |
|No. 2 Mountain Battery           |   --    |  140  |  6    |
|                                 |  ___    |  ___  | ___   |
|                        Total    |  190    |  418  |  18   |
|TOTAL OF FORCE.----------------------------------------------
|British troops                              2,562  |
|Native     "                                7,151  |
|British officers                              273  |
|Guns                                           18  |
|Cavalry horses                              1,779  |
|Artillery mules                               450  |

  Two hundred rounds of ammunition were taken for each Infantry soldier: 
  seventy rounds were carried by each man, thirty rounds were in reserve
  with the regiment, and a hundred rounds in the Field Park.

Each Mountain battery had: 

Common shell 264
Double shell 60
Shrapnel shell 144
Star shell 24
Case shot 48

          
                                                                              ___

Total 540 rounds.

And thirty rounds per gun in the Field Park.]

[Footnote 11:  British troops were allowed ponies at the rate of 2 per cent, of strength.  Native troops were allowed ponies at the rate of 2-1/2 per cent. of strength.  Followers were allowed ponies at the rate of 1-1/2 per cent. of strength.]

[Footnote 12: 

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