through the ambitions of a would-be usurper. In this case it was the
ruler's own brother who caused the trouble. On September 22nd, 1890,
at two o'clock in the morning, the Residency in Manipur was startled
by the sound of musketry. Then, while the inmates were preparing for
the worst, the Maharajah himself came running, in a state of panic, and
told Mr. Grimwood, the Agent, that his brother had attacked the palace,
and that, as he had given up all hopes of retaining power, his only
course was to abdicate in favour of the usurper.
The Maharajah was allowed to escape from the country, but no sooner did
he find himself beyond the reach of his brother's strong arm than he
made up his mind to return. After having weighed the whole facts of the
case, the Government decided that the usurper was the better man, and
therefore they took steps to keep the Maharajah at a distance, and to
expel the Senapatti, whose ambitions and ideals were not for the good
of Manipur.
In accordance with instructions, Mr. Quinton, Chief Commissioner in
Assam, set out for Manipur to further the intentions of the Government.
His force consisted of 400 Rifles of the 42nd and 44th Gurkha
Regiments, which were deemed sufficient reinforcement to the 100 Rifles
of the 43rd Gurkhas already at Manipur. This little band of 400 arrived
at Manipur on March 22nd, and, after consultation, it was decided to
call a _darbar_, so as to declare and ventilate the decision of the
Government. It was in the back of the Government's mind to effect the
arrest of the Senapatti. But he had evidently got to know this; at all
events, neither he nor his followers attended the _darbar_.
Notwithstanding Mr. Grimwood's intervention, in which he explained
to the usurper that the Government was favourable to him, nothing
satisfactory could be brought about with either side. The fact was that
the usurper, as well as the Senapatti, was entirely antagonistic to the
aims of the British; consequently, the _darbar_ was a complete failure.
There was no time to be wasted, and there was no time to speculate on
what was "on the other side of the hill." At daybreak on the 24th,
Colonel Skene, with 250 men, called at the palace to arrest the missing
chief. The Manipurs had foreseen this. They were well prepared. They
had 6,000 men and two guns as a welcome, and, though the gallant 250
put up a tremendous fight, they were ultimately forced back to the
Residency. Swift after them came the enemy with their guns. A fierce
siege of the Residency then followed. Towards evening there was a
lull, and an armistice was agreed upon. But the natives, not knowing
at that time the far-reaching failure of Punic, or Prussian, faith,
played false. Mr. Quinton, Colonel Skene, Mr. Grimwood, Lieutenant
Simpson of the 43rd Gurkhas, and Mr. Cossins, Assistant Secretary of
the Chief Commissioner, were made prisoners by treachery, and then the
guns belched forth again on the Residency. In the morning the little
garrison was forced to retreat, and they took the road towards Cochar,
their way being lighted by burning villages on every hand, while far
in the rear the Residency itself proclaimed the temporary triumph of
the natives. In this retreat was Mrs. Grimwood, whose record of her
remarkable escape will be remembered.
It was a retreat, not a rout. The brave fighters of the greatest
rearguard action in history, in the present war, may well call to mind
that rearguard action on a small scale, when our troops were, so to
speak, pursued by defeat, fighting against it all the way. At last they
fell in with Captain Cowley, in command of a small band, and, joining
forces with him, they made their way to Lakhpur.
Meanwhile, General Graham, with half a battalion of the King's Royal
Rifles, No. 2 Mountain Battery R.A.; two battalions 4th Gurkhas and
12th Madras Infantry, and two guns, set out from Burma to the rescue
of the battered but not beaten troops. General Collett, commanding a
column, also made in all haste for Lakhpur. On the arrival of these
two contingents the city was speedily taken. But--and here is the
pity--before they could get to Manipur, the officers above mentioned,
treacherously taken, were treacherously massacred.
THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL
(1895)
In the relief of Chitral a number of native regiments took part. In
the spring of 1895 Britain was suddenly called to attention by the
news, flashed along the cables, that hell had broken loose in Chitral.
This probably meant that a few British officers, with a small band of
Sikhs and other native troops, were in a most dangerous position in the
capital of that state. The probability soon became a certainty, and
great alarm was felt as to their safety. The next piece of bad news was
that the British were hemmed up in a small fort, and, in that desperate
position, were defending it against fearful odds, beating off wild
hordes of tribesmen, and fighting, in grim despair, against the clock,
hoping that time might bring succour and relief. And the jeopardy of
this situation was not lessened by the fresh news that two little
sections of the British army from Gilgit had to scale mountains more
rugged than the Alps before penetrating into the lowlands of Chitral to
the relief of the little garrison.
After news of an engagement on March 7th no tidings were received
from Chitral Fort. Meanwhile came the official report of the
defeat of Captain Goss at Mastuj, he and fifty-six men having
been killed--fifty-six out of a total of seventy-one. This, with
the death-like silence of Chitral, was appalling; and immediately
Major-General Sir Robert Low was ordered to mobilise on the frontier of
the enemy's territory, and Colonel Kelly, commanding the 32nd Pioneers
in the Gilgit district, was given _carte blanche_ to plan the relief of
Chitral in whatever way might seem best to him.
The journey from Gilgit to Chitral is a stupendous undertaking for
an army. The distance is 220 miles, and the way lies over a gigantic
range of mountains containing passes deep with perpetual snow. When it
became known that Colonel Kelly had actually undertaken this journey
in the hope of reaching Chitral in time to render assistance to the
beleaguered British, the heart of Britain was contracted. There was a
chill fear abroad, and the despairing word "impossible" was in constant
use. In the clubs men who knew those mountains gazed into each other's
eyes and borrowed what hope they could. The apparently impossible had
often been attempted before, and proved possible; so the nation waited,
nursing that fire of courage which is always kept burning in its
breast.
Low's force was as follows:--
1ST BRIGADE (General Kinloch).--Royal Rifles, Bedfordshires, 1st
Sikhs, 37th Dogras.
2ND BRIGADE (General Waterfield).--Gordons, Scottish Highlanders,
4th Sikhs, Guides' Infantry, Field Hospital.
3RD BRIGADE (General Gatacre).--Seaforth Highlanders, Buffs, 25th
Punjabis, 4th Gurkhas, Field Hospital.
DIVISIONAL TROOPS.--Guides' Infantry, 11th Bengal Lancers, 13th
Bengal Infantry, 23rd Pioneers, Bengal Sappers, East Lancashire
Regiment, 29th and 30th Punjabis, Field Hospital.
Colonel Kelly's force consisted of two parties:--
(1) 200 Pioneers, 2 mountain guns, 40 Kashmir sappers, with 100
Hunzanagur levies.
(2) 100 Kashmir troops, under Lieut. Gough.
Low forced Malakand Pass. The enemy's strength was on the left side of
the pass. Low brought his artillery to bear on this position, while the
4th Sikhs and Guides were thrown forward to scale the hills and carry
the breastworks of loose stones; after which they were to work along
the ridges and turn the enemy's flank.
No sooner had they come within range than the hillmen poured a fierce
fire into their ranks; but our men could not reply, as their stern
business was to climb, and climb as quickly as possible. And a most
desperate ascent it was, for they had to contend against not only a
hail of bullets, but an avalanche of boulders as well. The officers
suffered heavily, from the simple fact that they could easily be
distinguished by their helmets among the turbaned troops.
It was a long and tragic climb, but at last it came to the point of
the bayonet on the crest of the hill, and after more than three hours'
fighting the defenders abandoned the position. The Sikhs and Guides,
who carried this important point, had been nineteen hours under arms.
During this time the Scottish Borderers and the Gordons had forced
their way up the centre of the pass until they now came to the last
climb, which was the steepest of all. But it was their own native task
that was before them, and, point by point, they scrambled upwards,
helping each other up, and never flinching under the constant storm of
lead. Seeing the desperate nature of their situation, Low despatched
Kinloch's infantry to their support: the King's Royal Rifles on the
left and the Bedfordshires and Dogras on the right; the 15th Sikhs
being held in reserve. The Borderers and the Gordons not only held, but
gained ground, and the Bedfordshires, when they came up, pushed right
through the fighting line, and, supported by the Dogras, finished the
fight the Borderers and the Gordons had so long contested. Clear over
the ridge they drove the hillmen, and the Dogras never ceased pursuit
of the routed foe until the survivors were dispersed in the Swat valley.
Kelly encountered much severe fighting on his difficult journey, and
his daring and successful mission of relief can never be forgotten.
The principal engagement, however, was at Malakand Pass, where, though
victorious, Sir Robert Low's small force lost seventy killed and
wounded.
Besides the many native regiments which took part in the relief
of Chitral, special honour is due to the 14th (King George's Own)
Ferozepore Sikhs, who were prominent in its defence. Their bravery of
despair and their heroic patience in that defence have bequeathed to
them a heritage of glory in the annals of Britain; and
"The gold of glory, put to use,
More glory doth beget."
BATTLE OF DARGAI
(1897)
The storming of the Dargai Heights was the most daring enterprise of
the Tirah Expedition. In the middle of October, after much delay in the
setting out, and just in time to meet the worst of the early winter
storms, the Expedition duly reached its first camping-place beneath
the ridge of Dargai. This was the initial obstacle to its advance
into the Rakzai country. In order to clear this ridge, Sir William
Lockhart sent forward the second division of his force, under General
Yeatman-Biggs, which engaged the enemy in a desperate conflict at
mid-day on October 18th. The 4th Brigade, under General Westmacott,
advanced from the Chagru Kotal against the front of the ridge, while
the 3rd Brigade, under General Kempster, swept round to the south and
west. This brigade, however, which had set out from Shinwari two hours
before daybreak, had been delayed, and was not yet at close quarters,
when the Gurkhas, covered by the fire of the Scottish Highlanders from
the low ridge opposite the Heights, and by the mountain-gun batteries
from Chagru, sprang forward across the open space, and began to climb
like mountain cats up the steep and narrow zigzag of the ridge. After
them came the Borderers, and the enemy, observing the rapid approach of
the stormers, fled before our infantry had reached the summit.
Orders had been given that as soon as the ridge was cleared our men
were to return to Shinwari, but their obedience to this order had
an unfortunate result. The enemy immediately took it as a sign of
weakness, and returned to the attack. They quickly regained the ridge,
and, rushing down its front, harassed our retreating men. Thus a
brilliant victory assumed the complexion of a defeat, and the moral
effect of this upon the tribesmen was not to our advantage.
A more conclusive battle, however, took place two days later at about
the same spot. General Lockhart gave orders that the frontal attack
on the heights should be combined with an advance down the defile,
but in the event General Yeatman-Biggs decided to confine himself to
the former. Again the Gurkhas were flung forward. But this time the
tribesmen had increased their force, and the brave little men left many
dead and wounded in their track. The Dorsetshires and the Sherwood
Foresters followed them, and they in their turn suffered very heavily.
For a whole hour death was as common as life, but there was no thought
of retreat; it was a time for indomitable courage and tenacity.
A moment arrived, about noon, when the 1st Gordons and the 3rd Sikhs
prepared for a furious charge. The shrill pipes struck up as the
Gordons, led by Colonel Mathias, dashed out into the open space,
crossed it, and began to scale the steep hillside beyond. Difficult
as this stupendous task appeared to the onlookers, it was achieved by
these heroic mountaineers, though not without great loss. Once on the
ridge the battle was won. The enemy, unable to check this determined
assault, abandoned his position and fled in confusion. This time the
ridge was not only cleared, but held for good; and our forces found
their way open before them through the Chagru Kotal Pass.
In this Tirah Expedition there was much valuable native blood shed,
expecially in the Khurmauna Defile, where a native officer and
thirty-five Sikhs were cut off in a ravine and every one of them
killed. The Gurkhas, to whom the life of a victory is that only a few
come back, had their full share of the joy of battle, with well-earned
glory, in this immortal storming of the Dargai Heights.
A LIST OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS
The following is a list of the Indian Native Regiments from the ranks
of which the 70,000 now fighting at the front are drawn:--
_Indian Cavalry_
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S BODY-GUARD.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Java," "Ava," "Maharajpore," "Moodkee," "Ferozeshah,"
"Aliwal," "Sobraon," "Seetabuldee."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
1ST DUKE OF YORK'S OWN LANCERS. (Skinner's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Bhurtpore," "Kandahar 1842," "Afghanistan 1879/80,"
"Pekin 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Yellow_, facings _black velvet_.
_Colonel-in-Chief_--THE KING.
2ND LANCERS. (Gardner's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Arracan," "Sobraon," "Punjab," "Egypt 1882,"
"Tel-el-Kebir."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _light blue_.
3RD SKINNER'S HORSE.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan," "Ghuznee 1839," "Maharajpore,"
"Khelat," "Moodkee," "Ferozeshah," "Aliwal," "Kandahar 1880,"
"Afghanistan 1879/80," "Punjab Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _yellow_.
4TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
5TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punjab," "Mooltan," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
6TH KING EDWARD'S OWN CAVALRY.
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher of King Edward VII.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punniar," "Moodkee," "Ferozeshah," "Sobraon," "Egypt
1882," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Punjab Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
_Colonel-in-Chief_--THE KING.
7TH HARIANA LANCERS.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punjab," "Burma 1885/87."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
8TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
9TH HODSON'S HORSE.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Suakin 1885," "Chitral," "Punjab
Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _white_.
10TH DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN LANCERS. (Hodson's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Abyssinia," "Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
11TH KING EDWARD'S OWN LANCERS. (Probyn's Horse.)
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher of King Edward VII.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Lucknow," "Taku Forts," "Pekin," "Ali Masjid,"
"Afghanistan 1878/79," "Chitral," "Punjab Frontier," "Malakand."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
_Colonel-in-Chief_--THE KING.
12TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Abyssinia," "Peiwar Kotal," "Charasiah," "Kabul
1879," "Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _blue_.
13TH DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S LANCERS. (Watson's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan 1878/80," "Egypt 1882," "Tel-el-Kebir,"
"Punjab Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_, lace _silver_.
14TH MURRAY'S JAT LANCERS.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Charasiah," "Kabul 1879," "Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_, pugri _scarlet_.
15TH LANCERS. (Cureton's Multanis.)
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
16TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"China 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _blue_.
17TH CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _white_.
18TH KING GEORGE'S OWN LANCERS.
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan 1879/80," "Punjab Frontier," "Tirah."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
19TH LANCERS. (Fane's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Taku Forts," "Pekin," "Ahmad Khel," "Afghanistan
1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _French grey_, lace _silver_.
20TH DECCAN HORSE.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Central India."
UNIFORM.--_Rifle-green_, facings _white_.
21ST PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR'S OWN CAVALRY. (Frontier Force.) (Daly's
Horse.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Ahmad Khel," "Afghanistan
1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
22ND SAM BROWNE'S CAVALRY. (Frontier Force.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Ahmad Khel," "Afghanistan
1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
23RD CAVALRY. (Frontier Force.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Kandahar 1880," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
25TH CAVALRY. (Frontier Force.)
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Charasiah," "Kabul 1879,"
"Afghanistan 1878/80."
UNIFORM.--_Dark green_, facings _scarlet_, pugri _scarlet_.
26TH KING GEORGE'S OWN LIGHT CAVALRY.
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Ava," "Afghanistan
1879/80," "Burma 1885/87."
UNIFORM.--_French grey_, facings _buff_, lace _silver_.
27TH LIGHT CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Carnatic," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Seringapatam,"
"Burma 1885/87."
UNIFORM.--_French grey_, facings _buff_, lace _silver_.
28TH LIGHT CAVALRY.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Maheidpoor."
UNIFORM.--_French grey_, facings _buff_, lace _silver_.
29TH LANCERS. (Deccan Horse.)
UNIFORM.--_Rifle green_, facings _white_.
30TH LANCERS. (Gordon's Horse.)
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Central India."
UNIFORM.--_Rifle green_, facings _white_.
31ST DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S OWN LANCERS.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan," "Ghuznee 1839," "Punjab," "Mooltan,"
"Central India," "Burma 1885/87."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
32ND LANCERS.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Central India," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _white_.
33RD QUEEN VICTORIA'S OWN LIGHT CAVALRY.
BADGE.--The Royal and Imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria within the
Garter.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Ghuznee 1842," "Kabul 1842," "Hyderabad," "Persia,"
"Reshire," "Bushire," "Koosh-ab," "Central India," "Abyssinia,"
"Kandahar 1880," "Afghanistan 1879/80," "China 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _scarlet_.
34TH PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR'S OWN POONA HORSE.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Corygaum," "Ghuznee 1839," "Afghanistan," "Kandahar
1842," "Meeanee," "Hyderabad," "Persia," "Reshire," "Koosh-ab,"
"Bushire," "Kandahar 1880," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _French grey_.
35TH SCINDE HORSE.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Cutchee," "Meeanee," "Hyderabad," "Punjab,"
"Mooltan," "Goojerat," "Persia," "Central India," "Afghanistan 1878/79."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _white_.
36TH JACOB'S HORSE.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Cutchee," "Meeanee," "Hyderabad," "Punjab,"
"Mooltan," "Goojerat," "Afghanistan 1879/80."
UNIFORM.--_Blue_, facings _primrose_.
37TH LANCERS. (Baluch Horse.)
UNIFORM.--_Khaki serge_, facings _buff_.
38TH KING GEORGE'S OWN CENTRAL INDIA HORSE.
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Kandahar 1880," "Afghanistan 1879/80," "Punjab
Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _maroon_.
39TH KING GEORGE'S OWN CENTRAL INDIA HORSE.
BADGES.--The Plume of the Prince of Wales and the Royal and Imperial
Cypher.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Kandahar 1880," "Afghanistan 1879/80," "Punjab
Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _maroon_.
_Colonel-in-Chief_--THE KING.
_Cavalry and Infantry_
QUEEN VICTORIA'S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES (Frontier Force--Lumsden's).
BADGE.--The Cypher of Queen Victoria within the Garter.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Punjab," "Mooltan," "Goojerat," "Delhi," "Ali
Masjid," "Kabul 1879," "Afghanistan 1878/80," "Chitral," "Punjab
Frontier," "Malakand."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _red velvet_, _scarlet_ (cloth) for the ranks.
19TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Ahmad Khel," "Afghanistan '78/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
20TH DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN INFANTRY ("Brownlow's Punjabis").
4 companies Pathans, 2 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Taku Forts," "Pekin," "Ali Masjid," "Afghanistan
'78/80," "Egypt '82," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Punjab Frontier," "China."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _emerald green_.
21ST PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
3 companies Pathans, 1 company Punjabi Mussalmans, 3 companies Sikhs, 1
company Dogras.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Abyssinia," "Afghanistan '78/80."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _scarlet_.
22ND PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 3 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 1 company Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"China '60/62," "Afghanistan '79/80," "Punjab
Frontier."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
23RD SIKH PIONEERS. Raised 1857.
8 companies Mazhbi Sikhs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Taku Forts," "Pekin," "Peiwar Kotal," "Charasiah,"
"Kabul '79," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Chitral."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _chocolate_.
24TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 1 company Punjabi Mussalmans, 2
companies Afridis.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Punjab
Frontier," "Malakand," "Pekin 1900."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
25TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
3 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans,
1 company Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Ahmad Khel," "Kandahar '80," "Afghanistan '78/80,"
"Chitral."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
26TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Afridis, 2 companies Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan '78/80," "Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _scarlet_.
27TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
3 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2
companies Pathans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"China '60/62," "Ali Masjid," "Afghanistan '78/80,"
"Burma '85/87."
UNIFORM.--_Drab_, facings _scarlet_.
28TH PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
3 companies Sikhs, 1 company Dogras, 3 companies Pathans, 1 company
Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Charasiah," "Kabul '79," "Afghanistan '78/80."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _emerald green_.
29TH PANJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Peiwar Kotal," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Chitral."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _blue_.
30TH PANJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan '79/80," "Chitral," "Punjab Frontier,"
"Tirah."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
31ST PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Sikhs, 2 companies Dogras, 2 companies Punjabi Mussalmans.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Afghanistan '78/80," "Punjab Frontier," "Malakand."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
32ND SIKH PIONEERS. Raised 1857.
8 companies Mazhbi Sikhs.
BATTLE HONOURS.--"Delhi," "Lucknow," "Afghanistan '78/80," "Chitral."
UNIFORM.--_Scarlet_, facings _white_.
33RD PUNJABIS. Raised 1857.
4 companies Punjabi Mussalmans, 2 companies Pathans, 2 companies Sikhs.
BATTLE HONOUR.--"Burma '85/87."