Pegu Being a Narrative of Events During the Second Burmese War From August 185
Pegu Being a Narrative of Events During the Second Burmese War From August 185
W F B William Ferguson Beatson Laurie
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* The force consisted of about 60 European Madras Artillery (D Company, 3d Battalion), with native gun lascars and drivers, under Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther, C. B. ; up- wards of 50 Madras Sappers under Lieutenant Shortland ; the Ramghur Cavalry detachment under Lieutenant Lambert ; some 200 Bengal Fusiliers under Major Gerrard ; about 170 Madras Fusiliers under Captain Geils ; a detachment of the 5th M. N. L under Major Shubrick ; the 10th B. N. I. Detachment under Major Welchma...n. Two 24-pounder howitzers and two 54-iuch mortars, with rocket tube, accompanied the force. Fifty rounds of spare ammunition per man were carried in boats, also a quantity for the Artillery. 206 THE SECOND BURMESE WAR. It is recorded that in the Talavera Campaign, and during the hot season in Spain, General Craufurd marched with his Hght division, each man carrying a very considerable weight along with him, 62 miles in 26 hours, and left only 17 stragglers behind ! Had there been any necessity for it General Steel would probably have endeavoured to emulate General Craufurd, notwithstanding the difference in the two climates.
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