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HISTORY

The IsT SIKH INFANTRY,

r 1846-1886.

VOLUME I.

CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO.

1887. ly

Jfeprinted igoj.

MS»H^.

HISTORY

OF THE

ist SIKH INFANTRY.

On the 10th February 1846, was fought the battle ReaAODsfor
of Sobraon, resulting in the complete ovei:throw and itogimeot
dispersion of the Sikh Army, and the prostration
of the Punjab at the feet of the liritish Govern-
ment.

The Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, how-
ever, determined not to annex the whole country,
but with the view of inflicting some punishment
on the Sikh nation for its unprovoked invasion of
British territory, resolved to deprive them of the
district lying between the Bias and Satlaj rivers
and termed the " Jalandhar Doab."

The Treaty of the 9th March 1846, accordingly
added the Jalandhar Doab to the British Empire,
as well as the Cis-Satlaj States which had been
annexed immediately the Sikh Army had crossed the
Satlaj,

To defend the newly annexed districts, fresh Raising of
troops were required, and, for this purpose, a bri- ^^*°^"*''
gade, termed "The Frontier Brigade," was raised,
consisting of one company of Artillery and four
regiments of Native Infantry, of which the 1st
Sikhs was the first regiment.

H. 1st 8. I. 1

HISTORY OF

AppointineDt
of British

First regi-
mental order,
10th Decem-
ber 1846.

The following was the General Order issued on
the occasion : —

Ifo. 2457, dated Uth December 1846.
The Governor-General is pleased to direct that
a frontier brigade shall be raised in the Trans-and
Cis-Satlaj States for police and general purposes.

The brigade will be under the orders of the Agent
to the Governor-General on the North- West frontier,
Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Lawrence, c.b., and will
consist of a company of Artillery and four regi-
ments of Infantry.

The Governor-General is pleased to appoint the
following oflScers to the Frontier Brigade ; —

lit Regiment of Infantry.

Captain J. S. Hodgson, 12th Native Infantry, to be
Commandant

Brevet Captain R. Troup, 63rd Native Infantry,
to be Second-in-command.

Unattached Ensign W. Sheffield to be Adjutant

(Sd.) Pat. Gbant, Lieut.-Col.,

Adjiuant' General.

Captain Hodgson, the Commandant, in pursuance
of instructions previously received, reported him-
self to Colonel (afterwards Sir) Henry Lawrence at
Lahore, on the 29th November 1846, and from him
received orders to proceed immediately to the station
of Hushiarpur in the Jalandhar district, and to com-
mence raising his regiment. He accordingly set off
at once for Hushiarpur, and on the 10th December
1846, issued his first regimental order, announcing
the arrival of his Second-in-command, Captain Troup,
and on the same day he enlisted his first 17 men.

The nuclei of the frontier brigade regiments
consisted of a few men from the regular Native

1st SIKH INFANTRY.

Infantry regiments of the line and some police. That
of the 1st Regiment consisted of ten men from each
of the following regiments : 6th Native Infantry,
12th Native Infantry, 43rd Native Infantry, 47th
Native Infantry, and 68th Native Infantry, and
one hundred men from the UmbaUa police — in all
150 men.

The constitution at first appears to have been as ConstitiUioD.
follows ;—

No.

Rank.

Pay.

Batta

ToUl.

1. A. P.

BS. A.

B8.

A. P.

GommaDdant •«•

•••

...

230

Second-in-com mand

(consolidnted) .w

• ••

•••

500

Adjutant <& Quartermaster

•M

—

170

Sergeant Major

•••

5 2

Quartermaster Sergeant

•••

5 2

Native Doctor, Ist class

• * •

•••

Ditto, 2nd „

•••

Bugle Major

• «•

•••

Drill Havildar

»••

•••

Drill Naik

• ••

• • •

Pay Havildars, each .«.

• ••

•••

Color HavildarSf „

...

Subadars ••• •••

Jemadars — m.

Havildars ...

Di aiKS ••« ••*

2:>

Buglers ... •••

800

Sipahis ••• •••

Tindal —

Lascars ••* •••

4 12

Bhistees —

Sweepers ••• ...

•••

Cooks, if enlisted

t, if not enlisted •••

•••

Grantbi
Hospital Establishment

•••

Shop coolie m.

•••

Head sweeper (two for

leeches) ••• ««.

•••

Bhistees, each

•••

Sweepers „

»••

HISTORY OF

Gonstitatioo.

European
Sergeaots,

Temporary
Uuifornu

No.

Rank.

Pay.

Batta.

Total.

Rs. A. p.

Bazar Eatahlishment.

Ghowdri •••

. • •

Mutsaddi ...

• ••

Weighmen, each ^
AllowanceforrepairSiarms,

•••

<& stationery, per compy.

• • •

•••

Repairs of camp equipage,

•

per sipahi's pal

•••

„ per Sergeant's tent

•••

...

„ for butts & targets .

••«

• ••

Allowance, Regimental

school

•••

• ••

,, Mess (if kept up) .

■••

•••

The Regiment was divided into ten companies,
the Grenadier 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th,
and light companies.

It is believed that Captain Hodgson at first in-
tended to enlist no one but Sikhs, but if so, he
must have abandoned that idea, for, from the begin-
ning, although the majority of his recruits were
Sikhs, the names of Punjabi Mahomedans and
Hindustanis appear among his enlistments.

There is no record of any class constitution being
fixed, nor was there any attempt made to establish
class companies.

The European Sergeants attached were Sergeant
Downey, Sergeant-Major ; Sergeant Hamlet, Quarter-
master Sergeant.

Pending the receipt of their authorised uniform,
the Regiment was dressed as follows : —

Winter Dress. — A wadded blue mirzai, yellow
jangirs, and a blue turban.

Summer Dress.-^The same as winter, except that
the blue mirzais were changed for white ones.

This was, however, gradually superseded by the
arrival of the several authorised articles, and in

1st SIKH INFANTRY,

about 18 months the uniform was complete, and was
as follows : —

Full dress. — Red cloth jacket with yellow facings ;
cloth trousers of Oxford mixtures ; Kilmarnock caps
made very high and broad in front, with a yellow
band and a steel badge worn in front, consisting
of the figures " 1st S. L. I.," in a crescent and sur-
mount edby a crown. English boots. The native
officers wore gold bead necklaces as badges of rank :
subadars, two rows, jemadars, one row.

Undress. — For winter : the same as fuU dress,
except that, in fine weather, white cap covers were
worn, and in wet weather oil-skin covers. For fatigue
duties the men wore blue trousers made of cotton.
The summer undress was three pairs of white trousers
and three white jackets per man.

Greatcoats were made of black blanket lined with
red " kharwah."

The prices of the half-mounting articles, and for

which the men had to pay, were as follows : —

Bs As.
Three suits white clothing and one pair fatigue pants 8 12

Cloth cap with two white covers ... ... 2

Greatcoat — m» ••• •«. 3

Lock and pouoh, wax-cloth cover ••• ••• 4

Haversack ••• ••• ••• ... 7

Oilskin-cap cover ... ••• •«• 5

Snappers and varnishing ... ••, •«• 5

Total Rs. ...Ts "1
The armament of the Regiment was *• Muskets, Armament,
common flint" — ^^weapons so inferior, that in Octo-
ber 1847, Captain Hodgson reported "they go off
if brought smartly to the ready or the order."
These were condemned, but those received instead
appear to have been no better, foi-, in January 1850,
Captain Gordon, who was then commanding, reports :

niSTOUV OF

Accoutre-
meols.

Regiment
complete^
15th April
1647.

Name chang-
ed to let 8ikb
Local Infan-
try.

Locality pre-
ecribed.

" 1 have no hesitation in saying of half of them thnt
at least as much flame escapes from the touch-hole as
from the muzzle, and the rest wont fire above once
in half a dozen trials from the badness of the locks."

The accoutrements vvere of black leather, and con-
sisted of a single shoulder pouch belt (instead of cross-
belts as usually worn) with a 40-round pouch, and a
waist-belt with sliding frog for bayonet. In undress,
and for ordinary duties, the pouch was worn with a
wax-cloth cover.

The men were from the first sworn in for general
service.

The recruiting of the regiment went on very
rapidly. On the 3rd February 1847 Captain Hodg-
son reported having got 400 men ; on 1st March,
700 ; and on 15th April, all complete.

For a short time the regiment was under canvas,
but it set about constructing lines for itself as soon
as the recruiting was finished, and on the 2l8t July
1847, completed its lines and received Rs. 3,000 as
hutting money*

In September 1847, the Giivernor-General issued
a " Regulation, defining the constitution, establish-
ments, &c., of the four regiments of Sikh Local In-
fantry ,'* in which the following paragraphs require
to be noted : —

1. The term " Frontier Brigade " is to be dis-
continued, and the four Infantry regiments, which
formed a portion of the brigade, are to be designated
the Ist, 2nd (or Hill Corps), 3rd and 4th Regiments
of Sikh Local Infantry.

2. They will not, save on emergency, be employ-
ed beyond the Jumna to the eastward, nor beyond
the Bias or the Satlaj below its junction with the
Bias to the westward.

1st SIKH INFANTRY.

3. "The regiments are to be considered local
corps, and the rules relating to such corps will be
held applicable to them, except on such points as are*
differently laid down herein."

4. Gives the establishment with rates of pay of Moiified
all ranks, and diflfers from that already given only in m^nt.
doing away with color havildars and reducing the
lascars from ten to five.

7. " Each regiment will be allowed half the Camp Bqul-
number of Sepoys' pals allotted to a Native Infan-
try regiment of the line, A tent will be supplied
for each StaflF Sergeant."

9. " Extra batta will not be allowed on account Bitra Batu.
of regiments or detachments marching within the
bounds specified in the 2nd paragraph, but should
a regiment or detachment be ordered beyond those
boundaries, extra batta will be granted from the
date of passing the specified limits to the date of
returning within them."

14. " Men of these regiments will be entitled to Peoiloni.
pension on tlie same scale and under the same con-
ditions as those of other local corps, viz.^ to the
pension of their rank (provided they shall have com-
pleted three years in such rank) when worn out after
having completed 20 years' service.'*

17. *' Wound pension will be granted under the
Regulation for local corps."

23. " A Queen's Color and also a Regimental Colore grant-

Color are allowed for each regiment to be of the
same dimension and pattern in every respect, as
those allowed for corps of the line."

24. " The revision of establishment as above
directed will have effect from 1st November 1847,"

On the 16th October 1847 the regiment was inspect- loBpoction.
ed by the President of the Board of Administration,

HISTORY OF

Lieutenant-Colonel H. Lawrence, c.b., and the foliat-
ing regimental order was issued by Major Hodgwn
on the occasion : —

" ffuihiarpur, I6th October 1847.

" Major Hodgson has great pleasure in oomtnuni-
Qiting to the officers and men of the regiment die
entire satinfaction expressed officially by Lieutenant-
Colonel Lawrence, c.b., on his inspection of the corpa
this morning. The Lieutenant- Colonel has expressly
recorded his approbation of the soldier-like carriage of
the men, their extreme steadiness under arms and
precision of movement and firing, and further
records his intention of making known these favor-
able sentiments to the Right Hon'ble the Govemor-
Ocnerul."

On the 2r)th October 1847 commenced the first
target practice which consisted of firing three rounds
I>cr man at a circular target at a distance of thirty
imccs.

Up to the end of October • Apothecary Harding
was attairhcd to the regiment, and was in medical
dmrgc of it, but from 1st November it was directed
that no medical officer should be posted to the
regiment, but that it should be held as an extra
chtirgc by a medical officer in charge of some other
regiment gurriHoning the same station.

During this autumn the Banda police were dis-
iMindcd, und two havildars, two naiks, and 19 sipahis
voluntcored for sorvice with the 1st Sikh Local Infan-
tr3\ Tlioy joined head- quarters on the 9th Decem-
luT, but thoy wore so inforior in all respects to the

* Mr. llnnliiiK Htruok oiX hy ro^iimMiUl order, November let, 1847,
with All oitUtr by Miijor Uoiigsou, bi^hly complimentary to bis skill and
ilAVolbm AS A mtHlicRl ulUoer. Uo org«ui«e(l tbt first botpital establiib-
infill of I be rorps.

1st SIKH INFANTRY.

rest of the men that Major Hodgson discharged them
all.

On the 10th December Captain R. Troup, Second- C»ptwn

^ ^' . Troup trani-

in-command, was transferred to another appointment ferred.

and struck off«

1848.

On the 25th January 18 i8, Lieutenant J. Peel, Lieat. Peal

joiu8.

S7th Native Infantry appointed Second-in-command,
joined head-quarters (G. 0. G. G., 22nd December
1847.)

On 17th February Ensign W. Sheffield was struck Bdm^
off the strength, and Lieutenant E. P, Lloyd appoint- simok ofif.
ed Adjutant in his stead (G. 0. G. G., 24th Decern- tj^j^d^"*'"*

ber 1847.) appointed.

On the 24th February furlough was first granted Furlough,
to the extent of five native officers, 30 non-commis-
sioned officers per regiment, and 15 sipahis per
company.

On the 7th May the men were put on duty for Takedutjr
the first time. These duties consisted chiefly of
guards over the jail, treasury, and other civil posts,
and required 183 men.

To enable them to go on duty, ammunition was
for the first time issued to them at the rate of 30
rounds per man and one blank round for priming.

During the autumn of this year the second Sikh
war broke out. Bam Singh, a Sikh leader of some
note, was detached from the army of Chattar Singh,
with a number of troops, to create a diversion in
the Jalandhar Doab. He gave some trouble during
the beginning of September, and eventually estab-
lished himself at ^' Bassa," about 60 miles from
Hushiarpur, The 1st Sikhs wci'e ordered to march
and dislodge him.

mSTORT OF

llHh

&>pt«tnber
1848. B
(not in
General
Orrieri).

Bassa 13 beyond the Bias river, and about 16milefl
corth-east of Nurpur on the lower spurs c^ the
Himubyas, and is a difficult poeicion to approach.
It is almost due north of Hushiarpor.

On the 14th September the r^ment mawrKiJ
about 800 strong under the -command of Major
Hodgson, and reached Nurpur on the 18th Septem-
ber, and at 2 o'clock the next morning marched for
Basaa. Ram Singh appears to have been 8ar{Rised,
but nevertheless to have oiFered some resistance.
The regiment behaved very well ; it stormed the
position, and put Ram Singh and liis followers to
flight, sustaining itself a loss of only one naik and
three sipahis wounded.

On this occasion Major Hodgson issued the follow-
ing regimental order : —

'^ The Commanding Officer congratulates this regi-
ment in having bo effectually effected the object of
last night's expedition to destroy the stronghold of
a party of tribes who had taken up a position in the
village of Bassa, situated on the slope of a high hill,
on the top of which their camp was formed ; the
silent order of the march, the steadiness of the
advance, and the cool gallantry with which the
enemy were driven firom post to post, were conspi-
cuous and porticuliirly gratifying to the feelings of the
C.mmanding Officer who, while thus expressing his
own admiration and thanks, will not fail to bring
the brave and excellent conduct of the regiment to

the notice of hiirfier authoritv.

*- •

^ 2. The cheerfulness with which a long march
of 40 miles was performoil, on the completion of
^bidi the regiment, almost immediately, started on
active seriice of a very arduous description, with

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 11

Boldier-like activity, will ever be remembered by the
Commanding Officer.

"3. Those gallant men who were fated to be
wounded in the performance of their d uty will
receive every medical care and comfort that their
situation requires, and in the event of inability to
return to active service, will have their claims sub-
mitted for wound pension.

** 4, The Commanding Officer also expresses his
fcincere thanks to the officiating Second-in-command,
Brevet Captain Herbert, for the zealous and officer-
like manner in which he rendered his services, and
who is the more entitled to his gratitude from the
fact of that officer labouring at the time imder much
discomfort from the effects of a wound received on
former service.

" 5. Sergeant- Major Downey behaved as a brave
and good soldier will always do when before the
enemy ; his energy and courage have been mentioned
in my public report of the affair."

The names of the men wounded are—

Naik Subah Singh, 4rh Company.
Sipahi Nanu Khan, 4th Company.
„ Jumah Ehan, 6th Company.
„ Oomar Ehan, 8th Company.
After the action, the regiment marched back to
Nurpur, remained there three days and then marched
for its cantonments, reaching flushiarpur on the
27th September.

In November another Sikh leader named Guru 26th
Jodh Singh was detached from Chattar Singh's army, J^^^g®"*^'
After giving some trouble he took up his position Dinantgtr
at Dinanagar where he burnt the Tahsil and other General
public buildings and took possession of the adjacent ^ '
country. A small force consisting of a troop of

12 niSTORr of

Horse Artillery, a squadron of the 16th Irregular
Cavalry, and the 1st Sikh Local Infantry under the
command of Major Hodgson was ordered to march
and dislodge him.

Dinanagar is about 48 miles north-west of
Hushiarpur and about six miles beyond the Bias. The
regiment marched at 11 A.M., on the 23rd November,
about 32 miles to Mokcrian, and, at 10 p.m., on the
85th, a detachment of 300 men started to surprise
the enemy at Dinanagar. At a distance of about ten
miles from camp they came to the Bias, which they
crossed in good order in spite of a great }>aucity of
boats. They reached Dinanagar just as the day
was breaking, and at once attacked the enemy ; the
surprise was complete, and the insurgents with their
priestly leader fled.

The detachment sustained no loss in the attack,
and so precipitate was his flight, that but little loss
was inflicted on the enemy.

Major Hodgson issued the following regimental
order on the occasion : —

*' The Commanding Officer has much pleasure in
expressing his entire satis&ction with the Regiment
and his approval of their steady conduct in crossing
the Bias last night : the night was dark, and the boats
few and bad, but there was no confusion or noise.
The march upon Dinana|g[ar was accomplished with
silent celerity, and the object of the expedition, the
defeat of the insurgents, and the relief of Dinanagar
fully achieved."

From Mokerian the regiment was ordered to
accompany a force, which besides the A rtillery and
Cavalry originally attached to Major Hodgson's com-
mand, consisted of the head-quarters and five Com-
panies, 29th Native Infantry, and a detachment, 71 st

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 13

Native Infantry, the whole under the command o£
Major Simpson, 29th Native Infantry. This force
was directed to proceed eastward in pursuit o£
another rebel leader named Umed Singh, who retreat-
ing before the force seized the fcrts of Amb and
Akrot. These places are on the left bank of the
Bias, about 25 miles north-east of Hushiarpur. The
force, continuing its pursuit, reached Ambotah, about
five miles west of Amb, on the 2nd December.
Major Simpson directed Major Hodgson to proceed
with his regiment to attack Akrot, while he himself
led the remainder of the force against Amb.

At 10 P.M., on the 1st December, the regiment i^t and 2od
marched for Akrot and reached the foot of the hill, f^|'"^J^
on which it was situated, about 4 a.m. (not in

The stronghold of Akrot was situated on the top Ordere.)
of a- steep hill ; the direct approach to it was by a
tortuous narrow pathwaj admitting only two men
abreast. Major Hodgson, however, received informa-
tion from a sipahi in the regiment, who knew the
place, that it could be approached by another road op-
posite to the regular entrance ; he, therefore, detached
two companies under Lieutenant Peel to proceed
round the hill by this newly ascertained road,
while he led the rest of the regiment up towards
the road which was generally used. Lieutenant Peel
succeeded in climbing the heights unperceived, and,
when challenged by the sentry on that side of the
fort, charged with his detachment. The sentry
fired and wounded a man, but the surprise was com-
plete, and the enemy abandoned the place and fled.
As soon as Major Hodgson heard the firing, he ad-
vanced with his men by the narrow way, which he
found unguarded, and took possession of the fort.
The only casualty sustained by the regiment was

]4 BISTORT OF

Sipahi Maiah Singh, who was hit by the sentry who
fired at Lieutenant Peel's men.

Major Hodgson published the following regimental
orders on the occasion : —

'' Camp Akrot, ind December 1848.

^* The Commanding Officer returns his thanks to
the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Sikh Local
Infantry, for the admirable steadiness with which the
night march from Ambotah was made, by which the
enemy*8 position at Akrot was carried completely by
surprise. The whole affair was accomplished in a
manner highly creditable to the discipline of the
regiment and merits the Commanding Officer's
thanks and expression of approbation."

'' Camp Chodoo, 4th December 1848.

^^ The Commanding Officer has much pleasure in
communicating to the regiment at large that the
manner in which the operations were conducted and
successfully accomplished on the morning of the
2nd instant when Akrot was carried and destroyed
by the 1st Regiment, Sikh Local Infantry, after a
toilsome night march of 14 miles, has received
the approbation and expression of thanks of Major
Simpson, Commanding the force in the Juswan
Dhun."

Major Simpson's force order was as follows :— •
^' Major Simpson, Commanding in the Juswan
Valley, returns his thanks to Major Hodgson, Com-
manding 1st Regiment, Sikh Light Infantry, for the
skilful and successful manner in which the operations
on the 2nd instant against Akrot were conducted."

The Governor-General albo conveyed his approval
of these operations as follows : —

1st SIKH INPANTRT. 15

'* Extract of a letter from the Resident at Lahore^ to tki
Commissioner and Superintendent^ Trans^ScUlaj Utates^
No. 608, dated 8th December, 1848.

" Lord Dalhousie is much gratified also by the
conduct of the Sikh Regiment and of all those em-
ployed on this occasion, and he desires thafr bis ap-
probation of the conduct of the troops, both officers
and men, may be communicated to them/'

This expression of approval was communicated
to the regiment in the following regimental order : —

^^ Major Hodgson, Commanding 1st Regiment,
Sikh Local Infantry, has the sincere pleasure of com-
municating to the regiment at large that its conduct
in the late operations across the Bias and in the
Juswan Dhun have obtained the unqualified appro-
bation of the Right Hon'ble the Govemor*GeneraL"

** The Commanding Officer is assured that the
Regiment will on every occasion strive to prove itself
worthy of this good opinion by the same zealous,
faithful, and soldier-like dischargee of duty both in
quarters and in the field against the enemy."

From Ambotah the regiment was detached on Escort
escort duty with Mr, (afterwards Lord) .John JJ"'-'^®''"
Lawrence, Commissioner, Trans-Satlaj States. It
accompanied him for five days about the district,
and then returned to Hushiarpur.

1849.

The insurgent Ram Singh, who was defeated and
driven out of Bassa in September 1848, succeeded in
gathering some more followers, and in the beginning
of 1849 began to give trouble in the country about
Pathankot and on the left bank of the river Ravi. A
force under Brigadier-General Wheeler, C3., was

HISTORY OF

«■■

•«..

16th
Janaaiy
1849. Dallah
^oot in
Oeneral
Ordera).

•«t

ordered to proceed and attack him, and with thii
force Major Hodgson was directed to detach two ful
companies under a British officer.

Accordingly, on the 5th January Lieutenant Pee
marched from Hushiarpur with two companies, an(
joined General Wheeler's force on the 7th at Desserah
about 20 miles north of Hushiarpur. From there th<
force marched to Mahadeopur on the left bank of th<
Ravi, where it halted four days.

Ram Singh had taken up his position at the vil
lage of Dallah, which is situated on some higl
ground on the left bank of the Ravi, about eight milei
above and to the north-east of Mahadeopiu*. H<
bad fortified the position on two lines, the first on th<
lower ground, and the second on a steep rise abou
800 yards from the first.

The force marched from Mahadeopur early oi
the morning of the 16th January, and proceeded tc
attack Ram Siugh at Dallah.

The advanced guard was composed of two com
panics, 1st Sikh Local Infantry, and a detachment
16th Irregulars, the latter under Captain W. Davidson

About 7 A.M., the advance guard arrived at thi
foot of the enemy's position, and the two companies
supported by the cavalry who had dismounted
attacked the first line of defence and drove the eneraj
from it without sustaining any loss. They thet
proceeded to attack the second line. As they approach •
ed it, the fire of the enemy became severe, and some
men were hit. The morning had been very cloudy
and a heavy shower came on as the second position
was neared, wetting the priming in the muskets, and
almost silencing the fire of the attack. Just at thu
juncture, and when within about 70 or 80 yarJs oi
the enemy. Lieutenant Peel was hit in the chest bj

1st SIKH INFANTRT. 17

a ball, and 'there seems to have been a temporary
check ; seeing this, the enemy charged down, sword
in hand, with the intention of cutting up Lieutenant
Peel, who was a little way in advance, when he was
hit Some men, led by Jemadar Ram Kishan Singh,
rushed to the rescue, and in the hand-to-hand fight
that ensued, the jemadar and some of the men lost
their lives.

Captain Davidson, who was with the support,
seeing the check, came up, and leading the men on
with much gallantry, stormed the position with the
bayonet. In this last charge Sipahi Makandi Patak
was conspicuously forward, and was, on Captain
Davidson's recommendation, promoted to naik for his
gallantry.

The enemy's loss was severe, some 18 or 19 of
them having been bayoneted in the position itselfy
besides the loss they sustained during the approach
and in the pursuit.

The loss sustained by the two companies was one
jemadar, one naik and three sipahis killed, and one
havildar, one naik and three sipahis wounded.

Their names are as follows : —

Jemadar Bam Kishen Singh, Naik Bur Singh, and
Sipahis Man Singh, Eanh Singh, and Baddan Singh,
killed.

Havildar Hussain All £han, Naik Ram Singh, and
Sipahis Gulab Singh, Karrak Singh, and Eanaiah
Singh, wounded.

The- following brigade order was issued by Bri-
gadier-General Wheeler, c.b., and a.-d.-c. to the
Queen, on this occasion : —

" Camp Dallah^ 17M January 1849.
•*Thk detachment of the 16th Irregular Cavalry
H. 1st SI. 9

18 HISTORY or

and of the Ist Sikh Re^ment greatly distingaialMd
themselves by their bold advance under Captain W.
Davidson of the former and Lieutenant Peel c^ the
latter, and he regrets exceedingly that both theM
officers were wounded."

Lieiit. Peel's Lieutenant Peel died on the evening of the 17th ;

and when Major Hodgson received information of

the action, he issued the following regimental order,
dated 20th January :-—

^^ It is with very sincere regret that the Command-
ing Officer has to communicate his having received
official intimation of the death of Lieutenant Peel,
Second-in-command, of wounds received in action cm
the 16th instant, when engaged with the insurgents
under Ram Singh at Dallah, of which he died on
the evening of the 17th instant.

^^It is a mournful satisfaction to know that the
detachment under the command of Lieutenant Peel
behaved on this occasion with the most heroic and
conspicuous gallantry, and, although greatly out-
numbered by the enemy, succeeded in defeating and
driving them from their several positions. The
Commanding Officer feels assured that the m^nory
of this gallant officer will ever be cherished by the
officers and men of the regiment/'

The following extract of a letter from the Secre-
tary to the Government of India with the Governor-
General, to the Chief Commissioner, Cis-and Trans-

Satlaj States, was also transmitted to the regiment :

" Camp Ferczepore, Sth Februarjf 1849.

"Thr Governor- General desires me to record in
reply his satisfaction with the conduct of the detach-
ment of the 1st Regiment, Sikh Local Infantry, and
the irregular troops under the command of Captain

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 19

W. Davidson, upon which body the whole business
of the attack of the enemy's position seems to have
fallen and who suflfered severely in consequence*
His Lordship further desires me to express his regret
for the loss of Lieutenant Peel, Second-in-command,
of the Sikh Corps/'

On the 4th February Lieutenant A. Turner joined M^ut. Tamer

. . . joins.

the regiment as officiating Second-in-command.

On the 3rd June Major Hodgson proceeded on ^^i^^^^S-

t/ M. BOD gOco«

leave on medical certificate, from which he never
returned to the regiment, and, on 17th June, Captain Ctptwn Oor-
G. Gordon, appointed 'officiating Commandant, joined. mao<Unt.
Lieutenant J. Smith, too, appointed to act as Adju- g^s.
tant, vice Lieutenant Lloyd proceeding on leave, j^-^^ ^™*^
reported hid arrival on the 14th July.

During the summer of 1849 some rumours reached
Lord Dalhousie affecting the loyalty of the regi-
ment. He ordered a Court of Inquiry to assemble
at Hushiarpur under the Presidency of Sir H. M.
Wheeler, k.c.b. The Court reported the rumour to
be absolutely without foundation.

For results of this Court and for high military
encomium on the regiment and its field services, see
G. G. 0., dated 15th September 1849, published in
G. 0. C. C, dated 22nd September 1849, page 542.

On the 26th October two companies under Lieute- Escort
nant Turner were detached to accompany the Com- Qenerai
missioner and Superintendent, Trans- Satlaj States hoaeie.*
to the camp of the Governor-General, with the
view of forming a part of his escort. The detach-
ment met the Governor-General when he crossed the
Satlaj oa the 12th November, and remained with
him until he recrossed it on the 23rd November.

On first meeting the detachment His Lordship

HISTOBT OF

directed the Commisskmer. and Superintendent to
communicate to Captain fiordon the following re-
marks : —

''Extract of a UtUr No. 1289, dated 13lA November 1849,
from Cofnmiisioner and Superintendent^ to Captain
Gordon^ Commanding lit Sikh Local Infantry**

^^ Oh the arrival of the Governor-General on the
morning of the 12th instant, the entire party were
turned out to receive His Lordship, and I have
much gratification in stating that he expressed the
greatest satisfaction with their general military ap-
pearance and bearing. The native officers were also
subsequently presented to him individually at a
Levee held for receiving the civil and military
officers present at the station, and the Grovemor-
General then renewed the expression of the same
sentiments.

*^ He also stated that he had been desirous of pro-
ceeding to Hushiarpur, and should, while there, have
had an opportunity of expressing to the regiment
collectively the gratification he had derived from the
honorable result, as afiecting its character, of the
recent Court of Inquiry convened to inquire into
certain rumours which had been current in respect
to the fidelity of a portion of their number, and as
circumstances has precluded this arrangement, he
was happy to meet a portion of the regiment as
affording him an opportunity of conveying these
assurances to them in the presence of the Officer
Commanding them."

When the detachment left the (xovemor-General's
camp, the following letter was received by Captain
Gordon from Mr. John Lawrence, the Commissicmer
and Superintendent : —

1st SIKH IKFANTBT. 21

<' Ifo. 1336, dated 2Zrd November 1849.

'* After having saluted His Lordship at the bridge-
of boats forming the boundary, His Lordship was
pleased to renew the expression of his satisfaction
and appro vaL

^* The conduct of the detachment has throughout
been most correct and creditable to the corps to
which they belong."

On Lord Dalhousie*s report the following extract
of a letter from the Court of Directors was conveyed
to the regiment : —

«* Exiraet of a MiWary letter No. 51, dated \5th May 1850,
from the HorCUe the Court of Directors^ to the Governor
of the Presidency of FoH William in Bengal.''

^^ We have perused with much gratification these
proceedings which furnish conclusive evidence that
the reports affecting the loyalty of the 1st Regiment
Sikh Local Infantry, are entirely unfounded, and that
the conduct of the Regiment, frequently under very
trying circumstances, had been in all respects satis-
foctory and creditable to themselves and to their Com-
mandant, Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Hodgson."

On 30th November 1849 Lieutenant E. P. Lloyd
was transferred to the Mhairwarra Battalion, and
Ensign 6, J. Johnstone was, from 9th November,
appointed Adjutant in his stead.

I860.

On the 14th February Lieutenant J. Smith was Lt Smith
removed from the Regiment, and Ensign G. J. John- j^sSoe^
stone joined as Adjutant in his stead and that of i^'"'*
Lieutenant Lloyd.

On the 9th April Captain Turner, officiatms: Second ^'•p**''" '^'^^'

22 HISTORY OF

in-command, was removed to another appointment
and struck of the rolls.

iDspectioD.

On the 8th November the R^ment was inspected
by Lord Dalhousie, and after parade he expressed his
approval of the conduct as well as of the military
efficiency of the regiment.

This was published to the Corps at the GovemcMr-
General's request in regimentfd orders.

'* 12th November 1850.

*^ Thb Commanding Officer has much pleasure in
publishing to the Regiment the following conununi-
cation received this morning from the Officiating
Military Secretary to the Most Noble the Governor-
General, conveying the expression of the satisfaction
which His Lordship received from the inspection of
the regiment on Friday last/'

^ No. 897, Camp Gundiwala. November llik^ 1850.

" I AM directed by the Most Noble the Governcnr-
General to convey to you the expression of the satis*
&ction which His Lordship received from his inspec*
tion on Friday last of the Corps under your com*
mand and his approbation of the steady, smart, and
soldier-like appearance of the fine body of men who
were present on parade. The Governor-General re*
quests that you will be so good as to make known to
the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of
the 1st Sikh Local Infantry, that His Lordship has
been well pleased with their conduct both in the
field and in their lines, and that he entertains full
confidence that they will continue to be, as they have
hitherto been, gallant soldiers faithful to their salt.

" I am desired to convey to you thus officially the
approbation His Lordship expressed on parade on

1st SmH INFAKTRT. 23

Friday evening last, in order that it may be pub-
lifihed in regimental orders."

(Sd.) F. D. Atkinson, Capt.,
Offg. Mily. Secy, to Govr.-GerU.

Od the 7th December, Lieutenant-Colonel Hodgson
having been appointed Brigadier of the Punjab Irre-
gular Force was struck off the rolls of the regiment
from 23rd November 1850. Captain J. C. John-
stone was appointed Commandant in his room, but
this officer never joined the regiment, and Captain
Gordon continued to officiate as Commandant.

1861.

On the 19th February, Ensign Johnstone was re- Bnsign John-

•^ , Btone goes.

moved from his appointment of Adjutant and struck Lieutenant
off the strength of the regiment, and Lieutenant ^^ *^ ^°'°"*
C. W. Doyley was appointed Adjutant and officiat-
ing Second-in-command.

On the 31st March, the regiment was inspected by inepeotion.
Sir H. M. Wheeler, e.c.b., and on the 1st April,
the following regimental order was published on the
subject :—

'^ The Commandin&^ Officer has much pleasure in
publishing the following remarks to the officers and
non-commissioned officers of the regiment :"

** Brigadier Sir H. M. Wheeler, k.c.b, and a.-d.-c*,
has been pleased to express great satisfaction at
the creditable manner in which the inspection review
passed off yesterday. He was much pleased with:
the appearance of the regiment and their steadiness
under arms ; the manoeuvres were performed with
much exactness and the platoon firing he considered
excellent. With th6 exception of one or two minor
points which will be notified hereafter, the regiment
has given him entire satisfaction."

HISTORY OF

BatU, Puo-
jftb Cain-
pugOyDallab.

LieotDoyley
goes. Eniign
lirownlow
and Doctor
BoDtOD join.

In a letter written by Captain Gordon in April,
he states, that there are in the ranks <^ the r^ment
592 Punjabis and Hill-men which is the first intima-
tion on record of the class constitution of the corps.

In May a detachment of the regiment escorting
prisoners was met by His Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief, who directed the following remarks to be
communicated to the Officer Commanding : —

'^TuB Commander-in-Chief having observed with
great satisfaction the steady conduct and exemplary
vigilance of Subadar Parson Sing when in command
of a detachment escorting one hundred and sixty-
four prisoners, some of them of very desperate
character, is pleased to desire, that His Excellency's
approbation be conveyed to this excellent and trust-
worthy native officer at a parade of the regiment to
be ordered for this purpose/'

On the 12th August the men of the two compa-
nies engaged at Dallah* received six months' batta
for their services.

On the 19th October Lieutenant Doyley having
been appointed A.-D.-C. to the Governor-General
was struck off, and Ensign C. H. Brownlow was
a)>pointed Officiating Adjutant and Officiating Second-
in-command.

On the 3rd November the regiment once more
got a medical officer to itself. Sub- Assistant Surgeon
Renton was appointed to the medical charge.

During the autumn of this year Mr. Vansittart
was succeeded as Deputy Commissioner of Jalan-
dbar by Major (afterwards Sir) Herbert Edwardes

•General Wheeler's Force— G. Q. 0. 207, dated 2Sth March
1851, pohlithed io O. 0. C. C, dated 10th April, 1851| page 170, and
0. 0. G. C., dated 2lBt October 1849, page 595.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 25

On making over office he left on record some disparag-
ing remarks against the Ist Sikh Regiment. This
coming to Major Gk^rdon's ears, he demanded an
explanation and obtained from Major Edwardes the
following satisfactory amende honorable No. 211,
dated 20th November 1851 :—

^' To this plain statement of the facts I will only
add my opinion, derived from casual inspection of
their guards and daily observation of their officers and
sentries, that the 1st Regiment, Sikh Local Infantry,
is very deeply imbued with that soldierly discipline,
which, once thoroughly inculcated at head-quarters,
becomes a habit of life and goes into the temporary
quarters of a detachment as inevitably, and as much
a matter of course, as the musket and bayonet."

Government formed the intention, during the
latter part of this year, of strengthening the force
on the Trans-Indus frontier, and it was proposed,
in order to effect the desired increase, that one of the
old Sikh police battalions should be pushed across
the Bias to relieve the regiment of Punjab Infantry
stationed in Hazara, and thus permit of the whole
of the Punjab Irregular Force being concentrated
under its own Brigadier across the Indus, but in
consequence of the police battalions not having any
British officers attached to them, it was considered
advisable to move one of the Sikh local corps. The
1st Regiment was the one selected for the purpose.

A difficulty existing, however, with regard to the
immunities and privileges of the four Sikh local
regiments as laid down in the Regulations of
September 1847, Major Gordon was directed to
explain most carefully to the men that circumstances
had greatly changed since that Regulation was put

S6 HISTORY OF

forth, that, as Sikh local regiments, Goyemment
considered they were bound to serve in the territories
which had constitated the late Sikh dominion, bat
that there was no intention of forcing men to serve
across the Bias against their wish ; any men there*
fore who wished to take their discharge should have
the option given them of doing so. It was further
to be explained to the men that, for the future, the
regiment should be assimilated as regards its pay,
camp-equipage, and cattle establishments, to the
regiments of the Punjab Irregular Fcarce.

On the receipt of these orders, Major Gordon had
them carefully explained to the regiment which
cheerfully and willingly assented to the views of
Government : only 30 men asked for their disch«arge,
and most of these were men who had been pre-
viously asking for it on other grounds.

The assimilation to the regiments of the Punjab
Irregular Force entailed no difference as regards the
pay and allowances, and though the Punjab Irre-
gular Force Regiments had only eight companies,
the regiment was not called upon to change its
organisation in this respect.

The only great difference entailed was the addition
of a cattle establishment.
Tmngport The establishment fixed for the Punjab InfiEmtrv.

meot cattle. and wbich was to be the one adopted for the 1st

Sikhs, was as foUowa : —

For the Bagi^age ... Camels, 20 Mules, 40.

For Camp-Equipage ... Camels, 25

Ammunition ... ••• Camds, 25

Total ... Camels, 70, Mules, 40.
But as the regiment was about to serve in thd
hilly country of Hazara, it was ordered that while
there, 50 mules should be substituted for the 25

IST SIKH IKFANTRY. 87

camels detailed for the ammunition, the establish-
ment would thus consist of 45 camels and 90 mules.

For the care of these animals were authorised
one sarwan on Rs. 5 per mensem for every five
camels, one sais on Rs. 5 per mensem for every three
mules, one jemadar of mules at Rs. 8 per mensem, and
an allowance of Rs. 12 a month for massallahs.

The average cost of the animals were limited to
Rs. 80 each.

The feeding and all expenses were entrusted to
Commandants.

This carriage was given as a set-off against the
claim to batta when marching, which the men had
hitherto enjoyed, but which was now done away with.

The letter directing the march to Hazara also Otpt. Joim-

j • . Btone trani-

ordered that the regiment should be armed with ferred to 5th
percussion muskets, and in it the Governor-Greneral '
conveyed to Major Gordon the intimation that he
intended giving him the permanent command of the
regiment ; accordingly on the 29 th November, an
order was received appointing Captain Johnstone
Commandant, 5th Pimjab Infantry, and giving Major
Gordon the permanent command of the 1 st Sikhs.

On the 23rd November the Regiment was relieved March to
by the 3rd Sikh Local Infantry, and on the 24th
it commenced its march for Hazara. There was so
much delay in the issue of the percussion muskets
that the Regiment was actually assembled on the
parade on the point of marching when they were
received.

The Regiment reached fiharukot, Hazara, on the
24th December, and there relieved the 3rd Punjab
Infantry.

On 28th December Lieutenant D' Aguilar, appointed ^'/T'oiuf
Second-in-command, joined head-quarters. joios.

28 HISTOBY OF

On the 13th February the Regiment paraded
for inspection by Sir John Lawrence, President of
the Bc^urd of Administration, and his opinion of the
regiment was conveyed in the following letter,
No. 2434, dated 14th March 1852 :—

"I AM directed by the Board of Administration
to inform you that the President was much pleased
with the good order of your Regiment when he
inspected it on the 13th ultimo. The appearance
of the men was soldier-like, their marching steady,
and the manoeuvres of the morning were correctly
executed.

• • • •

^^ In short. Sir John Lawrence considers the inter-
nal discipline of your Corps and the character the
men have taken with them from Jalandhar for good
conduct while on trying detached duty to be most
creditable to you and to themselves.

"A copy of this letter will be submitted to

Government."

(Sd.) H. P. Burn,

Secy, to Board of AdministrcUion.

TraDsfera to Durinff

3rd P. I. ^

as his opinion that the proportion of Sikhs in the
raiment was too great, and directed Major Gordon
to transfer 50 men of that dass to the 3rd Punjab
Infantry. He accordingly called for volunteers for
the transfer, but had great difficulty in making up
the required number. By the 27th March, however,
he had got together one jemadsu-, two havildars, two
naiks and 50 sipahis, and, on that date, these men
marched for their new regiment.

While Sir John Lawrence was at Bharukot, Major

1st SIKH INFANTBT. 29

Gordon brought to his notice the unsuitability of ^°*'®™
the red uniform in winter and the white in summer from red to

Arm\\

for hill fighting, and solicited permission to change
the colour to either green or drab. Sir John
Lawrence agreed with Major Gordon and referred
the matter to Government, from whom sanction for
the change to drab was received, conveyed in letter
No. 467, dated 4th March 1852, and forwarded
to Major Gordon by the Board of Administration
iu their letter No. 443, dated 12th March 1582.

On receipt of this sanction, Major Gordon caused
two of the white suits of summer clothing to be
dyed khaki, and diminished the number of suits to
be kept up from three to two. He also entered at once
into a correspondence with the Clothing Agency
regarding the supply of drab cloth tunics and
pantaloons.

On the 14th May the Regiment was directed to
hold itself in readiness to march on service in the
direction of Nagra Swabi, and on the 17th it march-
ed, reaching Gandpa on the 18th. Here it halted
till the 30th, when it marched back to cantonments.
At this time there were no means of transport for
the sick and wounded attached to the Corps. On
the receipt of orders to prepare for a march on
service, village charpais^ and villagers to carry them,
were hired as a temporary measure.

During the summer the men of the 1st Sikhs heard Begimeot
that two of the other Sikh Regiments had been asked for°Mrvic«
to volunteer for service in Burma. They were greatly *** ^'^^•*
distressed that they, too, had not been invited to do
so, and they brought the subject to Major Gordon's
notice. Before bringing the matter before Govern-
ment, Major Gordon wished to ascertain if the feeling
was unanimous, and with Uiis view, ordered a parade

BISTORT OF

Potijab
Medal.

Transport
Etcabliahed
for eick.

Severe epi-
demio of
end em 10
fever.

and asked the men if they all wished to Tolmi-
teen With the exception of a few men who had
been asking previously for their discharge, the whole
regiment declared their wish to volonteer, and asked
Major Gordon to convey to Grovemment their earnest
wish to be considered a volunteer battalion, realty
and willing to serve in any quarter of the globe.
This he did in a letter, dated 13th August, 1852.

On the 15th September the Regiment received
the Punjab Medal* for its services during the years
1848 and 1849.

During the month of September was sanctioned
by letter No. 1883, dated 81st September 1853, an
establishment of five doolies and 30 bearers vKth
one sirdar bearer, for the transport of the sick.

In the Punjab Irregular Force the establishment
for this purpose, sanctioned by letter No. 3771, dated
4th December 1851, was one dooly and six bearers
per company, but this was not adopted by the 1 st
Sikh Local Infantry until it crossed the Indus in
1857 and became an integral portion ol that force. f

About the end of July the men began to suffer
from endemic fever of a strangely severe type, and the
number of men in hospital ran up from 84, • at the
beginning of August, to the enormous number of 750
in the month of October. At the end of October
there was not a single roan who had escaped repeated
attacks of the endemic. The officer in medical
charge reported that '^ every one of the men pre-
sented an emaciated and debilitated aspect, indicating

« See G. 0. 0. 0., dated 2 Ut October 1849, page 596, and GL O.
0. C^ dated 12tli May 1849, page 317, and O. 0. 0. 0., dated 5th
Mnroh 1850, page 120.

t It came nnder the Officer CommandiDg PoDJab Irregalar
Dooentber 1856| at Siriband, see page 46.

1 8T SIKH INFANTBT. 31

a*B impoverished state oE the blood, and numbers
of them were reduced to such an extent of helpless-
ilesa that they were unable to move without assist-
ance. It was a melancholy sight to witness the
despondent condition of most of the men at this
time." After the subsidence of the fever in Novem-
ber, dysentery and diarrhoea appeared in a virulent
form, and, in a short space of time, carried off a
great many men. The injurious effect of the
dunate was enhanced by the want of proper accom-
modation for the sick. During the whole time the
regiment was at Bharukot, the sick bad no other
shelter than tents. The removal of the Regiment
to some salubrious spot was early contemplated,
but from the excessive debility from which the men
were labouring, this could not be carried out until
the end of December, when the regiment marched
into camp at Darwesh«

From the 1st April 1852 to the Slst March 1853
the admissions into hospital were 2,136, and the
deaths were 32.

During the autumn of 1851 Mr. Came, of the
Customs Department, had been murdered by the
Hussanzais, a section of the Isazai Yusufzais inhabit-
ing the Black Mountain,

The murder took place in Jihdnddd's territory,
who, on being called to account, seized all the
Hussanzais in his territory. On this they retaliated
by raiding on Jihdnddd's subjects, and carried it to
such an extent that, at length in the autumn of
1852, Grovemment was obliged to organise an ex-
pedition against them.

The Eegiment was warned for this service in the JS' jJp'ISi-
beginning of December, and, in spite of its shattered }^^ l^^/alS
and sickly condition managed to contribute 300 men, PM^b«r.

32 HISTORY OF

1862— 8tii They marched from Bharukot on the 15th December.

JuDuary 1863, , , '

and joined the force at Shergarh on the 18th.

The brigade was under the command of Colonel
Mackeson, Commissioner of Peshawar, and consisted
of two regiments of Native Infantry, four Horse
Artillery Guns, the Ilazara Mountain Battery, 16th
Irregular Cavalry, two regiments of Dogras from
Kashmir, the Guides, and the 1st Sikhs.

Colonel Mackeson determined to threaten the right
flank of the enemy on the Indus with his regular
troops, while he attacked their front up the spurs of
the mountain with his irregular regiments.

With this view the irregular corps were formed
into two columns, to the right of which the let Sikhs
was attached. It was under the command of
Colonel Napier, r.b. (afterwards Lord Napier of
Magdala), and consisted, besides the Ist Sikhs,
of two Mountain Guns, the Guide Infantry, and the
Rawal Pindi Police, and was detached on the 27th
December to Chatta, about four miles north-west of
Shergarh, and on one of the lower spurs descending
in an easterly direction from the Black Mountain.

On the 29th this column was ordered to advance
and gain the ridge of the Black Mountain. Accord-
^gly? ^t 7 A.M.J it advanced, the Guides skirmieh-
ing and the 1st Sikhs supporting. The ground
was rocky and thickly wooded, and the enemy had
raised abatis at the most precipitous places, but the
column succeeded in driving the enemy before it, and
reached the summit of the first hill in their original
order. Here, after a short rest. Lieutenant Brownlow
was detached to the left with a company of the regi-
ment to turn the enemy's right flank, and the
column attacked the second hill, and, carrying it, in
^ spite of a spirited resistance on the part of the

IST SIKH INFA'NTttY. 33

enemy, established itself on the ridge. The column
then moved southward along the ridge, and encamped
on it for the night, at an elevation of about »,000
feet, just above the Panjiki Gali.

The next day was spent in burning villages in
the vicinity, and two companies of the Regiment
were employed as a covering party to the levies
engaged in the work of destruction;

On the 31st December the Regiment was moved
to Tilla, a little way down one of the western spurs,
and the work of destruction was continued.

18^8.

On 1st January the regiment marched from Tilla tain fizpedi-
r/a Panjiki (xali down the ridge to Chamberi, and on ie,? j^n!"*
the 2nd the whole force marched to Bradar, on the ^®^^*
left bank of the Indus, and joined the regular
troops there. On the 5th, the Regiment crossed the
Indus to check a demonstration of the enemy on the
right bank. On the 6th it recrossed to Bradar, and
on the 8th January returned to its cantonment of
Bharukot.

The casualties appear to have been five or six men
wounded, but the records contain no details.

The following eulogistic letters were received by
the Regiment after these operations : —

** From Lieutenant" Colonel F. Mackeson, c.B.j Oommis"
tioner^ Peshawar Diviiion,^ JSo. 325, dated 25th April
1853.

" I HAVE much pleasure in forwarding to you the
annexed copies of letters con\^eying the Governor-
Greneral in Council's cordial approbation of the service
of yourself and the officers and men under your
command in the operation against the Hussanzais
and Akazai tribes on the Black Mountain in Hazara
in December last."

u. Ibt s. I. 3

84 HISTORY OF

^^ From the Secretary to the Government^ India^ to the

Chief Commissioner^ Punjab^ No. 119, dated 8th April
1853.

"I HAVE received and laid before the Governor-
General in Council Mr. Melville's letter, No. 88, dated
26th January last forwarding, in continuation of a
former communication, a copy of a letter from Lieu-
tenant-Colonel F. Mackeson containing an interesting
and satisfactory account of his operations against
the position of the Hassanzai and Akazid tribes on
the crest of the Black Mountain.

"The high sense entertained by the Governor-
General in Council of the judgment, skill, and courage
displayed by Lieutenant-Colonel Mackeson on the
occasion referred to has already been expressed in my
letter No. 39, dated 28th January last. His Lord-
ship in Council now desires that you will communi-
cate to the following officers Major Gordon,

• . . who were in conmiand of columns and corps,
and to the officers and men under their charge, his
hearty appreciation of the energetic, resolute, and
cheerful manner in which they encountered the fa-
tigues and difficulties so peculiarly associated with
mountain warfare, and which are so clearly detailed
in the documents before his Lordship in CoundL"

Owing to the great insalubrity of Bharukot, it
was determined to abandon that cantonment, and a
place called Siriband, a few miles to the north-east,
not far from Harripur, on the Eala Serai side of
Bharukot, was selected.

On the 3rd April Lieutenant Brownlow marched
there with a wing of the Regiment, but he found
the water so scarce and bad that he was obliged to
move to Darwesh, to which place the remainder ctf
the regiment followed him on the 6th ApriL It

1st SIKH INFAKTRT. 33

remained at Darwesh until the 27th April, when,
wellla having been dug at Siriband, and the water
being reported abundant, it marched to that place.
Lieutenant Maddock joined as Officiating Adjutant

on the 20th April.

As soon as the regiment reached Siriband, it Siriband.
commenced at once to make bricks and build its
lines. So well did they work that the lines were ready
by the 20th August, and, on that day^ they entered
into possession of them and received the hutting-
money they had so well earned. Major Gordon
issued the following regimental order : —

** The cantonment of Siriband being now complet-
ed, the hutting-money granted by Government for
that purpose, will be distributed to-morrow evening.

^^The Commanding Officer, in issuing the above
order, feds much gratified in according to the native
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the
regiment his great satisfaction in the result of
their labor, which, in a comparatively short period
and under circumstances not the most favorable, has
enabled them to erect one of the best native lines
he has ever seen in India.'*

Camels having been found unsuitable for the Transport
work which the regiment was called upon to per- ^ttle" ^^^
form in Hazara, Major Gordon received order to
transfer 24 of his camels to regiments of the
Punjab Irregular Force and the remaining 21 to
the Rawal Pindi Police, and to increase his mules
to 100. This change was effected on the 27th
September.

In conformity with a Government order three ganta 3 ganu pandit,
pandis and two beldars were entertained in the regi- jjijjj^"* *''^*''
ment from the 1st October.

SG 1USTOET OF

Ufiiforfli. Daring the autanm. Major Gordon, having entire-

ly failed in procuring drab doth from either Eng-
land or Calcutta at the anthorised price, determined
to get poEtins in the place of ooata, and to make
the trousers of good Kashmir patttL

On the 28th November sancticxi was received under
Government letter Ko. 2246, dated 2nd Novem-
ber 1853, to substitute a drab pattu cap with a
red border for the blue cloth Kilmarnock with yel-
low border hitherto in wear. This was done at
once.

When the pattu came, it was found so cheap and
good that 3Iajor Gordon was able to make a tunic
as well as a pair of trousers.

During the winter of 1853-54, therefore^ the uni-
form consisted of a pattu tunic and trousers, — for
the men quite plain, for the native officers, with red
piping to the coats and a red stripe down the trou-
sers, a postin, a blanket greatcoat, and a drab
pattu cap with red border made rather taller and
broader than the Kilmarnock, and worn with the
badge as before. The summer uniform was two
suits of khaki-dyed drill ; a khaki cap cover was
worn on all ordinary duties. The cost of the new
cap was Rs. 1-5-7.
. On the 3rd December orders were received under

Arms.

Brunswick rifle. Government letter No. 2370, dated 22nd November

1833, for one company of the Regiment to be armed
with the two-grooved Brunswick rifle. The light
company was chosen for this distinction, but the
rifles were not received until Ist March 1854.

By G. 0. C. C, dated 28th October 1853, page

572, publishing Governor-General's Order No, 808,

dated 7th October 1853, the Regiment was gazetted

'"" ^^ as entitled to bear the word '* Punjab " on its colors

1st STKH infaStky. 37

and appointments in commemoration of tte Punjab
War of 1848-49. as originally granted by the Governor-
General in G, G. 0., dated 2nd April 18411, published
in G. 0. C. C, dated 5th April 1849, page 218.

1854.

In the beginning of January orders were received March to
conveyed in letter No. 140, dated 14th January
1854, for the march of the Regiment to Peshawar
on relief by the Khelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment to be
there placed under the orders of the Commander*
in-Chief, and the Regiment was struck off the civil
rolls with effect from the 1st January. It was Ohtngein
also directed that from the date of march the cattle Eittabiisbmeot
establishment should be assimilated to that of the
Punjab Irregular Force, ri>., that instead of 100
mules it should consist of 70 camels and 40 mules.

The Khelat-i-Ghilzai Regiment reached Siriband
on the 16th, and 60 mules were duly made over to
it. The Re^ment commenced its march for Pesha-
war the next morning. It was halted for a week at
Nowshera, but on the 1st February was ordered to
march on, and reached Peshawar on the 3rd Febru-
ary. On the 5th it paraded for inspection by Inspection.
Brigadier-General Hewitt, Commanding at Peshawar,
whose expression of approbation was notified to the
Regiment in the following Regimental Order : —

" Camp Peshawar^ 6th February 1854.

" The Commanding Officer has much pleasure in
publishing to the Regiment the extreme satisfaction
expressed by the Brigadier-Greneral Commanding
the Division at the manner in which all acquitted
themselves this morning, and which it is his inten-
tion to report to His Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief,"

HISTORY OF

On this report His Excellency expressed himcelf
as follows : —

" Simla^ 24/A February 1854.

** I HAVE the honour, by desire of the Commander-
in-Chief, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
No. 339 of date the 6th instant, reporting on the
inspection of the Ist Sikh Local Infantry, and in
reply, I am to convey to you, for communication to
the Regiment, the expression of His Excellency's
satisfaction at finding the corps in such an efficient
state, wliich reflects great credit on the Commandant,
Captain G. Gordon, and the officers under him."

(Sd.) C. Chester, Lieut.- CoL,
Dey. Adjt.' General of the Army.

The following letter from the Military Secretary
to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab was also
forwarded to the officer Commanding, on the occa-
sion of the Regiment being transferred from the
civil department : —

" I AM directed^ to take this opportunity to convey
to you the expression of the Chief Commissioner's
high sense of the uniform good conduct and truly
military spirit that has been displayed by the 1st
Sikh Local Infantry, during the long period of his con-
nection with it, whether as Commissioner of the Cis-
Satlaj States, Member of the Board of Administra-
tion, or as Chief Commissioner of the Punjab."

Head-qaartew Qn the 7th February it marched to garrison

the forts on the Peshawar frontier. It bad its head-
quarters and five companies at Shabkaddar, three
companies at Abazai and two companies at MidmL

'*'*^ . On the 16th April Lieutenant E. H. Paske, who
1^ had been officiating as Second-in-command since the

1st SIKH INFANTRY. *9

4th June 1852, was appointed to the Foreign Depart-
ment and struck off the rolls, and Lieutenant
Brownlow was appointed to officiate as Seoond-in-
oommand, Lieutenant Hodgson, 9th Native Infantry,
being the same day appointed to officiate as Adjutant.

Owinff to the disturbed state of the Peshawar Furlough

stopped.

border, no furlough was given to the men this yean
Li the correspondence on the subject, Major Gordon
casually gives the following information regarding
the classes which prevailed in the ranks: ^^The Constitntioo.
greater number of my men come from the Jalan-
dhar Doab, about 130 from the protected Sikh
States, and about 200 from below Delhi." When
furlough was closed a double furlough was promis-
ed the ensuing year.

On 24th June Lieutenant Hodgson was trans- Lieut-
ferred to another appointment, and Lieutenant Elliot, imtmT^
of the 15th Native Infantry, was appointed to officiate ?jj!l!' ^"*^*
as Adjutant in his stead.

On 1 7th July Sergeant-Major Downey was trans- Serjreint-
ferred to the invalid establishment, and Quarter- Downey
master- Sergeant Cryan was advanced to the grade "^^ * '
of Sergeant-Major, and Sergeant Lantry appointed
Quartermaster- Sergeant.

During the whole of this year the Michni Momands, Michni
who occupy the frontier immediately opposite the ^
posts of Shabkaddar, Michni, and Abazai, had been
giving trouble. Two years' revenue was due from
them, and, instead of paying it, Rahimdad, their
diief, fled from his village. It was, therefore, deter-
mined to seize all Momand cattle found within
our territory, and further to destroy the only three
hostile villages near our frontier, viz.^ Sadin, Dab,
and Shah Musa Khel, Shabkaddar is situated almost
due north of Peshawar about 25 miles from it.

40 HISTORY OF

Abazai is about eight miles due north of Shabkaddar,
and Michni about seven miles south-west of it.

Orders were issued to the oflScers commanding-
the three posts to capture all cattle in their vicinity,
^d Lieutenant Brownlow, who was commanding at
Michnii succeeded, on the 21st August, in capturing
XjlOO bead. On the 26th, orders were received to
collect the whole Regiment at Michni to join there
a force which was marching out from Peshawar under
the command of Colonel Cotton, and on the 27th|
the Abazia detachment, as well as the head-quarters
and five companies at Shabkaddar, joined the Michni
detachment at that place. The Regiment being weak
in officers, Ensigns Davidson and Mitchell, who had
volunteered for the service, were attached to the
corps.

3Ut Aug. On the 31st August the force marched at day-

toe J

Shah Mom break from Michni along the left bank of the Kabul
Kbei (oot in river, the advance guard being composed of the 1st
Orderf). Sikh Infantry. No opposition was met with at

Sadin or Dab, but as the Regiment approached Shah
Musa Khel, it was met by a smart matchlock fire
from the towers, walls and houses of that village.
It immediately stormed the place, and drove the
enemy to the heights behind the village. In order
to permit of the place being destroyed, it was neces-
sary to dislodge the enemy from these heights, and
two companies of the Regiment, under Lieutenant
Brownlow, were sent to drive the Momands from
the hills to the north-west, while Major Grordon,
with the remainder of the Regiment, ascended those
to the north*east. Both attacks were successful,
and the positions gained were held until the destruc-
tion of the village had been carried out, although
Lieutenant Brown low's men were exposed throughout

1st si^h infantry. 41

to an unoeasiug and galling fire from the ridges
beyond, which commanded the crest he was holding,
and which caused some casualties, including Lieute-
nant Brownlow himself, who was shot through the
lungs. When the village had been completely
destroyed, the covering parties were withdrawn and
the force retired to their camp. On the following
day the villages of Dab and Sadin were also destroy-
ed. The covering party consisted of the Light
Company and Nos. 7 and 8 skirmishing, with the
Grenadier and Nos. 1 and 2 in support, of the 1 st
Sikhs. No opposition was offered to the destruction
of these villages, and the Regiment returned to camp
by 2 P.M. On the 4th September the corps returned
to Shabkaddar detaching three companies to Abazai
and two to Michni as before.

The casualties sustained during these operations
were as follows :—

Serjeant Major Crjan severely wounded.
Lien tenant 0. H. Brownlow, dangeroasly wonnded.

Jemadar Maitab 8ingh, Lt. Ck>., ditto ditto.

Sipahi Saddar, 2nd Co., ditto ditto.

„ Panjab Sing, 4th Co., ditto ditto.

Earram Sing, 4tbCo, ditto ditto.

Mattadin, 6tli (/O., ditto ditto.

„ Devi Singb, 7tb Co., ditto ditto.

Khazan Singh, 8tb Co., ditto ditto.

Snrgan Singb, Lt. Co., ditto ditto.

Babim Buksb, Lt. Co., ditto ditto.
Chaggat Singb, 4tb Co., and Bhisti Wazira, sligbt-
Ijr wounded.

These operations called for the following laudatory

orders : —

" Camp Michni, Regimental Orders, Slst August 1854.

** It is with great pleasure the Commanding Officer
records his approbation of the conduct of the officers
and men of the Begiment whilst forming the advance

f9
9t

9«
99

HISTOBT OF

guard to-day of the field force employed in the
destruction of Musa Khel. Their steadiness while
advancing and occupying the hill top and positions
of the enemy on the right of the column, as well
as in the retreat, proves that the 1st Regiment, Sikh
Local Infantry, are not only brave, but also well
disciplined soldiers. The Commanding Officer b^s
Lieutenant and officiating Second-in-command Brown-
low will accept hb best thanks for the able manner
in which he, with the main body of the skirmishers,
led on and occupied the hill Musa Khel, and the
Commanding Officer deeply regrets the cause that
deprives him of so able and gallant an officer.

^^ Major Gordon begs also to place on record his
sense of the valuable assistance rendered by Ensigns
Davidson and Mitchell, These two young officers
volunteered their services for the occasion, and the
gallant way in which they led on their men to the
attack and subsequently conducted their retreat,
elicited Major Gordon's admiration, and he b^s to
tender to both these officers his best thanks.

^^ The Commanding Officer's best thanks are due
to Sergeant- Major Cryan for the gallant and soldier-
like manner in which he led the skirmishers, which
were placed on the right column, till obliged to go
to the rear from a severe wound."

" No. 369.
^^ Division Head-QfjuirUrs^ Murree, 26ih October 1854.

*^ The Major-General Commanding the Division has
much gratification in directing the publication^ for
general information of despatches from the Adjutant-
General of the Army and the Secretary to Govern-
ment, Military Department, conveying the thanka 6t
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and of the

IST 8IKH IKFAKTRT. 4S

Govemment of India to Colonel J. S. Cotton and
those employed under his orders in the operations
against Shah Musa Khel, Sadin, and Dab in August
and September last."

** No. 1276.

" Adjutant'GeneraTs OHice, 1 6£» Oetoher 1854.
'^In reply to your letter, No. 2150, dated the 5th
ultimo, forwarding the report of Colonel J. S. Cotton,
of the Her Majesty's 22nd Foot, of the operations of
the troops detached under his command against the
towns of Shah Musa Ehel, Sadin and Dab on the
left bank of the Kabul river, copy of which was
duly forwarded for the information of Grovemment,
I am directed by the Commander-in-Chief to annex,
for your information and for communication to Colo-
nel Cotton and all the officers and men employed
on that service, copy of a letter from the Secretary
to the Grovemment of India in the Military Depart-
ment, No. 29, dated 2nd instant, conveying: to them
the thanks of Govemment for their services on the
occassion in question.

"2. I am further directed by Sir W. Gomm
to convey through you to Colonel Cotton and the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of
the force lately employed in successful operations
on the Momand frontier, the expression of His
Excellency's own high satisfaction at being empower-
ed to impart to them the thanks so warmly accorded
by the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council,
as also to repeat on his part the expressions of regret
and of commendation ofEered by Govemment to
Lieutenant C. H. Brownlow, Adjutant of the 1st
Regiment, Sikh Local In&ntry, and Lieutenant C. A.
McDougall| Adjutant of the 9th Native Infantry,

44 HISTORY OP

who have been severely wounded. Sir William Gomtn
would also offer his congratulations to Colonel Cotton
on the further opportunity thus afforded him for
rendering important service on the Peshawar fron-
tier, and his sense of the skill and soldierly prompti-
tude with which he turned the opportunity to
account/*

( Sd. ) F. Tucker, Colonel,

Ad juiant' General of Army »

" No. 29.
" Fort William, 2nd October 1854.

" Having laid before the Most Noble the Governor-
General in Council your letter No. 972, dated 16th
ultimo, transmitting copy of one from the General
OflScer Commanding the Peshawar Division and of
the report annexed to it from Colonel Cotton, Her
Majesty's 22nd Regiment, of the operations of the
force detached under his command against the towns
of Shah Musa Ehel, Sadin, and Dab on the left bank
of the Kabul river, I am directed to state, for the
information of His Excellency the Commander-in-'
Chief, that the Most Noble the Governor-General in
Council entirely concurs in the opinion which His
Excellency has recorded that the affair reflects the
greatest credit on Colonel Cotton and all who were
employed under him ; and that His Lordship in
Council requests that His Excellency may be moved
to convey the thanks of Government to Colonel
Cotton, the officers, non-commissioned officers and
soldiers under his command during the service.

** 2. The Governor-General perceives that two
officers. Lieutenant Brownlow, Adjutant of the Ist
Sikh Corps, and Lieutenant McDougall, AdjutEmt,
9th Native Infantry, have been severely wounded. *

IST SIKH INFANTRY. '1'^

" 3. ' His Lordship in Council observes that while
describing the conduct of all who were serving under
him in very favorable terms, Colonel Cotton specially
records that the gallantry of both of these young
officers in holding the heights was most conspicuous,
which conduct, involving them in suffering by their
wounds, is very highly appreciated by his Lordship
in Council."

(Sd.) R. Birch, Colonel^
Secretary io Government of India.

During the remainder of this year the frontier
remained in a more or less disturbed state, and the
Rf giment was constantly out pursuing cattle-lifters
and repelling marauders, but they had no serious
encounter, and the only loss sustained was one man
wounded.

In October Captain Arrow was appointed Second-
in-command, but he never joined, and on the 12th
November Lieutenant Brownlow was promoted to
be Second-in-command of the Regiment. On the 26th Ensign Dftyison
November, Ensign Graham, 1 1th Native Infantry, was KnJi^i
appointed Adjutant, vice Ensign Davison removed to ^"^'•™ i<>'°«'
another appointment. On the 28th November the Waierbotties
corps was first supplied with waterbottles, the price ^"' '"PP"®^-
was nine annas and six pies each.

On the 2nd December Lieutenant Brownlow was , , .

Lt. Irwine

granted leave on medical certificate on account of joint,
his wound, and on the 10th December, Lieutenant
Irwine was appointed to act as Second-in-command
in his stead.

1866.

On the 22nd March Major Gordon was directed A wmg marched
to detach a wing of the Regiment to Eohat to gar- '^ **'***'
rison that station, while the troops composing its

HISTOBY OF

Lt. Irwine

lit Leicester
joiDf.

Wing retorned
from Eohat.
FarloQgh
opened.

March to
8iriband.

Tranaport

Batabltabment

reduced.

Ensign Qraham

leaves.

Lt Harcoort

joins.

Traniiport
Establishment.
Price of moles
raised.

Extraordinary
powers of
0. 0.
withdrawQ,

garrison were absent on the second Mirranzai expedi*
tion. A wing composed o£ the " Grenadier" and
No. 1, 2, 3 and 6 Companies, accordingly marched
on that date under Lieutenant'Irwine.

On the 1 st May the name of this officer was struck
off the roll oE the corps, and Lieutenant W. F.
Leicester having been appointed to officiate as Second-
in-c(xnmand in his stead, proceeded to Eohat, and
assumed command of the wing.

On the 1st J une this wing, released by the return
of the troops from Mirranzai, returned to Sabkaddar,
and furlough was at once granted to the r^ment.

Towards the end of November Major Gordon
received orders to hold the corps in readiness to
return to Hazara on relief by the Ehelat-i-Ghilzai
Regiment. On the 1st December that regiment
reached Sbabkaddar, and on the following day, the
1st Sikhs commenced its march, reaching Siriband on
the 13th December.

On arrival at Siriband the corps was placed under
the orders of the Brigadier Commanding the Punjab
Irregular Force, and its cattle establishment was reduc*
ed to the number ordered for Hazara, viz.j 100 mules.

1866.

On the 8th February Ensign Graham was re-
moved to another appointment, and on the 9th April,
Lieutenant G. L Harcourt was appointed Adjutant,
but he did not join until 20th October.

In June the price sanctioned for the purchase of
mules was raised from Rs. 80 to Rs. 100.

When the Regiment was first raised, extraordinary
powers had been vested in the Commanding Officer.
He was permitted not only to reduce and disdiArge
non- commissioned officers and men without trial, bat

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 47

was as further empowered to imprison them. These
powers, largely exercised at first, had gradually
fallen into abeyance, and for two or three years the
l^al machinery of courts-martial had almost invari-
ably been put in motion to punish the graver kind
of offences. As the r^ment. had now become an
integral portion of the Punjab Irregular Force, it
was thought expedient to formally rescind these
magisterial and extra powers, and an order was
received, annulling them in June of this year.

On the 5th September the following increase in Transport
the means of transport for sick and wounded was amboUooo
sanctioned : two fracture dandies, 18 common darri 2^^||^
dandies, and ten pairs of camel kajawahs.

On the 9th September the Regiment, in common C%rnMg^ ot
with the rest of the Punjab Irregular Force, received MrtiM.
four mule boxes per company for the carriage of
ammunition in hill warfare. £»ch of these boxes
was fitted with three leather cartouches, containing
300 cartridges with their complement of caps, and
the object was to enable a man to cany ammuni-
tion and re-supply the empty pouches of a company
engaged in a place inaccessible for mules.

On the 2nd December Sub- Assistant Surgeon 8ab-A«isUnt
Renton left the regiment, and Assistant Surgeon latfet.
H. Thom, H D., was appointed to the medical charge, Sorgooa Thom

In the beginning of December orders were received J^ _

aoto to Doia

for the march of the Regiment to Derah Ghazi QUaziKbaii.

Khan on relief by the 4th Sikh Infantry, and on

the 12th December that corps reached Siriband and TraMport

'^ EiUblMbnitot

the two regiments exchanged cattle establiBhments, dungtd.
the 1st Sikhs, thus, once more getting 70 camels
and 40 mules.

On the 14tfa December the regiment commenced
its march and reached Ehushalgurh on the 20th

HISTORT OF

Ontpotto, D. G.
Khan.

Lieat. Leioestar

G. G. 0. 105,
dated 19th
Jiiniiary 1857.
Designatioo of
Regiment.

4 th to 23rd
March 1857.
Bosdar
Expedition
(not in Govt
Orders).

December. Here it embarked in boats and dropped

down the Indus.

1867.

On the 3rd January the Regiment reached the
ghat opposite Derah Ghazi Khan, and on the 4th
inarched up to cantonments and relieved the Suruj-
•mukhi Police Battalion*

The detachments furnished to garrison the out-
posts on the Derah Ghazi Khan and Asni frontiers
amounted to eight native officers, 52 non-commis-
sioned officers, and 341 sipahis.

On the 7th January Lieutenant Leicester left
the Regiment, and on the 10th February, Lieutenant
Brownlow, Second-in-command, rejoined from leave.

On the 7th February it was ordered by Grovernr
ment letter, dated 19th January 1857, that the word
*^ Local " should cease to be borne in the designa-
tion of the Regiment. Its title henceforth should
be ** 1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry."

During the spring of this year the Bozdars, who
occupy the frontier on the north-west of Derah
Ghazi Khan, had become so troublesome, that it was
determined to send an expedition against them, and
with this view, a force was collected at Towsa, oppo-
site the mouth of the Sangarh Pass, under the
command of Brigadier Chamberlain. The 1st
Sikhs received orders to prepare and join this force,
and, on the 2nd March, started from Derah Ghazi
Khan, 455 bayonets strong, and reached Towsa oo
the 4th.

On the evening of the 6th the column marched
for the Pass, the 1st Sikhs leading it, and furnish-^
ing the Grenadier and Light Companies under
Lieutenant Brownlow as an advance guards The

1st SIKH INFANTKT. 49

oolomn reached the mouth of the Pass at daybreak,
and advanced four miles up without meeting with
any real opposition. Here it baited at a place named
Didachi-ki-kacbi. The next morning the force con-
tanned the march up the defile, and at 7 A M. reached
a spot where the nullah bifurcates, a narrow defile
named the Drug Nai running due west, while the
larger nullah, retaining its original name of the
Sangar Nullah, turns to the south. From this spot
the enemy's position could be seen, holding both sides
of the Sangar Nullah at a gorge called the " Khan
Band."

The plan o£ attack was to turn the enemy's left
flank by an advance up the Drug Kai, while his
front was threatened on both sides of the Sangar
Nullah. To the 1st Sikhs was assigned the task
of threatening the left — the east side of the Sangar
Nullah — but the enemy, soon discerning the real
nature of the turning movement, did not attempt
to offer any opposition on the east of the Sangar,
so that the Regiment had no fighting.

On the 8th March the Regiment marched back to
the mouth of the pass as an escort to the wounded,
and returned the same evening to camp. It then
accompanied the force, furnishing covering parties to
the levies engaged in destroying the enemy's crops,
&c, but not meeting with any opposition.

On the 23rd the force returned to Towsa, where
it was broken up, and the Regiment marched south-
wards, reaching Derah Ghazi Khan on the 26th.

There were no casualties sustained by the corps
during these operations.

On the 28th February an order had been received, EoropeAti
directing that for the future there should be no removed 'from
European non-commissioned officers attached to ST**''® *.

* Kogniieiiti.

H. 1st S. I. 4

BISTORT OF

Olotbing
Turbaaf
tabstituted
for Caps.

Eitra officer
allowed to
Begimeot.

Lt. Parlbjr
Joined,

Aeat. Burgeon
Poole 1olne<l.
Aeet. Burgeon
Tbom leavee.

JUttlioj broke
tmL

4 (x/ioMoiei
i»444mI Ui Uie

leigiMMNli.

native raiments ; but as the Regiment was under
orders for service, Sergeants Cryan and Lantry
were permitted to accompany the regiment on the .
Bozdar expedition, and were not struck o£E the
rolls until the return of the corps to Derah Ghazi
Khan.

During the month of April khaki-colored turbans,
with a yellow band near the end, were substituted for
the drab pattu caps-

In the banning of this year Grovemment deter-
mined to increase the strength of the British oflScers
with native regiments by the addition of an ofBcer
to be styled " doing-duty officer," and on the 30th
March Lieutenant B. S. B. Parlby was appointed to
the corps in that capacity.

On the 5th April Assistant- Surgeon A. S. Poole
waiB appointed to the medical charge of the Regi-
ment, vice Assistant- Surgeon Thom, removed to
another appointment.

In May the mutiny broke out, and the Punjab
Government immediately issued orders to all Com-
mai)dants of Infantry to add four companies to
their regiments. The order to do this reached the
iMt Sikhs on the 21st May, and was conveyed in
letter No. 1 A, dated 17th May 1857.

The companies were to consist of one sabadar, one
Jerna/lar, six havildars, six naiks, one bugler, and 80
«ii[iahis, with two langaris, one pakhali,and one khalasi,
uml Major Gordon was told that 100 of the new
f$yiin enlisted should be Pathans, He accordingly
iJi(M|>atchcd recruiting parties to Amritsur, Jhelum,
K«iiprra and Kohat with orders to bring 200 Sikhs,
100 Patluirm« 50 Panjabi Mahomedans and 50 Dogras.
On iUa 17tb June the native officers and non-com-
i^^ixifiied officers for the four new oompanieB were

IST SIKH INFANTBT ^1

selected and posted, and by the first week in August, f^^^J^J^JJ^'*'
the four extra companies were complete, and on the •• naoieus
12th of that month they marched for Multan to form
the nucleus of the 11th Punjab Native Infantry
[afterwards the 22nd (Punjab) Native Infantry].

On the 28th June the Regiment requested Major
Gk)rdon to submit to Government the following Regiment

_ 11.1 . Tolunteered

petition praying to be employed against the muti* for tervioe Iq

Hioduftao.

neers : —

*^ Petition from the ruiHve officers^ non-commissioned offi^'
eerSf and men af the 1st Sikh Infantry.

** Sheweth, — That since the Regiment was raised,
up to the present day, wherever the Government has
required our services, wherever it has ordered us,
there have we gone ; and where it has not sent us, we
have been disappointed,

" We are under great obligations to the Govern-
ment ; we are sensible of its invariable kindness, and
grateful for it,

^^ Since the Hindustanis have rebelled, we have
longed to trample on the worthless scoundrels, but,
as yet^ though many Regiments of the Punjab have
been employed against them^ we have received no
orders. This grieves us much ; we are hurt in two
ways : first, inasmuch as we lose an opportunity
of fighting for the Government ; and, again, because
we suffer in comparison with our more fortunate
comrades who are engaged in its service.

"After having waited for the order, and in despair
of its coming, we venture anxiously to entreat the
Government to employ us against those who have
proved themselves unworthy of its salt, and give us
the opportunity of proving our loyalty and courage/'

Signed by the native offioera, non-oommiBsiooed officerf ,
and men of tbe ist Sikb Infantry.

52 HISTORY OF

Major Gordon forwarded tlie petition at once, and,
in hia letter doing so, states : —

^^ In forwarding this petition it affords me much
pleasure to be able to state that the measure is a
purely spontaneous one on the part of the officers and
men, no hint on the subject having been given either
by myself or ofl&cers."

To this petition the following reply was received
on the 28th June : —

" No. 771, dated June 18th, 1857.

" I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter forwarding a petition from the oflB-
cers and men of the Regiment under your command,
who desire to be employed against the mutineers
now rebelling against their Government.

" 2, In reply I am desired by the Chief Commis-
sioner to state that Government fully appreciates
their courage and loyalty, and will doubtless avail
itself of the services of the Regiment on a fitting

opportunity.

■

" 8. I am further to add that the petition will be
forwarded to the Governor-General in Council, and
the Chief Commissioner desires you to express his
thanks for this mark of zeal and fidelity on the part
of the native officers and men of the Ist Regiment
Sikh Infantry/'

(Sd.) S. Black, Lieui.,
Staff Officer, P. I. Farce.

riJlTw^STg? 0° ^^ ^^^ J"^y M^jor Gordon was directed to

ment. transfer to a batallion which was being raised at

Lahore, three jemadars, five havildars, 15 naiks and

15 sipahis, each of tbem to get a step of rank on

transfer.

1st SIKH INFANTBr. 53

On the Ist August Lieutenant Brownlow having Lieut. Browoiow
been directed to proceed to Peshawar and raise
a regiment there^ was struck off the rolls of the
corps.

On the 18th August Ensign R. J.Grant was ap- BntigoGraoi
pointed to the regiment as officiating Adjutant.

On the 22nd December the Regiment received Of^Jj"" to march
orders to hold itself in readiness to march to Hindus- loo extra
tan and Major Gordon was directed to entertain 100 tobe'iaiBod.
supernumerary recruits to either accompany the
Regiment on its march down, or to form a dep6t at
Lahore.

1858.

In the bemnninfi: of JanuaiT Major Gordon March of fld,-

received definite orders for the head-quarters and one ooe wiog.
wing to inarch for Ferozepore as soon as it was re-
lieved by the 2nd Beluch Battalion, the other wing to
follow as soon as it had made over the various out-
posts which the Regiment had been holding.

The 2nd Beluch Battalion arrived on the 10th
January ; and the head-quarters and left wing, accom-
panied by Major Gordon and Lieutenant Parlby,
marched on the 12th of that month.

It reached Multan on the 15th January, and, from
that place, escorted eleven lakhs of treasure to Feroze-
pore, which it reached on the 1st February,

On the 2nd a telegram was received directing it
to push on to Delhi. Accordingly, on the 3rd, it
continued its march, reaching Ludiana on the 7th
February, and Umballa on the 11th, doing 145 miles
in four days.

At Umballa the Regiment was ordered to halt until
the 18th February, and to form a depot for its sick
and recruits.

msTOKT or

o. o. c. c,

April l»8l

It. Hftieovt
CapC. Battf«

Bohflkuid
Campaign.

Ctpt DiekaoB
joins.

Ailaok OQ
Nagin^

On die 18di Fdrany the nnrch
tDirwds Rmki, whidk phoe wis

h i: H*

I r •

racliel on die 24tEa

At Rorki, die Begimait was haltel, acd was mttach-
ed to die B<4iilkaiid Field Foroe under General Jones*
which was being assonUed at that station.

On the 26th Febmarv Lieutenant Harcourt left the
Regiment ; and Captain Battye was appointed to offi-
ciate as Seoond-in-conunand.

The right wing rejcMned head-quarters on the
28diMardu

On the 14th April the Regiment was attached to
the Rurld Reld Force* in the brigade under
command of Cdonel Coke, and mardied into Rohil-
kand.

On the 18th it partook in the small skirmish
at Kajibabad^t On this date Gaptain J. C. Dick-
son joined as doing-dutj officer.

On the 21st the fcnrce moved on to attack the
town of Kagina.| The 1st Sikh formed the advance
guard. The enemy permitted the R^ment, which
was in column of companies to approach within
about 300 yards, and then opened fire« Major Gordon
immediately deployed at the double and then charged ;
the enemy made no stand ; and the town was taken
with only one casualty, Havildar Bindha Singh
severely wounded.§ (In Gazette; three casualties.)

• 17th April 1858 to 7th May 1858, Q. O. C. C, dated 16th
April 1858, page 847 (2!8t Jane 1858). Borki Field Force, Brigadier-
Ckoeral J. Jooee, C. B., CoiDinaodiog.

t 18th April 1858, Najibabad, G. O. 0., No. 124, dated 5th May
1858, O. 0. C. C, dated 18th May 1858, page 659.

t Nagina, Q. G. 0. 144 of 1858, page 696, G. O. C. C; G. Q. O. 164,
dated 25th May 1858, in G. 0. 0. G., dated 3rd Jane 1858, pages 749
to 752, 21it April! 858.

i 3 ceiualtiea,— wounded,— by aboTe G. 0., page 751.

l8T SIKH INFANTRY. 53

From Nagina the force moved on, reaching Mora-
dabad* on the 25th. From this place the head-
quarters and left wing were detached to Belari. They
rejoined the column on the 5th May.

On the 5th the force moved on, reaching Bareillyf Bareiliy.
on the 6th. The task assigned to the Regiment at the
taking of Bareiliy was to storm a large masonry bridge
which was barricaded and the approaches to which
were swept by artillery ; but the enemy did not await
the attack and the bridge was carried without loss.

On the 12th Lieutenant Parlby was removed to Lt Ptriby
another appointmenti and left the Regiment ; Lieuten-
ant Grant was promoted to Adjutant in his stead.
On the 13th May the Regiment marched for Pilibeet
and returned to Bareiliy on the 19th.| On the 22nd
it marched again, reaching Shahjehanpore on the
same day, and, on the 24th and 25th, it marched to,
and took part in the action§ of, Barnai, and capture, Baroai.
and destruction of, the Fort of Mahomdi,|| return- Habomdi.
ing to Shahjehanpore on the 29th.^ On the 2nd
June it marched with the force under Brigadier p . rj- l
Coke, reaching Budaon on the 6th June.** On the leaves.

• Q. G. 0. 144, dated 17th May 1858, 0. 0. C. C, dated 27th May
1858, page 696, Moradabad.

t Bareiliy, O. Q. 0. 172, dated 20th May 1858, G. 0. C. C, dated
5Ui Jane 1858, pages 761, 763, 5th and 6th May 1858. Compare
Q. O. 0. 146 of 1858, page 700, G. 0. G. 0. of 1858. See pages 700,

701.

t Shahjehanpore Field Force under Brigadier-General J. Jones,
7th May 1858 to 4th June 1858.

S Action of Barnai 24th May 1858, Q. G. 0. 218 of 1858, page 908,
of G. 0. 0. 0. of 1858.

I Mahomdi 25th May 1858, G. G. 0. 178, dated Ist June 1858,
io G. 0. C. a dated 9th June 1858, pnges 796-798, also G. 0. 218,
dated 16th June 1858, pages 908-909 of G. 0. G. of 1858.

f G. G. 0. 250, dated 3rd July 1858 in G. 0. C. C. dated 22nd
Jaly 1858, pagee 1025 and 1026.

•• For Rohilknnd Campaign Final Order by Brigadier-General
Jones, dated 4th June 1858, G. 0. 258 of 1858 in G. 0. C. C, dated
S6th July 1858 page 1055.

HISTORY OF

Li. Nott joined
also Eosigo
Beckett.

Ondh
Campaign.

Ametlii,
filiiinkarpar.

9th Captain Dickson was removed from the Regiment.

At Budaon the Regiment halted until the 3rd
August, and, on that day, marched for Cawnpore,
arriving there on the 22nd. On the 26th it proceeded
by rail to Allahabad, and was there attached to a
force under Brigadier Pinkney. On the 29th this
force crossed the Ganges into Oudh at Saraon. The
Regiment was obliged to wait here for its carriage
which marched down from Cawnpore, but it followed
Brigadier Pinkney's force to Partabgarh on the 3rd
September. Here it was halted for the purpose of
watching the Bala Ghat on the Ganges until the
8th November.

On the 31st August Lieutenant C. D. P. Nott,
appointed doing-duty officer, joined the head-quar-
ters ; and, on the 1st November, Ensign S. Beckett
was also appointed doing-duty officer.

On the 9th October Brigadier Pinkney command-
ing the " Saraon Field Force," inspected the Regi-
ment and expressed his ^^ entire satisfaction at the
general discipline and steadiness displayed. '' On
the 1st November at Camp Bellah, the Regiment
paraded in brigade to hear the proclamation of the
assumption of the Government of India by Her
Majesty the Queen.

On the 8th November the corps was attached to
the force under the immolate command of Lord
Clyde, the Commander-in-Chief, and marched to,
and assisted in the capture of,* Amethi and Shan-
karpur.

On the 16th it was detachedf with a column
under Colonel Taylor, 79th Highlanders, which joined

^Amethi 10th November 1858, Shaokarpore ]5tb and 16tb
November 1858, Q. 0. C. C, 570a, dated 9tb December 1858, pages
1767-58— Lord Clyde's first recapitalalion.

t Onset te Extraordinary No. 654, dated 19th Janoary 1859, O. Q. 0.
of 1859, page 63— Lord Clyde's eeoood recapitalatiou.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 57

a force under Sir Hope Grant on the banks o£ the
Gogra, opposite Faizabad, on the 22nd November.
The enemy had here, on left bank, lines, in front of
the bridge* made by our engineers, and had forti-
fied so strongly as to make a front attack impracti-
caUe. It was, therefore, determined to pend a regi*
ment across the river, higher up, in boats with a view
of attacking the enemy's work in flank, while the p^^^^g,^ ^f
rest of the Infantry crossed the bridge-of -boats. QoRf"* Ftjai-

. . *»»d, 25tli

The 1st Sikhs were selected for this operation, and, November
at half-past one in the morning, on 25th November /^. ^.—We
1858, embarked in a number of small and very 1'^^?/^^^^
crank boats, and, moving in perfect silence, succeeded ^'J^^s^ oppo-
in gaining the enemy's bank undiscovered. They works-
were then moved up the bank to within about 200 Major, '
paces of the enemy's position, and made to lie down, plit^ge*^
As soon as the first glimmer of dawn appeared, the men t^^KS^J *™"
were ordered to shout at the top of their voices, and to
charge. The surprise was most complete, the enemy
abandoned their position and fled panic-stricken ; and
the Regiment captured the part of the enemy's lines
opposite them without sustaining a single casualty.

On the 3rd December the llegiment was still
attached to Sir Hope Grant's force, and, on the 6th,
had a skirmish with the rebels, in which one sipahi,
Mnsah Khan,f was wounded at the village of
Machligaon ;% the fort of Ban Kassia being occupied

* Comptre pftge 64 of Q. G. 0. of 1859, Gazette Extraordiatry
654, dated 19tb Jaooary 1859.

t Also one liaTildar in the OauUe^ page 40 of 1S59.

X 6th December 1858, Machligaon and Fort Ban EAsaia, G. G. 0.,
625 of 6th January 1859, page 39.

NaU. — The General Onlera by the Commander-in-Cliief convey-
ing the thanka of the Queen to the Army and summing up general
operations to the close of the hot weather campaigns of 1858, see
6. 0. C. a, dated 20th May 1858, page 6637, Q. 0. C. 0., dated
9ih Jane 1858, page 781.

IIIfiTDRr 'IS

(vrr^seA into liie Qndli QfitriiX and intmwiiwi to pui^
Pmm t^sMT m v?«>sr of in 'inder rim hill» wr{in:& &ndt
Che British. finnL the ^^^aleae tBramry.

'* Tiiiftipiir, L &it :ihoiiid oar be abBniibaeii ; Iial,
m watzsk che: fnreat iimimr the hill& I tiislaciusii a SDrce,
cnmnuuuiefi by LieutraiaiucMraiaiieL Gordbix^ lA SSUl
Ininniry, whose repurt: I ^icioae^

'* Tlie ardunuB iiiiCT^ wfaick xin& officer firond

himself imesEpecteily csdled upon, go perfarm,.
mo^ ahlj cauried autj. wad I tma^ the lEaLJbr-Gexficnl
Commaniiing may *ie&SL his name worthj of besE^
bron^hti tx) the nodce of ffis TflmriTeniTy Locd Chrdci

I u n r -^ .1 .

Qa tile recopt of & report Ecqul
}iiel &^rdoa of die stareaxgt^ of the atppcottcliiiig
oyv I instsuudy hastaied to h£» support^ tekbig
L me one wing I:§t Regfmt^t HodsocL'^s Horse —

eacortmg fear gunfiy G. Fidd

Bttftterjr, having iO men of tiEie 5>3rcl Frpirnt
the Imiberiy foDbwed witb dl poeabfe speed. A
wing of the SSrd BegrzB^xt wss alao pat ia moTe-

noent fta a reaenre^

«« The soddeo appeanoce on the fieSd of tihe lead-
ing portiOQ of this force waa at once feh, the enemy
h«itated, and a genend advance turned thdr hedta«
tion into a rapid retreat, pursued hj the Cavalry,
until they found refuge in the dense forest, and I
learn that they did not halt until they had reached
the Arrah Xuddee on the Nipal frontier, east of this.

^^ One hundred and fifty dead, all sepoys, armed
with muskets, were counted on the field, and four
elephants were captured*

•*Tbe wounded and prisoners, and 120 cavalry,
who subsequently surrendered, report the enemy's
numbers to have been 13,000 Telmgahs and 700
Buwars.

IST SIKH INFAKTRT. 61

''Too much pnise cannot be awarded to the
ofSicers and men o£ the 1st Sikh Infantry, who, with
great gallantry, maintained a most unequal fight
until the arrival of the relieving force. I fully
sympathise with the corps in the loss it has sustained
in Lieutenant Grant, a young officer, whose forward
conduct was remarkable.

"I would bring to the Major-General's notice the
officers named in Lieutenant* Colonel Gordon's re-
port." ( Here follow thanks to his staff. )

^^ From Ueut.'Col. Gordon^ Jerwah^ 1st April 1859.

" Pursuant to Brigade orders of the 30th ultimo,

I have the honour to inform you, for the information

IH &hk Infantry. ^^ Brigadier Horseford, c.b.,

16 fTauSTofBl^ra "' **^* ^ encamped yesterday

96 Nuo-GoininiMiooed officers, morning at Jerwah with a

662 Privates j . i .

Bodmn'i Bane. detachment, as per margin,

4 nSJadd!^*^* ^^ ^^^^ ^ position as to

26 Sowara. enable me to watch that

Pass, and to prevent the rebels slipping westwards
unobserved.

*^ 2. About 9 A.M., I received information that the
rebels were within a mile of my camp. I immediately
got my detachment under arms and proceeded to
meet the enemy, which I did about one thousand
yards or so from my camp, and here I encountered
a very severe opposition from them, but succeeded in
driving their force beyond a line of hillocks flanked
on the left by a dense jungle swarming with the
enemy, and on the right by broken ground and
scrubby jungle«

'^ I took possession of this position as far as my
means would allow, and held it, although hard pressed,
from several determined attacks of the enemy«

62 msTomr ov

^* I kept posoessioQ of this position for about three
and a half hours, when a *check appeared to have
taken place among the rebels in my right rear (in
wbich direction I bad been totally out-flanked).
This check was occasioned by the arrival of Brigadier
Horsford, leading an advance of Hodson's Horse.
Seeing this, I immediately ordered my detachment
to advance on the flank of the retreating enemy.

^' 3« I cannot say with accuracy the number of
rebels disposed of ; but from the numerous dead
bodies lying about, I should conceive that their loss
must have been severe.

^M I regret to say that the number of casualties in
my detachment is large, but this event could not be
avoided on account of the numerical disparity of my
force and that of the enemy, which is said, by spies
and prisoners taken, to have amounted to between
seven and eight thousand men.

*^ 5. I have to deplore the loss of my officiating
Second-in-Command, Lieutenant R. J. Grant, a most
promising officer, who gallantiy fell at the head of
his men. My best thanks are due to Lieutenant
C, D. P. Nott, Officiating Adjutant, who gave me
every assistance and satisfaction. 1 have to regret
the dangerous wounds received by lieut^iant S.
Dockotty di)ing»duty, who, with lieuteBant B. J«
Orant, I cannot praise too highly.

^^ 0. It affords me the greatest pleasure to bring
to tho notice of the Brigadier, Assistant Surgeon G. A.
Toolo^s oonduct on this occasion. His attention to
tho numorous wounded, although exposed to a heavy
flrOi wore beyond all praise, he was also useful to me
111 OMrry ing onlcrs from one position to another in the
^9kT\y |mrt of tho day,

1 cannot speak too highly of the conduct of

IST SIKH INFANTBT.

the detachment which accompanied me, and which,
under very trying circumstances, behaved most ad-
mirably and displayed a courage most creditable to it.

'4 would, amongst the natives engaged, more
particularly bring to the notice o£ the Brigadier for
leeommendation to, and advancement in, the order of
merit, the following commissioned and non-commis-
tikmei ofiScers : —

^'Jemadar Hedayutoolah, Light Company, Ist
Sikbs.

'^ Havildar Mosuddee Ehdn, No. 1 Company, 1st
Sikhs.

Dufladar Chungun, Hodson's Horse.

** Nominal roll of killed and wounded is annexed :—

Killed.

laeuienant B. J. Grant
Havildar8-*Nand Singh and Sunker Singh.
SepojTS TJrcber Singh, Bassa Singh, Kaleh Singh, and
DoodI Ghund*
Pakbali— Wazerra.

Wounded.

Ideaienant S. Beckett— Wound of abdomen and wrist,
both gunshot

Suhadar Baboot Singh, sabre cut of liand.
Jemadar Hedayutoolah, sabre cut of hand.
Havildar Goorduth Singh, gunshot wound of thigh.
Havildar Bhan Siogh, gunshot wound of abdomen*
Pavildar Sooba Singh, gunshot woutid of foot.
Havildar Issurree Singb, contused wound of thigh.
Havildar Eoorman, sabre cut of shoulder.
Sepoy Jawallah Singh, ankle shattered from gunshot

wound, sabre cut of Cuce.
Sepoy Noor Khan, gunshot wound of thigh.
Sepoy Deen Mahomed, gunshot wound of wrist
Sepoy Ameer Chand, severe sabre out of shoulder.
Sep0y Amed All, gunshot wound of arm.
Sepoy Bhugwan Singh, gunshot wound of abdomen*
Bepoy Alah 8iogh| gunshot wound of back.

HISTORY OF

Sepoy Nujab Singh, contused wound of thigh*
Sepoy Joy mull Singh, gunshot wouud of face.
Sepoy Keera Singhi gunshot wound of arm.
Sepoy Jeewan Singh contused wound of ankle.
Sepoy Soochat Singh, contused wound of head.
Sepoy Jorawar, gunshot wound of back.
Sepoy Kamma (2nd), contused wound of thigh.
Sepoy Bhaggat Singh, contused wound of arm.
Sepoy Utter Singh, gunshot wound.
Sepoy Hookum Singbi gunshot wound of left arm.
Sepoy Ehoz Buz« sabre cut of right hand.
Sepoy Khosyn, gunshot wound of back.
Sepoy Dhuna Singh, gunshot wound of thigh.
Sepoy Boodb Singb, gunshot wound of right foot*
Sepoy Nawab Khan, gunshot wound*
Sepoy Meena Khan, gunshot wound of right leg
Sepoy Ahmed Khan, gunshot wound of face.
Sepoy Barter Singh, contused wound.
Sepoy Hurri Singh, gunshot wound of foot.
Bugler Heera Singh, gunshot wound of left arm.
Pakhali KuUoo, gunshot wound of abdomen.
Langre Sawakke, contused wound of head.
Total, 8 killed- 87 wounded."

On the 4th April Lieutenant England and Ensign
Unwin, appointed to do duty, joined.

The Raiment remained at Jerwah till the 5th
April when it was ordered to clear the J angles* of
the Sonar Valley, They marched about this valley
having a few slight skirmishes but sustaining no

On 11th April Subadar Kabut Singh and Havildar
Binda singh were admitted to the third class order
of meriti and on the 17th May Jamadar Haidayutullah
and Havildar Mosuddee, were also admitted to the

me order. (G. G. 0. 577, dated 26th April 185!).)

* Bskpar, Srd to 6tb May 1859. G. Q. 0. 834 of Jane 1859.
'hm mtn bayonet wound, slight.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. fiS

On 13th May Captain M. E. Somerville, who had Captain Somer-

, . J • • J ▼iile joins.

been appointed Second-m-command, jomed.

Oq 2l8t May the Regiment returned with a column For Lord
nnder Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon to the Bhinga and final
(SMt, and on the Ist June it marched vid Bakam- [i^ftf c^^^^^^
par for Gk)nda- It reached Gronda on 26th June and g||'*72V^^?ed^'
went into hot weather quarters. At Gonda, it came islii Mav las^,
under Brigadier Holdich, c. B. On the 7th July, six ^^*
months' furlough was granted to about 120 men.

On the 23rd July Assistant-Surgeon H. Potter Aasiatant-Sur-

, Vi - . . CI ?®®° Potter

was appointed to the Regiment, vice Assistant- Surgeon loins. AMietant-
Poole transferred to another appointment. lea*^^" ^ *

On the 22nd July Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon
reported that, of the 40 mules and 70 camels with
which be had left Derah Ghazi Ehan, two mules and
32 camels had died. He proved nevertheless that
Government had saved Rs. 2,000 by having regi-
mental carriage.

In the month of August orders were received, eg^SHshment.
letter No. 5637, dated 4th August 1859, to reduce
the Regiment to 600 privates, t . e.j 60 per company,
the original proportion of non-commissioned officers
to be retained.

While at Gonda the Regiment for the first time re- Clothing,
ceived drab cloth tunics and pantaloons. tunics and pants.

By the autumn the Regiment had filled up its
vacancies both in men and cattle, and in September, it
received orders to hold itself in readiness to form a Part of Vice-
part of the Viceroy *s escort. On receipt of this order '^^ * ®^ "^ •
Brigadier Holdich inspected the Regiment and ex-
pressed himself much pleased with the steadiness
of the men under arms and its excellent conduct as
long as it had been under his command.

On the 24th September the corps, on relief by the
18th Punjab Native Infantry, marched and joined

H. Ist s. I,

HISTORY OF

Remark! by
H. B. the
Viceroy.

his deep regret at so doing. He has now been
associated with the R^ment for upwards of ten
years, and daring that period he has no hesitation in
saying that its conduct has always been unex-
ceptionable ; and he trusts that the corps will con-
tinue to evince that discipline, both in quarters and
in the field, which has been the admiration of every
officer under whom it has hitherto served. To the
European officers and all ranks of the corps I bid
farewell, ond wish them all manner of success."

On the 27th February the Regiment received orders
to march for Bannu, and was struck off duty with
the Viceroy's escort. His Excellency parted with
the Regiment with the following remarks : —

'^ For five months your Regiment has marched
with the Grovernor-Greneral's escort, and it is now
about to leave it, and His Excellency desires me to
take this opportunity of expressing to you, and of
requesting you to convey to your officers, native
officers, and men, His Excellency's entire approbation
of the manner in which the duties which devolved
upon you have been executed.'*

On 1st March furlough for eight months was
granted to one-third of the men.

March to Bftima. Proceeding rid Shahpur, the corps reached Bannu

on the 25th March, and was at once warned to hold
itself in readiness to proceed with an expedition
against the Mahsud Waziris.

On 1st April Captain J. P, W. Campbell * appointed
to officiate as Commandant, vice SomerviUe, trans-
ferred to 5th Punjab Infantry, joined head-quarters.

On the 7th April Lieutenant Jenkins f joined as

Farloogh open-
ed.

Capt. Campbell
joins.

Lient. JeokioB
joiuB.

• P. Q. 0. 127, dated 23rd Maroli 1860. G. Q. 0. 178, dated 3rd April 1S60.
t Appointed in the aame General Order with Captain Campbell,

l8T 8IRH INFANTar. 69

Second-in-command. On the same day the order
directing the corps to hold itself in readiness was
coontermanded ; but two of its officers, Lieutenant
Jenkins and Unwin, were permitted to join the ex-
pedition as volunteers.

On the 21st April intelligence was received o£ the
death, in March 1860, of Lieutenant-Colonel G. Gor-
don ; and Captain J. P. W. Campbell was appointed
Commandant in his stead from 3rd April 1860, R. 0.
697, dated 21st April 1860.

On the 31st July a color havildar to each com- Color HAviidare
pany on Ks. 2 per mensem staff pay, was granted Bugle-Major
to the Regiment, also an Assistant Bugle-Major, on a * ^^^
staff of Rs. 5 per mensem*

On the 2nd November a party of 200 men were Bsoort to Snryey
detailed to escort the Topographical Survey south ^*^^'
of Bannu under Lieutenant Nott.

On the 10th November orders were received to Traneport
reduce the hospital transport establishment to eight Ambaiaooe.
dhoolies and 48 kahars.

On the 6th December the Regiment was inspected Inspection,
by Sir Robert Montgomery, the Lieutenant-Governor
of the Punjab.

18B1.

On the 3rd January the Regiment received six Six mootba*
months' donation batta for its services during the utta.
Mutiny.

On the 25th February Assistant- Surgeon J« R. ABst.-Sargeoii
Johnson was appointed to the medical charge, vice joine, Aseistaot-
Assistant- Surgeon Potter, transferred to another ^Jon^l^vw.
regiment.

On the 27th March the corps was inspected by lospectioiL
Brigadier-General Chamberlain, who expressed him-
self well satisfied with the Regiment.

HISTORY OF

Streogtli of
Regiioent
redaced to 8
Coiupaoies.

First Sabadar
Major.

Lt. Rice joioa.

Lt. Beckett
leaves.

Lt. Unwin
leaves.

Bnnd
aaoctioDed.

Lt. Roes joio8«

On the 1st June a Brigade Order, No. 193^, dated
the 23rd May, was received, directing that, in con'
formity with G. G. 0. No. 400, dated the 3rd May
1861, the Regiment should be at once reduced to
eight companies of strength as follows : —

1 Sabadar, 1 Jemadar, 5 flavildara,

5 Naiks, 2 Baglers, 75 Sipahis,

making a total for the Regiment of 712 of all ranks-

The non-effective staff to consist of one Subadar-

Major (instead of a Native Adjutant, ) one drill

havildar, one drill naik, eight colour havildars, eight

pay havildars, one Bugle -Major, and one Assistant

Bugle-Major.

It was oredred that Nos. 7 and 8 Companies wtsre
to be the ones to be broken up, and the supernumeraries
were allowed to take thdr discharge with gratuity.

Subadar Mir Asghar Ali was appointed the first
Subadar- Major.

On 18th June Lieutenant H. C. P. Rice jcnned as
officiating Second-in-command.

On 1st July Lieutenant S. Beckett was trans-
ferred to another regiment and was struck off«

On the 16th September Lieutenant Unwinds ser-
vices were made over to the Commander-in-Chief,
and his name was removed from the rolls of the
Regiment.

During the summer sanction was obtained, and
arrangements made for the establishment of a band ;
the 4th Native Infantry was just about to be db«
banded, and the Regiment was enabled to obtain the
instruments and 18 men of that Re^ment; three
were transfers, and the remainder re-entertainments.
On the 25th October the men arrived^ and were duly
enrolled.

On the 19th December Lieutenant A. G. Ross,
appointed 22nd November 1861, officiating Adjutant

l8T SIKn INFANTRY. 71

viee Lieutenant S. Browne, transferred to another Lt. Browno

m leavot.

corps, jomecL

Daring the antumn a second company received the
two-grooved Brunswick rifle ; No. 2 Company was
the one selected.

The Jani Khel Waziris, a section of the Ahmadzai
WaziriSy inhabiting the southern portion ot the
Bannu frontier, had been giving a little trouble this
year, so it was determined to baild a strong post at
the village of Jani EheL One hundred men of the
B^ment were sent out under Lieutenant Rice as a
covering party, and remained out for a month.

On the reduction of the Regiment, the cattle estab- Traosport
lishment was reduced from 70 to 55 camels. KBtabiishmeot.

Bedactioo la
otmela.

18B2.

Thk class constitution of the Regiment was fixed Coostituiion of
by Brigade Circular Memorandum No, 50, dated 24th ^^'"*"*' ^*'^-
January 1862« It was as follows :— *

4 Sikh Companiea. | 1 TraDS-Indus Mabomedaos*

1| Punjabi Mahomedaos. I 1 Hindustani.

I Dogras.

The companies mixed. The Malwah Sikhs not to
exceed half the complement of that class, and in
the same way the Transborder Pathans not to be
more than half of their complement.

At the same time the position of the corps, as Seniority of
regards its seniority, was fixed as immediately below ^®K»ni®nt.
the Guide Corps, which was placed just below the
3rd Gurkhas and the 16th Native Infantry.

In the beginning of February Sir Hugh Rose, the Inepeciion.
Commander-in-Chief, inspected the corps, and, in a
speech after the parade, expressed his high opinion
of the Regiment.

HI&TORY OF

llMipOCtlOB.

Ttt^t. Quia

On the 6th March, the appointments of the British
oflScers under the new organisation were made : —
Major J. P. W. Campbell to be Ciommandant
Captain F. H. Jenkins to be Second -in-commandi

but to continue to act as Second-in-command

and Wing Officer, Corps of Guides*
Lieutenant H. C. P. Rice to be Wing Officer,

and to continue to officiate as Second-in-com-

mand.
Lieutenant A. G. Ross to be Adjutant.
Lieutenant L. C deL. Daniell to be Doing-duty

Officer.

On the 10th March, the corps was inspected by
nrigadier-General A. T. Wilde, a b., who remarked
very favorably on the discipline and appearance of
the men.

On the 18th April Gaptain Qoin returned to
offidate as Commandant of his own Regiment, the
tiih Punjab Infantry, and Lieatenant Sice was ap-
)k>inteil to officiate as Commandant.

IV G. 0. G« Q. Na& 279 and 380 of 1864, good
ix^duct pay was fir^t gnmted to the sepoys. Six
\t^mr»* gixxl service entitled a sepoy to cme mpee
of goont-CHMhtuet pay, and ten years* good senrioe to
t>iv\> ni)ikee« per mensem.

The native officers were by tlus ordkr ako divided
into tUs;$<«. The advaneemcnl Cnun ooe daas to
another tv> be entirely by merit. Tlie pay, indoding
batia^ of the severtl eUasset^ to be as fioUows : —

Ba.
T%« S^ibftJaia <rf tJba 1st <elM^ «a^ «. IM

1>ihi» ditto d»l « «, ..SO

FVmr Jaaan&jn <cf tbt 1st ^^ . — 3S

1st SIKH INFANTBT. 78

On the 3l8t March, Major J. P. W. Campbell CapUioQuio
having been appointed to officiate as Commandant
of the 5th Gurkhas made over the command of the
Ist Sikhs to Captain J. Quin, who was appointed to
officiate as Commandant during Major Campbell's
absence.

On the 29 ch April, Lieutenant Ross became sub-
stantive Adjutant of the corps.

During the summer mules were bought to substi- Pakhili Cbaoda.
tute the ponies formerly used by pakhalis, and a
chanda was established for keeping up the animals.
Government gave each pakhali a mule to start with.
The price to be given for these mules was fixed at
Rs. 80.

The complement and emoluments of the British Compiemeot

officers to be attached to these regiments was alter- of British

ed by G. 0. G. G. No. 161A, dated the 29th October ''®'^'*-

1863, with effect from the Ist September 1863, and

were for the future, to stand as follow : —

Staff Pay.
One Commandant ... Rs. 600

One Second-in-command and Wing

Officer ^ — „ 270

One Wing Officer ••« ••• „ 230

One Adjutant ••• ... ... „ 200

One Quartermnster ... ... „ 150

One Doing-duty Officer... ... „ 100

The Wing Officers each to draw Rs. 80 per mensem
for repairs of arms and accoutrements, and the Adju-
tant Rs. 50 for office allowance. The Quartermaster's
extra allowances were not changed.

1864.

On the 3rd February the Regiment marched towards
the Sakki Sarwar Pass, about 30 miles south-west of
Derah Ghazi Ehan, for exercise on the hill side, and
returned to cantonments on the 20th of that month.

HISTORT OF

Miroli to Maltan.

lotpeotioD.

Afltt. Surgeon
Holme* joins,
Afltt Surgeon
Johnson leaves.

P»y of
1? COS.
raised.

Lt. Browolow
joioB.

Inspection.

During the spring sonie of the regiments under
the Commander-in-Chief were moved away from the
Punjab for the purpose of being employed in an
expedition which was being organised against
Bhutan, and to supply their places it was ordered
that two of the regiments of the Frontier Force
should be temporarily moved across the ^ Indus.
The regiments selected were the 4th Sikhs, to pro-
ceed from Kohat to Peshawar, and the 1st Sikhs
from Derah Ghazi Khan to Multan.

In consequence of this, the Regiment marched on
the 4th March, and reached Multan on the Sth.

On the 25th March the Regiment was inspected
by General Sir William Mansfield, k.cb., Commander-
in-Chief, and on the 21st April by General Haly, c.b..
Commanding the division*

On the 3rd May Assistant- Surgeon A. P. Holmes
assumed medical charge vice Assistant-Surgeon
Johnson, transferred to the 5th Gurkhas,

On the 3l8t May by G. G, 0. No. 550, the " pay
proper '' of non-commissioned officers was raised as
follows : havildars from Rs. 9 to Rs. II, naiks from
Rs. 7 to Rs. 9.

On 30th June Major Campbell was granted five
months' general leave, and Lieutenant Bice was ap-
pointed to officiate as Commandant.

On the 11th August Lieutenant C. C. Brownlow
joined as Adjutant.

On the 15th August the Regiment was inspected
by Brigadier-General Mulcaster.

In the ordinary triennial relief of the regiments
of the Punjab Frontier Force, which was published
in August, it was directed that the 4th Sikhs should
go to Derah Ghazi Khan, and the 1st Sikhs to Eohat,
and, as both these regiments were hking employed off

1st SIKH INFANTRY. jj

the frontier, it was ordered that they should relieve ^^^ ^^
each other by wings. In conformity with this order, Pe^»«»»r.
the head-quarters and right wing of the Regiment
marched from Multan on the 12th October, and pur-
suing the route of Jhang, Shahpur, Jhelam, reached
Peshawar on 25th November.

A Second Doing-duty Officer was added at this
time to the authorised establishment of British Offi-
cers. (G. G. 0. No. 84, dated 8th September 1865.)

On the 30th November Major Campbell resumed
command of the Regiment.

The price to be paid for camels was this year Tran§port
raised firom Rs. 80 to Rs. 100, and for mules from pHe^J'S c*meit

RS. 100 to Rs. 130. and mulea

raised.

1866.

During the latter end of the past year the Utman utman Khei
Khels, inhabiting the Landkhwar Valley, about 50 to Expeditiou.
60 miles north-east of Peshawar, had been giving
trouble, and it was determined to send out a force
against them. On the 14th January the head-quar-
ters and right wing were attached to a force under
Brigadier-General Dunsford, and marched out vid
Naoshara and Hoti Murdan to the Landkhwar
Valley. No resistance was oflfered, and the oflfending
villages were removed.

The Regiment returned to Peshawar on the 29 th

January.

On the 15th January the left wing marched
firom Multan by the same route as that pursued by
the head-quarters, and reached Peshawar on the
2nd March.

On the 18th April Lieutenant Ross was appoint-
ed to ofBciate as Second-in-command, vice Captain
Rice, proceeding on furlough.

78 mSIOBT OF

The Bhataa Expediticm having been concluded,
and the troops onployed having returned to their
various stalaans, the necessity for keeping the Punjab
Fronti» Fcnxx regimoits off the frontier no longer
existed, and the 1st Sikhs was ordered to proceed to
its own station of Kohat.
Mftrcii to KoUt The march commenced on the 16th May and pur-
suing the Attc^-Chtu-Khushalgarh route, the corps
reached Eohat on the 28th May.
Cupts. Bosweli On 1st June Captain J. J. Boswell joined as
joiD. oflSciating Wing Officer, and on the 27th Captain L.
Smith jomed as Second Doing-duty Officer.

Prior to the 1st August oE this year men proceed-
ing on furlough lost their cantonment batta, but
on this date this order was done away with.

By G. G. 0. 195, dated 17th September 1866, the
designation "Doing-duty Officer** was changed to
that of " Wing Subaltern," the ordinals, Ist and
2nd, being still retained.

On 18th December Captain Rice rejoined from
furlough,
Cioiliinic. During this autumn ehoghas were substituted for

y^iSSm?!!'"'' the blanket greatcoat hitherto in use.

1867.

(Jnpuin Donwoll On the 21st February Captain Boswell was trans-
UnvM. ferred to the 2nd Punjab Infantry.

IniipiN'tlon. On the 2nd March, the Regiment was inspected by

Brigadier-General A. T. Wilde, c.b.

(jHpifiln Hiiihh On 10th March, Captain L. Smith left the Regi-
|i»«v>*«. ^^^^ ^^^ j.j^^ Punjab Frontier Force.

ciioiiiinir. During the spring of this year sanction waa ob-

Kiii.k-tiMMkfri tained to chanire the summer trowsers into knicker-
^•*«r. bookers, and these were invariably worn in summer,

with drill coats, and in winter with the cloth tunics.

IST SIKH INFAKTBT. 79

There was a good deal of cholera about the Pun - Choiora.
jab duriDg May and June, and on the 2l8t July it
broke out at Eohat.

The Begiment did not suffer much, but it was
considered expedient to move it away from canton-
ments, and on the 12th August it marched to Dhoda«
Here the strictest possible quarantine was established,
and though the disease raged within half a mile o£
camp, the Regiment did not get a single case. On
the 10th September the corps went to Siab and on
the 20th September returned to cantonments.

The number of cases attacked was one naik, seven
sepoys, and seven camp-followers, and, of these, two
sepoys and six camp-followers died.

On 25th October Captain C. Conway-Gordon Cupt. Conway-
joined as 1st Wing Subaltern. ^^ **" ^'^'""'

Consequent on the demand for men for the cam- EstabiisiimoDt,
paign in Abyssinia the strength of regiments was "^VcompaDy.^
increased, and Brigade Standing Order No. 44, dated
2l8t October 1867, directed an increase of ten men
per company or a total increase from 600 to 680
privates.

On the 16th December the Regiment was moved
out to take part in a Camp-of- Exercise at Gumbat,
15 miles east of Eohat ;here it was exercised in hill-
side work over the hill of Gorgalot as well as in the
ordinary inspection parades, and returned to canton-
ments on 24th December.

During the autumn of this year. Lieutenant Ross
was employed in organising a mule train for Abys-
sinia ; he was helped by Jemadar Jamaldin. For
this service the jemadar received a khillat of Rs. 50.
( Punjab Grovemment, Military Department No. 2710,
dated 14th November 1867, to Brigadier- Greneral
Commanding Punjab Frontier Force.)

HISTORY OF

Baiotis

threaten

Mabaniiuadsai.

Inspeotioo.

Eatablishinent.
Oompaniea
reduced to 76 A
then raised
to 80.

March to Denh
lamail Khan.

1868.

DuBiNQ the spring o£ tbis year the Bazotis, the
Daolatzai section of the Orakzais and inhabiting the
hills to the north-west of Kohat, b^an giving
trouble and threatened the garrison of the post of
Mahammadzai, a small outwork about three miles to
the north-west of Kohat.

It was arranged that the three Infantry regiments
should garrison this post in turn a week at a time,
and that, in the event of attack, the immediate sup-
port should consist of the regiment furnishing the
garrison, and the reserve of the regiment next for
duty.

On the 11th of March, the 3rd Punjab In&ntry
were furnishing the garrison, and had a sharp skirmish
with the enemy. The 6th Punjab In&ntry also
moved out, and the two regiments attacked an im-
pregnable position and failed to take it. On this
the 1st Sikhs were ordered out, but arrived in time
only to cover the retreat which was quite unmolested.

On the 8th April the Regiment was inspected by
Sir W. Mansfield, k.c.b.

On the 22nd May it was ordered, that, the Abys-
sinian Campaign being concluded, the strength of the
sepoys should again be reduced to 600, but, on the
19th September, Brigade Order No. 211 laid down
that the future strength should be 80 per company or
640 sepoys in the Regiment.

On 25th October Lieutenant Ross rejoined the
corps after service in Abyssinia.

On the 27th November the Regiment marched in
course of relief to Derah Ismail Kkan, and arrived
there on the 9th December, relieving the 1st Punjab
Infantry.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 81

1869.

On the 25th February the Regiment was inspected ln»p«ction.
by Brigadier-General W. T. Hughes, c.b.

On the 17th March Captain C. Conway-Gordon CApt. Con w Ay-
was transferred to another appointment. ' ° ^^^'
On the 7th June Lieutenant A, F. Lambe joined Lt. LAmbe ami
as Ist Wing Subaltern, and on the 16th of the same joio.
month, Ensi^ F. R. Begbie joined as 2nd Wing
Subaltern.

On the 1st December Lieutenant C. B. Norman LtNormao
joined as Quartermaster. ^°*"*'

On the 10th December Lieutenant-Colonel Camp- MiijorGioee
bell was appointed to the officiating command of the ^^'"*'
5th Gurkhas, and Major H. P. Close to the officiating
commandi 1st Sikhs.

By G. G. 0. No. 812 of 1869 (G. O. C. C. dated india Medal of
16th August 1869, page 350, and G. 0. C. C, dated N^^rthtweat
19th November 1869, page 513) the India Medal FronUer ciaap.
of 1854 with clasps "North- West Frontier'' and
"Ambela" was granted to the Army for frontier
expeditions since 1849. The Regiment obtained this
medal and the North -West Frontier clasp for the
Black Mountain, 1852 ; Shah Musa Ehel (near
Michni), 1854 ; and Buzdar, 1857.

1870.

DuBiNG the winter of 1869-70 the Mahsud Waziris, Troubles on

1 u^i. i.-n • 3' ^ t • 1 MaliBud Waziri

who occupy the nilis immediately opposite the border.
Derah Ishmail Khan frontier, had been committing
a good many raids on our border, using the Girni
Pass as their point of exit. It was, therefore,
determined that, with a view to close this Pass,
a well should be sunk and a post built on a site
about a mile from its mouth, and a party of the 5th
Punjab Infantry and some Cavalry were moved out
H. 1st s. I. 6

1st SIKH INFAKTRT. 83

On the 5th November the Re^meut was armed Regiment arm«d
with the Enfield rifle. rifl*.

On tlie 28th December the corps was ordered Eaoort tn l.-g.
oat to IjEmk to form a portion o£ the escort of Sir ^'^""i*^-
H. Durand, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.

1871.

On Ist January Sir H. Durand was killed by
being crushed under an archway, and the Regiment
mardied hack to cantonments, with his body.

On the 10th January the corps was inspected by IiupectioD.
Brigadier-General Keyes, c.B.

On the 18th January it was ordered that the com- Comp4ni#«
panics should be designated by letters instead of hntn.
numbers. The companies were lettered thus from
AtoH,

The Girni well having proved a failure, it was Building
determined to build an outpost in the mouth of ^ **** * *'^"*'
the Pass ittfelF, and a force composed similarly to
that employed in the spring of 1870 was again
ordered out, and left Derah Ishmail Khan on the
24th October,

The force encamped on the site selected for the
new post, and there completely entrenched itself.
There were constant alarms, but the Waziris never
actually attacked the camp.

The future post was dependent for its water- Tank dug by
supply upon the small stream flowing down the ®*'"**°'*
Girni Pass, and to conserve this it became necessary
to dig a large tank. The 1st Sikhs volimteered
to undertake this work, and commencing on the 5th
November completed it on the 8th December. The
work consisted of excavating, to a depth of 18 feet,
170,000 cubic feet of stones and rubble. It occupied
250 workmen for 121 hours.

HISTOBT OF

The camp and work was inspected by Brigadier*
Genenl Keyes, c.&« qd the 30th December,

Ox the 18th JaLnuary Lieatenant-Colonel Camp-
bell rejoined the Begimait, and assumed command ;
and Major Close returned to his own corps.

On the 22nd Januarv the Gimi Post havine been
completed, the force marched to the outer mouth of
the Zam« about six miles to the north-west of Tank,
at which place it was determined to build an out-
post as a support to the advanced line now taken
up.

The corps was inspected by Brigadier-General
C. P. Keyes, c.b., on 26th January. In his memo-
randum on the inspection he otade the following
remarks : —

^^ This R^ment also the Brigadier-General saw
in field camp at Gimi, where he was much satisfied
with their alacrity, and with the completeness of
the defences of their portion of the camp ; and he
was also much gratified with your (Colonel Ken-
nedy, Commanding the Force) report of their hard
work, cheerfully performed, in assisting the Execu-
tive Engineer.

" The Be^ment is in excellent order, well drilled

and well set up.'*

To the south-west of the station of Edwarde^a*
dad, andabout 10 miles within the border, lies the
valley of DawAr. The inhabitants of this valley
had been offending in various ways during the
summer and autumn of 1871, till at length Govern-
ment sanctioned the movement of troops to punish
them. The Ist Sikhs, who had been under orders
o i»ix»ed to Edwardesabad in the spring in ordinary

1st SIKH IHFANTBY. 85

cour.se of relief, suddenly received orders on the
27 th January to march at once for Edwardesa-
bad, and started the same day, and reached its des-
tination on the 2nd February. On the 6th 500
rifles of the r^ment marched with a force assem-
bled to coerce the Dawaris, and encamped at Tochi,
about f^ix miles south of Edwardesabad.

At 4 A.M. the n^xt morning the force marched up 71I1 February
the Tochi Pass, the 1st Sikhs leading the column J^^^;^ ^„^^
and furnishing one company as an advance guard '°^?T?T
in company with a troop of cavalry. At about
four miles up the pass, the cavalry were recalled,
the advance guard company skirmished up the
pass, and the leading company of the Regiment was
detached to cover the right flank. At about eight
miles up the pass the Shinki Eotal was reached,
and the leading half battalion advanced as a cover-
ing party, while the remainder helped to make a
road over the Eotal for the guns. About 1 p.m.
the regiment advanced towards the village of Haidar H«i(Ur
Khel, which was about two miles from the point ^^®''
where the Tochi Pass opens into the JDawar Valley.
So little was any resistance expected that the regi-
ment advanced to within about 300 yards of the
village in column of companies, with a single com-
pany in front skirmishing.

When within about 300 yards, the column was
met by a volley from about 200 of the enemy who
were lying behind the hedges and walls with which
the village was surrounded. The column was im-
mediately deployed at the double, and after about
two or three rounds of independent firing was ordered
to advance and charge. The enemy fled, and the
regiment took cover within about 50 yards of the
village. In about five minutes the order was given

86 BISTORT OF

to storm tbe village. The gates were all shut, bat
the men clambered over the walls and burst open
the gates, and in ten minutes the village, which was
large and exceptionally strong, was cleared o£ the
enemy and was in flames.

About 4 P.M. the force commenced its retreat,
the 1st Sikhs again leading the column, and reached
its camp at Tochi at 10 p.m.

The expedition had been permanently successful,
and the retirement was quite unmolested.

On the 8th the force marched back to Edwaroes-
abad.

These operations called forth the following lauda-
tory orders : —

^^ Extract from Regimental Orders hy Lieutinant^Colonel
J. P. W. Campbell, Ho. 74, dated 8th February 1872.

'^The Commanding Officer has the highest
gratification in thus publicly placing on record
his approbation of the very excellent conduct
displayed by the Regiment under his command
throughout the operations of yesterday. The long
and harassing march from Tochi to the Dawar
Valley and back, a distance of, at least, twenty-
five miles, and over very rough ground, was
performed by all with the utmost alacrity and
without the slightest flagging on the part of almost
a single man of the Regiment, notwithstanding
the fact that the men were on foot and on duty
for nearly eighteen successive hours. In the ac-
tion which took place in the Da war Valley, and
in which it was the good fortune of the Regiment
to take a prominent part, the conduct of every
officer and man, without exception, was all that
could be desired, and has secured for them the
approbation of the Brigadier-General Commanding,

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 87

as expressed by him on parade this morning, and
which mast be as gratifying to all ranks as it has
been to the Commanding Officer himself. The
Commanding Officer cannot too highly congratu-
late the Regiment on the successful result of its
first encounter with an enemy on this frontier
since 1857. He attributes it mainly to the very
excellent spirit which pervades throughout the Regi-
ment which the British officers belonging to it have
done so much to foster, producing thus a feeling of
thorough mutual confidence between themselves and
their men. He feels sure that effort will be made to
keep up this spirit in the Regiment, as he is con-
vinced that nothing tends so much to make a regi-
ment happy in quarters and efficient in the field.
" The enemy yesterday were so easily defeated
as to afford little opportunity for any special acts of
gallantry on our part, but the Commanding Officer
would desire to place on record the fact that in
the escalade of the village, Havildar Hakim Singh,
H Company, was the first man over the walls ;
that Sepoy Earim Buksh, C Company, who was
severely wounded in the village, refused to go to
the rear, but entered the village with the rest of
his company ; and that Jemadar Karamdad was
very forward.

" In conclusion, the Commanding Officer desires
especially to thank the following British officers
for the manner in which they led their men to the
attack of the village :

" Captain H. C. P. Rice, Second-in-command,
" Lieutenant C. C. Brownlow, Adjutant,
" Lieutenant C. B. Norman, Quartermaster,
" Surgeon A. P. Holmes, in medical charge, wa^
aUo well to the front throughout the action, and

SS HISTORY OF

displayed much coolness and presence of mind in
looking after the wounded in the field."

** Extract from Brigade Orders by Brigadier- General €• P.
Keyes, Edwardesabad^ Ifo. liD, dated 8th February
1872.

^^ The force employed in Ddwar in punishing the
inhabitants of that valley for their many acts of hos-
tility in encouraging and harbouring the Maham-
mad Khel Waziris while in open rebellion against
the British Government, and for refusing to comply
with the terms imposed upon them for those acts,
having returned to cantonments after fully accom-
plishing the object in view, the Brigadier-General
Commanding is desirous of placing on record his
high appreciation of the admirable conduct of the
troops and of their valuable services on this occasion.
" 2. They were got under arms at Camp Dregon-
dehy in front of the Tochi Post, at 4 A« m., on the 7th,
and returned to camp at 10 o'clock the same night ;
during this time they covered twenty-five miles, almost
entirely over boulders, and made a road practicable
for guns over the Shiuki Kotal, a work that occu-
pied them three hours, and assaulted aud captured
the principal Haider Khel village held by the enemy,
killing 43 and taking 30 more prisoners, with a loss
to themselves of six men and five horses wounded.
They were thus eighteen hours under arms.

" 3. Since the Punjab Frontier Force was first
raised up to the present, no regiments have ever
been called upon to go through harder work than
that which has been so cheerfully performed by the
troops that entered the Da war Valley ; their cheerful
alacrity in setting out on this service, the excellent
spirit maintained throughout the day was as re-
markable at the close as at the beginning, and

Isrr 8KH DIFASTRT. 89

the perfect order in which they returned to cmmp,
attest their lovmlty and good feeling mnl aflfbid the
best proof of their dif dpline, and that in the essen-
tial qoalificmtions of frontier sddiers they have not
deteriorated*

^' 4« The Brigadier-General requests that Com*
mandants will explain to their men the high sense
he entertains of their excellent service, and the
pleasure it will afford him to bring to the special
notice of Government their spirited behaviour on
this occasion.

^5. In the attack on Haidar Ehel village the
brunt of the engagement fell on the 1st Sikh In-
fantry. The Brigadier-General therefore offers his
warm congratulations to Lieutenant Colonel Camp-
bell and his Uegiment on the puceess that attended
their gallant and spirited assault.''
** Letter No. 512, from OficicUing Secretary^ Gotemnunt

of Punjab J to Brigadier-Oeneral Keyee^ C.B.^ dated

2Ut February 1872.

" I AM desired to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter, dated Edwardesabad, 10th February 1872,
and its enclosures, reporting, for the information of
the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, in continuation
o£ your telegram of the 6th, full particulars regard-
ing the entrance of a force under your command
into Lower Ddwar for the purpose of inflicting
such punishment on the inhabitants as might be
deemed advisable, in consequence of the indolence
of some of their chiefs in having returned an offen-
sive verbal message to a written summons sent to
them by the Commissioner on account of their pre-
viously hostile demonstrations.

" 2. In reply, I am desired to convey to you an
expression of His Honor's entire approval of the

90 HISTOKY OF

manner in which the operations described in your
letter under reply have been conducted by you.

"3. It gives the Lieutenant-Governor much
ple&sure to place on record his admiration of the
brilliant manner in which Lieutenant-Colonel Camp-
bell, commanding the 1st Sikh Infantry, led his
Regiment to the successful attack and capture of
the village of Baidar Khel, thus adding to the
already high reputation of both • • • • •
• ♦ • • and, in conclusion, I am to request
that you will convey to the whole force employed,
the Lieutenant-Governor's cordial thanks for the
high military spirit they have shown throughout the
entire operations."

The foil* > wing were the men wounded : —
Sipahi N id ban Singh, E Company, severely.
„ Dial Singh, B „ severely.

„ Karim Buksh, C „ severely.

„ Jewand Singh, B „ severely.

„ Bhagwan Singh, B „ slightly.

„ Matwali, H „ slightly.

1873.
lofipectioo. On the 4th March, the Regiment was inspected by

Brigadier-General G. P. Keyes, c.b. In his remarks
he observed that the Regiment was * in excellent
order."
Lt. NormtD and On the 9th April Lieutenant C. B. Norman was
leaves. *"'* transferred as Adjutant to 3rd Sikh Infantry, Lieute-
nant A. F. Lambe was appointed Quartermaster,
and Captain Daniel I was also transferred to 4th Sikh
Infantry.
Lt Maitby On the 5th December Lieutenant F. G. Maltby

joined as 1st Wing Subaltern.

1874.

On the 9th January the Regiment proceeded

to Panialla, four marches south of Edwardesabod,

joins

1st SIKH infantry. 91

to be inspected by Brigadier- General C. P. Kejes,
c.B J at a Camp o£ Exercise formed at that place*
and composed of the Derah Ishmail Khan and
Edwardesabad garrisons. It was here exercised
across country and on the hill side, and returned to
its cantonments on the 6th February.

On the 21st February Colonel Campbell pro-
ceeded on furlough, and the following officiating
appointments were made : Major H. C. P. Rice,
Commandant ; Captain A. 6. Ross, Second-in-com-
mand; Captain Brownlow, Wing Officer; Lieutenant
Lambe, Adjutant ; and Lieutenant Maltby, Quarter-
master. *

On the 20th November the Regiment was inspect- lospection.
ed by Sir flenry Davies, the Lieutenant-Governor
of the Punjab.

On the 27th November, Lieutenant C. J. S. ^|;.., ,, . .
Whittall joined as 2nd Wing Subaltern on proba-
tion«

The Regiment fired the trained soldiers' course for Musketry,
the first time this year.

The figure of merit was 63' 18.
The position in the Army, 42nd.

1876.

Om the 28th January the Regiment marched for ^^^^^ *® ^^^•*-
Kohat in course of relief, and reached that station
on the 2nd February.

DurinfiT the past summer orders have been receiv- 5®:?""*;*! ^'^

^ * Bolder rinet.

ed (Government letter. No. 485, dated 8th July
1874) to change the armament of the regiment
from Enfield to Snider rifles. The new arms were
found awaiting the corps on its arrival at Eohat,
and were at once issued to it.
On the 16th March the Regiment was inspected lotpecUoo.

HISTORY OF

lospectioD.

Lt.

Begbie joioB.

Musketry.

Bagpipes
iotroduced.

by Brigadier- General C. P. Keyes, c.b., who, in his
memorandum thereon, remarked : —

"It is in very good order in every respect. The
men are most soldier-like in their appearance, clean,
well-dressed, and well set up."

On the 2fith August Captain A. G. Ross,* while
on furlough, was transferred to another appoint-
ment, and xhe following appointments were made
in his room :

Captain C. C. Brownlow to be Wing OflBcer,
Captain A. F. Lambe to be Adjutant.

During the autumn and winter the Begiment
furnished two full companies as an escort to the
camp of Sir Henry Davies, Lieutenant-Governor
of the Punjab, during the visit of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales to the Punjab.

On the 11th December the Re^ment marched
out to Lachi, and was there inspected by General
Keyes, c.b., in cross-country work.

In his memorandum on this inspection the
Brigadier-General made the following remarks : —

^^Thb men are particularly smart, clean, well-
dressed, and well set up.

" Their conduct in quarters has been remarkably
good, and the state of * the Regiment generally is
very satisfactory."

On the 16th December Lieutenant F. R. Begbie
joined as Quartermaster.

In the annual musketry course this year the
figure of merit was 90*29 ; the position in the
Army, 19th.

During 1875 bagpipes were instituted in the
Regiment as an alternative with the band. The

® See page 94 for bis re-postiog.

1st SKH mABTET. »3

pipes were obteined from Edmbargh, and the nam-

her at first was fixed at four pipes.

187&

On tbe 6th Fdnrnary Lieutenant C. J. S. WhittaU |^
was strack off the loHs of the corps, and on the Uhil
17th of that month. Lieutenant A. C. Bonny j<Mned ^ ^^'^'^
as 2nd Wing Sahaltem.

On the 1st AjHil Colonel J. P. W. Campbell Major Bic«,
was permitted to retire from the service, and Major
H. C. P. Rice was appointed Commandant, 5th
May 1876. In Brigade Orders of 14th April Colonel |^0.. No. 243,
Campbell received a farewell order after a service 1876.
of 22 years in the Punjab Frontier Force, and 16
in the R^ment as its Commandant.

During the spring, the Ghallai branch of the Dkpou
Adam Khel Afridis, whose habitat is the Eohat IfridiJ!**
Pass, connecting the Peshawar and Kohat Valleys,
began to give trouble ; in consequence of this the Pass
was closed, and the tribe blockaded. On the ISth
April a column was moved out from Peshawar to
cover tbe reaping of Fome crops on that side of the
Pass, and it was ordered that a demonstration should
be made on the Eohat side to aid the operation.

It was not intended that the Kohat troops should Skirmith wUb
be engaged, but as the Afridis were collecting in isth April me,
large numbtrs on the west side of the Kotal, it was K4^i^"enul^ *""
thought necessary to send a company up a spur to ^'^«")«
the east of the Kotal to act as a diversion.

Letter A Company was therefore sent up to a small
crest about 200 yarJs up the spur, here it catne for
a short time under a smart fire, but the Snidera
soon made the enemy retire, and the Company, after
remaininsT about an hour and a half, retired off the
spur. Only one man was wounded in this skirmish ;
Sepoy Gholam Ali, A Company, severely.

HISTORY OF

Gapt. Gaselae
joins.

Clothing.
Bo^litli great-
coats iQatead of
cliogaa.

Musketry.

Nfitive
Ad]iitant*8
staff salary.

Incrense of
pay, Ac, to
men.

On 14th July Captain A. G. Ross was, with
effect from lifay 5th, 1876, reappointed to the regi*
ment as Second-in-oommand ; but being on fur-
lough, Captain Brownlow was ordered to officiate for
him, and on the 6th September, Cnptain A. Graselee
joined as officiating Wing Officer.

In consequence of the hostility of the Pass Afridis,
no furlough was granted to the Regiment this year.

In November, English greatcoats were substitu-
ted for the chogas hitherto in use.

The figure of merit for this ^ear was 102*83.

I'he position in the Army, 10th.

From Ist September the Native Adjutant of the
regiment was granted a staff salary of Its. 17-8 per
mensem. (G. G. 0. No. 951, dated 12th September
1876.)

1877.

On Ist January, in honour of the assumption by
the Queen of the title of " Empress of India, " the
following increase of pay, &c., was made : —

1. A grant of Rs. £0 to every recruit on enlist-
ment

2. An annual allowance of Rs. 4 to all non-
commissioned officers and sepoys over 18 months*
service. These two are for kit.

3. Good-conduct pay of Rs. 1, 2, 3, monthly, after
three, nine and 16 years' service respectively.

4. Increased pay to native officers : four subadars
to get Rs. 100, and four Rs. 80 ; four jemadars to
get Rs. 50, and four Rs. 40.

5. Staff allowance of Subadar- Major from Rs. 25
to Rs. 50.

The designation of British officers was also
changed. The Second-in-command and Wing Officer

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 95

to be styled " Wing Commanders," and the other
junior officers " Wing Officers."

The first imperial parade took place January
1st, 1877.

On the llth January Lieut. F. 6. Maltby was Lt. Maitity
removed to another appointment, and struck off.

On the 22nd January the Begiment ^as inspected
by Sir Frederick Haines, the Commander-in-Chief.

The following letter was published to the Punjab

Frontier Force under Brigade Order No. 30, dated

22nd February 1877 :—

*' Adjutant'OeneraVs Office^ dcUed Derah Qhazi Khan^ \b{h

February 1877, to Oeneral Officer Commanding Ptrn-

jab Frontier force*

" I AM directed by the Commander-in-Chief • in
India to convey to you and to the officers and
soldiers o£ the force unde^ your command an ex-
pression of His Excellency's high approbation of the
^ . „, , , ^ soldier-like bearing and efficiency

Kolmt, E'lwiirdeBAbad, ^ ° ^ -^

Derak isbmaii Kiian, of the troops in the various sta-

Derah Gbasi Kliao. ^ . . ^ , . «^ • i

tions garrisoned by the Punjab
Frontier Force under your command visited by His
Excellency. It will afford Sir Frederick Haines
great gratification to bring the same to the notice of
the Government of India."

On the 8th March Lieutenant J. A. H. Pollock, Lieut. Poi-
1-1 7th Foot, joined the Regiment as a probationer for ^^^^ ^®'""
Bengal Stall Corps.

On the 24th March the dispute with the Afridis close of
was formally ended, their representatives being pS^Afridil.
received in Eohat in Durbar by Sir Henry Davies,
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. Furlough, in
consequence, was opened to the troops.

In his memorandum on his inspection of 1876-77,
Brigadier-General C, P. Keyes, c.b, after calling

turban oes.

96 HISTORY OF

attention to two* points, remarked : " The Regi-
ment is in excellent order, and although inspected
early in the drill season, the men were very steady
on parade, and pirticularly well set up.

" The general state of the Regiment is most satis-
factory, and indicates that much care and attention
has heen paid to the training of the men and to its
general supervision, and is very creditable to Major
Rice and the officers under his command."

At the inspection of 22nd January His Excellency
the Commander-in Chief remarked favourably on
the fine appearance of the men, and on the s^^stem
of driU as shown in brigade movements.
Jawakhidis- During August 1877 the Jawakhi Afridis (part

of the Adam Khels) living in the hills that lie to the
northward of the road between Eohat and Khu-
shalgurh, especially from Bandah Babari to the
Shekh Ali Pass, began disturbances. They cut
the telegraph wire and carried off 49 commissariat
mules, and on the night between 17th and 18th
August, killed at the Gandiali Nallah four sepoys
of the 3rd Sikh Infantry going on leave. At the
request of the Deputy Commissioner, on 18th
August, 130 sabres of the 2nd Punjab Cavalry
marchedf at 2-30 p.m., and 150 rifles of the Regi-
ment with four British officers. J four native officers
and three buglers at 4-15 p.m., to Billeh Tang,
under Major F. Lance, going on, on 19th, to Gumbat
in order to patrol the road and keep it open for
traffic between Bandah Babari and Khushalgurh.
This df'tail of the Regiment, afterwards increased to

* Reoraitt, and a parade for brigade exercise.

t R.0. 626, dated 18tb August 1877, pabliahiog Eobat SUtion Orders,
Ho. 664.

t Oaptain Ross, Captain Brownlow, Oaptain Lambe, Sargeon-
**--- Holmes.

1st SIKH UfFANTBT. 97

seven buglers, and 220 rifles, performed this duty
from 1 8th August to 4th September, when it return-
ed to Eohat on relief by the 3rd Sikh In&ntry.

On 19th August, 55 rifles and two native officers Hindki Gan-
under Captain A. G. Ross were posted from 8-30 Aagostis??.
A.M. to 2 P.M., in Hindki Gandiali to keep back the
Jmwakhis, who, in considerable numbers, held the
Grandiali Pass and the hills flanking it, about 600
to 800 yards from the village, on which they fired
for three hours. At 2 p.m., the detachment with-
drew unmolested with a party brought from Gumbat
by Major F. Lance, Commanding 2nd Punjab
Cavalry (no casualties).

On 21st August the Jawakhis attacked at the Skirroisiien
GandiaU Nullah a convoy of 400 mules escorted by Srio 24th
Captain C. C. Brownlow with 40 rifles, but were ^"?"'^^i^^
easily kept off. They made similar attacks, with- 1877.
out result on 24th August and 2nd September on
ccxivoys, although, on the latter day, they succeeded
in wounding by musket shots four travellers who
were being escorted from Bandah by Samalzai
levies.

On 30th August the 2nd Punjab Cavalry at Raid on
Gumbat, and the detail of the Regiment, strength Augu8t"i877.
as per margin, paraded at 2-30 a.m., under Major
(a) 4 British officers. F. Laucc and marching to the

iSHavildore.^" Gandiali Nullah (four miles)

^7 huS^Ts, 2 arm- P^^^^ ^^^* ^85 rifles of the 6th

•d ^"**» "fl««- Punjab Infantry under Major S. J.

Brown, and at 5 a.m. moved on

the Gandiali villages and entered

m For (ff^lert, t«e B. 0. 29o. ^ i • 1 1 • i • . •

HM»todtndtleptemberl»77. tUC hllls Wl hOUt OppOSltlOn,

being joined at Shin Dand by Khattak levies who

had moved along the hills east of the Gandiali Pass.

From Shin Dand the advance was continued up the

H. 1st 8. I. 7

VmwaEaa V^lkr td abost 8-10 aal near the
Taki laiffi>CT m jsncsaoB look place with a force*
frcoD Kci&iBt iD-io- CakxDd D. Mocattn who had
i2ie hDs bj d»e T<w Tai^ oiooantering
cfi^aaiaaBL. A dessD of the regiment here

u BexM. idBflK. 3^^^ KgimeDtml head-quarters.
SfinriBL Aboot 10 A.1I. the march was

^ ^^^^* caoDi lined up the south side of

ia^ua«i>B. ibc Tallcy among low hills and

raTiBes borderii^ tbe fcoi of a ridge called Tam-
hal uzml 1 tjl^ when oppo>ite a hamlet called
Lashkari Baz>da^ two oompanieB of the Corps of
Guides wei« mel, who had marched from Shekh
Allahdad Ei Saimt, and ascending the hills at;
Ghaus Domh had come along the Narai Kidge.
About 1-30 or 2 p.x. the force began to retire
over the Eacfaanai Passf in the Tambal range
in view to descending into a nullah that leaves
the hills at Torlanj, six miles ncnih-east of Gumbat
During the retirement from 2 to 5 P.M. the R^-
ment helped to hold the ridges above the pass,
and as the force descended iuto the nullah, portions
of two companies, in presence of the enemy, covered
its descent. The Regiment continued to aid in
the retirement down the nullah, clearing the hills at
Torlanj, a little before 7 p.m., and reaching Gumbat
on rear guard at 9-20 p.m., after having been
19 hours under arms. During a long day*s work,
marching and holding positions, the men worked

* Some Sabree, 2Qd Punjab
Cavalry.
No. 1 Moaotaio Battery.

Part of 3rd Sikh lafaotry.
„ 4th Paojab lofantiy,
„ Ist Sikh Infantry.

For orders for Kohat detail, see R. 0. 542 and 543, dated 2ath
Anguat 1877.
fl^aka China.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 1^9

cheerfully and with a will, in heat that was con-
siderable, a few being touched up by the sun.*

Casualties.

Surgeon-Major A. P. Holmes, contused wound of
foot from spent balT.

No. 2939, Sepoy Hakim Singh, E Company, gun-
shot wound of thigh, severe.

No, 3273, Sepoy Buta Singh, D Company, con-
tusion of foot from spent ball.

No. 3275, Sepoy Kala Singh, A Company, con-
tusion of temple from spent ball.

Ammunition expended during the day, 3,163
rounds by 321 rifles.

On the 25th September 1877 all the available
(a) 3 British officer*. men of the Regiment, strength

6 Native officers. . . '.r

20 Hsviidsrs. aS pcr margin, m company with

26} KKd file. No. 1 Mountam Battery and the

te) Oftpuin Ro«. 3rd Sikh Infantry marchedf from

ckpuin Bejb?e!^^' Kohat to the Gendiali ravine,

meeting the Gumbat detachments of the 4th Punjab

Infantry and 2nd Punjab Cavalry, the whole force

under Colonel D. Mocatta acting as a covering party

to about 3,000 workmen employed in erecting a stone

and wood fort 25 feet square with two bastions on

the left bank of the Gandiali Nullah. The Eobat

troops retired in the evening on Billeh Tang and

bivoucked unmolested. On the 26th September the

work was ccmtinued on the fort, and an advanced

* For saiuinary of operations oo 30tb August 1877, witb caHunltiesf
■ee R. 0. No. 552, dated 31st August 1877, and also the official
reports. Letter No. 174, froui Captain Begbie, dated Kolmt, 1st Sep-
tember 1S77, and Letter 175, from Captain Ross, dated Camp Quinbat,
SistAogost 1877, and No. 17(», dated Camp Gumbat, 2ud September
1S77.

t For order see R. 0. No. 609, dated 24th September 1877, pub*
lisbing Kobat 8. 0. No. 769, nud alao see R. 0. 610 to 613, dated 25ib
ftud 26tli Septemlier 1877.

100 HISTORY OF

tower was built across and higher up the nullah.
The Jawakhis maintained a desultory fire from
about 9 A.M. till 4 p.m., when the troops again fell
back to Gumbat and Billeh Tang, unmolested. The
fort and tower being suflficiently advanced, the
troops marched bpck tx> Kohat from Billeh Tang,
nine mile^, on the 27th September 1877. No casual^
ties in the regiment.
Jawakiii 0^ 9^^ November 1877 the head-quarters of

W77*78"^"' the Regiment, strength as per margin, marched*

at 5 o*clock A.M. from Kohat

(a) 6 BritiMli offioem . ^ t^'i • vi_ i i_v •

(inciudiDg Uie luetiicai agamst jTaiah m the Jawatuii

'Wative offioem. country with a force under

19 Naikl**'"' Brigadier-General C. P. Keyes,

9 BuRiorg. C.B.; 150 rifles of the corps

'■ under a British officer were sent

(a> MMJur ktoe.

oTl^liS^rawniow. ahcail uudcr orders of Major
i.ieii«naut'Bai.ny. Griffiths, 3rd Sikh Infantry, to

Lientenaiit Polliiok. ' ^

8ur»eon.ii.jor Holme, geizc thc Tor Tang Pass. This
detachment returned from the pa$^s to aid in gar-
risoning Kohat. The Tor Tang deBle was passed
without opposition, and soon after 11 a.m. the
Kohat troops joined at Turki (IS miles from
Kohat) the troops from Gumbat. The advance
was continued eastwards across the " Sam Plain "
and between Tindeh and Shindeh, (the Regiment
being in support) until on the hills between
Painii, Paiah and Shindeh near the Murdara Pass, the

NoV^ ^1877 enemy was found. Their portion was carried by
G. G. 0. 738, the Guides and 4th Puniab Infantry, and as soon

dated 9tli . -^ ^

Aug. 1878. as the enemy was driven ofl^, the troops entered

Paiah. The Regiment was posted in the advanced
hamlet of Munnadin on the Gharibah side of
Paiah.

® H. 0. 75, dated 7tb November 1877.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. ^^1

Dorimr the attack oa the hill two half companies For detail of
of the Regiment were detached under Captain Koss tbare iq ad*
to watch the Tindeh hamlets and cover the march ^t,uu, $€e
of the baggage. They rejoined head-quarters in J;^J^ ulh^^'
Paiah after dark, having had one casualty, Sepoy N«^' 1^7.
Mangal Singh (1),* A Company, severely wounded.

The bead-quarters of the corps remained at WithdrAwai
Paiah till 15th November when, evacuating Paiah camp Older
the whole force marched to Shindeh and Turki. 0^755 if ^'
The retirement was very slightly fallowed up. The ^®^^-
Regiment retired through the Glio Tangi Pass,
near Lushkari Bandah. While at Paiah, 200 rifles
were employed in a reconnoissance to destroy towers
at Ehushto Kandih, The castialties at Paiah were
three, m>., fSepoys Futteh Singh, F Company, and
Nikha, F Company, shot dead by accident, and
Ram Singh (1), E Company, mortally wounded
while fortifying the village occupied by the Regi-
ment.

On 18 th November the head-quarters marched J Nov. 1877.

6 Britiei. ofBci^n. in- ^^^^ ^urki to Kohat vid Ghulara
eluding medical officer. Bandah, and returned to Turki

8 NAtive otficers.

19 HAvii.ian. ou 22nd November, strenifth as

19 Naikhe. . ' °

9 Bagiere. per margin.

283 8e»K>y8. q^ j^^ December 1877,§ the

Turki troops marched to aid in the attack of Bagh

and Jammu. The regiment led the left attack over Ammunition

several ranges of hills enterinff Jammu over the ««P®D<i««' *'

r » rr , Jumiiiu 808

Ismail Khel Pitao. Casualty || one, Naik Prem rounds. .

^aiop Order No. 6 in B. 0. 755, dated Utb November 1877.

fCamp Orders Noe. 7, 8, 13, and 15 publiabed in B 0. 755, dated
Utii November 1877.

tR. 0. 756 and 757, dated 2l8t November 1877.

§Jamma 1st to 4th December 1877. B. 0. No. 810 to 818, 1877.
Also Major Bice*s report of tbe attack. No. 264, dated Jammu, 2od
December 1877.

ICaaualty. B. 0. 815, dated let December 1877.

104 HISTORY OF

Mocatta, commanding the Tnrki troops, fell back
through the Naro Kulla to^ Jamihu. The eneiny
followed up sharply, causing us a few casualties* —
among them Major Rice (dangerously wounded)
and Sepoy Jaimul Singh, D Company (severely),
who were hit while covering the retirement. On
17th January the Turki troops advanced through,
the pass to the Naro China, and after a little fight-
ing, the 29th Punjab Infantry brdk a position on
the northern range beyond the Naro China. The
regiment was in reserve this day. About noon
General Eeyes arrived Kith the Shindeh troops
and the Turki troops fell back to Jammu and next
day to Turki. The regiment remained at Jammu
till 22nd January, and was employed largely on
picket duty on the higher crest and ranges, until
the two Brigades of the Peshawar troops and the
Shindeh troops marche 1 down the Naro Eulla. On
the 20th January, the Begiment moved to Sultan-
khel on the right rear of Sappari. On the 22nd it re-
turned to Turki, after helping to cover the final retire-
ment from Jammu. The enemy did not follow up.

On the 23rd the Jawakhi Jirgah came into
Shindeh.

On the 5th February the head-quarters detach-
'ment returned to Kohat, leaving 57 rifles under a
British oflScer at Turki. On the 4th March the
Jawakhis submitted in Durbar at Peshawar to the
Lieutenant-Grovemor, and on the 7th March their ter-
ritory was finally evacuated by the British troops.

Casualty-roll t from 9 th November 1877, to 22nd
January 1878 :—

• B. 0. No. SO, dftted 22nd Janoary 1878.

t Bee B. 0^ No. 755, (Uted i4th Noveini>er 1877 ; B. 0., No. 815.
daM Irt Dooamber 1877 ; B. 0., Noe. ^ mod 31, dated 22Dd
Jaaoary 1S78.

1st sirh infantry. 105

Major U. C. P; Rice, Commandant, dangerously.
Ganshot wound through led lung.

No. 2564, Naik Prem Singh, B Company, severely. •

Gunshot wound of leg.

. No. 3218, Sepoy Mangal Singh (1), A Company,
severely. Gunshot wound of leg.
. No. 2663, Sepoy Fatteh Singh, F Company, killed.

No. 2902, Sepoy Nikka, F Company, killed.

No. 2770, Sepoy Ram Singh (1), E Company, mor-
tally. Gunshot wound through body ; died of his
woond.

No. 3095, Sepoy Gurmakh Singh, F Company,
mortally. Gunshot wound through chest (died of
his wound).

No. 3310 Sepoy Jaimal Singh, D Company,
severely. Gunshot wound of leg.

Sote. During the occupation of Jawakhi terri-
tory, the troops at Turki were as follows : —

No. 1, Moantain Battery.

Head-qnarter Detachment, Ist Sikh Infantry,

Ditto ditto 8rd Sikh Infantry,

Ditto ditto 29th Punjab Infantry ;

and at Shindeh : —
Detachment, Second Punjab Cavalry — and, after

relief in January—
5th Punjab Cavalry.

No. 2 Mountain Battery.

No. 3 Moantain Battery, till January 1878.

Head-qnarter Detachment, (Jorps of Gnides (Q. 0.)

Ditto dHto IV Punjab Infnntry,

Ditto ditto V Punjab Infantry,

Ditto ditto VI Punjab Infantry,

Ditto ditto V Gnrkha Regiment.

By G. G. 0-, No. 96 of 1878, the superior and
ordinary rates of pension of native commissioned
oflBcers were increased, and the period after which
all ranks can claim the ordinary, and be recommended

HISTORY OF

for the daperiofi rate of pension was reduced from
40 to 32 years.

On the 6th May the Regiment was inspected hy
Major-General F. Roberts, O.B., v.c, Command-
ing Punjab Frontier Force. In his inf^pection
report, dated 13th May, the Major-General, after
commenting on the points that struck him favour-
ably, and after noticing one or two matters that re-
quire attention, expressed himself as much pleased
with this his first inspection of the Ist Sikh Infantry.
On 1*5 th July the Regiment received the valise
equipment —its two pouches and expense bag carry-
ing 70 rounds ; greatcoats carried strapped in roll
on back.

By G. G. 0. 189, dated Ist March 1878, a step
was given through the Regiment's upper ranks
owing to Major Rice having to go home on account
of his wound. Major A. G. Ross being gazetted
officiating Commandant, Capta»n Brownlow, offi-
ciating Second-in-command, and Captain Lambe,
officiating Wing Commander.

Furlough was opened as usu:i1, but the men had

not long started when they were recalled owing to

the complications expected with Russia. On 26th

June 1878, however, owing to urgent representa-

OOB as to how the men had suffered in furlou^^h

V the Pass Afridi disturbances of 1876, and the

outbreak and blockade of 1877, furlough

ar cent was granted. Full furlough was

OU opened from 1st August 1878.

'4th August Lieutenant H. Mansfield, 83rd

imd tihe regiment on probation for the

baif Corps. (G. 6. 0., dated 5th July 1878.)

IT August (on 1 1th) Captain J. M. Sym, 5th

fiegiment, was appointed officiating Second-

IsT SIKn INFANTRT. ]Q7

in-oommand (G. 6. 0. 682, dated 26th July 1878 ;
joined nth August 1878).

Eohat was very unhealthy this autumn, and the
men suffered greatly from fever in marked contrast
to th^ freedom from it in 1877.

On 3rd October about 7-30 a«m., orders were ifarohto
received from Major- Greneral Roberts from Pesha- f,^j*^j]^,^rod
war by telegraph that the Regiment was to march ]J^-^' ^|JJj
at once fully equipped for field service, and be in October 1878.
Peshawar next day. The idea was to attick Ali
Mosjid in the Khaibar, whence the forerunners of
Sir N. Chamberlain's mission had been turned back
in September 1878.

The regimental camels were at the grazing
^ond at Kot, but during the day, the Deputy
Conimissioner supplied camels, and the march began
at 7 P.M.; Peshawar, 38 or 39 miles off was reach-
ed at 1-15 P.M. on the 4th ; time 18^ hours, of
which 4 1 hours were spent in halts leaving 13|
hours for actual marching. No animals were rub-
bed or hurt, and the basrgage came in from one
to four hours after the Regiment. Two men fell
out, but came on with the baggage though one of
these had to be left in Peshawar when the march
was continued to Harri Singh ka Buij. The men's
feet were a little bruised from stumbling in the dark
over the rough stones of the Eohat Pass. The
camp was all pitched between 3 and 4 p.m. on 4th.

MaBCHINO out 8TBSKGTH.

British Officers ••• 4*
Native Officers ••• 4
Havildars ... 13

Naiks ••• ... 11

Baglers .•• ••• 5

Sepoys ... ... 230

andj on 5th October, twof British officers, one havil-
dar, 13 sepoys joined in Peshawar. Owing to heavy

* Major Rom, Captain Begbie, Lieut. BuDoy, SurgeoD-Major Holmes,
t Captain 8>id, Lieut. MaDsfield.

108

BISTORT OF

guards and escorts for No.. 1 Mouixtain. Batter;,
and for the Battery baggage, onlj 39 fil^ left
Eobat in the ranks of the main body.

The Corps of GuiHes had also come into Peshft-
war, and, on 6th October, the Guides, No. I Battery
(Mountain) and the Regiment marched* under
Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Jenkios to Harri Singh,
and on 7th to Jamrud, where camp was pitched oppo*
site Jani Village and south of Jamrud Fort tirhich wta
held by part of the 22nd Fun jab Infantry (which was
formed in 1857 from the Regiment) under GoIod^
Franks. The attack on Ali Musjid was abandoned
and this Jamrud movement was to establish the bor-.
der, whose people with their goods were moving into
Peshawar for fear of the Afghans. The appearance
of troops reassured them, and many, whom we met
going with their bullocks Liden with household
stuff into Peshawar returned in the next few days.
Otmp at Jam- Till 20th November the Regiment lay at Jamrud,

doing little, save a fe«7 reconnoissances up the neigh-
bouring hills. No orders were received as to its
fate in the coming Afghan war, but every effort
was made to equip for Afghan service from the
storen at the dep6t and from Peshawar, from which,:
however, nothing came. Captain J. M. Sym was
struck off on 7th November 1878, and Captain T. F.
Bruce, 6th Punjab Infantry, joined on 14th November
as officiating Second-in-command.

On 1 2th November, it was heard in a side way
that the Regiment was to form part of the Kfaaibar
column, and, thence onwards, work went on double
tides. On 19th November, the 1st, and balance of
the 2nd Brigades came from Peshawar, and also Bri-
gadier-General Tytler, C.B., v.c, Commanding 2nd

• R. , 7657dftted 5tb October 1878, aod 77», datod 701 Oot«Ur

1878.

rud.

l8T SIKGL iNFASTRr. 109

Brigade The Guides and the regiment* were
formed with 1-1 7th Foot and 11-9 Rcyal Artillery
(Mountain British) into the 2nd Brigade. Sir Sam
Browne, k.c.s.i., C.B., v.c, came out on 20th Nov-
ember, and the 1 st Division, Peshawar Valley Field Ut DWisioo,
Force, was cooipleted oq these two days. During Vaiiey Field
October and November batches of furlough men ecT.'a.b.^.' i
and others were sent to head-quarters — for, on 4th ^'•'w^ fw^a-

^ ' war, 9th Nov-

October, all the furlough was recalled for the ««n*'er 1878.

second time in 1878 — and the mass reached Eohat to be at Jam-
between 12th and 20th October. At Jamrud, Kohat MaSd^iiS'*'
fever. hung about the men and the water gave a good J^gYa'"'^'^
deal of dyt^entery. After three busy da;ys the day
of the advance came. A little after 2 p.m. on 20th
November, the Commanding Officers were called Afsimn War,
up by Brigadier-General Tytler and the march of ^®^®"^^-
the 2nd Brigade ordered for 5 p.m. (Formal order AiWance
received in Dakka, 2nd Brigade Order No. 28, dated ^'^"^ •'•"'"*^-
20th November 1878). Tents f and heavy bag- Flank mnrch
ga»ge to be left behind ; one day's provisions to be g^^"^„^""
cooked at once and carried by the men, two days KhaiUar.
on mules; water, ammunition, cooking-pots, great-
coats on moles ; hospital trunks, dhuolies, and dan-
dies akme to accompany ; small guards to be left
for the heavy baggage.

The 1st Bikh Infantry marched, strength ns follows : —

t? British officers
8 Native officers

25 Hnvildars
10 Buglers

394 Rnnk and file

•Compare O. G. O., 1100, dated 9tli November 1878, auci a.
O. G. C^ dated 19th November 1878, page 627.

, t R. 0. No. 895 of 1878. Compare aliio G. G. 0., No. 610, dated 11th
Jaly 1879 ; alaoG. G. , No. 10a, dateil I8lh December 1878, puge 287.

X Major Boas.
Captain Brace. <
„ Begbie.
LieOteoant Pollock.

Surgeon-Major Uolroes.
Lieutenant Barron.
Lieutenant Ternan, 7th N. I.
temporarily attached, (a)

(«| Ueot, B« Maufft«ldOHiu« up wiibS7th Fun JMblnUutryiu front atiaukouAli 211 usjid.

110

HISTORY OF

And for this strength

had—

AmmDDition ...

• • •

5 males.

OflScers

•••

2 ..

Hospital trunks

■••

1 mule.

Cooking pots .*•

..•

8 mnles.

Greatcoats

•••

16 bollocks.

Provisions

26 „

Grain

...

3 „

Paklialis

• •.

7 mules.

The bullocks were given by the Commissariat in
lieu of mules and were a great evil. Ammunitioii
was taken at 100 rounds per man, 70 to be carried
in pouch (60 by the regiment). Tents having
been struck and packed and guards and escorts told
off| the regiment fell in at 4-50 p.m., and the ad«
vanoe guard (Guides and two companies l-17lii
under Lieutenant-C!olonel F. H. Jenkins) moved
off, at 5-15 P.M., past the camps of the Ist and Srd
Brigades and by the Jani Village for the Loshnra
Valley. The camel grazing guard arrived just in
time to join, and parties from Peshawar just too late.
The Regiment gave the rear guard under a native
officer. It got dark under Rhotas at the mouth
of the Lashura Valley. The night march was
tedious and slow and the touch difficult to keep.
Water was crossed manv times and checks and
Halt in defiling were constant. After a stumbling and wet

flank march jj^qjj a halt was made at 10-15 p.m. (five hours to
LaaLun. about six miles) in a rising valley between low

hills full of long grass, and the Regiment btvouack*
ed in rear of the 1-1 7th. The greatcoats came
up after 11 p.m., and the rear guard about mid-
night. In this and subsequent marches the men
carried their postins. To-day 11-9 Royal Artillery
(Mountain Battery) was left behind as it was not
ready. The 2nd Brigade took the place of the 1st

1st 8IKH INFANTRY. Ill

Brigade which, on this change, ascended Rhotas,
marching in early morning. The rest of the divi-
sion moved on 21st up the Shadi Bagiar mouth of
the Khaibar to attack Ali Musjid from the Sherzai
heights.
At 6 A.M. on 2l8t November, the march was R. 0. S96of

1878.

resumed in the same order as on 20th. A small iv.B.^A
saddle was crossed on our left to the village of JfoJe^'J^S*
Lashura, and a long valley followed which leads up *"** <^"'-

' o ./ • ^ IT renoes from

to the uplands below the Shahid Mountains, and is Jomrua to
overlooked on our left by Rhotas. The route f ol- days, m pub-
lowed a stream at first During a halt for water ^ q. n.
about 7 A.M., the 1st Brigade's advance appeared. \\\^,f^J^^
The path, leaving the stream further on, ascended ^Oth to 26ib
the hill side on our right and became steep and
rugged. After a hot ascent, crossed the uplands of
Sappari between Rhotas and the Shahid Mountain
and dipped down to a grassy bottom full of cold
fresh water. Thence, a steep short climb took the
fc»rce to the plateau or downs of Pani Pal lying
between Rhotas on our left, and the steep naked red
peaks of Tartarra. Pani Pal was reached by the
main body at noon. The Guides had moved up the
ridge to Rhotas to reconnoitre the Tor Tang descent
to the Khaibar. Some of the Rasidars or irregular
troops of the Amir were visible, running about on
the top of Bhotos. Throwing out pickets, tlie
brigade halted at Pani Pal, among the grass shan-
ties which had been occupied by the Easidars.
About 3 P.M. orders were issued that the 1-1 7th
would remain at Pani Pal till the rear guard came comp«re '
up, and that the Guides and the Regiment were to PJ'*?^* ^^^^
proceed down a glen to Eatti Eushta in the Browne's
Khaibar under Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Jenkins. 8SS, ^ted
One Company of the Regiment was on rear guard, 1979. *'^^

112

HISTORY OF

G. 0. No. 610,
dated llUi
July 1879.
Poinpare aIso
Q. Q. 0. No.
10a, dated
18th Decem-
ber 1878,
pase 287,
pablialiing
bir Sam
Browoe*B Ist
deepatch.

and one on picket ; six compnnies descended, dandies
only accompanied. A start was made at 3-15 p.m.
down the glen, wliich descended suddenly below the
crags of Tartarra, and, in all its course,^ was narrow,
rugged and steep. After a rapid descent, the
Khaibar heights Were reached by the leading com-
pany c^ the Regiment at 4-20 p.m., and the heights
overlooking the Khaibar were occupied on the
right of the main body of the Guides who also had
parties out on more distant points. Firing had
been beard ever since the arrival at Pani Pal and
had gone on all the afternoon. Heavy firing was
heard as the troops waited above the Khaibar.
About twenty or so minutes after the Regiment
arrived, and a little before 5 p.m. the Aii Musjid
cavalry appeared, and ran the gauntlet. Fire was
opened at long range. Fresh positions* lower down
the hill sides were then taken up, the Regiment
being the right horn of an arc formed by the
Guidts and itself. Presently a second body of horse
appeared, pulled up, scattered and then dashed for-
ward after their leader who, as he- galloped forward,
fired his pistol. The light was failing, but fire was
opened sharply for a minute or two all round the
arc, the horns of which fired at from 400 to* 450
yards. The bullets rained among the scattered
horsemen whose horses swerved and plunged. The
village of Katti Kushta just beyond them also got
heavily peppered. It was not occupied. There
seemed to be about 50 horsemen only. We heard
afterwards that about 25 or so were hit. We esti-
mated 14 at the time ; one man formerly in 13th
Bengal Lancers, whose horse was shot in the first
fire surrendered to Havildar Jabar Khan, and the
talk with him was interrupted by the appearance

IST SIKH INFANTfiT. US

of the second body of horse. The Re^ment fired
770 rounds. As night closed, all withdrew to the
heights and there bivouacked. The night was cold.
The men had the remains of their one day^s food
and water in their canteens. They had postins, but
no greatcoats and no pakhals. The night passed
quietly.

At dawn, on 22nd November, positions were taken
up, both on the height, and low down the slopes,
dose to the pass ready for what might come. Par-
ties were also extended along the steep heights
higher up the pass than the path and glen alongside
which we bivouacked. Shortly after about 250*
of the Afghan infantry appeared. After some
parley their leader advanced and laid down his
sword, and finally they all surrendered, descending
for that purpose from the hills to which some had
fled. The arms, chiefly Enfieldsf were piled in a
heap in the Ehaibar. The prisoners were dressed
in various uniforms, very shabby and looked, miser-
able. Brigadier-General Tytler and the 1-1 7th came
down the glen just after the surrender had been
completed. Ali Musjid having been evacuated
during the night, the Srd Infantry Brigade with
the Horse Artillery and Cavalry came up the Pass
in the forenoon, and the latter pushed on towards
Dakka. Between 1 and 2 p.m. Brigadier-General
Tytler ordered back seven rifles of the Regiment
to Panipal. They marched under Captain Begbie
up the narrow glen, but returned on finding that
bodies of the Afghan Easidars were crossing from
Rhotas to Tartarra. Two companies were then

^ 280 of all raolu. 256 etaod of arms. 25 borsea and mulea.
Para. 6 of Sir Sam Browne'a No. 833, dated 17tb March 1879, tee
Q. G. 0., dated llth July 1879.
t 211 Enfields.

H. 1st S. I. 8

114 HISTOBT OF

detailed* and ascended by the Tor Tang Pass, on
which they met the Ist Brigade descending from
Rhotas. These two companies did not return till
after dark on the 23rd. They came back with the
picket left at Panipal and with the rear guard
who had charge of the greatcoats, pots, anmiuni-
tion, and pakhals. During this one and a half day's
tramp they were without food and almost without
water all the time. At Eatti Eushta two more com-
panies were on picket. These were unmolested save
for a few long shots from the Tartarra heights.
The remaining two companies spent the day in the
Ehaibar ; water was plentiful, but no food came till
after dark (22nd) when some elephants appeared with
flour from Ali Musjid. The men cooked it on the
stones.

On the 23rd November a move was made half a
mile higher up the Ehaibar. To-day the heavy bag-
gage of the Regimentf came up from Jamrud, also
the Commissariat, so that this evening some rations
were served out. The troops on Rhotas also
finished their descent. Two more companies were
on picket to-day. Captain Begbie*s two companies
had a trying outing. On 25th November the Regi-
Dakka, ment reached Dakka, having marched vid Landi

187?.™ ' Ehana with the 2nd Brigade, The Regiment occu-
pied the western barracks of the fort, the Guides
and 14th Sikhs (Ferozpore) being also in the fort.
The rest of the 1 st Division was in camp outside.
The Regiment remained 17 days at Dakka. The
duty was very heavy, many guards, pickets at the
Ehurd Ehaibar Pass, and near the fort, and convoys
towards and from Landi Ehana of 100 men.

* Under orders from the Brigadier-General,
t 1 jemadari 3 bavildars, 36 rank aod file.

1st 8IKH DITA5TBT. Ho

The marcbiDg in strength into Dmkka ws

British Officen ... «• 8

Native OflBeers «• .^9

Havildars •^ — 23

Bogtors ... .^10

Bank and File ... «. 430

The Britifih officers inclade Lieatenant MansGeld,
who joined on 22nd £rom AJi Musjid and Lieatenant
E. 6. Barrow and Lieutenant A. 6. Teman
temporarily attached. Pneumonia attacked the
troops in Dakka soon after arrivaL The soil was
damp and water close to the surfSsure. The exposure
in the Khaibar and the cold damp of Dakka and
the heavy duty (for, more than once the guards
could not be relieved) told on the Regiment, and
on 30th November deaths began, while the hospital
kept filling with serious cases. Pneumonia attacked
the 14th Sikhs badly, and in one night six men died.
The deaths kept increasing and on 13th Decem-
ber 1878, the Regiment marched* with its sick nine
miles to Busawal, where it joined the Ist Brigade
under Brigadier-General H. Macpherson; who had
advanced with the Cavalry and Horse Artillery
previously. Busawal was a time of rest, but the
pneumonia and remittent fever remained very
severe, and the patients suffered from the sharp cold.
A detachment of two British, two native officers,
three buglers and 100 rifles remained at Dakka for

convoy duty.

On the 8th December, some of the Mir Jan Khels q^^^^^
living Bouth of the Khaibar Pass cut up some of a JoUJ^o^m-
grazing guard of the Guides Cavalry. At midnight ber 1878.
on 9th a force marched under Brigadier-General diitedioth

Decembw
— 1878.

• P. v. P. D. 0. No. 146, dated 11th aod 2ad Brigade Order No. 97,
dated 12th Decomber 1878.

116

HISTOBT OF

BoMwa),
13Ui to 18th
December
1878. For
report oo the
men at

BuMWal, 806

letter from
Major Bom,

Tytler.

folloWB

It consisted of companies of 50 men

l-17thf 6 Companiefl*
Guides, 4 Compauies*
let Sikh In£antry, 2 Compaoies.
Hazara Houotain Battery.
60 Gharkahs (IV>
Sappers and 1 Troop Cavalry.
The men carried greatcoats or postins, and onlf
dandies, pakhals, and ammonition accompanied

with hospital trunks.
The Begimeni marched with—
British Officers
Native Officers —

Non-commissioned Officers •
Buglers «• •-

Sepoys ••• ••• •

and had one company on rear guard. The march
lasted the rest of the night to some heights over-
looking the plain country about Pesh Bolak, whence
a circuit was made into the hills, and about mid-day
a hamlet named Chinar reached. It stands among
hills near the road which passes from Pesh Bolak
into the Lower Khaibar, and on a cross road which
passes from Dakka up to the 21akha Khel country.
Chinar was empty. Its towers were blown up, and
then the force marched back to Dakka by the Mir
Jan Khel and Zakha Khel raiding road, the Guides
giving rear guard. Dakka was reached by tiie
Regiment at 6-30 p.m. after an outing of 18( hours,
during which over 30 miles of hill- walking were
covered. Very few men (one or two) fell out.

At Busawal the Regiment got its first breathing
time. Brigadier-Geaeral Macpherson took it off all
extra duties, and issued tea, and runii and meat to the
men. At Dakka besides the convoy duty oC 100 men
every fourth day, the nights in bed bad ranged fimn

IfiT 8IKH nrFASTST. 117

]75 to 2*50, whereas at Buaawal tbcy becaoie 6. g»^«^|^||*»^
On the 14th a draft oC 26 rifles came from Kohak bw 1S7S.

On 17th Deoemba the Regiment* was pot with
tbe Guides in the Frontier (afterwards the 3rd) Bri-
gade under Brigadier-General F. H. Jenkins. The
1st Division concentrated at Bosawal f to-day, and
m 18th marched nid Chardeh and Ali Bagfaan to
^lalabady which was entered cm 20th December, the
whole divim<Hi marching through the town, enter-
ing by the Peshawar and leaving by the Kabul
gate, and then wheeling left and encamping on the
sand monnds near Piper's Hill. The 3rd Brigade
brought np the rear. On the 2l8t camp was
changed to the ground along the road from Ali
Baghan, which v^as occupied by the division intact
until 12th April 1879 ; the Regiment holding with
the 11th Bengal Lancers (which came later) the
left flank of camp.

The march from Busawal was very cold, and at
CSiardeh on 18th the thermometer stood at 22.^
ThiB cold killed off the pneumonia patients. The
first issue of Ejtbul warm clothing, given by the
State, was made on 23rd December 1878 to the
B^iment, and, save some articles for camp-fol-
lowers, was pretty well completed during January
1879. The men had plenty of bedding and good
dothing, but| nevertheless, the sentries suffered
from the cold, which was severe enough at Jallala-

liad to keep the Bridsh sentries doubling on their
posts.

The marching-in strength into Jallalabad was six

• Srd Brigade. Compare G. 0. G. C., dated 23rd Deoeiober 1878.

Compare G. 0. G. G. 187, dated 16th December 1878. R. 0. 1076,
dmted 17tb December 1878.

f Jalalabad, march from Batawal, with lat Diviaion, R. 0. Noe. 1077.
dated 17ih, 1078, dated 18th ; aad 1086, dated, 19th December 1878.

Bpidemio.

118 HICTOBY OF

British officers, 28 havildars, 428 rank aod file, nine
native officers, ten buglers.

General notes (at close of 1878).
Pa«iimoQU I. — As the year 1878 closed, the pneomonia epi-

demicwas stillraging. A scare had arisen at Bosawal
that it was typhus fever, but post-mortems bad hid
the spectre to rest. In the Regiment, which (after
the 14 th Sikhs) suffered most, it lasted from the
end of November 1878 to the middle of Febniary
]879« The 14th had been at Peshawar, and the
R^ment at Eohat, and both had suffered severely
in August and September from the malarious fever
of those places. Commencing from 30th November
1878 to 15th February 1879, the Regiment lost,
chiefly from pneumonia and remittent fever and
chest and lung diseases connected with it —

November 80th to Slst December 1878 ••• 80 men
January 1879 ... ••. ... ... 16 „

Half February 1879 6 ^

Total ••• 5t men

These were soldiers, and there were besides camp-
followers of whom a proportion* died, although
they suffered less than the soldiery, notwithstanding
that they were worse clad. The proportions of the
various classes which compose the corps ware
taken as they stood on 1st December 1878, and it
was found that the incidence of admissions and
deaths was as follows —

ClaaMf. Peroentage of kdmiMiooa

to atrength.

Sikbs 28-60

DaatlM p«r oraL
of atrength.

10-80

Dogras

8700

U'70

Hindostani Hindos

37-10

2000

Pathans

20-30

6-20

Pnnjabi Mnmalmans

19-00

4-70

• Eight in all.

l8T SIKH INFANTRY. 119

Thus the Hindustanis (Hindus) suffered most,
the Dogras next, and then the Sikhs, The Mussal-
mans fared best, and, of these, the Punjabi Mussal-
mans suffered less than the Pathans.

Out of the admissions the following were the

deaths per cent, of admissions : —

Sikbs ... 8970 per cent, of admissions

Dogras — 50-00 m n

Hindostanis (HiodoB) ... 63 BO ,, „

Ttthans ^ 8a70 •, ,,

PuDJabi MosBalmani — 25*00 „ „

In severity of cases, therefore, the epidemic fell

also heaviest on the Hindustanis (Hindus), and next

on the Dogras, and then on the Sikhs. The Mussal-

mans in this view again suffered least, and of them

the Punjabis were best off.

Besides their Kabul clothing and their. cloth
tunics and half mounting suits, the men had rezais
^weight ten or elven pounds), greatcoats and
postins.

N, B. — All the men who died up to 21st Decem-
her 1878, m., 24 soldiers and five camp-followers
were taken ill at Dakka.

11, Beeruiting.— By Government of India, Mili- go. o.
tary Department No. 310K, dated 14th October 1878 S^mieV**"
and 912K, dated 16th November 1878, regiments on IJS&Sn?^'
Kabul service were ordered to recruit up to 800 ^®'^^''^.

For reports

sepoys, an increase for the Regiment of 160 men. of aotioo,
This order was forwarded in B. 0., P. F. F., No. a^ed 2Qd '
401, dated 26th October 1878, which also ordered Stm?"'
the cattle establishments to be increased — ow'J?' ^

r, JT. F., AOd

Total No. 218, dated

[ Moles by ten mules, four 14th Novem-

A temporary J muleteers ••• 50 Mules iiny. Seoy?,

measure only, y Camel by 14 camels, three Pnnjab,

( sarwans •- 69 Camels. ^®^**

120 HISTORY OF

In the Regiment, in October 1878, from Jamrud
and Eohat, ten recruiting parties were sent out for
Ehattaksi Yusufzais, Punjabi Mussalmans, Dogras,
Sikhs, Hindustanis, all in proportion to the r^-
mental establishment. The Raiment was 11 short
of 640 sepoys when the recruiting began, 153
casualties of all kinds occurred by Ist May 1879,
so that recruits had to be obtained to supply
Originally short .^ ... ••• •••11

Augmentation ••• ••. ••• ^^ 160

Casualties ••• ••• 153

Total .- 824
The first recruits were obtained about 31st Octo-
ber 1878, and joined at Eohat on 16th November.
The Regiment was recruited up to 800 sepoys by
1st May 1879. Of these three batches came up
to Jallalabad on 14th February, 23rd March, and
(13-16) May 1879. An early batch of 15 men
had been previously sworn in ; and after them 66
recruits at Jallalabad joined the ranks on 3rd April
1879, 61 on 16th May, 1879 ; 57 were nearly ready
to join by the time the corps marched on 11th
June, but, finally, were kept back till 7th August
1879.

These batches were drilled and had fired 30 or
40 rounds of ball per man. Their drill at Jallala-
bad was often interrupted by their having to take
duty. Their joining was due to the exertions of
Lieutenant Bunny, the Adjutant.

III. Kabul Clothing. — By Government of India,
Military Department No. 789 K, dated 9th Novem-
ber 1878, the following free kit was given to the
soldiery as well as 15 per cent, of postins for guard
duty to the Regiment : —

IST SIKH mAKTRT. 121

One jor^jt one blanket, one water-proof sheet
(Gawnpore)y two pairs sockB, one pair mittens.

To followers by Government of India, Military,
Ko. 542K, dated 28th October 1878—

One blanket, one mirzai or postin, one pair
pyjamas, one pair shoes, one pair pattis, one water*
proof sheet.

Company dhobies and all permanent mustered
establishments got this clothing.

IV. Raiicns. — ^Free rations were given to soldiery
and pablic followers —

One seer atta or rice, two chittacks dh&l, one
chittack ghee, and one-third chittack salt for
soldiery, and the same for followers save as r^ards
balf chittack ghee.

From 1st Janoary to 1st June 1879, the Ehaibar

troops of Ist Division got only* three-fourth seer

^ta in kind, drawing compensation at divisional f

^^quarters price current rates for the remain-

^<lg one-fourth seer atta.

V. Establishments. — By Government of India,
Military Department, No. 1203S, dated 31st Octo-
^>er 1878, the Quartermaster's establishment was
^sed to one tindal and eight lascars.

By Government of India, Military Department,
)fo. 81 7E, dated 11th November 1878, and by G. 0.
C. C, dated 2 1st October 1878, the pay of the Kahar
establishment was raised for Kabul field service
only —

Sirdars to 15. Mstes, 10. Eabars, 8.

VI. Bum. — Rum was ^ven to the men on pay-
ment when the pneumonia epidemic was heavy. It
was stopped in March 1879. Occasionally it was

• P. v. Force D. 0. No. 24S, dated 28tli Dec«^mber 1878.
t D. Oo. Ne. 728, dated Slst March 1879.

122

niBTORT OF

Jalalabad.

Nayar oating
7tli February
1879. R. 0.
117 and 118,
dated 8tb
Febraary
1879 ; also

given on payment in wet cold weather,* and " free"
on special occasions of exposure and £atigue.

1879.

The stay o£ the Regiment at Jallalabad may h^
divided into three periods : —

I. From 20th December 1878 to 12th April 1879,
when it was there with the 1st Divisioiii PeshawiP
Valley Force, under Sir Sam Browne.

II. From 12th April to 25th April 1879 when iC
was there with the whole of the 3rd Brigade undei
Brigadier- General Appleyard, 85th Foot.

III. From 25th April to 11th June 1879, wheni
held Jallalabad along with detachments of cavalry^
artillery, and infantry, left for garrison and convo;
work in Jallalabad. The Regiment was, all through. ^
in 3rd Brigade. .

For the months the duty remained heavjr^
averaging 2*50 nights in bed. Working parties
were numerous both in draining and clearing camp»
and in building redans and lunettes about the
camp of the division.

On 1st January the Regiment took part in an
Empress Parade at Jallalabad.

On 28th February it was present at a parade held
to receive the Commander-in-Chief Sir Frederick
Paul Haines.

On 6th February a party of 50 rifles was sent
under Captain Bruce to strengthen Ali Baghan,
threatened by an attack from Mohmands.

On 7th February a part of the Regiment, as per

I NaiWe offiotre!^ margin, under the Commanding

9 Haviidara. Officer, marched, with Brigadier-

145 Bank^ and file. General Macphcrsou, at 4 a.u.j

• D. 0. No 654, dated 2Qd March 1879 and 623, dated 14th Maroh
1879. Jallalabad.

1st SIKH nrPANTBT. 123

across the Kabul and Eonar rivers into Kama to Major Bo§^

Baport to D.

drive off these same Mohmands from Ma jar, a village a. QoArter-
belonging to Sirdar Akbar Ehan. Greneral Macpher- rai, No. 86,
son had about 1,000 Infantry and some squadrons y*^imry
of the 10th Hussars and 11th Bengal Lancers, and 1^79.
the Hazara Mountain Battery and a few Sappers.
The Regiment was on rear guard, and, owing to diffi-
culties of fording the Eunar river, which was flowing
in about 13 streams, did not reach Mayar till 1-30
P.M., though the distance was but short. Some
camp-followers and mules of the force were lost in
the Eunar. The Mohmands had retreated, and only
a few shots were fired at them by the 20th Punjab
Infantry and the Battery. Mayar had been partially
stormed by them. The return march began at 1-30
P.M., and the force halted near the Eunar, and
bivouacked for the night. The 1st Sikh Infantry,
however, marched back to Camp Jallalabad by 7 p.m.,
again fording the Eunar at sunset.

On 10th February a temporary mess-house fell in Accident to
on the officers, five in number. Captain Bruce and ®™®*"-
Brownlow were severely injured.

On 14th February Lieutenant Bunny joined from
Eohat depdt with one native officer, one bugler,
and 81 rifles, chiefly recruits.

It was considered desirable to make a political LogbiDao
demonstration into Lughman. A force accompanied 22*o^1Sth
Major Cavagnari under Brigadier- General F. H. f^^J^^^Q
Jenkins consisting of the Guides, 1st Sikh Infantry, I76,daud*
Hazara Mountain Battery, Squadron 10th Hussars eryiS79,"'
and two Companies Rifle Brigade (Battalion 4t\ J^SS "^
It started on the 22nd February 1879. The J^^J[jJ^-*^*
• t ]g"""^ officew. Regiment* marched out under «6ti Fotea-

8 Native omoera. ^ ^r. 11170

21 Haviidars. the Commanding OflScer and left ^

229 Baok aad fiu. its guards Standing in Camp

124

HISTORY OP

Elach ooting,
let and 2od
April 1879.
B. 0.319,
end 320,
dated lat and
2od April
1879.

Jallalabad. One and a half days* cooked provisions
were carried by the men, and one and a half days'
on mules. Greatcoats and rezais were taken, also
six mule-loads of ammunition, the cooking pots
(four mules), and ten dandies.

On 22nd February, crossing the Kabul river by
the pontoon bridge, the force marched through
Besud and across the end of the Dasht-i-6ombir, into
the valley at Eatz, or Each, the village of Aemat-
ullah Jabar Ehel, and encftmped at Charbagh.

On 23rd (the R^ment on rear guard) the force
crossed, at Earghai, the AUsang river, and marched
up its right bank 11 miles to Tirgharri, 26 miles
from Jallalabad, at the junction of the Alishang
and Alingar rivers in Lughman, where the force
bivouacked. On 24th there was a halt during
which crowds of people came down both valleys and
met Major CavagnarL

On the 25th, the force marched back the 26 miles
to Jallalabad, the Regiment being again, with the
Guides, on rear guard. Startdng at 7-15 a.ii., got

in at 6 p.m.

On 23rd March a native officer and 80 rifles, of
whom 60 were recruits, joined from the depdt.

On 20th March, at Jallalabad, Lieutenant W. R.
Yeilding, 54th Foot, joined as probationer for Ben-
gal Sta£E Corps. On the 30th March, Gaptain Bruce

left the corps.

Towards the end of March the Ehugiani tribe
showed signs of giving trouble. The 2nd Brigade,
under Brigadier-Greneral Tytler, came up therefore,
and on 1st April a forward movement of troops
occurred* Brigadier-General Gough with all arms
moved on Fattehabad. General Macpherson moved
across the Siah Sang to intercept Asmat-ullah

1st SIKH INFANTRT. 1 2

Jabar Ebel. A force of cavalry forded the Kabul
river to skirt the Besud Hills (these lost 46 or
80 of the 10th Hussars— drowned), and a body of
Infiintry under Major Campbell of the Guides ford-
ed the Kabul river above Jallalabad, and made for
£atz or Kach. The Regiment furnished for this
two British officers, two native officers, six havildars,
one bugler, 94 rank and file under Lieutenant
Bunny. These troops were joined by Major Wood's
Cavalry above mentioned. They missed Asmat-
allah, who also escaped Greneral Macpherson. The
Katz column returned on 2nd April. On this occa-
sion, on 2nd April, General Gough fought the action
of Fattehabad with the Khugianis. In consequence
of these events, the 2nd Brigade moved on to
Fattehabad and was followed* on 12th April,
by the 1st Divisional head-quarters and Ist Brigade
which marched to Ghindamak, leaving the 3rd Brigade
in garrisonf at Jallalabad with E-3 Royal Artil-
lery and a squadron 11th Bengal Lancers attached.
Owing to this move, working parties had been
heavily employed on Fort Sale at Jallalabad, of
which the Regiment had its full share.

Till 25th April the Regiment, with the 51st King's
Own Light Infantry and half of the Guides, held a
contracted camp in Jallalabad. Then the head-
quarters 3rd Brigade went on to Gandamak,^ leaving
in garrison at Jallalabad, the half Battalion Guides,
100 men 51st, two Guns E-3, Squadron 11th Bengal
Lancers, and the Regiment. From this time until
the evacuation, the troops did after completing

• Advance of Divistoo, D. 0. 809, dated lltli April 1879, oo
Gmodamak.

t 3rd Brigade garrisons Jallalabad, D. 0. 810, and B. 0. 236, dated
nth April 1879.

t 8rd Brigade Order No. 842, dated 23rd April 1879.

126 HI8T0BT OT

Fort Sale, chiefly coavoj work till the evacaitaoii
of A^hanistan commenced in end of May when
working parties again became heavy. All Hay
and the early days of Jane the daty was heavy.

On 13th May a draft came from the depdt, one
native officer and 81 rifles, of whom 59 were re-
cruits. Owing to cholera they had to be qnanm-
tined, and did not join till 16th. Cholera br^e out
on 13th May among the Commissariat kahan
attached to the Regiment. It was brought up fay
Hard war pilgrims who arrived early in May.

On 8th May the Amir, Takub Khan, came into
the British camp at Grandamak, and on 26th May,
the Treaty was signed. It passed through Jalala-
bad on 27th May in charge of Mr. Jenkins.
Betora March The retiring troops b^an to pass through
Jlii mi?* Jallalabad on 3rd June.* On 4th June 140 rifles

of the Re^ment were sent back to Barikab and 50
more left with sick animals on 10th. On 10th June
the 2nd Brigade, under General Tytler came in,
and the Regiment which had been left at Jallalabad
marched out on 11th June after a stay of six months
nearly. The Regiment was halted one day at
Dakka to hold the Fort, relieving the 20th Punjab
Infantry, but, on relief by the 45th Sikhs, moved on.
It emerged from the Ehaibar on 18th June 1879,
and re-entered Kohat on 21st June, after having
been absent since 3rd October 1878.

• D. 0. 1107, dated 20th May 1879.

Boon.

11th Ali Baghtn.
12th Chardeh.
13th Ardaoa.
14th St 15th Dakka.
16th Landi Kaoa.

17th Sherzai.

18th Harri Singh.

19th Bad-i-Bir.

20th MithaoL

21si Kohat.

R. O. 593, dated Jallalabad, 10th Jane 1879, to No. 634, dated
Kohat, 2lBt June 1879.

l6T SHLH HTFANTBT. 127

Stbsbqth on mabohing out of thb Kbaibbb on 18th

JuVB 1879.
British OflSoen ••• ••• 7

Native Officers •«• ••• 12

Havfldars ••• ••• 33

Buglers ••• ••• 12

Bank and File ••• ... 590

At Eohat the Regiment relieved the 2nd Native
Infantry (Queen's Own) who went to Ali Masjid.

Daring the campaign the depdt was command-
ed by Lieatenant Bunny up to February 1879, and
then by Captain B^bie.

Cholera troubled the British Army, as it retired Cboiem.
from Grandamak, sharply. The Regiment was fortu-
nate. Cholera appeared at Jallalabad early in May,
and on 13th attacked the Commissariat kahars
attached to the Regiment. The first soldier of the
Reeiment was attacked on 17th May. From 13th
May to 11th June, four sepoys were attacked at
Jallalabad, of whom three died^ also two camp-fol-
lowers, one died.

From Jallalabad to Eohat (11th June to 2l8t
June), four soldiers were attacked at head-
quarters, one died. In the detachment at Barikab,
4th June, there were seven cases (soldiers), two of
which died.

Thus, from Jalalabad to Eohat, 13th May to 21st

June, there were—

Cases. Deaths.

Soldiers ••• ••. 15 6

Camp-foUowers •••2 1

In Eohat, after arrival and after a lull, three
fatal cases occurred among the soldiers*

The band did not accompany the Regiment on
the Afghan Campaign, but the pipes were with it
the whole time.

128

HISTOBT OF

Furlough was open to the men from Ist July
to 30th November, and one-fifth instead of one-
sixth of the sepoys were allowed to go.

By G. 0. C. C, dated 26th June 1879, it was
ordered that Kabul extra allowances should cease
for the Khaibar column, on the troops reaching
Jumrud. For the Regiment, this date is the 18th
June 1879.

By G. 0. C. C, dated 2nd July 1879, orders were
given to allow the strength of Regiments to fall to
the ordinary peace establishment (R« 0. 716 dt
1879).

a'* Urowot!"^ The following complimentary report was received

from Lieutenant-Cyeneral Sir Sam Browne, k. c. b.,
K,a8*i., v.c, and published in R. 0. Na 805
of 1879 :—

^* Tns Ist Sikhs has also been longer in the field
than any regiment but the Guides. The excellent
diBcipline of this Regiment, and the pains bestowed
on all matters relating to its eflSdency have made
it second to none."

Note on deaths in Afghanistan an Fidd Service —
taken from the nominal roll compiled for the
Adjutant' General in September 1879 from the
current weekly and monthly returns.

NoTB. — No one was killed or wounded. One
nmn, a Lughmani, in the Khaibar operations was
roturncd ^^ missing," but afterwards in Lu^mian it
wu» foimd out that he had, on the march, no 20th
November 1887, deserted with his arms.

Deaths from Disease.

i hAvildart, 8 noiks, 66 sepoys ... Total 63

Oump-foUowors ••• ... 18

1st 8IKH INFANTRY. 1S9

Of the 63 soldiers, the detail is as follows :—

Poeamonia

• • •

•••

... 40

Remittent Fever

••.

•••

••• O

Broucbitis

•••

••.

... 4

Pleurisy

Dysentery

CboUra

•••
•••
•••

•••

•••
•••

•.. 1
^ 1

Typhoid Fever
Enterio Fever

• ••

•••

^, 1

— 2

Total

••• 83

Ac^/^.— By classes these 63 casualties

36 Sikhs.

8 Dogras.

7 Hindustani Hindus.

9 Punjabi Musulmans.

8 Pathaos.

represented —

By G. Gr. 0. No. 804, dated 22nd August 1879, Donatioir
nx months^ donation batta was granted to the
troops who served in Afghanistan and Beluchistan,
including the reserves in the latter. The last avail-
able date for crossing the Afghan frontier was
fixed at 26th May 1879 — the day of signature by
the Amir of the Treaty of Gandamak* By G. G. O*
Ko. 856, dated 5th September 1879, batta was
limited to troops actually under the General Officers
Commanding in the war.

The last time the 1st Sikh Infantry received batta
was after the Indian Mutiny 1857-59 (see page 69).
For Punjab batta, see page 24 note. War Medal ^'«*'f**
for Afghanistan, G. 0. 144 and 168 of 1880. Six AU Mmjid
clasps settled, G. G. 0. 673, dated 10th December ^^^'
1880. The Regiment receives the medal and clasp
for All Musjid.

On 3rd September 1879 the Kabul outbreak Fresh Ktbal

occurred, and on 8th September its news came back

to Kobat from Simla. Orders had been issued to

seize the Shutargardan Pass and to move back the

a. IsT s. I. 9

13j bistobt of

Kandahar troope on the 5th, and on the 9th Sir F.
Roberts arrived in Eohat en route to the front.
The daty of holding Eohat fell to the Regiment
and also heavy convoy duty to Thai, Matbani,
and towards Rawal Pindu On 19th September a
telegram came from the Assistant Adjutant General,
Punjab Frontier Force : '* Augmented strength of all
regiments to be retained/* and on 2l8t orders were
sent out for fresh recruiting, the regiment being
43 short of 800 sepoys. This order was published
in G. 0. C. C.J dated 22nd September 1879 issued
in Government of India, Military 3952K, dated 16th
September 1879.
H. 0., 222 Furlough to British officers of all re^ments in

' H«fiiicffiiber the Punjab and at frontier stations was stopped for

iMvli KG #

I03i'of 1879. the present under orders from the Government of

India.
Major Bice Qn 29th October 1879 the Commandant, Major

mjo 08. H. C, P. Rice, rejoined from furlough on medical

certificate, and Major Ross and Captains Brownlow
and Begbie reverted to their own appointments.

During the month of November an expedition
was organised under the command of Brigidi^-
General Tytler, v.c., C.B., against the Zaimukbts,
a tribe occupying a valley about 30 miles long bet-
ween Thai Biland Ehel and the Samana range and
north-west of the Miranzai valley.

On the 13th November orders were received by
telegram to hold a wing of the Regiment in readi-
ness to proceed to Doaba escorting commissariat
stores and ammunition for General Tytler*B force,
to form a depdt at Doaba, and to be prepared to
join General Tytler in the Zaimukht Valley, when-
ever he should require the stores.

Under further telegraphic instructions the head-

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 131

quarters and wing of the Regiment marched on the

British Officers ... 4 l^t^i Strength as per margin,
Native Officers ... 6 and reached Doaba on the
Bank aod File ... 261 20th and formed a dep6t there,
having marched by Sherkot, Ibrahimzai, and Tog.
Owing to some delay in the starting of the expe-
dition, the wing remained at Doaba till the 11th
December, but on the third of that month, under
directions from General Tytler, it executed a
reconnoissance about six miles up the Zaimukht
valley from its eastern exit at Torawarri.

On the 11th the wing marched to Torawarri.

On the 17th it was ordered to Thai to meet a
threatened raid from Ehost, and on the 28th
Greneral Tytler's force having returned from the
Zaimukht Valley, the wing returned to Kohat,
marching by Surazai, Hangu, and Sherkot.

Note. — During Zaimukht expedition, the wing
gave escorts for signallers into the- enemy's country
on 12th, 14th and 15th December 1879.

By Government of India, Military Department, loorease
letter No. 1745, dated 3rd September, the pay of camei*^
jemadars of camels was raised from Rs. 8 to Rs. 9 Esubiish-
stnd of sarwans from Rs. 5 to Rs. 6 per mensem.

1880.

On 7th January the Gazette^ dated 22nd Novem- Brevet to
3er 1879, was received promoting Major A. G. *^^^ ^^'
Koss to a Brevet Lieutenant- Colonelcy for the
Afghan Campaign of 1878-79, G. G. 0. 1242, dated
Jth December 1879 {London Gazette 6587, 2 1st
November 1879).

Lieutenant W. R. Yeilding having been trans- Lieutenant
erred to the 5th Gurkhas, his name was struck oflf JjJ^°^
he rolls of the Regiment from 9th January.

132

filSTORT OF

loipectioD.

Lien tenant

Vaiisittart

joins.

Recrniting
M eaanrea
Afglian
War 1879-80.

A. G., 1189
B., dated
8imla, 16th
April 1880.

On the 4th February the regiment was inspected
by Brigadier-General Watson, v.c, c.b.

On t^e 11th February Lieutenant E, Vansittart
joined as Attached Officer.

On 14th February the Regiment furnished six
companies of 40 files each to escort the funeral
of Brigadier-Greneral Tytler, c,b., v.c.

Owing to the increasing demand for recruits the
Government in the early part of 1880 adopted the
following measures : —

I. Direct commissions as jemadars were offered
to sons of native gentlemen who should bring 50
recruits.

The mode of dealing with these bodies was laid
down for the Punjab Frontier Force in B. O. 107,
dated 22nd April 1880. (Punjab Military 1085 and
1772, dated 8th March 1880 and 16th April 1880.)

n. By G. 0. C. C, dated 16th March 1880, a
bounty of Rs. 50 was ordered for all recruits (save
those brought by direct commission men) enlisted
between 16th March and 16th December 1880 ;
Rs. 25 to be paid on enlistment and Rs. 25 at the end
of three years, or in the interim if ill-health forced
the recruit to leave the service. These men enlist
only for three years but after that, if Grovemment
wants them, and they are fit, they can be re-enrolled
under the ordinary rules of the Native Army.

III. Regiments warned. for, or on, service were
directed to call on their pensioned sepoys to re-
engage on the following terms, provided they may be
willing, physically fit for service beyond the frontier,
and under 40 years of age : —

1. Re-engagement to be for as long as Regiment
is on service, but total period not to exceed three
years.

v-^ 1st 8IKB INFANTRY. 133

2. Sach man, sepoy's pay, along with good-con-
duct pay he held when pensioned, also kit-money
Rs. 30, and the annoal half mounting allowance
under existing regulations.

This order is only for Native Infantry.

By B. 0., P. F. F., 107, dated 22nd April 1880, FormaUoo

. . of AD extra

an extra troop or company was sanctioned in ordtbCom-
every regiment of CSavalry and Infantry of the Sle^RaS-^
Punjab Frontier Force, making in the Infantry 2?ihiJ"SoI'
nine companies. The company to be complete in I086aod
every respect with the usual establishment of comr sth March
missioned and non-commissioned officers, buglers, April^'sso.*
and followers, and with staff allowance for a pay
and color havildar and usual company contingent
allowance. Promotions to subadar and the pro-
motions of the naiks and havildars were allowed to
each regiment. The jemadar's post was reserved
for a direct commission candidate. The total
strength of the regiment is thus raised from 912
to 926 of all native ranks, the increase being com-
posed of two native officers, five havildars, five
naiks, two buglers. The nine companies were
equalised as &r as possible, viz : —

8 OompaDies at 89 »= 7X2 Sepoys.

1 Company at 88 *» 88 „

Total 800 „

In the 1st Sikh Infantry the new or 9th Company
was established on 1st May 1880, and was lettered
"K.** The proportion of classes was maintained by
taking every 9th man out of the 100 composing each
of the former 8 companies, and commencing the
selection in each company on a fresh number — ^the
next lower number. The company E was attached
to the l^t half battalion.

* OuDceHed see next entry.

134

msionroF

NoU. In
D«oei]ttber

Go^enmemi
gntnttd tbe

tk>o of A
Siibtdu-
•od JeamJar.

Kluttak
Distorlwaoei

Joiy ]a»o.

Boootv

KliatUk
difttirbftticet
Aogavi and
8epi4iiiber

Bj B. O. Ko. 139, ditcd 19tfaMaj 1880, faued oq
Ifilitaiy Secreluy, Ponjib Gorenunenty No. 134C.,
dated Simh, llth Hay 1880, K Gompany im
canoelled with ezpremons of regret from the Bngn-
dier-General, and Li^itenantrGoremor for tiie doing
away with the promotions. In the Ist SiUi Infimtiy
the company was broken np* cm 22nd May 1880.

In July, the Barak, Manxai and other South
Fastem Khattaks disagreed with their Smerain
Nawab Sir Khwaja Mahammad Khan of Teri, K.C.8.L,
refusing to obey his orders or pay revenue.
They have been incited thereto by one Mnlla Abdal
Kahim, late school matser at Teri.

As a menace, and for action if need be, the poetB
on the Kohat and Bannu Road were re-inf(Mt»d,
Tiflttamar and Bahadar Khel from Banna, and
Bands Daud Shah from Kohat.

Telegraphic orders were received at 8-30 p.ir. on
24th July, and at 3 a«m. 100 rifles of tiie B^m^t,
with two buglers and two native officers mardied
for Bands under Captain B^bie.

On the 22nd August orders were received can-
celling the grant of bounty, after Ist September to
recruits, vide page 132.

Captain Begbie's detachments under Lieutenant-
Colonel Ross marched on 28th August 1880 with
Major Plowden, the Deputy Commissioner, to Narri,
and were there joined by a Squadron of 5th Punjab
Cavalry, and 100 rifles, 1st Punjab In&ntry from
Edwardesabad, The detachment marched through
the £unh-i-Grao Pass into Chauntra on 29th Augast,
when Mulla Abdul Rahim was surrendered to the
Deputy Commissioner. The troops separated on
8th September, the detachment of the Regiment

• B. 0. 463 aod 464.

IST SIKH INFANTRY.

135

returning to Eohat on 10th September, bringing in
the Mulla as a prisoner.

Furlough, at 33 per cent., was opened to the
Native Army early in October 1880 to last till
October 1881. The furlough of the Regiment
commenced on 1st November.

The Regiment marched from Kohat in course of
relief on the 8th December, and proceeding vid
Fatteh Jang and Kala-i- Serai reached Abbottabad
on the 21st December 1880, and relieved the 6th
Punjab Infantry,

By letter No. 8470K, 28th September 1880, from
Military Secretary to Government to Adjutant-
General in India, it was directed that recruiting
should cease, and that the strength of regiments
should be allowed to decrease until they reached
their former strength of &40 privates.

For grant of Afghan medal, see page 129.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Rice, Brevet Lieute-
nant-Colonel for Jawakhi, see page 102.

Casualties during Campaign of 1878-79.

Farloogh
1880-81.

March to
AbbotUbad
10 coarse of
relief.

Redoction to
former
strength of
640 privates.

Afghan
Medal.
Brevet step.

B. 0.

N.O.

N. 0. 0.

and
Privates.

Total.

Strength oo crossiDg frontier, 20th Nov.

lo/o •.• .•• ...

Hnmbers which sobseqoently joined •••

6
3

9
3

468
280

483
286

Total

748

769

Died of disease ,•• ...

Discharged .•• •••

Deserted

Invalided, inclnding sick sent to rear ...

Transferred ...

•.•

...

...
1
1

• ••
•••
•.•

...

63
6
2

36
8

63
6
3

37
9

Total

••*

115

117

Bemaining on re-entering British terri-
tory, 18th June 1879 ...

633

652

136

HI5TCAT OF

Mahnd

Wasiri

ExpediUoa.

2 CoropADlM
mArcb OD
20th March
1881.

Three
CompAnief
muroh on
82od.

llMd-qtmr-
Ur*e nurob
oil 24th.

250 inlliMi \n
17 iiiArohM,
iirrlv# Ml
TaiiK, tflh
April. Tunk.

INMiMlon wf
ll«thi)«nl III

Itlh April

tssu

Oh die I2tfa March tel^raphic orders were rer
ceived to hold in readmess 550 rifles to proceed
to Tank on the Dera Ismail Khan border to form
part of a force of aboat 5,000 men assembUng there
f<M* operations against the^Mahsnd Waziris. Only
500 rifles were to enter the hills ; they were to be
supplied with 200 rounds of ammunition per rifle,
and were to enter the hills <m strictly Kabul scale.
Transport to consist principally of mules, to be pro-
cured from Hardan and Rawal Pindi.

As there were not sufficient men at head-quar-
ters to supply 550 rifles, letters were at once des-
patched for the recall of 104 of the men on furlough.
Cattle sufficient to move two companies having
been received on the 19 th, two companies under
Captain Begbie marched by single marches to await
the arrival of the headquarters at Fatteh Jang.
A further supply of cattle arrived on the 21st, and,
on the 22nd, three more companies, under Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Ross, marched to await the arrival of
head-quarters at Ealaki Serai. On the 24th, no more
cattle having been received, and the order being
imperative that the Regiment should reach Tank by
the 9th April, cattle of all descriptions, bullocks,
ponioB, and camels were hired, and the head-quarters
marched. The advanced detachments and furlouf^
tnoii wore duly picked up by the way, and the
nH]uirod 550 rifles, marching vid Pindi Gheb, Eala-
Ivagh, and Lakki, reached Tank, 250 miles without
u halt, on the 9th April. On reaching Tank a me-
morandum was issued by Brigadier-General T. 6.
Kcnnotly, o« b., Commanding, detailing the order of
mAfoh, and in this there was assigned to the Ist Sikhs
X\w houourablo )K>»ition of leading the advance guard

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 187

throughout the whole expedition. On the 18tb
April, the whole force having assembled at Tank, a
move was made to the mouth of the Zam Pass.

The objects of the expedition were two fold : ObjeoU of
first, and chiefly, to demand the surrender of the «»P^>*»<>»-
six men who were leaders in the burning of the
town of Tank on 1st January 1879 ; and, secondly,
to exact a fine for the various raids committed in
British territory.

On the 19th five of the six leaders demanded samnder
surrendered themselves, but as the sixth one, Masakh fJ^^Jert.""*^'
belonging to the Abdnl Rahman Ehel section of the
Nana Ehels, had not come in, and for other political
reasons, it was thought expedient to carry out the
invasion of the country.

On the 21st the force commenced its march up
the Zam, and reached Jhandola without opposition
on the 22nd April.

On the 23rd, 250 rifles of the Regiment took ReoonDaiB-
part in a reconnaissance in force, consisting of ^p^J
1,000 rifles and 80 sabres under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Rice, to examine and render prac-
ticable the Shahur Pass leading into the Kin Tank
Valley. This was accomplished without opposition.

The force marched : 24th to Haidari Kach, 25th to Advance up
Turan China, 26th to Barwand, and 27th to Tangi f^"|,'^*"^ ^"
Ragza. During all these inarches the Regiment
led the advance guard, and, in conjunction with
the cavalry, furnished all the day pickets and graz-
ing guards. To equalise the labour the Regiment
was not employed on night duties. There was no
opposition by day so far, bnt a few shots were
generally fired into camp each night.

On the 28th April, the day pickets of the Regiment Skirmi^ by
had a slight skirmish with the enemy. The pickets ^llhH^^

138

HISTORY OP

Skinnitb and
torDiDg
movementi
29tb.

30th April.

Ui to 3rd
Majr.
Actioo of
8bah Alam
Bigza.

were under the oommand of Lieutenant Bunny.
No casualties on our side. One man killed and two
or three wounded on that of the enemy.

On the S9th| the force marched to Narai Bagza.
The Regiment was in slight contact with the enemy
for most of the way. After the camp was fixed, and
the day picket posted, the R^ment was employed
in reconnoitring and turning a position held in
advance by a force of the enemy estimated at 3,000
or 4,000. As the turning movement proceeded,
the enemy abandoned his positicxi after slight oppo-
sition. The Regiment had no loss. The enemy had
four or five casualties.

On 30th marched to Eundiwam, slight opposi-
tion ; wounded and made prisoner of one Waziri.

Halted Ist and 2nd May, and on 3rd the force
marched to Shah Alam Ragza. The enemy was
found to be holding two hills commanding a kotal
over which the road passed. The Regiment at-
tacked the position, from which the firing was
fairly smart, and drove the enemy off without sus-
taining any loss. It then drove the enemy from
another ridge to which he had retired, and then
advanced about 500 yards and about half way op
a spur, which was about a mile long, and ascended
about a thousand feet to a craggy rock at the top.
There the Regiment was halted in the following
order : two companies about half way up the hill
under Captain Begbie in advance, three companies
50 yards lower down in support, and one company
50 yards still lower down in reserve, the support
under the Commandant, and the reserve under
Lieutenant Bunny. The ground was rough and
rocky, and was clothed with a thick growth of
shrubby oak-tree. While halted in this position, a

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 1^^

body of the enemy about 300 or 400 strong under
their two chief leaders Madmir and Mashak, stole
down the hiU, and after firing a volley charged
down sword in hand, and with loud shouts on the
two companies in advance. These met the charge
with great firmness. They fired a volley, and fix-
ing their bayonets, forced the enemy to retire, and
then, reinforced by one, and subsequently by two
companies from the support, drove him steadily up
to his last stronghold at the top of the hill. There
he was attacked gallantly by the advance body
under Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, and finally driven off
the hill. The "retire" was now sounded by the
Brigadier-General Commanding, and the Regiment
retired covered by the 6th Punjab Infantry to its
camp. So thorough had been the defeat of the ene-
my that not a man attempted to follow, nor was there
a single shot fired during the retirement. The
casualties sustained by the Regiment were, two men
killed, one mortally wounded, and 13 wounded. The
loss of the enemy was, comparatively, very heavy.
He left 28 dead bodies in the field, and had 12 mor-
tally wounded, besides a large number who were
wounded, but not so severely as to prevent their
immediate escape. Among the killed was Madmir
one of the principal leaders.

nominal Roll of killed and wounded.

No.

Bank and Name.

Go.

D
D
A
F
B
B
G
F
A

Nature of Casualty.

3241
3759
2279
3255
2519
294S
3381
3468
3613

Sepoy Nand Singh ,..
„ Jaimal Singh...

Naik Allah Sin|{h ...

Sepoj Uiam Singh ...

Ha vildarNarain Singh

Naik Dhalip Singh ...

Sepoy Ganda Singh ...
„ Mahomed Buksh
„ Attar Singh > •••

Killed — gunshot.

Killed — ^guDsbot.

Mortally wouoded ; gunshot.

Dangerously wouoded ; gunshot.

Slightly wounded ; stone.

„ „ sword cut.

„ „ gunshot.

„ „ stone.

140

BISTORT OF

Nominal Roll of kHUd ani wounded — (contianed).

R. O. 315.

No.

Raok of Namo.

Co.
H

Nature of Gaanaltj.

2861

Naik Rakim<iad

Slightly woondod ; atone.

3576

Sepoy Prem Siogh ...

n n Btoiie.

3313

„ Soodar Singh •..

If fi atoiM.

3464

„ Hardat Singh •..

If »• atone.

3272

„ Quiab Siogh ...

n 99 ateoe.

3874

„ Ror SiuKh

M 19 stone.

3925

„ Snndar Siogh ...

19 99 etone.

After the action, the Commandant issued a r^-
mental order, which, after describing the operatioDSi
continued as follows : —

^ The Commanding Officer offers his most heart-
felt congratulations to the Regiment on the complete
success of the day's work, and he desires to thank
most earnestly all ranks, both British and Native,
for the excellent manner in which they have thb
day sustained the reputation, and added to the
laurels of the regiment. It has given him great
pleasure to bring to the notice of the Brigadier-
General the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Ross and
Captain B^bie for their gallant leading througfaoot
the day.

'^ The whole Raiment behaved so well that the
Commanding Officer finds it difficult to single out
names for special mention, but the following wa«
among those who were conspicuous for gallantry :

'^Subadars — Karmdad, Sher Singh, Hiah Singh,
and Nawab Khan. Jemadars — Lai Singh, Chaggat
Singh, Jabbar Khan, and Hira Singh. No. 8519,
Havildar, Narain Sing,* B; 2948, Naik Dhalip Sin^
B ; 3233,Lanoe Naik, Saif Ali, F ; 3222, Lance Naik,
Imamdin, C ; 3369, Sipahis — Husain Shah* B;
3468, Mahomed Buksh*, F ; 3373, Sanmiand Singh,

* Order of Merit, 3rd claaa^ tee page 143,

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 141

C ; 3438, Ram Singh, D ; 3342, Haidar Khan,
C; 3384, Gnnda Singh (4), G; 2959, Attar Singh,
B; 3681, Mazar Khan, D; 3918, Bakar Khan, G;
3381, Rusmat Khan, G; 3081, Bugler Bagga, F;
2515, Pay and Color Havildar Wazir Khan, E;
3455, Lance Naik Mahabbat, B.''

The Brigadier-General Commanding issued on b. o. 248.
the same day the following brigade order : —

^' The passage of the troops to this encampment
having been disputed by the enemy, it had to be
forced, and this was done by a spirited advance of
the Ist Sikhs under Lieutenant-Colonel Rioe, who
specially mentions Lieutenant-Colonel Ross and
Captain Begbie, under whose steady leading the
skirmishers of the 1st Sikhs were not to be denied
at the various stands made by the enemy, who,
when their last position had been carried, and occu-
pied, and eventually withdrawn from, did not fire a
shot or follow up, as they invariably do unless
thoroughly beaten."

The force marched on the 4th to Moghal Khel. 4th May.
The Regiment was not engaged; but a few shots
were fired at the baggage guards, and No. 3130,
Sipahi Hamam Singh, £, was dangerously wounded
by a gunshot wound through the leg.

On the 5th May the force moved without oppo- 511^ ^^y |^
sition to Kaniguram, halted there on 6th, moved to ®^** •••y*
Sam, a mile beyond Kaniguram, on the 7th, and
halted on the 8th.

On the 9th, the force marched to Do Towey, and 901 Maj.
on the 10th to Makin. On this latter day, the Regi- loth May.
ment proceeded on to within about three miles of
Razmak, and received over 900 camels and some mules
laden with six days' supplies from General Grordon's
force at Razmak, and escorted them back to Makin.

144

HISTORY OF

LieatenAot
llaotfield
struck off.

Impectioo.
1881.

LienteoAnt-
Colonel Boas
sod Major
Browolow
Uke
farloagb.

pleased to permit certain corps to bear upon their
standardsi colours, or appointments certain words
in commemoration of their gallant conduct during
the recent campaigns in Afghanistan. The Regi-
ment receives the words ^^Ali Musjid^ Afghani^
*ton, 1878-79."

The Regiment now carries three honorary dis-
tinctions on its colours (compare page 36),

Lieutenant Mansfield, oflSciating Wing Officer,
whose services were placed at Brigadier-GrenermI
Tytler's disposal, for commissariat work on 11th
October, 1879 (B.O. No. 1080, dated 13th October
1879), having been confirmed in the Commissariat
Department by G. G. 0. 424, dated 5th Augusti
1881, was struck off the roll of the corps on 17th
August 1881. (R. O. 653 of 1881.)

On the 12ih July, the Begiment was inspected by
Brigadier-Greoeral T. G. Kennedy, c. b. In his
remarks, after calling attention to one or two minor
points of drill he proceeds : ^^ I have nothing but
praise to accord to the Regiment in regard to its
healthy and soldier-like appearance, the excellent
order of its arms, accoutrements, and equipments
generally ; its invariable good conduct in quartos •
and its refreshing bearing in the field — of which
latter excellence I had an intimate experience in
the late Waziri expedition, throughout which the
numerous and varied duties assigned to the Begi*
ment were most efficiently performed."

Major Brownlow and Lieutenant-Colonel Boss
proceeded on furlough on the 8th and 24th Novem«
her respectively. Captains Lambe and Begbie,
Wing Officers, were appointed Second-in-command
and Wing Commander in their stead.

The Begiment furnished a wing under Captain

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 145

B^bie as escort for the Lieatenant- Governor of LleotMiaDi-
the Panjab ; marching from Abbottabad on the 2l8t EmSl^*
Kovember, it escorted His Honor to Torbela and
returned to Abbottabad on the 30th November.

The redaction of the Regiment went on steadily ^^^ ^^
throughout the year, and, by the 31st December,
the sepoys had become reduced to 693 or only 53
above the normal strengtL

Owing to press of work and large furlough, only
199 men were able to go through the annual course
of target practice during the season 1880-8 U

The figure of merit obtained was 90 '54 ; position
in the army, 9th.

1882.

LiKUTXNANr W. J. E. Dobbin joined as an attach- LiaotenAot
ed o£Scer on the 1st January. " ^ "*'

Colonel W. C. Chowne, appointed to oflSdate as CoIomi
Second-in-Command, vice Lieutenant- Colonel Ross, jj^i^'*^
and during the absence of Major Brownlow, on fur-
lough, joined on the 20th March.

The Regiment was inspected by Brigadier-Greneral Impactioo
Kennedy, cb., from 27th March to 4th ApriL ^^^

On the Ist May the Regiment reached its normal RMloetioo
strength of 640 sepoys, and recruiting began again.

Under the provisions of Gazette of India^ dated loerMM of
22nd AprU 1882, the strength of In&ntry Regi- j^fiHJ^.
ments was increased to 90 privates per company,
or 720 privates per regiment.

€rood-conduct pay for non-commissioned officen o. C. P, to
was also instituted at the following rates :-^ ^JjuSaSSL

Havildabs.
After 2 jaars* seirioe in that grade Rs. 1 per meofeai.

n ^ •* #> t» * ••

» 6 n ft M 8 tf

w 8 „ „ M 4 ff

H. 1st a. I. ]

146

HISTORY OF

loorease of
B. 0. by one
Wiog Officer.

TraDsfere
from 3rd P. I.
2 Havildan,
4 Naike,
2 Buglers,
76 Sepoys.

Lieut. Van-
sittart, Wiog
Officer.

New transiK)rt
sobeme.

Naiks.

After 8 years' service in that grade Rs. 1 per mensem.

>»

»f

t»

»>

These changes to have effect £rom Ist July 1882.
The establishment of British officers was also in-
creased to eight combatant officers by the addition
of one more wing officer to the former strength.
The reduction of the Native Army having been
• determined upon, the 3rd Punjab In&ntry was
selected from the Punjab Frontier Force as the
regiment of the force to be disbanded. With the
exception of about 200 men, the whole of the 3rd
Punjab Infantry elected to take their discharge
with pension or gratuity. Of the remaining 200,
84 volunteered for the 1st Sikhs. These men, con-
sisting of two havildars, four naiks, two buglers,
and 76 sepoys, were transferred with effect from Ist
July, and joined the head quarters on 21st July.

On the 9th August, Lieutenant £den Vansittart
was appointed 5th Wing Officer to complete the
establishment.

During the autunm of this year Government
instituted a new scheme of transport for India.
Under this it was ruled that the Punjab Frontier
Force should be furnished with transport on Kabul
scale for half its strength, such transport being
still attached to regiments. The 1st Sikhs being
stationed in Hazara, was to have the whole of its
transport composed of mules, and the number to
be allotted to it was 178.

The following establishment of transport fol-
lowers was also sanctioned : —

1 Transport Officer (a Wing officer) at Ba. 30 per

mensem.
8 Non-oommissioned officers to draw staff allowanoe
of Bs. 2-14 per mensem.

1st SIKH INFANTRY, 147

8 Jemadars (1 for 50 mules) nt Rs. 10 per mensem.

7 Dafiadurs (1 for 25 males) at Rs. 8 per mensem.

59 Drivers (Sais 1 per 3 males) at Rs. 6 per mensem.

Seventy-two mules, to complete establishment, were
received on the 9th December.

Captain F. R. Begbie, Winfjj Officer, having been Oapt. Begbie,
appointed Adjutant, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles, Punjab
was seconded. He left to join his appointment,
18th October.

Major Brovnilow rejoined from furlough on the col. Chowna
31st October, relieving Colonel Chowne of the •*'"^*'''^-
appointment of officiating Second-in-command.
Colonel Chowne was struck off the rolls of the Re-
giment on same date.

Lieutenant C. M. Dallas, Northamptonshire Regi- Liaat. 0. M.
ment, having been appointed officiating Wing Officer * *' ^^ "*'
on probation, joined on the 5th December.

Lieutenant W. J. E. Dobbin, hitherto attached Liaat. Dobbio
to the Regiment, was brought on the rolls as Wing offioar.
Officer, vice Captain Begbie, seconded, regimental
order, dated 26th December.

The figure of merit for 1881-82 was 92-66. F. M-

The position in the army, 14th.

On April 17th, 1882, the India medal with Medals for
Jawakhi clasp was issued to the corps, and from ^^fgbm, cam
16th to 30th November 1882, the Afghan medal ^{^^'^
with Ali Musjid clasp. They make the fourth and
fifth issues of war medals to the corps since it was
raised in 1846.

For grant of Jawakhi clasp and India medal,' Grant of ma-

•I /vo dala for

see page 102. jawakbl and

— ^— Afghan oam-

pafgna.
Note. — The medal and dasp for Afghanistan and

Ali Musjid, was granted in G. G. 0. No. 534 of 1880.

(G. 0. 144, dated 20th October 1880.)

148

HISTORY OF

Major C. K.
llackioDon

JOIDP.

Pukbali
males.

IiiBpectioo.

Major

McKioDOO

leavee.

Order of Bri«
tieh India.

Lieut.

Stewart

joioa.

Relief march
to Derah
iBmail Kban.

1888.

Major C. E. McEinnon, appointed to offidate
as Second-in-command daring Lieutenant-Colonel
Ross's absence or until further orders, by P. 6. 0^
dated 8th January, joined on the 30th January.

In continuation of the new transport scheme
(vide page 146), it was further ruled that the water-
carrying mules should no longer be the property of
the pakhalis, but should Ire supplied by the Grovem'*
meat. In accordance with this ruling eight mules
were received by the Regiment on 20th February
1883, and the pakhali mules disposed of.

The Regiment was inspected by Brigadier-Grene*
ral Eennedy, c«b,, on 5th April. In his remarks
he says : " I report it healthy, smart in appearance,
full of life, and very efficient in all respects.''

Major C. E. McEinnon having been transferred
to 5th Punjab Infantry, Major C. C. Brownlow was
appointed to act as Second-in-command| and Major
A. F. Lambe as Wing Commander from 24th June.

By G. G. 0. No. 365 of the 22nd June, Subadar-
Major Jamaldin was admitted to the second class of
the Order of British India, with efiEect from Ist
April 1881.

Lieutenant J. M. Stewart, appointed officiating
Wing Officer on probation by G. 0. No. 484, dated
7th September 1883, joined on 9th August.

The Regiment was under orders to march on
15th November from Abbottabad towards Derah
Ismail Ehan to relieve the 4th Punjab Infantry, butp
on the 1st October, orders were received ihat the
regiment would be required to take part in the
Takht-i-Suliman exploration expedition which was
to start from Derah Ismail Ehan in the middle of
November. The date of the march from Abbottabad

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 149

was, thereforOi changed to the 19th October ;
and on that date the Regiment marched, and, par-
suing the route Fattehjang-Kalabagh and the east
bank of the Indus, reached Derah Ismail Khan on
the 10th November.

On the 15th November, a force composed of 50 JfUit Bxpo-
sabres, 1st Punjab Cavahy, No. 4 Hazara Mountain
Battery, and 500 rifles, each, from the Ist Sikhs, 4th
I'unjab Infantry and 5th Punjab Infantry, marched
from Derah Ismail Khan •under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Bice, and reached Draband on
the 1 7th November. Here Brigadier-General Een«
nedy, c.b., took over command, and on the 18th
the force crossed the frontier, and encamped just
inside the Shekh Hiddar Pass,

The object of the expedition was to escort and
defend a surveying party proceeding round to the
west of the Takht-i-Suliman mountain and ascend-
ing by its western- face.

On the 19th November, the force marched up the
Shekh Hiddar Pass to the mouth of the Zao defile.
The Regiment was on rear guard, and did not get
in till 4 p.Bff.

On the 20th and 21st the force was obliged to
halt at Haidari Kach, the mouth of the Zao, while
the road through the defile was rendered practi*
cable. Daring these two days the Regiment was
employed in road making.

On the 22nd November the force marched
through the 2^o defile, five miles to Zao Tangi. In
the middle of the defile a huge rock known as
*^Sarai'' bo nearly blocks the road that all loads
had to be taken off the animals and carried past
by the men. The Re^ment had a very hard day's
work, and did not reach camp till 5 f.m.

1 50 HISTORY OF

On the 23rd, the force marched to Each Hazru,
14 miles, on the 24th to Warzdanna, nine miles, and
on the 25th to Pazai Springs, five miles, and had
now reached a point due west of the Kotal and of
the only direct road up the mountain. It had been
gradaally ascending, and was now 6,000 feet above
the sea.

Hitherto there had been no opposition, but it
was now found that the Eotal was strongly held
by the Ehiddarzai section of the Sheoranies, and
that the road, which at best was only a diflScult
path, had been rendered quite impassable. General
Eennedy, therefore, determined to attack the enemy
in front and also to try and turn his left flank.
Accordingly, 180 rifles from each of the Infantry
re^ments were told off for the front attack under
Colonel McLean, c.b. (the 1st Sikh detachment
was commanded by Major C. C. Brownlow) and 180
rifles from each infiEintry regiment for the turning
movement under Ciolonel Rice. The latter party
started at 2-30 a.m. on 26th November, and, after
a long and difficult march, without a guide, in the
dark, reached the crest a long way south of the
Eotal at sun-rise. Turning thence due north along
the crest, it reached a hiU just to the east of the
Eotal, and about 500 yards from the Eotal at 8-SO
A.M., and surprised the enemy in the act of remst-
ing the front attack. The 1st Sikhs was leading
the flank attack, and was the only regiment in
it engaged. It sustained no loss, but some 15
or 20 of the enemy were killed.

After pursuing the enemy and driving him off the
adjacent hills, the flank attack party assembled at
the Kotal.

The front attack started at 6 a.m. from camp,

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 15l

and had just become engaged when the appearance
at the flank attack in their rear caused the enemy

to bolt.

At 4 P.M., the flanking party returned to camp.

The f(»rce halted at Pazai springs until 2nd
December, and during this time Colonel McLean's
party escorted the surveyors over the hill and
ascended the Eaisaghar. No opposition was met
with, but the bivouacking at 9,000 feet without
tents or beddingi was very hard and trying work.

On the 2nd the force commenced its return
march. On the 3rd, the Regiment, being on rear
guard, did not get in till 8 p. m.

On the 6th the force re-crossed into British
territory, and on the 8th, marched into Derah
Ismail Khan.

On the 1st December, Brigadier-Greneral Kennedy,
C.B., issued the following order : —

'^ Thb object of the expedition having been accom-
plished to the full satisfaction of Major Holdich, R e.,
of the Survey of India, the Brigadier-Greneral desires
to record his hearty thanks to Colonel McLean,
C.B., all Commandants, and all ranks for the hard
and honest work they have so cheerfully done to
secure this very satisfactory result, which it will be
his pleasure and duty to bring to the notice of
Government."

On 22nd November Lieutenant-Colonel Rice Bioa tnd Bott,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Ross were promoted by
Brevet to Colonel.

On 29th December, Colonel Ross rejoined from Rowrajoini
furlough to Europe, and took up the Second-in- lougbf"'"
command.

On 30th December Lieutenant A. C. Bunny, Bann^,
Adjutant, was promoted to Captain. »p»w

152

HISTORY OF

F. of M.

Figure of merit for 1882-83 was 106-41.
Position in the Army, 5th.
Note. — It was only *01 below the regiment next
above it.

Rom to Hong-
Kong.

loBpectioD.

Cliange in
ooutttitution.

Rom retnroB,

Soef to 5 P. I.
[oKinnon

cornea.

1884

On 3rd January Colonel Ross was ordered on
special duty to Hong-Eong, and Major Brownlow
was appointed to oflBciate as Second-in-oommand, and
Major Lambe as Wing Commander.

The Regiment was inspected by Brigadier-Greneral
Kennedy, cb., on the 22nd February. In his remarb
he said : ^^ I report it well lookinf;, well-drilledi
highly efficient, and fit for service throughout. It
reflects the greatest credit on Colonel Rice's incessant
care and most satisfactory command of it. ''

On the 26th March, Circular No. 19, dated 4th
March, was received, directing that the constitution
of the Regiment should be changed from mixed
to class companies, and that it should, for the future,
be composed as follows : —

4 Companies Sikhs.
2 Companies Cis-border Pathans.
1 Company Punjab Mabomedans.
1 Company Dogras.

This change was carried into effect on the Ist

April. The companies were thus distributed :

A, B, G, H, Sikhs (B Malwais).
C & F, Pathans (C Khattakis).

B, Dogras (present Hindustanis went here).
D, Punjabi Mahomedans.

On 17 th April, Colonel Ross returned from Hcng-
Eong. On the 5th May, he was appointed oflSciat-
ing Commandant, 5th Punjab Infantry, and Major
McKinnon joined the Regiment as officiating Second-
in-command.

IST BIKH INFANTRY. I53

The following letter about Takht-i-Suliman was Takhi Ex.
received on 2l8t May :— p^*^^"-

Copy of a leUer, No. 31 S. B.j doled Simla, 18th April
ISSiy/rom the Secretary to Government of India^ Aiili*
tary Department, to the Military Secretary, Oovemment, .
Punjab.

*« Your letter No. 9-54, dated 8th January 1884,
submitting Brigadier-General Kennedy's report of
the expedition to the Takht-i-Suliman having been
laid before the Governor-General in Council, I am
commanded to say that His Excellency in Council
concurs with Sir Charles Aitchison in considering
that the success and skill with which the expedition
was conducted reflect much credit on Brigadier-
General Kennedy, and the officers and troops under
his orders.

^^ flis Excellency in Council notices with satisfac-
tion the favourable report of the services rendered
by Colonels McLean and Rice and Mr. S. Thorbum,
the Political Officer with the troops.

" 3. With reference to paragraph five of your
letter, the Government of India sanctions the grant
of compensation for loss in wear and tear of cloth-
ing to the extent of Rs. 5 per fighting man, and
Rs. 3 per follower of the force."

In the month of July it was proposed by Govern- zhob Ezpodi*
ment to send two expeditionary forces against the *'®°'
Kakars in the Zhob Valley, one from the south, con-
sisting chiefly of Bombay troops under Sir O.
Tanner, the other fi*om the northern end, consisting
of Punjab Frontier Force regiments, under Greneral
Kennedy. The 1st Sikhs was nominated as a part of
this latter force, and the men were not allowed to
proceed on the second furlough. Subsequently the
northern part of the expedition was abandoned^ 1^

154

HISTORY OF

Dallas, Wing
Officer.

Polloek, Ad-
jataDt.

DobbiQ, Qnar-
termaster.

the regiment was directed to send two companies of
100 rifles each, one to Derah Ghazi Khan, and the
other by boat to Rajunpur to garrison the posts dar-
ing the absence of the 4th Punjab Infantry, with the
southern column in Zhob. These companies started
from Derah Ismail Khan on 30th August, and re-
turned to head-quarters at the end of the year,
and latter half of January 1885.

Figure of merit for 1883-84 was 100-29«
By G. G. 0., No. 16, dated 11th January 1884,
Lieutenant Dallas became Wing Oflicer.

By G. G. 0., No. 109, dated 29th February
1884, Lieutenant J. A. H. Pollock, Wing OflScer and
Quartermaster, became Adjutant, vice Bunny, pro-
moted, and Lieutenant W. J. K. Dobbin, Quarter-
master.

New Colors.

replaced co-
lore were re-
ceived OD 30th
March 1863,
see page 72.

1886.

On the 1 1 th February, the Regiment was inspect-
ed by Brigadier-General Kennedy, c,B.

On the 14th February, a pair of new colors were
presented to the Regiment by General Kennedy
in the presence of the whole Derah Ismail Khan
garrison. On presenting the colors, he spoke as
follows : " Colonel Rice, — ^I have known the 1st
Sikhs for 17 years, for 12 years as comrades, and for
five years as your Inspecting Officer, and from this
long and close acquaintance with it, it is with the
greatest satisfaction and the utmost confidence that
in the name of Government I intrust the safe and
honorable keeping and gallant guarding of these
colors in peace or war to your fine Regiment."

In his inspection report, General Kennedy says :
" I inspected the Regiment in drill order, heavy
marching order, on a field day, in field firing, and

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 155

in review order, and in all its details, and report
it very fit for any service; and in good health
and grand spirits, discipline, soldier-like bearing,
and the intelligence and life in all its movements
and working, it is second to no Regiment in this
force.

" Under existing orders, Colonel Rice will vacate
his command in May next, when he will have com-
pleted 24 years in the Regiment, and nine years in
command of it ; and the present state of the fine
inheritance he will thus leave to his successor is
very largely attributable to him.*'

Lieutenant J. M. Stewart, transferred to the 5th Lientenant
Gurkhas, left the Regiment on 9th March. leavMK

On the 9th April the Regiment was warned for serrioe.
active service, and during the month it gradually
received its transport for service on the new Kabul
scale of 1885. (Government of India, Military
Department, No. 287 M. R., dated 5th April 1885.)

Colonel H. C. P. Rice, having completed his nine Coionei Rioe
years' tenure of command, left the Regiment on the ^^*5th iiay
5th May. He joined the corps as a Lieutenant on ^^^ )
18th June 1861 (see page 70),

" Colonel Rice cannot give over command of his Farewell or-
Regiment after a service with it of 24 years, with- JS^^S^iSf
out placing on record this expression of his hear- ^^^ ***y ^®^'
tiest thanks to his brother officers for the cordial
co-operation, the zealous spirit, and the happy good
feeling which has made it so easy for him to exer-
cise his command, and which has so very largely
contributed to raise the Regiment to its present
condition of efficiency. He congratulates all ranks
on the excellent spirit which animates the whole
Regiment, a spirit which has ever called forth the
commendation of the General Officers Commandi"*'

156

BISTORT OF

Colonel Rosa
rejoins lOtb
May.

Cesaation of
war prepara-
tiona.

Furlough
opened.

Dobbip home,
sick.

Dallas Officia-
ting Quarter-
master.

Army Corps,
No. 9G5 ,daUd

13th May 1885,
from Military
8ecreta ry ,
Punjab, to
Brigadier
General.

A.A.G., P.F.

Force, 267 J

dated Srd
June 1885.

and which will, he feels well convinced, enable the
Regiment to win fresh laurels for itself wherever
it may be engaged.

^^ In bidding a hearty farewell to the Regiment,
which has ever held so true a place in his heart,
Colonel Rice assures all ranks that he shall ever
watch its future career with the keenest interest
and the deepest solicitude.*'

Colonel A. G. Ross, relieved of the command of
5th Pnnjab Infantry at Bannu on 5th May, rejoined
10th, and assumed command 11th May. (Confirmed
P. 6. 0. No. 76, dated 20th May 1885) (Formally
gazetted ^^ Oj£ciating Commandant " P. G. 0., 92,
dated 19th June 1885.)

Between 6th and 16th May orders were received
to stop purchases of transport cattle and m^lring
up of gear. On 17 th May, furlough was opened to
the native ranks to 30th November 1885. The
men left on 20th May. By G. G. 0. 185, dated
10th March 1885, Lieutenant W. J. E. Dobbin
obtained a year's furlough (m.c). He left 20th
March, and Lieutenant C. M. Dallas became officia-
ting Quartermaster, P. G. 0. 61, dated 22nd April
1885.

On 9th June 1885 were received the formal or-
ders for the formation of the 1st and 2nd Army
corps and the reserve. The Regiment is in the
1st Army corps, as are also the Srd Punjab caval-
ry, No. 4 Mountain Battery, 4th Punjab In&ntry,
and 5th Gurkha Regiment.

In the same orders, in No. 198 B, dated 22nd May,
from Military Department, Government of Indiai
to Quartermaster-General, all corps, save those of
Ist Army Corps, were told that they need no long^
hold themselves in readiness for field service.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 157

The Brigadier-General intimated that orders for
completion of equipment in carriage of Ist Sikh
In&ntry would follow.

By 6. G. 0., 338, dated 19th June 1885, Lieute- Lieutenant
nant and Adjutant J. A. H. Pollock became a Cap- tain, ' latlT
tain from 13th June 1885. He thus vacates the ^"°* ^^*-
Adjutancy from 30th June 1885.

On 22nd July 1885, the transport in regimental Completion
charge was completed to the hot weather scale on b^"wea-
of 358 mules for field service by the receipt of six ***•' ■^•'®-
camels and three mules from 1st Punjab Infantry.

The corps has now 109 camels (equal to 218
mules) and 140 mules. A. A. 6., 475, dated 28th
June 1885, and No. 527, dated 13th July 1885, pub-
lished in Derah IsmaU Khan, S. 0., 507, dated 20th
July 1885.

On I4th July 1885, Lieutenant A. H. McMahon, Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, joined the Regi- McMahon
ment as officiating Wing OjQBicer, on probation,
G. G. 0., 427, dated 31st July 1885. On death of Wing Officer,
Major Lambe, he became Wing Officer, 3 1 st August i«55. "*"**
1885. G. G. O., 548, 2nd October 1885.

By G. G. 0., 398, dated 17th July 1885, R. 0., 28th colonel a.o.
July, Colonel A. G. Ross, Wing Commander and StSdaJtT"
Second-in-command, was gazetted Commandant vice
Colonel B« C. P. Rice, vacated. Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-
C. E. McEinnon, Second-in-command, 2nd Punjab iicKinnon
Infantry, Wing Commander and Second-in-command fiiViiay"^'
vi^e Colonel Ross. Both appointments date from ^^^'
llth May 1885.

Under the new ambulance transport scheme (Gov* Kahan omm
emment of India, Military Department, No. 454 C, ^^ SSa
dated 14th November 1884, to Quartermaster-Gener* i^t^^ ^

O. Bo*

al) as modified for the Punjab frontier force the hos«
pital kahars are reduced from 48 to 42 and cease

158

HISTORY OF

Lient. Mc-
MaliOD, offg.
Q.-M.
R. 0., 5tb
Aagnet 1885.

EDiistmeDt,
fopernume-
raries.

Death of
Major Lambe,
B. 0. 660,
Slat Aaguat
1885.

Lt Dallas,
Adjutant.

Furlough,
Captain Pol-
lock.

Burgeon

J. B. Rodgera

joins.

Furlough,
Surgeon-
Major A. P.
Holmes.

Martini-
Henry Rifle
sanctioned.

Issue can-
celled.

to belong to the regiment. They come under
the Transport Department, and 42 are allotted to
the corps, out of 119 told off for the station of
Derah Ismail Khan. Dhoolies also aboKshed,
and Lushai dandies (eight) substituted with
covers.

Lieutenant A. H. HcMahon appointed offidating
Quartermaster vice Pollock, from 1st August
(?• G. 0., 127, Ist September 1885.)

August 21.— I. A. Circular 98, 31st July 1885,
received, authorising 20 supernumeraries to be en-
tertained in excess of authorised strength.

On 30th August, Major A. F. Lambe died at
regimental head -quarters. He joined the corps on
7th June 1869 (see page 81) at this station D&nh,
Ismail Khan.

On Ist September (R. 0. 673) Lieutenant Dal-
las's appointment as Adjutant vice Pollock, vacated,
30th June 1885, was published G.6.0. 470, 2l8t
August 1885.

16th October.— Captain J. A. H. Pollock left
on six months' furlough, subsequently extended to
one year.

26th October. ~ Surgeon J. R. Rodgers joined
in medical charge for the Camp of Exercise, vice
Surgeon*Major Holmes, who takes furlough.

Note. — Surgeon-Major Holmes left the depdt,
28th November 1885.

By G. 0. C. C, October 6th and 30th, the re-
giment was one of the corps detailed to be armed
with the Martini- Henry rifle. The rifles were
demanded, and the requisitions were passed, and
the rifles for the corps were lying packed ready
for despatch at the Rawal Pindi Railway station.
Owing, however, to the intended armament of the

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 159

British Army with the new Martini- Enfield, the
issue of Martini-Henry rifles was cancelled.

On 30th September, the Regiment was released 2^'^rder
from orders to be in readiness for field service, and l^^ij^^^'
on same date, the extra carriage for field service J^h Sep.
was ordered to be dispersed to its own corps, it Miiy. Dept.,
left in the early days of October. Adjt-Geni.

On 8th October 1885, the Regiment was detailed Camp of

. , /•nil Bxcroiae,

for the Camp of Exercise, and was finally placed AmbaiUand
in the 1st Brigade 2nd Division, Northern Force. graiii"294* *
Its own carriage was supplemented with carriage octobfr^
from the corps at Derah Ismail Khan, much of \886, from
which had to return from Abbottabad, Derah Ghazi Geoi., Pud-
Ehan, and Rajanpur, whither it had gone for field ^oroe?** ^
service in the end of spring. The Regiment march-
ed on 29th October 1885, with 144 Government
mules and 83 camels as well as 34 private camels.
Arms, ammunition, and accoutrements had to be
carried for the furlough men who joined chiefly
at Ludiana, 30th November. Major Rrownlow
remained to command the dep6t, and Lieutenant-
Colonel McEinnoh, having been gazetted to the
5th Punjab Infantry, also stayed behind. Colonel
Ross, Captain Bunny, Lieutenant Dallas nnd
McM ahon, and Surgeon Rodgers marched out with
the corps.

Marchiko out Stbbngtu.
British Officers ... ... 5

Native Officers ... ... 9

Havildars .„ ... 27

Naiks ... ... 21

Baglers ... ... H

Sipahis ... ... 459

The route taken was across the Thai to Jhang,
and thence to Chichawatni on the Multan-Labore
ad, and up this road by Montgomery to Akbar

160

BISTORT OF

Kaiili Camp
in (liviBion.

Lt-Ool.

tetmitocom.
BMid the 6th
F.I.ll*iw

where the corps diverged to Satgharra, and agun
by Hujra and Atari to Ganda Singh Ferry on the
Satlaj, and so to Ferozepore. Fevr troope take this
route from Satgharra, and consequently the sight
of the corps and its camp, the music of the band
and bagpipes greatly pleased the country people
who were Sikhs and Dugar Mussalmana. From
Ferozepore the Grand Trunk lines were followed
to Ludiana and to Ugbana, where the corps brandi-
ed past the 1st Division camp to that of the 2nd
Division near Eauli, a place on the Bajpurah and
Patiala railway, arriving on 9th December 1885.
It joined the 1st Brigade, commanded by Colonel
Campbell, of the Guide Corps, and composed of the
West Yorkshire Regiment (14th Foot), Manchester
Regiment (96th Foot), and 14th Sikhs (Ferozepore
Re^ment).

Mabching in Stbbngth.

British OflScers

Native Officers

Hafildars

Naiks

Bnglers

Sipabis

The Regiment remained at Eauli camp from 9th
to 30th December 1885, and experienced more
than once very heavy rain. The brigade drills
were much interrupted, but the divisional drills
consisting of convoy and outpost duties, minor
tiictics in offence and defence, and attacks on con-
voys and posts, were successfully carried out.

On 6th December Lieutenant- Colonel McEinnon
left the depdt to command the 5th Punjab Infantry
at Edwardesabad, and, from 7th December, Major
Brownlow obtained the officiating Second-in-com-
mand, and Captain Bunnv became officiating Wini?

•••

.*•

•••

•• •

14
35
29
10
552

IbT SIKH INFAKTRY. 161

Commander. (P. G. 0. 150, dated 27th October
1885.)

On llth December, at Camp Kaiili, Lieutenant Lieut. Connell

. joini.

C. E. H. Connell, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, join-
ed the corps from the llth Madras Native Infantry,
as officiating Wing Officer on probation. (G. G. 0.
17, 8th January 1886.)

The weather was warm when the Regiment left H®^\^ ^^ ^^*
Derah Ismail Khan on 29th October 1885 ; and one
man died of heat apoplexy, from over clothing him-
self, at Bhakkar. The men were allowed 251b.
personal baggage ; but, taking out greatcoats, it
was found that with a rezai, the weight per man
was between 29 and SOlbs. At first the men suffer-
ed from fever, and there were some cases of pneu-
monia and several deaths before the close of
November, but as the cold increased, the tendency
to fever abated. Before leaving Eauli delicate
men were detached with the heavy baggage to
Delhi, and sick men were chiefly sent to the Base
Hospital, Amballa. In this Camp, British and
native field hospitals were worked. No sick
remained in the regimental camp. Native sick did
not receive straw free. It had to be bought regi-
mentally. Food was arranged for from the regi-
mental camp, but bedding, arms and accoutre-
ments were kept in the field hospital.

•Da- ^ ^ i_ ^ ^1 Clow of nar-

rostms were not taken to the camp. rative, 1885.

Figure of merit, musketry 1884-85—112-70. J^««^'* ^J^^^

Note.— niS Naik Mihtab Sing, with a comrade i^^-'
3665 Sepoy Jawahir Singh, served in the survey 2 Men 8arvey
with the Suakim Field Force. They were in KS'"'*
Africa from 27th March 1885 to 23rd May 1885,
and received the medal with the clasp " Suakim

1885."

H. 1st S. 11

162

BISTORT OF

1886.

Free Pteeee,
Furlouffb, I.

From Ist January 1886 the Government irrant-
A .0. 133, soUi ed free passes on furlough to and from their homes

September . n x* i_

1685, to all native ranks.

ManoBovree On 30th December 1885 the northern army

Camp of Es- gj^rted from its camps for Delhi. The R^ment

marched in brigade across the Kauli Patiala rail-
way and by Salimpur, Landiali, and Basantpur to
the Grand Trunk Road, near Shahabad, and thence
down the road to Pipli on 4th January 1886.
This last march from Basantpur to Pipli lasted from
11-20 A.M. to 6-20 P.M. The baggage got in
at 9 P.M., food and forage were all obtained by
midnight, but the men did not finish cooking till
3 A.M. on 5th. The march was resumed on 5th
at 8 A.M. down the Grand Trunk Road, and on
6th as far as the Western Jamna Canal, a few miles
from Knmal, whence the division marched down
the canal to Gogripur. On 7 th January came an-
other cross-country march across the canal to
Ghiraunda on the Grand Trunk Road below Eamal
and down the road to Eohand. On 8th January, the
march was resumed to the Serai Bachro Gmal
escape, across which the southern force entrenched
before Panipat was attacked.

The regiment was at first in support of the
Manchester Regiment, and was then engaged till
close of the sham-fight in a strong position on
the right of the centre attack, being opposed for
a couple of hours to a brigade of four Infantry
corps and six guns. The division encamped that
night at Panipat, where it halted two days. At
Panipat, Colonel Ross, on llth January, fell into
command of the brigade which he held till 20th
January, Captain Bunny commanding the corps

Review
before the

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 16^

during these nine days. On 11th January the
advance was resumed on Delhi by Sambhalka, and
then by the old imperial road past Sonpat to Alipur.
Reached 13th. On 14th a strong reconnoissance of
the strong position of the southern force took place,
and on 15th the attack was delivered. The Regiment
was on the left of the right attack on Mokandpur.
This closed the manoeuvres, and on the evening of
the 15th, the Regiment encamped in brigade near
Azadpur inside 6adli-Ei-Serai, and near the branching
of the Grand Trunk Road to the gates of Delhi.

On 19th January, on a plain near Badli Serai, the
now historic review came oflE before the Viceroy, Lord Vhseroy, mh
Dufferin, the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Frederick
Roberts, and the foreign officers and many visitors.
The Infimtry was drawn up in double company
quarter colunms with six paces between colunms.
Owing to the heavy rains which came on about 1 1
A. M. only one march past of the infantry took place
in columns of double companies. The cavalry and
artillery of all kinds who were in second line, march-
ed past twice, and after a long wade through the
deep heavy mud, the two lines advanced in review
order, as best they could through the mud. The
troops got back to camp very wet at 4 p.m., after
being out since 9 a.m. It rained during the whole
of the inspection and most of the march past. Over
35,000 men were on parade,

Mabchikq out Strbnqth fob Manobuvrbs from Camp

Kavu, 30th Dbcbmbbr 1885.
British Officers ... ••• 6

Hative Officers ••• ••• 15

Havildars ••• ... 35

Naiks ••• ... 29

BuRlers ••• ^10

Bepoyt ••• «•• 528

164 HISIOBT OF

Strbnoth OS Pabadb at the Obbat -RBviBir, Dblhi

19th January 1886.

British OflScers ... ••• 5

Native Officers ^ .«. 18

Havildars m« ••• 28

Nalks ^ ^ S4

Buglerf ... ... 9

Sepoys ... ... 484

Marchihg out Strbnoth from Dblhi, 20th Jamuart

1886.
British OflScers — ••• 6

Native OflScers — ... 14

Havildars .^ ••• 86

Naiks .M ... 29

Buglers mm ••• H

Sepoys •^ M. 855

Betam On 20th January 1886 with clothes still wet, the

Derab Ismail Regiment began its return march to Derah Ismail
^^°' Khan ; route straight up the Grand Trunk road

to Ludiana and thence by Ferozepore to Lahore
which was reached on 20th February 1886. From
Lahore the corps crossed tlie Ravi, and strik-
ing off the Grand Trunk Road marched by Shekhu-
purah, Chuhurkana, Pindi Bhattian, nnd Chaniot
to Jhang. It thus inarched across to the Gujran-
wala and Pindi Bhattian road, and from Pindi
Bhattian parrallel to the Chenab to Jhang. Gross-
ing the Chenab and Jhdum and the Thai, the
Regiment reached Derah Ismail Ehsn on 14th
March 1886.

Marching in Strbnoth into Dbrah Ismail Khan.

British OflScers ^ .- 5

Native OflScers ••• •.. 14

Havildars ••• — W

Naiks ••• ^ 28

Buglers ••• — H

Sepoys ••• ••• 543

^^ At Shekhupurah, about 23rd February, very

tiitfo sultry weather came on, and about seven cases of

1st sirh infantry. 166

pneumonia occurred one after another. The Regi-
ment had been exposed to a bitter cold wind between
the Satlaj and Lahore. Rain fell on 6th March at
Jhanj, and the pneumonia cases began to mend.

On Ist February 1886, at Amballa, Sepoy Maham- g«»th of
mad Buksh, one of the Order of Merit men of the Boksh—
Waziri Expedition of 1881 (see page 143) shot M?rit.?rd
himself in camp, close to his company tent after ^^•"' •
dressing for guard. This leaves two Order of Merit
men in the corps.

On its return to Derah Ismail Ehim, a good deal
of work fell to the corps, as it had to perform
nearly all its annual musketry between 18th March
and 30th April, and as the outposts were increased
from 30th March, owing to a blockade imposed from
25th March on the Sheoranis.

Regimental Order No. 58, dated 21st January Compiiment-
1886, publishes to the corps the expression by cwnp'oY*'
Brigadier-General Sale Hill, Commanding 2nd Divi- ^*•'«^■••
sion, Northern Force, to the Commandant in person,
of his ^^ pleasure at having had the Regiment under
his command, and his satisfaction both with its
behaviour in camp and work in the field."

Expresses to the division the Brigadier-General's DWifionai
'^appreciation of the excellent spirit shown by all dated 20tii
ranks during Camp of Exercise, and the good ser- igaeV^ 0.
vice they have rendered. The discipline of the 26tif j*^ a
troops has been good and crime rare." i^^G*

Publishes to officers and men of all arms under Q. 0. 0. o.
command of the Commander-in-Chief, the Vice- ja^naary
roy's "great satisfaction at their fine appearance {gfifjanJJl.y''
and bearing, as well as at the admirable manner iS^^'^^*
they marched past under very trying circumstances." 26th January

" The Commander-in-Chief desires to add to the

166

HISTOBT OF

LiMt. Woodf
joint.

FnrlonKhf
Capt Bonny.
Lieut. Dobbin,
offg. Wittg-
Comiosoder.

CapUin
Begbie
Struck off.

Lieot. Woodf
struck off.

above his hearty appredation of the exemphry
conduct of the troops since their assemUage m
camp, and of the cheerfal and ready manner m
which soldiers of all ranks have performed their
duties during the time Hiey have been mder in-
struction."

On 17th March Lieutenant A. £. Woods.
Northampshire Begiment, joined from the Madru
Native Infantry as officiating Wing Officer on
probation (G.G. O. 241, 16th April 1886).

On 5th April 1886 Captain A. C. Bunny left
on two years* furlough, and Lieutenant W. J. K.
Dobbin, who rejoined from furlough on 23rd Mardi
1886, officiates as Wing Commander in Captadn
Bunny's place.

B. O. 431, dated 7th May 1886, strikes off
Captain F. B. Begbie from 4th April 188oy the
day he joined his new corps, the 2nd Battalion
ofthe2nd(P. W. O.) Gurkha Begiment (Sirmor
Bifles), to which he was appointed by 6. 0.
C. C, 19th February 1886. Captain B^ie left
the corps 18th October 1882, to be Adjutant of the
Ist Punjab Volunteer Bifles (page 147). Captvn
Begbie orij^nally joined the corps on 16th Jane
1869, at Derah Ismail Khan (see page 81), and
again on 16th December 1875 [after* serving in 3rd
Punjab InEantry (page 92)], at Eohat.

By B. 0. 623, dated 24th July 1886, Lieutenant
A. £. Woods was struck off the rolls, having been
appointed officiating Wing Officer, 3rd Sikh Infantry
on probation (Government of India, Military Letter
699 A., dated 2nd July 1886, to Punjab Government).
G. 0. C. C. 12th October 1886.

« He left for the 3rd Panjab lofaotrj oa SSth May lt7(l (■•
page 82).

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 167

On 1st August 1886, the Punjab Frontier Force Transfer of

^ ° , 1 ^. J /• i_ P. F. Force to

was transferred to the direct command of the Commendor-
Commander-in- Chief in India by 6. G. 0, 485, dated
Simla, 23rd July 1886.

Sir Frederick Roberts' special general order (G. J'^'^J^^
O. C. C, 23rd July 1886) was received by the corps o! 634. *
on 28th July 1886, and was read to the Regiment on
parade on 2nd August. The Lieutenant-Governor
of the Punjab issued a farewell order to the Force.
(P. G. 0. 137, dated 26th July 1886,) Besides
general mention for campaigns, the Regiment is
specially mentioned for its stand up fight at Jerwah
on the Nepal border in Oudh, 3l8t March 1859.
Among the medical officers of the force mention is
made of Surgeon-Major A. P. Holmes, and among
distinguished Native Officers, of Subadar-Major
Jamal Din Bahadur.

The Regiment entered the force in December
1855 (see page 46).

On 6th August Lieutenant E. W. S. K. Macon- Lieot. Maoon-
chy, 1 st East Yorkshire Regiment, joined from the o.^?**
7th Madras Infantry (Gt)vernment of India, Military
Letter %-, dated 2l8t July 1886) as officiating Wing
Officer on probation (G. 0. €• C, dated 12th
October 1886, page 504.)

Surgeon J. R. Rodgers was appointed on 25th Surgeon J. B.
May 1886 to the medical charge of Shekh Budin, leasee. B.O.
and ceased to belong to the corps from that date. 25th Ma^

On 8th November Captain Pollock rejoined from ^®®^- .
furlough, and took up the post of officiating Wing lock rcjoist'
Commander, (Confirmed Adjutant-General's letter ^JjUngb.
6088A, 25th November 1886.)

On 20tli November 1886 Major C. C. Brownlow Major 0.0.
left on furlough, and Captain Pollock fell into the £jiSlhT
post of officiating Second-in-command, Lieutenant

168 HISTORY OF

Dobbin, of officiating Wing (Tommander, and
Lieutenant MacMahon of officiating Quartermaster.

Ohanget in jn Regimental Order No. 985, dated 25th Novem-

service of ° '

Native ber 1886, was published to the Raiment the changes

in the condition of soldiers in the native armies, which
(besides the orders for the active and garrison
reserves) were embodied in I. A. C. Special, 13th
October 1886, and took effect from that date.

I. The regiments of the Bengal Army are linked
by battalions into regiments of two and of three
battalions.

The 1st Sikh Infantry is linked with the 3rd and
4th Sikh Infantry as one regiment of three batta-
lions.

All enlistments after 30th November 1886, in any
one battalion are to be for the three battalions, and
such recruits are liable to serve in any one of the
three battalions such transfer taking place in time of
war only.

II. Recruits enlisted elsewhere than at regi-
mental head-quarters, receive full pay from date
of enlistment, and marching batta for the road, or
free carriage for their baggage.

III. Grood conduct pay, Rs. 2 and 3 per mensem,
granted after six and ten years* service.

IV. Annual half-mounting, from Ist January
1887, raised from Rs. 4 to Rs. 5 for the year.

v. Invalid pension abolished prospectively after
30th November 1886 for all enlistments after that
date ; in lieu thereof, ordinary pension claimable
after 21 years.

Ordinary pension after 21 years also allowed
to all men now in the service.

Superior pension and its terms not altered.

1st SIKH INFANTRY.

169

VI. Gratuities to men of short service of all
ranks invalided extended from present order, so that
all men enlisted after 30th November 1886| can
receive 12 months' pay, and good conduct pay when
above shove 15 and under 21 years' service.

Lieutenant E. W. S. E. Maconchy leaves the Corps,
25th November, to join 4th Sikh Infantry as Wing
Officer.

In August 1886, the Punjab Government called
for a return to show the localities by tahsils whence
recruits were obtained for the Regiment during the
past two years. The results are placed on record
by classes : —

ChangM ia
•ervioe of
naiiYe armiM
oontioaed.

Liaoteaant
Maconchy
laaraa Uorpa.

Nota on
racniita.

Brahmin Sikh

Jat Sikhs

LobaDE Sikhs

Other Sikhs

Tasufzai Pathans

Hohmand

Khattakis

Bangash

Marwat

Hasnrah

Other

Ghakknrs

Saleria

Dhanials

DhoDd

Dogras

Hindasianis

»»

9»

• ••

• •.

• ••

...

• ••

• •.

• ••

•••.

19
3

44
2

81 Sikhs.

78 Pathans.

3 Panjabi Masalmaos.

Total 168 recraits in two years.

Hindustanis are not now a portion of the regi-
mental constitution. Their enlistment ceased April
1st, 1884.

On the same date one and a half companies of Pan>
jabi Musalmans were ordered to be reduced to one
company, and hence, during these two years, thdr
enlistment has been in check. . .

170

HISTORY OF

Transfera,

Burma

Police.

Surveyors io
Burma.

Fig. of Merit,
G. 0., 0. C,

9tli Septem-
ber 1887.

Relief march
to Kohat

On 17th May 1886, the Regiment gave ten
Hindustani sepoys to the Hindustani levy of the
Burma military police, and in September 1886, one
color havildar, as a native officer (2168, Dewa
Singh) to a Punjabi civil police levy for Burma,
and one pay bavildar (Amrikh Singh) and 37 Sikh
sepoys to a Punjabi levy under Captain Tonnochy,
4th Sikh Infantry, for the Burma military police.
This levy is known as the railway levy.

Finally on 6th October 1886, Jemadar Sham-
suddin, a Hindustani of the Meerut district, left for
Burma as a native officer in a Hindustani civil
police levy.

No. 3306, Lance Naik Bahadur Ali Ehan and
No. 3118, Havildar Mihtab Singh (who went to
Suakim in 1885) have been employed, respectively,
from May and July 1886 on survey duty in Burma,
and are still there.

Figure of merit musketry 1885.86 — 117-75
against 112*70 last year ; standard moderate.

1887.

On 18th January 1887 the Regiment marched
from Derah Ismail Ehan for Eohat to relieve the
3rd Sikh Infantry, arriving at Eohat on 31st Janu-
ary 1887.

Route by Bandh and Paniala to Pezu and thence
by the main road up the frontier, 13 marches and
one halt at Edwardesabad. (The cold at Ghazni Ehel
recalled the severe and remarkable cold — for this part
of the world — which the Regiment experienced at
Ghazni Ehel on 12th January 1874, on the march
to Paniala camp of exercise, when at 7-30 A.M.,
the tents were frozen-hard, the breath turned to
small icicles and milk in a can was partly frozen at

1st SIKH IHPAKTBT. 171

10 A.M.) On next day, Ist February, the Regiment loppecUon,
was inspected by Brigadier-Greneral J. W. McQueen,
Commanding Punjab Frontier Force.

On 5th February 1887 (R. 0. 144) Lieutenant Lieotenant
C. E. H. Connell left the Regiment on appointment ^^n|ed to
as Wing Officer to the 1st Punjab Infantry. i^iu^*^

Under G. 0. C. C, 8th January 1887, the Regi-
ment gave the following men to police battalions,
being raised at Amritsar and Lucknow for the
Burma military police. The men were seconded Men

ft t M 1 -rfc !• Beconded to

for three years, and went to the Police as non- Barma.
commissioned and native officers, retaining their
rank in the corps in case they desired to return
after three years.

Captain W. Cook's Punjabi Battalion — two havil-
dars, three naiks, eight sepoys (seven Sikhs and six
Punjabi Musulmans).

Lieutenant 6. R. MacMuUen's Hindustani Bat-
talion — two havildars and six sepoys.

By a ruling of Government, received 5th March
1887, gfeconded native officers and non-comniis-
sioned officers, Burma police, are to receive regi-
mental promotion in the same manner as British
seconded officers (A. A. G., P. F. F.) Telegram,
120C, 4th March 1887).

By regimental order. No. 251, dated 6th March, Death of
Surgeon-Major A. P. Holmes was struck off the rolls miS^"'
of the Regiment with efiEect from 31st December 1886, Hoimef.
the day he died suddenly at San Remo while on
furlough. He joined the Regiment on 3rd May
1865, at Multan, and has served with it in two
campaigns and six expeditions and service outings,
as recorded in regimental order, dated 11th March
1887.

172

HISTORY OF 1st SIKH IKFANTRT.

Sargeon
Silcock joins,
H. 0., nth
March 1887.

Death of

Lieuteoant-

Colonel

lloKlDDOO.

Strength of

Begiment

raited.

Brownlow,
2Dd-in-Coin-
mand. Banny
Wing Com-
mander.

Lient Dallas
leaves.

From 25th May 1886, four medical officers held
temporary charge of the corps till 3rd March 1887.
Surgeon A. Silcock was appointed to the medical
charge- He joined 10th March 1887. (G. 0. C.
C. 10th March 1887.)

By regimental orderi No. 280, dated 14th March,
Lieutenant- Colonel C. E. McEinnon, Second-in-
command and Wing Commander, was struck off the
rolls with effect from 8th March 1887, on which date,
according to report from 0. C. V. Punjab Infantry,
in command of which he had been serving, he died
at Naorang Serai, 15 miles from Edwardesabad.

By I. A. C. special, 14th March 1887, the strength
of the re^ment, like that of other battalions of the
Bengal Infantry and P. F. Force was fixed, for the
future, from 1st April 1887, as follows:

8 Subahdars, 8 Jemadars, 40 Havildars, 40 Naiks,
16 Drummers (Buglers), 800 Sipahis. Total 912—
the same strength as existed in the Afghan Wan

By G. 0. C. C, 21st April 1887, Major C. C.
Brownlow becomes Second-in-command and Wing
Commander, vice McEonnon deceased, and Captain
A. C. Bunny, Wing Commander, vice Brownlow.
R. 0. 431, 22nd April 1887.

On 30th April 1887 Lieutenant C. M. Dallas,
Adjutant, was struck off the rolls, having been
appointed to the Punjab Commission by G. G. 0.,
Home Department 151, 22nd April 1887 — Compare
K. 0. 455, 30th April 1887 and 501, 9th May 1887.

THE END OF VOL. I.

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APPENDIX VI.

Major J. S. Hodgson's farewell order to the BegimeDl^ on lia
leaving on medical certificate, is entered in regimental order, dated
2nd J one 1849, Hoshiarpnr.

It calls on the Regiment to always ^ perform its dnttes in a
zealoos and soldierly spirit." It points ont to the Commissioned
and Non-Commissioned Officers and to the men the beat waj of
conducting themselves as soldiers. ^* Good Soldiers are recogn^iU
bv their qoiet, steady, and firm performance of their duties, and
careful avoidance of all disreputable dbsension either among them-
selves or with the people of the country. If his observations
receive attention, the Commanding Officer feels that there need be
no appreheusion of the Regiment forfeiting in any degree the often
rooorded approbation of its superiors.''

raUTlD BT TBACKSB, SFIIK AHP 00., OALCfrTTA.

•s"^"-

H ISTOR Y

The IsT SIKH INFANTRY,

1887-1901.

VOLUME II.

CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO

1903.

HISTORY

OF THS

ist SIKH INFANTRY.

On the 19 th o£ May, Lieutenant W. C. Barratt, Royal 1887.
Berkshire Regiment, joined as Wing Officer on pro- t • j B»n«n
bation (G. 0. C. C, dated 12th o£ May 1887). fle i°«»»X 0^°-
came from the 6th Punjab Infantry.

On the 22nd of May, Lieutenant H. A. Cooper, 2nd ^^mt.Ooap^t
Manchester Reofiment, loined as officiating Wine: 647 of 23-5-87.

R O 628 of

Officer on probation. G. 0. C. C, dated 7th of June 13-6^7.
1887.

By G. 0. No. 39 of 1887, soldiers in the Native army S^'^»«' 9«;'^''-

1 n T^ i-i 1 f "^ R. 0. 661, dated

are to be employed as Regimental Clerks whenever 26-6-1887.
possible. If the Regiment cannot supply soldiers to
do clerks' work, suitable men of any class to the
number of three may be enlisted and will form part
of the establishment.

From early days in the regiment, all Vernacular ^o«ord«f
records have been kept in Eainthi. As many B. 0. 666, dated
men now read and write Gurmukhi well, Gurmukhi
is, for the future, placed on the same footing as
Eainthi. Urdu is still not to be used in permanent
records.

On the 16th of June 1887, Lieutenant A. H. Lieut. McMahon
McMahon, who had been officiating Adjutant since dated 16-6-87.

H. iBT s. I. 1

HISTORY OF

Lieut. Barratt
Offg. Adjutaut

1887.

Browolow,
Lt.-Coluuol.

Iimporlion,

IMM7.

Noo tioxl |mgo.

Jiihileo of Her

MujnNty.

U (1. 0.459
t.t 2O-0-87.
K U. (US.

litiUHferR to
Ntw Sikh
HtigUiiuuta.

?• O. 766.
g«ta.1 18-7-87.

the l&t of May 1887, was transferred to the Panjib
Commission.

Lieutenant W. C. Barratt, though not qoalifiei
in languages, became officiating Adjutant on die
16th of June 1887. Vide R. 0. , No. 640, dated the
16th of June 1887. (Confirmed from the ITth
of October 1887, by G. 0., C. C, dat€d 25th of May
1889,)

On the 8th of June 1887, Major C. C- Brownlow
became Lieutenant-Colonel. G. G. 0. No. 427, dat^d
the 10th of June 1887. (Regimental Order No. 666,
dati'd the 24th of June 1887.)

In his Inspection Report on the Corps No. 359,
dated the 14th of June, 1887, Brigadier-General
J. \V. McQueen, C. B., reports the Regiment^s dis-
cipline and spirit to be good: the native officers and
men in exercises and movements showed careful
training, and the condition of the transport animals
and the style of lading them received special com-
mendation.

The 21st of June was the Jubilee day of the fifty
years' reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. There
were no prisoners to release in the 1st Sikh Infantry
under the Queen's clemency.

During June 1887, the Regiment gave 1 Naik,
1 Assistant Bugle Major, 2 Lance Itaiks and 10 men
to the 35th Sikhs at Ferozepore ; and 1 Jemadar
(Nand Singh), 1 Havildar and 3 men to the 36th
Sikhs at Jalandhar.

The Regiment won the Commander-in-Chiefs
prize of 1886-87— Rs. 100.

TERMS.

Individual Firing. — 7 Shots. 500 yds. Any
military position. Target 2nd class Regulation.

1st SIKH INFANTBT. 3

Selected team of six men. One sighting shot each
man.

Independent Rapid Firing. — 200 yds. Single
rank, standing. Target 2nd class, regulation.
Time allowed two minutes.

Individual. — 121 points. Average 20*16.

Independent. — 120 rounds fired. Every round
put in Target.

B. E. C. 0. Points. Average.

40 53 27 373 = 62*16

Winning Score, 82*32.

Note.— Regimental Order No. 891, dated the 29th 1887.
of August 1887, publishes the order that only four S[ p^Jf '"^
British oflScers are to be mounted on parade. (A. G.'s
3149-D., dated the 13th of August 1887.) Since
the Mutiny all British officers till now have been
mounted.

In the " London Gazette " of the 21st of June (G. Coi. Row mu^e

C B R O 810

G. 0. No. 558, dated 22nd of July 1887) Colonel 2^7. '
A. G. Ross, Commandant, received the Order of the
Bath as an additional member of the Military
Division of the Third Class (C. B.) on the celebration
of the Fiftieth year of the Reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria.

In his remarks (A.G.'s 3787-B., dated the 2nd of Inspection, 1887.
August 1887), the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Frederick
Roberts) says regarding the Inspection of 1887: —

" That the report is most satisfactory and shows See precediug
" the regiment in a high state of efficiency reflecting ^**^®'
"great credit on Colonel Ross and all officers con-
'* cerned. The improvement in Musketry is noticed
"and the Commander-in-Chief hopes that it will
"continue, and all pains be taken to make the 1st
" Sikh Infantry a good shooting regiment.

4 HISTOBT 07

Transfers to During Aagust 1887, the Regiment gave 1 Jemtdtf

Begimeots. (Sham Singh), 1 Colour-havildar, 2 Naiks, 2 Lance-

Kaiks and 1 Sepoy to the 36th Sikhs at Jalandhar.
Cholera Kohat, From the 22nd of July 1887, to the 2nd of

1887

September 1887, cholera attacked Kohat Gantomnenti.

The Regiment did not remove into camp. It had

12 cases, 5 soldiers and 7 followers, and out of these

2 soldiers and 3 followers died. The cases in

Cantonments were 54, and the deaths 25.
igg7. On the 14th of October 1887, Lieutenant A.

Nicd'iui"?^ Nicholls, transferred as Wing Officer from the 9th
Buroe joio. Madras N. I., joined the Corps. (G. 0. C C. of 30th

September 1887).

On the 1st of October 1887, Lieutenant K. 0.

Burne joined as officiating Wing Officer on probation,

from the 2nd Punjab Infantry. (G. 0. C. C. of 3Gth

September 1887).
Figure of Merit, Figure of Merit 1886-87=122*47 against lll'75in
18-10-87. ^ 1885-86. Standard good. Position in Army of

Bengal, 22nd. Eighth in Punjab Frontier Force

Infantry.
Visit of Sir Tbe Regiment was present at Eohat during the visit

Roberu to of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Frederick Roberts,
^^^•^- G. C. B., V. C, etc., November 28th to 30th, 1887,

and twice furnished Guards-of-Honour for His

Excellency.

Lt. Cooper Qn the 19th of December 1887 Lieutenant H. A.

leavefl.

B. 0. 1299, Cooper was struck off on appointment to the 5th
^^"^^"®^- Punjab Infantry as Wing Officer. (G. 0., lOth De-

cember 1887).

iSstS!""' Brigadier-General J. W. McQueen, A..D.-C.,

C. B., inspected the Regiment on the 8th of December

1887, as also at intervals in various practices between

that date and the 22nd of December. Report

nenJly satisfactory and good (as last year) as

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 5

regards exercises. Excellent spirit and efficiency of
Transport.

On the 21st of February 1888, the orders reached ^^^^^
the Regiment granting from 1st April 1888 a nilver nedaU
medal for " Meritorious Conduct" to Havildars with II**?"*?'!®""

Coodact " St

an annuity of Rs. 25, and two silver medals for ** Long Service
*'Long Service and Good Conduct," each with a dact" with'
gratuity of Rs. 25 to the rank and file ; the latter to GratnuTeef
be given annually irrespective of vacancies. The iA'M ^^ ®'
** Meritorious Conduct" medal is given again only
on the death, promotion or reduction of the annui-
tant, and requires eighteen years' service completed
with the colors. The "Long Service and Good
Conduct " medal requires twenty years, and cannot
be held with that for ** Meritorious Conduct." A
silver medal for " Long Service and Good Conduct"
but without gratuity may be obtained if the Com-
mander-in Chief sees fit for a soldier on transfer to
the pension establishment, whose field services and
irreproachable conduct throughout his service mark
him for reward and who, from his position, has not
received the " Good Conduct " medal.

On the 20th of April 1888, the first men were 1888.
passed into the Active Reserve from the Regiment,

On the 28th of June 1888, Lieutenant E. Brand- Lt. Brandreth.
reth, Lincolnshire Regiment, joined as officiating
Wing Officer on probation. (G. 0. C. C. of 19th
July 1888.)

G. 0. C. C. of 21st of June 1888 publishes that o.-in^;«
the Regiment has once more won the purse of q^^q^q^J^^^'
Rs. 100, presented by the Commander-in-Chief 21-6-88.
to Native Infantry for 1887-88. The conditions
were the same as those of the match of 1886-87,
(Page 2.)

6 BISTORT OF

The result this year is : —

Individual Firing. — Points 119. Avenge, 19"K.

Independent Rapid Firing. — Rounds fired 14a.

B. E. 42. C. 62. 0. 33. Hits 137. Points 430.
Average 7000. Winning Score 89-83. This is
5*01 points above the second Regiment on the list,
and 7*51 points better than last year's sccxe <^ tiie
Regiment itself. This year saw four regiments of
the Pimjab Frontier Force at the head of the Infuitry
and four regiments Punjab Frontier Foroe at the
head of the Cavalry list,
Fiz. of Merit Figure of Merit 1887-88 = 126o9 against 122*47
c. c. of 30-7-bd. last year 1SS6-87. Standard, good. Position in

Army of India, 27th. Increase, 4*13. Again
eighth in Punjab Frontier Force Infantry.
1^^^- . In his remarks on the Inspection of 1887-S8.

1S67-8S. (A. G.'s 3589-B., dated 20th of August 1888) the

Commander-in-Chief (Sir Frederick Roberts) says
that : —
Coiiipare page 3. "The report on the 1st Sikh Infantry ib

**mo!?t satisfactory. Every attention is paid to
"details and the result is that the Regiment is
*• thoroughly efficient in all respects. The condition
'* of the corps is very creditable to Colonel Ross and
'^ thofic under his command.

" His Excellency was much pleased with the set
'* up and turn-out of the men, when he saw the
'* Regiment at Kohat in November last, and is also
" crind to hear that great attention is paid to Mus-
" kctry Instruction."
CiiMcra. Koiifti, Choicra again (this year, as in 1887) attacked

Kdhnt Cantonments on the 3Ist of July 1888, and
Iftstrd steadily till the 20th of August 1888. After
n lull of eighteen days a man of the Regiment came
in from escort duty to Bahadar Ehel on the 6th of

1st SIKH INFANTRY, "i

September and was attacked on the 7th. He, how-
ever, remained an isolated case and was discharged
cured on the 20th of September 1888. The Regi-
ment did not move into camp. The 5th Punjab
Infantry was attacked severely, and on the 9th of
August encamped on the Infantry parade. The
Regiment had 14 cases, viz., 9 soldiers, 3 followers
and 2 children, of whom 4 soldiers, 1 follower and
I child died. The cases were (soldiers) 6 Sikhs,
1 Dogra, 1 Pathan, and 1 Punjabi Musalman. Kohat
had 88 cases, and 53 deaths, the deaths this year
being within one of the whole number of cases last
year.

On the 19th of September 1888, Lieutenant A. p. NicholU
IS icholls was struck off the roUs of the Regiment on
appointment as Wing Officer to the 2nd Punjab In-
fantry, with which he is at present officiating as
Adjutant. (G. 0. C. C, 26th September 1888.)

On the 12th of October 1888, Lieutenant H. A. yj^^^g^;,.
Cooper was re-transferred from the 5th Punjab Infan-
try (compare 19th December 1887) as Wing
Officer (G. 0. C. C, 22nd of October 1888).

Note. — He joined on the 19th of November 1888,
from service with the Hazara Field Force in the 4th
Punjab Infantry.

By India Army Circular, 13th October 1888, Kohat im^^
l>ecome8 the Regimental Centre for the Regiment RegimeDtal
and its Unked Battalions, the 3rd and 4th Sikh ^^"^'^•
Infantry.

By G.G.O. 918, dated the 9th of November 1888, 5^^\^*J;JJ*J^'
Subadar- Major Jamal Din Bahadar was promoted Saidtr BaUtdtr.
from the 16th of December 1887, in the Order of
British India, to be a " Sardar Bahadar."

Colonel Ross gave him the insignia on parade in
Kohat, after the Imperial parade on the Ist of January

8 HISTOUY OF

1889. General Kennedy gave him the insignia of
the 2nd class on a Brigade parade in Abbottabad in
1882.

Escort Mr. Between the 27th of August 1888, and the 17th

Commrf"^^*" of December 1888, the Regiment furnished 157
Kurram Vtliey, native officers and men under Captain A. C- Bunny

AugOBt to . 1 T 1 T>

December, '88. along With detachments from the 8nd Punjab

Cavalry, 4th Punjab Infantry and No. 4 Hazara
Mountain Battery, as an escort in the Kurram Valley
to Mr. Udney, British Commissioner, sent to try and
settle with Shirindil Khan, Governor of Khost, the
Amir of Kabul's representative, disputes bet-
ween the Turis and the Amir's subjects. The
escort marched six marches into the Kurram Valley
from Thai, and was stationary most of the time at
Camp Kliartachi near Shaluzan. Although exposed
in November to a good deal of severe cold, the men
returned on the 17th of December 1888, looking very
healthy.

GaiahdiD Sepoy. Sepoy Gaiahdin, D. Company, was employed from
M^unu[i^^^^ September to November 1888, as a signaller with the
EzpeditioQ. Black Mountain Expedition of 1888 and was attached

to the 4th Punjab Infantry. On the 14th of March
1890 he received the India Medal with dasp ^^ Hazarah
1888."

On the 31st of January 1889, the Begiment was
inRpection, inspected by Brigadier-General, J. W. McQueen, C. B.,

A.-D.-C, as also in various exercises and Field
Practices between that date and the 6th of February

1889.

In his Inspection Remarks of the 23rd April 1889,
the Brigadier-General remarks: —

^' The 1st Sikh Infantry is an excellent regiment
^^ in every way. There is an admirable system of

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 9

"interior economy, and discipline is judiciously
*' maintained. The men are carefully instructed in
"drill and all practical work, and the Regiment
" manoeuvres well and handily both across country i
" over broken ground and on its own parade ground.
" There is an excellent spirit among all ranks and
" the Regiment is fit for active service,"

On the 21st of April 1889, Subadar Chaggat Retirement,
Singh, who enlisted in the Regiment on the Ist of obaggat Singh.
April 1856, retired on the Superior Pension of his
rank after an honourable and unblemished service
of over 33 years. On the 15th of March 1889, Bad-
hawa Singh, the oldest sepoy in the corps, who was
enlisted on the 8th of May 1855, retired also with
his superior pension, still hale and strong and able to
shoot well, after a service of nearly 34 years in the
corps.

There now remain in the corps only three men,
all Subadars, Bir Singh, Hakim Singh and Lall Singh,
who served with it in the Indian Mutiny, 1858-59 ;
and one British officer. Colonel Ross, and one
Subadar, Jamal Din, who have the Mutiny Medal for
service with other Corps.

By G. 0. C. C. 25th of May 1889, Lieutenant W. C. Lieut. Barrttt
Barratt is appointed Adjutant from the 17th of R. 0.661 of
October 1887. He took up the duties on the 16th ^^^'
of June 1887, see page 1.

Lieutenant E. Brandreth, officiating Wing Officer, 1889.
was transferred on the 28th of June 1889, to the 5th Brandreth
Punjab Infantry at Kohat. "•»^•■•

On the 30th of June 1889, Subadar-Major Jamal Retiremeot.
Din Sardar Bahadar retired from the service on the jama1*Dia*^
superior pension of a Subadar from the 1st of July SjJ^
1889, after a long, active and faithful service of 88
years^ 6 months^ and 26 days. He enlisted on the

10 BISTORT OF

5th of December 1850, in the 4th Punjab Infantry and
with them was wounded at the assault of Delhi in
September 1857. He came as a Jemadar to the Regi-
ment from the 6th Police Battalion in June 1862,
and has been Subadar- Major since the 17th of August
1881. He received the First Class of the Order of
British India on the 16th of December 1887. His war
services include six frontier expeditions, the Indian
Mutiny, 1857, and the Afghan war, 1878-79, and he
has three War Medals and four clasps,
appffotel^^^ By A. G. India's letter, 28U-B. of the 30th July

1889, Surgeon H. Fooks was appointed to the
Medical charge of the Corps. R. 0. 941, dated the
9th of August 1889.

Surgeon 6. F. Braide, who has been officiating

since the loth of June 1888, left to join the 5th

Punjab Cavalry on the 9th of August 1889.

Inspection. ^^ ^^^ remarks on the Inspection of 1888-89 (A

1888-1889; G;g 2941-B. of the 8th of August 1889) the Com-

Cotjjpare page 6. ^ ^ ^ ° ^ ^

mander-in-Chief in India (Sir Frederick Roberts)
says : —

** The condition of this fine Regiment is all that
*' could be desired, and reflects great credit on Colonel
" Ross and all serving under him.

" In Musketry there has been an all round improve-
^' ment since last year, and the results are all that can
" be desired."
1880. From the 26th to the 28th of October 1889, the

Viceroy Lord Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne, visited Eohat
Koba^'''**' ^^ accompanied by Sir James Lyall, the Lieutenant-
Governor of the Punjab.

The Regiment with a portion of the Cavalry,
(Queen's Own Corps of Guides and the 2nd Punjab
Cavalry) and with the 4th Punjab Infantry, 6th
Punjab Infantry, and No. 4 Hazara Mountain Battery

1st SIKH INFANTRY. H

lined the Kusbalgurh Road on the arrival of the
Viceroy on the 26th of October 1889.

On the same evening it furnished a Guard-of-
Honour for His Excellency under Subadar-Major
Bir Singh at the Mess, and on the 28th of October
it paraded with the rest of the troops in garrison in
Brigade, to witness the presentation by the Viceroy
of the Badge of the Distinguished Service Order to
Colonel Hawes, 4th Punjab Infantry.

The following Regimental Order No. 1219, dated
the 28th of October, was published to the Corps : —

" The Commanding OflScer has much pleasure in
*' informing the Regiment that His Excellency the
" Viceroy of India was much pleased with the ap-
" pearance of the troops of the garrison when they
*' lined the road on his entry into Kohat.

"2. The Viceroy also twice expressed to the
" Commanding Officer his admiration both of the
" Guard-of- Honour, and of the Guard over his
" Residence (under Lieutenant Burne) furnished by
" the Regiment, and directed the Commanding Officer
" to say to the Officers and men that he was much
" pleased at having the Regiment on his Guard
** on two occasions."

On the 17th and 18th of November the Regiment g„rprige of
took part with detachments of the Queen's Own I^'q^Yuo
Guides and the 2nd Punjab Cavalry, and with the 8-12-S9.
4 th and .5th Punjab Infantry, in the surprise
of Shindand, the village of the Jawakhi Malik
" Mushki" near and in the Gandiali Pass.

2. On November the 17th, a detachment of the
Regiment of 3 Native Officers, 18 non-commission-
ed officers, 2 buglers and 176 men marched for
Kusbalgurh under pretence of receiving ordnance
stores.

12 fflSTOHY OF

1889. This party, joiDed on the evemng of the 17th by

BhiDdaod— Lieutenant- Colonel Brownlow and Lieutenant Coopefi
^°'^' marched from Gumbat a little after 1 a.m. on the

18th of November, and between 4-15 a.m. and 4-30
A.M. occupied all the heights east of the Gbmdiali
Pass.

Officers present : 3. Seven native oflScers, sixteen non-commis«
Lt.^3o?."' sioned officers, two buglers and a hundred and
Capr^EUiniiy twenty-seven men under Captain A. C. Bunny ac-
Lt. Barratt, companied the main column from Eohat at 11-10

Lt. Cooper. ^^

P. M. on the 1 7th of November under Colonel A. 6.
Ross, which marched by the Eharmatu Road across
to the Eushalgurh Road, near milestone 5 from Kohat
and thence entered the Sra Ghunda Valley, over a
small but rough kotal, reaching the environs of
Shindand at 5 a. m. on the 18th of November.

Parties of the 4th Punjab Infantry were detached
at the Kushalgurh Road to the hills west of the
Gandiali Pass and of the Guides to the Pass mouth.

4. Besides some rifles and other arms, Bome
property, and a collection of flocks and herds, Malik
Mushki was captured and ten out of thirteen out-
laws required by the civil power.

5. The men from Kohat were out eighteen hours
and covered some twenty-six miles of country. The
men from Gumbat were out some thirteen hours,
and had a steep and rapid climb to their posts in
the dark of the early morning.

No men fell out during the operations.
R. 0. 1409, The following extract from letter No. 1099, dated

^^^'^^' the 28th of November 1889, from the D. S. 0.,

Punjab Frontier Force, to Colonel A. 6. Ross, Com-
manding at Eohat, is published to the Raiment
concerning the surprise of Shindand on the 17th
and 18th of November 1889,

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 13

" I am directed to convey to you, and to the
"officers and men serving under your orders,
" the Brigadier-Generars congratulations on the suc-
" cessful result of the surprise, and his appreciation
" of the excellent manner in which the whole of the
" detail was planned and carried out."

The appreciation of His Excellency the Com- 1889.

, , Surprise of

mander-in-Chief in India (Sir Frederick Roberts) was Sbidnand—
conveyed to the troops engaged in the following
terms in letter No. 6366-A of the 23rd of December
1889 from the Adjutant-General to the General
Officer Commanding the Punjab Frontier Force.
(P. F.F. 724-M. R., dated 30-12-89.)

" The Commander-in-Chief has had much pleasure
"in perusing this report which shows that the
"surprise (of Shindand) was admirably planned
" and equally well executed, and it is an example of
"a completely successful operation to effect a
surprise and a capture without bloodshed. "

The expression of His Excellency's appreciation
was ordered to be conveyed to the officers and troops
employed on the occasion.

Figure of Merit 1888-89 = 130-18 against 126-59 Fig. of Merit
of last year, 1887-88. Standard, Good, Position in ^®®®"®^'
Army, of regiments armed with snider rifles, 24th.

_ ft

Increase, 3-59. This is the last course on the old
system. Next year individual firing is to be reduced,
and more rounds used in collective- firings and field -
practices.

On the 2nd of December the Regiment marched March fn Relief
from Kohat, and on the 30th of December reached Dw^^f.^'KUai
Dera Ghazi Ehan, relieving the 4th Sikh Infantry,
one of its linked battalions. Route by Bannu to Dera
Ismail Ehan across the Indus to Bhakkar, and
thence by the road skirting the Thai by Karor, Leia,

14 HISTORY OF

Kot Sultan, Daira Din Panah, Sanawan and
Gujirat, and across the Indas at Ghazi Ghat
Railway station to Dera Ghazi Ehan. In this marcfa
the Regiment was the first regiment to cross the
new girder bridges over the Eurrain river close to
Bannu, and the Gambila in Marwat, the latter bdng
still unfinished.

Pneumonia gave trouble on this march. 28 cases
occurred on the march, of whom three died. The
pneumonia increased between Bhakkar and Dera
Ghazi Ehan, and in twelve days after arrival at Dera
Ghazi Ehan, ten cases occurred. A cliange of
weather to clear sharp cold took place about the 11th
o£ January 1890 and the disease subsided.

Out of the 28 attacked on the march, 11 were
Sikhs, 8 Patbans, 3 Punjabi Musalmans, 5 Dogras
and 1 Hindustani. The ten cases immediately after
arrival were 6 Sikhs, 2 Pathans and 2 Dogras. The
incidence on Pathans on this occasion was unusually
heavy.
1889. The Regiment marched out of Dera Ghazi Ehan

on the 4th of March 1865, and has re-entered it on
the 30th of December 1889. Ten ofiScers and men
are with it now who were in it the former period of
occupation, 1862-65 — Colonel Ross, Lieutenant-
Colonel Brownlow, Subadar- Major Bir Singh, Subadar
Nawab Khan, Subadar Hakim Sing, Subadar Shiu
Shankar Singh, Subadar Lai Singh, Subadar Jabnr
Khan, Pay-Havildar Hurri Singh and Sepoy Gian
Sinjjh.

The outposts held now are Mangrota, 21 rifles, an
old outpost ; Khar, 20 rifles ; Rakhni, 49 rifles under
a native officer ; Kingri, 58 rifles ; Kot Mohammad
Khan, 50 rifles each, also under a native oflicer ;
total, 198 rifles under three native officers, the

1st SIKH IKFANTRT. 13

furthest point being 118 miles : Khar, Rakhni, Kingri
and Kot Mohammad Khan are all on the Peshin Road,
the new communication with Southern Afghanistan.

Since the Regiment led Dera Ghazi Khan close 1890.
on 25 years ago, the railway has touched the Indus
9 miles from the station ; the Peshin Road has been
made through the Baluch hills and the Gurchani
and Lughari Hills have been declared *' British
India " ; the Kasranis are British subjects and the
Buzdars are under British influence.

On the 15th and 16th of January 1890 the Regi- 13*2* '°"»
ment was inspected by Brigadier-General Sir J. W.
McQueen, K. C. B., A.-D.-C. The men did well,
and the report is good and in terms similar to those
of last year.

On the 21st of February Lieutenant-Colonel }^^^- .
C. C. Brownlow left for Edwardesabad to take up Brownlow
the officiating command of the 1st Punjab Infantry, let Punjab
This is the first time he has left the Regiment since r" a 262 of
he joined on the 11th of August 1865. (See entry ^^^ of
on page 18 November and December 1890.) ^^^ March 1890.

On the 15th of May 1890 Lieutenant H. A, F. Lt.Magratb

JOIDI.

Magrath, appointed Officiating Wing Officer on R. 0. 670-671 of
probation, joined the Corps (G. 0. C. C. of 15th of *^

May 1890), Wing Officer, 13th of October 1890
(G. 0. C. C- of 14th of November 1890).

On the 22nd of May 1890 Surgeon A. G. Hendley, Surgeon
who joined for duty at Camp Lachi on the 3rd of .
December 1889, left for Quetta. He has not been •
permanent in the Corps,

On the 19th of June 1890 Subadar Hakim Singh, Betirement,

Subadar

who was enlisted on the 20th of November 1856, re- Hakim Singh,
tired on the superior pension of his rank after a ^

faithful and unblemished service of 33 years and
7 months, of which he has been 17 years a commis-

HISTORY OF

Surgeon Fookt
returns from
Cbia Country.

Subarlar-Major
Bir Singh
2n<i Cltisi
Britiah India.

1890.
Skiirani
EipeditioD,
1890.

sioned ofiBcer. He was in the Indian Motiny with
the Regiment and in the Afghan war and two frontier
expeditions, and has the Mutiny medal and the
Afghan medal and Ali Musjid clasp.

On the 7th of February 1872 in the attack od
Haidar Khel village in Daur, he was, wheai a
Havildar, mentioned in R^mental Orders fiir
forward gallantry.

On the 10th of June 1890, Surgeon H. Fooks, who
left in October 1889, rejoined the Raiment firom
Field Service in the Chin Country.

By 6. 6. 0. 860 of 1890 Subadar-Major Bir
Singh obtains the 2nd class of the Order <^
British India with the usual title of Bahadar with
effect from the 15th of January 1890. (R. 0. 989
of 27th September 1890).

By telegram 1146, dated the 10th of October 1890,
from the D. A. A. 6., Punjab Frontier Force, a
strong wing was ordered to reach Draband on the
Dera Ismail Khan Border on the 29th of October
1890, to take part in the Expedition against the
Shiranis who live opposite Draband and Chaudhwan
in the hills round the Takht Suliman. The Force
collected at Draband consisted of three troops of
cavalry, one battery, six guns made up from two
batteries and three strong wings of Infantry. The
let Sikh Infantry wing and one troop 1st Punjab
Cavalry (P- A. V. 0.) marched from Dera Ghasi
Khan, while a squadron of the 3rd Punjab Cavalry,
four guns No. 1 Kohat Mountain Battery, two guns
No. 7 Bengal Battery, and Wings of the 2nd Sikh
Infantry, and the 2nd Punjab Infantry inarched
from Dera Ismail Khan. The whole constituted
the Draband or Punjab Frontier Force Column of
the Zhob Field Force which under Sir George White,

1st SIKH INFANTRY, 17

K.C.B., E.C.S.I., operated against the Khiddarzai
Shiranis from Zhob west of the Takht Suliman.
The Draband column was intended as a containing
and co-operating column to Sir George White's Force
and itself was under command of Colonel A. G.
Ross, Ist Sikh Infantry, The Wing, 1 st Sikh Infantry,
under Captain A. C, Bunny, Second-in-Command,
marched out of Dera Ghazi Khan on the 20th o£
October 1890, and marching by the District Road to
Dera Ismail Khan as far as Tibbi struck across
country to Vihowa on the Frontier Road, and reach-
ed Draband on the 29th of October 1890, marchings
by Kirri Shamozai and Chaudhwan.

On the 1st of November 1890, the main part o£
the Draband column, with which was the 1 st Sikh
Infantry Wing, entered the Shirani hills by the
Draband Pass and encamped at Drazand. This
portion of the column the first to enter was the
last to leave the hills. It marched from Drazand to
Draband on the 2nd of December 1890, and on that
day the Draband column was broken up. On the
3rd of December 1890, the Wing, under Captain
A. C. Bunny, left Draband for Dera Ghazi Khan,
and marching by the same route, arrived on the
12th of December 1890. Colonel A. G. Ross, who
had been detained on duty at Draband and Dera
Ismail Khan, rejoined on the 16th of December 1890.

During the Expedition the Wing of the Regiment

was chiefly at Drazand. It made a reconnaissance

to Ragusar of the Uba Khel eleven miles from

Drazand (200 rifles and 2 guns) and from the 16tli

of November to the 29th of November 1890, it was

engaged in visiting the Uba Khel and Hussan Khel

hills, 290 rifles strong in company with 2 guns

No. 7 Battery Bengal and 40 Sabres 3rd Punjab
H. 1st s. I. 2

18 HISTORY OF

Cavalry. The march was to Ragnsar and thence to
Murga in the Hus&an Khel country by two routeB)
the direct or nullah route by Pir Ghumdi, and the
hill route by Nishpa, Maidan Ehaisera, Lyadan and
Baspa. Parties o£ the Corps also visited on duty
Gandhera Each and the vicinity . of the Zao Pus,
where the Regiment was in 1883 in the Takht
Suliman Expedibion, and the ^Gat' Pass, a formi-
dable defile some twelve miles long north of the
Takht-Suliman Mountain. In 1883 the R^ment
saw the upper or west end of this Pas8. The men
were very well in this expedition. Free rations
were allowed while the Force was across the border.

^890. Marcliing-out strength :

Marching-out

Btreogtb. British OfHcers ..3

Native Officers 8

Havildars #15

Nuiks 17

Buglers 8

Lauce-Naiks and Sepoys 329

BritUh Officers. "^^^ British Officers were : Captain A. C. Banny,

Captain W. J. E. Dobbin, Lieutenant and Adjutant
W. C. Barratt.

Surgeon Fooks Surgeon Fooks joined from leave at Draband on
KoLVasauinea * the 29th o£ October 1899; and Colonel A. 6. Ross,
Commdnd. ^j^^ arrived at Draband on the 28th of October

1890, assumed command of the Draband column on

the 29th of October 1890.

Lt.-Col. While the Head Quarters and Wing were absent

tZZfiZ i^ *^^ Shirani hills, G. 0. C. C. of the 14th of

K^""^? November 1890 was published transferring Lieute-

d^tei ' nant-Colonel C. C. Brownlow as Commandant to one

K. o. ii8i, of the linked battalions, the 4th Sikh Infantry, but

4*12-90. directing him to remain with the Ist Punjab In&ntry

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 19

and promoting Captain A. C. Bunny to be Second-in- ^apt. ^°jj"y *
Command and Wing Commander, and Captain J. A. promoted in
H. Pollock to be Wing Commander. Lieutenant Lt. Ma^rath '
H. A. F. Magrath was also appointed Wing Officer. ^''"«^ ^^'''^'

These promotions and appointments bear date
from the 13th of October 1890.

Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Brownlow was struck 1890.
off the rolls of the Regiment from the 13th of Brownlow.
October 1890, by R- 0. 1181, dated the 4th of Decem-
ber 1890. He joined at Multan on the 11th of
August 1865 as Adjutant, and during his 25 years
and two months* service with the Regiment has been
Adjutant, Wing Commander and Second-in-Com-
mand. He is the second of his name and family who
have served with the Regiment, the other being the
present Sir Charles Brownlow who, as Second -in-
Command, was dangerously wounded while with the
Regiment in the expedition against the Shah M usa
Khel Mohmands in 1854.

On the 29th of December 1890, the Regiment was Inspection,
inspected by Brigadier- General Sir W. S. A. Lock-
hart, K.C.B., C.S.I., Commanding the Punjab
Frontier Force at Dera Ghazi Khan.

On this Inspection parade. Sir William Lockhart PreBentaiion
presented before the Regiment to Subadar-Major lodia to '
Bir Singh Bahadur the Insignia of the 2nd class of nlr Siogt
the Order of British India. (R. 0. 1268 of 31-12-90.)

On the 30th of December, Lieutenant C. E. deL. Lt. Soib^ joint.
Solb^, who was Wing Officer (on probation) with the
6th Madras Infantry, joined as Officiating Wing
Officer (on probation) under A. G.'s Telegram No.
990 of 1890. (R. 0. 1265 of 3l8t December 1890,
and G. 0. C. C. of 5th of January 1891.)

This is the first course with the Individual Firing Yig, of Merit
reduced to 30 rounds, and a large number of rounds ^^^^'^'

HISTOBY OF

1890.

Cantonment or
Half Batta
Aboiishod.

Betirenoent of

Subadar Lai

Singh.

Pension

Circular

43 of 16-2-91.

Mackenzie
Equipment.

given for seven events in collective firing and fire
company Field Practices.

Figure of Merit, 89-61. Standard, Good. This is
made up of 45*42 Individual Firing, '* Moderate,"
and 44*19 Collective Firings ''Good," and close on
*' Very Good" 45*00. Place in army 16th among
Snider Armed CSorps. Last year in the old method
the place was 24th. The Regiment in the Punjab
Frontier Force is 2nd out of six Snider-armed Infan-
try Regiments (G. 0. C. C. 2nd August 1890).

Note. — Out ofl 2 Infantry Regiments of the Punjab
Frontier Force six now have Martini-Henry Rifles.

By India Army Circular 158, dated the SOth of
September 1890, the ancient Indian Division of the
native Eoldiers' pay with " Net pay " and " Canton-
ment or Half Batta" was done away with. The
wage of the soldier is now one sum, ri>., "pay."
(R, 0. No. 58 of 1891.)

On the 19th of January Subadar Lai Singh, who
was enlisted at Siriband in Hazara on the 7th o£
November 1856, retired on the superior pension of
his rank after an unblemished and faithful service of
34 years and nearly 2^ months, of which he has been
14^ years a commissioned officer. He has served in
the field with the Regiment two campaigns in the
Indian Mutiny and in the Afghan war and in two
frontier expeditions, and has the Mutiny and Afghan
medals.

Between the 17th and the 27th of January, the
Regiment received accoutrements known as the
'' Mackenzie Equipment." Greatcoats, as in the Valise
Equipment, are carried in straps in a roll on the back.
There are two pouches, carrying each 30 rounds.
Total 60 roundtf.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 21

The Valise Equipment, now exchanged, was re*
ceived on the 15th o£ July 1878. The Mackenzie
Equipment is the sixth which the regiment has had
since it was raised on the 10th of December 1846,
viz. : —

(1) Black leather accoutrements. Single shoulder Muekett.
belt.

(2) Brown leather accoutrements. Single should*,
er belt.

(3) Brown leather accoutrements. Pattern with
Brunswick two grooved rifle. Also shoulder belt.

(4) Brown leather accoutrements {^shoulder belt
also) modified to suit Enfield rifle.

(5) Valise Equipment. Braces.

(6) Mackenzie Equipment. Braces.

From the 9th and 13th of January 1891, respec- 1891.
tively, to 5th of March 1891, Captain J, A, H. onS Lt.^Cooper,
PoUock and Lieutenant H, A. Cooper served with ^'^^'^^ ^*'''''°*-
the Miranzai Expedition of 1891 under Brigadier-
General Sir W. Lockhart. Captain Pollock as
Brigade-Major First Column, and Lieutenant Cooper
attached to the 4th Punjab Infantry.

By the Book of Regulations called the "Regi- Regimental
mental Calls of the Native Army in the Bengal ' Call ' modified.
Presidency," Edition 1890, dated Adjutant-Generars
Office, 1st of April 1890, the original old * call ' of
the Regiment was modified,

2, The new modified ^ call ' was brought into use

HISTORY OF

on the 17th of March 1891. The old 'call* in use
from the beginniDg is here shown: —

FreBh Series of
Numbers.

1891.

Murtiui-HeDry

Kiae.

Notes on the
Anns of the
Regiment.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. ORIGINAL ' CALL.'

l8T SIKH INFANTRY. NEW 'CALL'
ORDERED 1st OF APRIL 1890, AND
BROUGHT INTO USE ON THE 17xh OF
MARCH 1891.

On the 8th of June the original series of Re^men-
tal numbers, which has run from the raising of the
Begiment on the 10th of December 1846, reached
4,999, and under Regulations a fresh series beginning
with * 1 ' was opened on the 9th June 1891.

On the 27th of June, the R^ment was re-armed
with the Martini- Henry rifle Mark IV, and a new
pattern sword bayonet, and for the second time in its
history took to ^'Rifle Drill."

The Snider rifle now superseded has been in use
since the 3rd of February 1875 at Eohat.

Since the Regiment was raised on the 10th of
December 1846, it has had the following fire-arms : —
1. 1846-1847. Flint Muskets and Bayonets.
24th November 1851. Percussion Muskets

and Bayonets.
1st of March 1854. Nine Companies Percus-
sion Muskets and Bayonets, and one Com-

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 23

pany two grooved Brunswick rifles and
Sword Bayonets (Drill mixed). This
armament was in use during the Indian
Mutiny.

4. Autumn 1861. (In Regiment now eight Oom-

panies.) Six Companies percussion Muskets
and Bayonets, and two Companies the two
grooved Brunswick Rifles and Sword Bay-
onets (Drill mixed).

5. December the 2nd, 1864. Whole Regiment (8

Companies) two grooved Brunswick Rifle
and Sword Bayonet (Short Rifle Drill).

6. November the 5th, 1870. Enfield Rifle and

Bayonets (Long Rifle Drill).

7. February the 3rd, 1875. Snider rifle (First

Breechloader) and Bayonet (Long Rifle
Drill;.

8. June, the 27th, 1891. Martini-Henry Rifle

Mark IV and Sword Bayonet. New pat-
tern (Rifle Regiment Drill. Afterwards
changed bo Long Kifle Drill.)

Assistant Adjutant-General, Punjab Frontier Force's Intpeotion,
No. 681, dated the 30th of June, published in Regi- f89o^9^^
mental Order No. 736, dated the 4th of July, brought
the Report by Sir William Lockbart on the Inspection
of 29th of December 1890. It says :—

*^ The Ist Sikh Infantry is an admirable Regiment
" in perfect order."

This Report was approved by the Commander-in*
Chief in very favourable terms in his Confidential
No. 3206.B, dated the 29th of June 1891.
Individual Firing ... "Moderate" ... 49*78 mi.

Collective Firing ... "Very Good" ... 47-11 JSu/.^*'*'

18)^0-91.

Classification "Good" ... 96-89

HISTORY OT

Out-PoeU.

Lt. Magrath
Becouded.

Lt. MaQDiDg
joiuB.

Retirement of
Bub-Major
Bir SiDgb.

Last year was 89*61. In the Army among Snider
Corps the Regiment stood 18th, and 2nd in tbe
Punjab Frontier Force out o£ six Snider-armed oorps
(G. 0- a a of 22nd July 1891). This is the last
course with the Snider rifle.

On the 15th of August 1891, one British officer,
2 native officers, 2 buglers and 100 rifles marched to
garrison Drug, a post in the Jafar Pathan country,
under the political rule of Fort Sandeman, (Apozai)
in Zbob, and three marches from Mangrota up the
Mangrota Pass. At the same time Bakhni, Bankan
Sham and Eingri on the Peshin Boad are to be
reduced, leaving Khar and Eot Mahammad Ehan
still held.

Note. — Bakhni Bankan Sham and Eingri detach-
ments finally reached Head-Quarters on 9th of
November 1891.

Under G. G. 0. No. 420, dated the 16th July,
Lieutenant H. A. F. Magrath was seconded for one
year to the Burmah Police. - He left on the 16th of
August. (R. 0. No. 876, dated 17th August 1891.)

Under G. 0. C. C. of 28th of August, Lieutenant
W. H. Manning, 12th Bengal Infantry, was appointed
Wing Officer from date of joining. (B, 0. No. 910
of 30th August.) He joined on 27th September
from the 4th Sikh Infantry (B. 0. No. 1022 of 28th
September.)

On the 5th of September Subadar-Major Bir
Singh Bahadar was compulsorily retired on ordinary
pension after 35| years* service for habits of self
indulgence. With him, in disgrace, the last medal
for the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, in the native
ranks, leaves the Corps. He was enlisted in the
Begiment on the 28th of December 1855. (B. 0.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 25

951 and 952 of 4th September 1891. A. G. in
India Nos. 4394-B., dated 27th August 1891.)

On the 24th of January 1892 Lieutenant G. D. L. 1892.
Chatterton joined from the 19th Bombay Infantry jqim.
as Officiating Wing Officer. (R. 0. No. 130 of 25th
January 1892.) His first appointment to the Regi*
ment dates from the 24th of January 1892. (G. 0.
C. C. No. 101 of 10th February 1892) R. 0. Nos.
191—192 of 9th of February 1892.

On the 4th of February 1892 the Re^ment was loirectioo,

1891-92

inspected at Dera Ghazi Khan by Major-General Sir r. o. No. 195,
W. S. A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I., Commanding }*^2^^^^^**^-
the Punjab Frontier Force. His report, dated the
5th of February, says : —

" The Ist Sikh Infantry is in perfect order.
*' The turn-out, bearing and steadiness of the men leave
^^ nothing to be desired. An admirable spirit fills all
" ranks. I regret Colonel Ross' approaching departure,
'* but his method of instruction and of command
" generally will, it is to be hoped, be carried on
" by his successor whoever he may be."

On the 17th of February Captain J. A. H. Pollock, Capt. Pollock
Wing Commander, left to officiate as 2nd in Command sikh VSaotry.
of one of the linked battalions, the 3rd Sikh Infantry
atKohat. (G. O.C. C. of 10th December 1891) Letter
No. 858, M. R. of 30th of November 1891 from A. A.
G., Punjab Frontier Force, ordered him to join on
the 19th of February. (R. 0. No. 241 of loth Feb-
ruary 1892.)

The system of mobilization was changed in Tramport
1890-91, and under that of mobilization by divi- "hlnSTn''"'
sions Dera Ghazi Khan ceased to be a mobilization Mobiiiation.
station for Infantry. The mobilization equipment
in charge of the Regiment, was, therefore, sent to
the 5th Punjab Infantry at Dera Ismail Ehan, and

26 HISTORY OF

under Punjab Frontier Force Order No. 36, dated tbe
5th of February 1892 (R. 0. No. 194 of 9th February
1892) the transport with the Regiment was redooed
to 50 camels and 40 mules. The double-drauglit
mule-carts received in the hot season of 1891 and
whose harness was never completed, were now done
away with. Under present ruleS| 36 mules are pack
and 4 are water-mules (I. A. C. No. 183 of 30th
November 1889.)

1892. On the 23rd of February (R. 0- No. 286 of 23rd

February 1892) the reduction took effect, 66 out ot
the 106 mules actually in possession being distributed
as follows, and marched to their new corps : —

JoBAdar. DafEMluE. 8«ddlcr. Drinc Mitai

Dera Ghaii Khan, Itt P. Gavalrj 1

Dera Ismail Khao, 5th P. I. ... 1 ... 9 SS

Edirardeiabad, (Sih P. I. .- 1 ... 7 9D

KoUat, 2nd P. I. ... 1 ... 6 14

llardan T. the Guidea ... ... ... S 6

Betarmd toB.PiudiComml8iaria( 1 1

BedoctioD Total -. ... ... 8 1 Si if

• See entry The strength of mules at Dera Ghazi Khan has

UDuer Jaouary

1891, page 26. been 111, since the 20th of July 1890.* The present

establishment of 40 mules is the figure at which the
mule establishment stood when first attached to the
Corps in 1851 (see p. 26 of Vol. L). Since then it has
stood at 90, 50 & 58 ; the term * half -transport '
having been in use since the institution oE the
Kabul scale in 1879-80.

The establishment of camels still stands at 50.
Originally, when the mules were 40 in 1851 and for
many years it Etood in the Punjab Frontier Force

at 70.

Transfers HoDg Qu the 15th of March Jemadar Fateh Khan,
oDg egiiuen p^^j^^j^- Musalman, was transferred to the Hong

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 27

Eong Regiment, raised at Jhelum under G. 6. 0. 62
o£ 15th January 1892 for service at Hong Eong as a
part of the British Army under the War Office.
(R. 0, No. 371 of 14th March 1892.)

On the 8th of March, 21 men were transferred
having been selected on the 18th of February 1892
by Captain Dawson. They were 7 Ehataks, 7
Punjabi Musalmans and 7 Pathans, Yusafzais and
Mohmands. (R. 0. No. 351 of 7th March 1892).

CHANGES IN WAR MATERIAL.

Clause 1441 of 31st October 1891 introduced a chmi^eia
new equipment of pouches. The final pouches of ^<>"c**««'
the new equipment reached the Regiment on the 20th
of January 1892. One of the present pattern of
pouches of the ^^ Mackenzie equipment" is retained as
a reserve pouch for carrying 30 rounds of ammuni-
tion, in three packets, and is worn at the back.

Two pouches are now adopted new, viz: —

^^ a " Pouches ammunition, leather, brown, with
tubes, 20 rounds.

" b " pouches, ammunition, leather, brown, with-
out tubes, 20 rounds.

Pouch ^^ a " is worn at the right side, and carries
10 rounds in a packet, and 10 in tubes.

Pouch " b " is worn at the left side, and carries 20
rounds in two packets.

All three pouches form one set and carry 70
rounds.

The new pouches are small and tight.

Under A. G. India's No. 2462-Ao£ 11th April 1892 1892.
Lieutenant A. K Dallas joined on the 27th of joins.
April 1892, from the 5th (3rd Burma Battalion)
Madras Native Infantry, as officiating Wing Officer
on probation. (R. 0. No. 594 of the 28th of

28 BISTORT OF

AprU 1892. G. 0. C. No. 309 of the 20tli of

April 1892.)
He is a broths of Lieutenant C. M. Dallas, Ad-

jutant of the Raiment, who left it on the 30th of

April 1887.
Lt. HA. By A. G. India's No. 2935 -A of the 29th of April

Qaarter-Maiter. 1892, Lieatenant H. A. Cooper, Wing OffiooTi is
Frontier' Forcl'! appointed Quarter-Master, dated the 7th of Aprfl
368M.B.2.5- 1392, Regimental Order No. 650 of the 6th of

May 1892, G. 0. C. C. No. 875, dated the 17th of

May 1892.
Col. A. B088 On the 10th of May, Colonel A. 6. Ross, Comman-

compieteB ^ "^ '

CouimaDd. dant, completed his seven years' tenure of ooinmand»

and was struck off the rolls of the R^ment on the
11th of May 1892 by R. 0. No. 666.

He joined the Regiment as a Lieutenant on the
19th of December 1861, page 70 of Vol. I. (having
been appointed on the 22nd of November 1861.)

Farewell Order R. 0. No. 661, dated the 10th of May 1892.

R^sal^Comman- Colonel A. G. Ross, this day, closes his command of

the 1st Sikh Infantry, which he has commanded toe
seven years, and with which he has served nearly
30 years and 5 months.

In bidding farewell to the Regiment with which
he has served so long. Colonel Ross thanks all the
officers, British and native, in the past and in the
present, for the help which they have given him in
carrying on the work of the corps, and he remembo^
with pleasure the ready and willing way in which
all ranks have always carried out every duty which
they had to do.

The Ist Sikh Infantry from the first has
borne a high name for alertness, readiness and
willingness, and the Regiment must always try and
retain its good name for these qualities.

daot.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 29

Obedience, courage in danger, fortitude in
difficulty, readiness to meet whatever happens and
cheerfulness in discomfort and privation, are the
qualities which make good soldiers, and all ranks
must ever recollect that they must never fail in
any of these high qualities, i£ the good name of
the Raiment, handed down through 45 J years, is
to be kept up.

Major L. Dening, D.S.O. (from the 26th Punjab Jf^^.J^ ^
Infantry) appointed Commandant of the Regiment by Deniog, D.ao.,
A.-G. India's letter No. 2938-A of the 29th of AprU J.uod"t!^''°''
1892, joined on the 10th of May 1892, and took nibM5Ji592,
over the command on the 11th of May 1892. His
date of appointment is the 11th of May 1892, G. 0.
C. C. No. 443, dated the 4th of June 1892.

On the morning of the 16th of May 1892, the Guard of
Hegiment furnished a Guard of Honour of 4 native ^^^^''
oflScers and 100 rank and file with the Regimental
Colour and Band, to honour the departure of Colonel
A. G. Ross, C. B., late Commandant of the Regiment.

Under G. 0. C. C. No. 608, dated the 1st of Zhob Valley
August 1892 service with the Zhob Valley Expedi- to^wunt'^M
tion, 1890, is to be reckoned as War Service ; this ^•'8«^^i^«-
includes the wing of the Ist Sikhs, which was with
the Draband Column operating against the Shiranis.

Under A. A. G. Punjab Frontier Force's Nos. 74 l^K « . .

LtB. Sol 06 A

& 88 (telegrams), dated the 7th and 8th of September l>*li" attached
1892, Lieutenants C. E. deL. Solb^ and A. E. Dallas Kkt.^'''*
were attached for duty to the 2nd Sikhs proceeding
on Field Service with the Wano Field Force. Lieu-
tenant Dallas rejoined the Regiment on the 19th of
December 1892.

Under A. A.-G. Punjab Frontier Force's No. 998, Ohinge of
forwarding Q.-M.-G. in India's No. 6008.A, dated K*'''^
the 15th of September 1892, the Regimental Centre

HISTORY OF

LieuteDant
Magralh
reverts to
Regimental
Duty.

Capt. Pollock
A Lieot. Soll>6
leave.

Capt. Dobbin.
Wing Comman-
der.

1893.

Inspection.

1892-3.

1893.

Escort to
Lt.-Qovernor.
28th January
1893.

of the linked battalions (iBt, 3rd, and 4th Sikbs)
was changed from Eohat to Edwardesabad (eee
page 7). In future all reservists of the three
battalions are to be called up and trained annually
by the Regiment stationed at the Regimental Centre.

Under A. G's. No. 5587.A., dated the 3rd of
September 1892, Lieutenant H. A. F. Magrath
reverted to Regimental duty from employment in the
Burma Military Police. Lieutenant Magrath pro-
ceeded on furlough to England from Burma without
rejoining.

Under G. 0. C. C. No. 896, dated the 9th of Novem-
her 1892, Captain J. A. H. Pollock and Lieutenant
C. E. deL. Solb^ were transferred to the 3rd Sikhs
as 2nd in Command and Wing Officer respectively.

By G. 0. C. C. No. 991 of the SOth of
November 1892, Captain W. J. K. Dobbin was
appointed Wing Commander, vice Captain Pollock.

On the 31st of January 1893, the Regiment was
inspected at Dera Ghazi Khan by Major-General Sir
W. S. A. Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.L, Commanding the
Punjab Frontier Force.

His report, dated the 1st of February 1893, was as
under: —

" I last year reported the 1st Sikh Infantry to he
" in perfect order. Major Dening and his officers
^^ have well maintained the standard of efficiency, and
*4t would be difficult to find a regiment more
" thoroughly ready for the field or one possessed of a
" better spirit."

Lieutenant K. 0. Bume and four native officers
with 140 rank and file escorted the Lieutenant-
Governor Sir Denis Fitzpatrick on his tour round the
Frontier as far as Dera Ismail Ehan,

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 31

Under Adjutant-General in India's No. 21 27- A., andLtBloo
dated 6th of April 1893, 2nd Lieutenant fl. A. Rice 22Dd'AprU 1893.
joined from the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment| on
the 22nd of April 1893, as officiating Wing Officer
on probation. R. 0. No. 304, dated 24th of April
1893. (G. 0. C. a No, 460, dated 26th of May 1893.)

The figure of Merit in the annual course of ^«g- of Merit

^ Musketry,

1892-93 was 53*17 per cent, taking the highest 1892-93.
place among the regiments of the Punjab Frontier
Force.

The following Punjab Frontier Force Order No. Motketry.
269, dated the 23rd of May 1893, was published:— ^"'P"'"*"*^-

" The Major General Commanding observes with 9,'^J^^ p^^'S'
"gratification the steady improvement that has
"attended the results obtained by the Ist Sikh
'^ Infantry in their annual course of musketry for
" 1892-93. Notwithstanding the fact that it is only
" the second year the Regiment has had a new
" weapon, it heads the figures of merit for the year
** in the Punjab Frontier Force.

" Lieutenant-Colonel Dening, Commanding, wiU
" be good enough to convey to the officers and men
" an expression of the Major-Generars appreciation of
" their efibrts.

By G. G. 0. No. 450, dated the 12th of May 1893, JfJ^-^^^.^
Major L. Dening, D. S. 0., Commanding, was pro- be Lt-Colonel.
moted to Lieutenant- Colonel from the 11th of May
1893.

Lieutenant W. H. Manning was granted leave out ^*- Mnnning

° ° proceedB to

of Indian to enable him to take command of an ad- Central Africa^

ditional force of lOU Sikhs proceeding to Africa for

service under the British Central African Company.

He lefl the Regiment on the 4th of July 1893, and

took with him 1 havildar, 2 naiks, 17 sepoys and 1

langri, whom he selected from the Begiment.

HISTORV OF

1894.

Inspection

1893-94.

Lt. Dallas Lieutenant A. E. Dallas left the Regiment on the

ISth of August 1893 on being transferred to the

6th Punjab Infantry. (G. 0. C. C. dated the 18th

of August 1893.)

March in Relief On the 4th of December the Regiment marched

Kbali trBanaa. Ax)m Dera Ghazi Khan and on the 23rd of December

reached Edwardesabad (Bannu). The Regiment was
relieved at Dera Ghazi Khan by the 2nd Sikhs, who
arrived in the Station on the 13th of November. The
route foUowed was through Leia, Bbafker and Den
Ismail Khan, the same as that traversed by the
Regiment in 1889. A good deal of sickness, princi-
pally pneumonia, was experienced.

On the 22nd of February 1894, the Regiment was
inspected at Edwardesabad by Major-General A. P.
Palmer, C.B., Commanding Punjab Frontier Force.
His report, dated the 5th of March 1894, was as
follows : —

^^ The 1st Sikh Infantry maintains the reputation
^' that it has long enjoyed as regards personnel
" • . . . A fine spirit of esprit -de-corps exists.
'^ The Battalion turns out smart and clean in all orders
^^ and is fit for immediate field service. The musketry
^' trainiog is most satisfactory. The men have taken
*' keenly to loose play, sword and bayonets."

Subadar-Major Nawab Khan retired from the ser-
vice on the 31st of March 1894, and was transferred
to the pension establishment from the 1st of April
1894. Subadar-Major Nawab Khan was a most
excellent officer ; he served in the 1st Sikhs throughout
his service of 32 years, 2 months and 21 days,
and took part in the Daur Expedition in 1872.
Jawaki Expedition 1877-78 (medal and clasp).
Afghanistan (Ali Masjid) 1878-79 (medal and clasp.)
Mahsud-Waziri Expedition 1881, when he rendered

1894.

Relirement of
Subadar-Major
Nawab Kban.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 33

conspicuously gallant service at Shah Alam Raghza
on the 3rd of May 1881. Takht-i-Suleiman 1883.
and Zhob Valley Expedition, 1890. He also collected
valuable information for Colonel MacGreofor's
Gazetteer of the North- West Frontier, when assist-
ing in the reconnaissance of the Ehattak country
in 1872.

On the 15th of April a detachment of 1 British Jbandola
officer, 3 native oflScers, 3 buglers and 150 rifles left '*^^®"*-
for Jhandola Out-post.

On the 10th of May 1894, Lieutenant-Colonel Departure of
L. Dening, D.S.O., proceeded under telegraphic Dedng.^'
instructions from Army Head -Quarters to take over
command of the 26th Punjab Infantry to which he
was transferred.

In relinquishing command of the Ist Sikhs, Lieuten- Farewell Order
ant-Colonel Dening, heartily thanks British oflScers, Dening.^*
native oflScers, non-commissioned oflScers and men for
the ever ready assistance they have given him in every-
thing tending to promote the eflSciency and welfare
of the Regiment and in saying *' Good-Bye " Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Dening feels that he cannot do better
than wish all, throughout their stay with the Regiment,
the distinction of thorough eflSciency combined with
the best of good-fellowship, a combination which he
feels assured fits a Regiment best for service either in
[juarterH or in the field.

G. 0. C. C. No. 554, dated the 30th of May 1«94, 1894.

^zetted the appointment of Major A. C. Bunny as appointed "^

Commandant with effect from the 11th of May Commandant.
1894.

Surgeon -Lieutenant E. C. MacLeod reported his Arri?ai of
irrival on the 1st of June 1894, for temporary duty Macieod."^'
Pfith the Reo:iment.

H. 1st S. I. 3

34 HISTORY OF

Musketry The followinof remarks were made by Major-Gen-

eral A . P. Palmer, C. B., on the Musketry of the R^«
ment for 1893-94 :—

'^ Musketry and Pistol practice receive modi
'^ attention and there is a steady imiMX)vement| es-
'Specially in Field Practices. Credit is due to
*' Colonel Deningand his officers for the interest thcj
^^ take both in musketry and pistol practice. **

The Figure of Merit of the Regiment was 58*01
per cent, being twentieth in order of mait among the
Native Infantry of the three presidencies, and second
among re^ments of the Punjab Frontier Force.

JabtrEhaa By 6. G. 0. No. 536 of the 1st of June 1894,

Bubljar-Major. Subadar Jabar Khan was appointed Subadar-Major

from the 1st of April 1894.

Arrival of Surg.. Sur^reon -Captain J. S. S. Lumsden joined and
ap . ouii' eo. j^g^^^^i oflSciating medical charge of the R^ment

on the 23rd of June 1894, and left on the 30th of
September 1894.
Increase of Under telegraphic instructions from Head QuarterSi

Ou*"po«t. Punjab Frontier Force, the strength of Jhandola was

increased by 1 British officer, 2 native officers, 100
rank and file. Detachment marched on the 28th of
August 1894.
Appointment Subadar-Major Kawab Ehan (late 1st Sikhs)
BUjor Xawab admitted to 2nd class Order of British India with tide
Sor'jerof ^^ *' Bahadur" vice Subadar-Major Ludh Singh
British India. Bahadur. (G. G. 0. No. 847, dated the 7th of Sep-
tember 1894, from the 29th of August 1893.)
1894. ** The report on the 1 st Sikh In&ntry is very

H* E^^the^c. in- " Satisfactory, and shows that notwithstanding great
c. on the Ine- a (Jigadvantaofes it has maintained its well known

pection of the o

Regiment,'i894. «* character for esprit'de-eorps and efficiency.

" I am glad to see that its musketry progreas in
*' all branches is very good.

1st SIKH IKFAMTRY. 35

Subadar Maihal Sin^h died at hie home, while D^ih of Sab.

° MaiUal Siogb.

>n leave, of fever on the 29Ui of September 1894.

Subadar Narain Singh, after 28 years " service '* gjj'^;^^^
look his pension on the 13th of October 1894. Siogb.

On the 2nd of December, the Eegiment was J^^d"?^.
vrarned to be in immediate readiness for Field Ser-
vice in Waziristan, forming part of the 3rd f Bannu)
Column of the Waziristan Field Force, which was
assembled at Bannu under the command of Colonel
C. C. Egerton, D. S. 0. The other corps in the
Colnmm were the 3rd Punjab Cavalry, No. 1 (Kohat)
Mountain Battery, 2nd Punjab Infantry and 6th
Punjab Infantry. This column marched out to
Mirian, one march (11 miles) from Bannu and
camped. The Detachment of the Regiment from
Jhandola, under Captain W. C. Barratt joined Head
Quarters at this camp on the 13th bringing the
strength of the Regiment up to nine British officers,*
twelve native officers, 32 havildars, 31 naiks, 10 buglers
and 621 sepoys, 123 public and 28 private followers.
The Colunm was detained at Mirian owing to attempt-
ed negociations with the Mahsud Waziris, but when
these fell through, the Force advanced on the 1 7th ;
the route of the Bannu Column led up the Ehairsora
Nallah, the inhabitants of which, although nominally
friendly, fired into camp every night and also missed
no opportunity of annoying the rear guard on such
occasions as it was unable to reach camp before dark.
The marches up this valley were as follows : —
Spinwam 11 miles, Dwa Warkha 9 miles, Ssiroba
13^ miles, Razani 11 miles, and Razmak 7 miles.
This last march was one of extreme difficulty,

• Major Baony Commanding, Captains Dobbin and Barratt, Lieuten*
ante Burne, Cooper, Magrath, Cbattertoo, and Bice, and Surgeoa-
Captain Fooks.

HISTOHT OF

the ascent np to the TJA^rmalc plateaa being fffj
steep and the road narrow. The Colmnn muAm
at ^ A. M. on the 21=t of December, but it ww
not until 3-30 p. sr. that the baggage had moved
off and the Ist Sikha aa rear-guard conld follow.
The hills overlooking the road were thickly covmd
with oak and Hex trees, from the shelter d
which the Waziria, in spite of flanking parties^
kept up a dropping fire on the baggage ud
rear-g^iard until the top of the pass (5 miles) wii
reacheii, which, owinof to the slow progress of the
2,000 cameU forming the greater portion of the
tran.sport, was not until after dark. The casualdea
on this occasion were two men of the R^mait
(Sepoys Miah Khan * D ', and Sher Khan * F' Com-
pany) wounded ; 14 camels and 1 mule were also
hit. It was afterwards reported to the Civil
Authorities that the Waziris lost 4 killed and 3
severely wounded by our return fire. The rear-
guard finally reacheicamp at 8-30 P. m. The next
day, the Column joinei the 2nd Brigade under
Brigadier -General W. P. Symons at Makin, a short
march of six miles. Lieutenant-General Sir W. S. A.
Lockhart, K.C.B., C.S.I., and the Head Quarters*
Staff were with the 2nd Brigade. The let Brigade
under Brigadier-General A. Turner had occupied
Kaniguram without opposition.

On the 25th of December, a combined movement
of six Columns, two from each Brigade, operated
up the different valleys at the base of the Pir-Ghal
mountain. 450 rifles of the 1st Sikhs were detailed
to accompany No. 2 Column which pushed up the
Badinzai Valley and being without tents, bivouacked
for two nights in a Waziri village. This column
succeeded in capturing about a thousand head of

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 37

cattle and destroyed many towers and Waziri
defences. All the Columns returned to their camps
on the 27th of December. The cold during this portion
of the operations was intense, snow fell, and the
thermometer registered ten and twelve degrees of
frost at night ; the cold was much felt by the native
ranks in spite of the warm clothing issued by Govern-
ment and many cases of pneumonia occurred and
there were 180 deaths from this disease alone in the
Force,

On the 1st of January, 8 British oflScers and 500 ^®^^-

Bhaktu Valley.

rifles of the Regiment started with a Flying Column
equipped with mule carriage only, under Colonel
Egerton, D. S. 0., to operate in the Shaktu Valley.
The first march was to Warza, vid the Engamal
Eotal, 14 mile?. This pass was not a difficult one,
but owing to the frozen snow, the descent was one
long slippery slide and the Regiment as rear-guard
again had a task of considerable difficulty to get the
transport animals into camp which was not reached
until 9 p. M., long after dark. The Column ad-
vanced two easy marches (Waladin, 8 miles and
Matwam, 5 miles) down the Shaktu Valley passing
through some delightful park-like scenery. The
valley appeared entirely deserted and no opposition
was met, not even the usual amount of night firing
taking place. From Matwam the Column ascended
4 miles up the Ehwaja Ehidr Range on the right of
the valley, the road leading up the Barari nullah
dropping down into the Shuza nullah the following
day, 9 miles. After halting one day the Column
descended the Shuza nullah (23 miles) in two
marches and camped near the mouth of the Ghoza
nullah, nine miles from Jhandola. At 4 a. m. on
the morning of the 8th of January, 3 British officers

HISTORY OF

and 250 rifles from each regiment moved up the
Ghoza nullah and succeeded in capturing over 3,000
head of cattle and driving them into Jhandoli
Captain Barratt, Lieutenants Cooper and Ghatterton
and Surgeon-Captain Fooks accompanied this detadi-
ment. The troops detailed for this duty had to
march a distance o£ 26 miles, besides constantly
sending covering parties up the hills on either hand ;
no men fell out and all reached Jhandola fit and well.
The remainder of the Colunm marched direct to
Jhandola.

The details left at Camp Makin under Lieutenant
Burne, marched down the Zam nullah in three
marches, starting on the 2nd of January. This
party was fired on between Makin and Dotoi, the
casualties in the Regiment were, Sepoys Samp
Singh ^ H ' Company wounded in the le^ and Sher
Singh ^ A ' Company in the head ; the latter
subsequently died. Several men were also lost from
pneumonia.

After three days' rest at Jhandola, the Head
Quarters of the Regiment (6 British ofiicers and 400
rifles) again accompanied a flying Column under
Colonel Egerton starting on the 12th of January, a
bitterly cold morning, and again ent^:^ the Shuza
Valley but by a diflerent route (8 miles). The
remainder of the Regiment with 3 British oflScers
under Captain Dobbin moved to Tank the same day.
The Flying Column after reaching the Shuza nullah,
divided into two portions, one half under Colonel
Egerton marching up the Lilang nullah, while the
other under Major Bunny, which included the Ist
Sikhs, proceeded up the Shuza, the first march being
IS miles to the Shakzai Tangi. On arrival in camp,
a company under Lieutenant Cooper was sent up

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 39

the bills on the right to the group of villages known
collectively as Shakzai (2^ miles), the inhabitants of
which were quite unprepared for the arrival of troops,
in consequence of which 18 prisoners were taken and
over 500 head of cattle captured and the defences
destroyed. Many more cattle were seen on the
surrounding hills, but owing to the approach of dark-
ness they could not be driven and had to be left.
The following day the Force ascended the Kundi
Narai hill and camped on the summit (14 miles).
On the 15th the descent to the Ismail (Sammal) kotal
was accomplished. During this march the rear*
guard was 6red on from the dense jungle of oak shrub
and Sepoy Eishen Singh, * B ' Company, was shot
through the head. The kotal was passed and camp
pitched about 1^ miles down the Earisti nullah on the
banks of a small lake formed by a landslip. In the
evenin^r a note was received from Colonel Egerton
requesting 400 rifles to be sent to meet him on the
north slopes of the Babargarh mountain. At dawn
the following day 3 British oflScers (Captain Barratt,
Lieutenant Cooper, and Surgeon-Captain Fooks)
and 300 rifles, Ist Sikhs, with 100 rifles, 6th Punjab
Infantry, all under command of Major Bunny, march-
ed at 2 a. M., and crossing the range north of the
Ismail kotal ascended Babargarh, the crest of which
was reached at 6 a. m.» and a junction was effected
with Colonel Egerton's Force at 7 a. m. This
column had also captured a considerable quantity
of cattle. Both columns descended to the Earisti
nullah and camped about 4 miles below the previous
day's camp. With the exception of stray shots no
opposition was offered.

On the 17th of January the whole Column moved
down to Earkanwam, below the junction of the

tjftj. Ari Kmkamw9im ttSue <ifasuiik <otf afll oftiS' Bffgjnwing

Fromiitir BiCMifi Wfort fcmaA mcsmifL TMs Gdksaini
aA 9rhj-':rh v«in& miLBj sack aski ^aiik&T hdgBc KflKl Sbbbi
ooji^^ to moiht fixe Hooit:^ inifiundD^ €s£ i3L 17, J!!. 13l

O^looio OD the dasai appnniied. On dbe Isak
nt 4 A.M. a <kicadbmei&t of 1<0«0» ril^ i&rom csk^
lUtptuHt^^ h'Aoe CAvalrj and tw^ g^Ds. acsiK
oil iuCorcfUitioQ fap^Jied br tiie Cinil AnadiionXH^
t^uait n^ariy ccieo and catik ircse co/BeEXeA an llanift-
wauj^ tmirche>'l up the Shaktu YaOej W surprise
iUistu. Tii<:; inf^/nxiatioQ was, however, Coand tea be
Mm: aiid ttie rrieu da/l a fmitless march oC 2S miles.
Oti the* 1 l^tb the whole force marched to Jhaoi Kbel
( 1 1 miUzh) and on the 20ch jHtcfaed a sanding caaip
tiirar Miriau a few miles from Banna. The CL4amn
rt.umw'A in thin camp ant'd the 6th o£ Febraary
IHll.jf wheu it waii moved to the vidnity of the Tochi

Ou the 2«{rd of February the Colamn bdng d^aikd
i/t U(Tj}Ui\tiiuy General Sir W. S. A. Lockhart, the
llisiui Quartern* Staff and the Divisional Troops to
uxjilore the 'I'orrhi valley marched to Saidgi, 7 miles.
'Mm; ttlruufi^th of the Kegiment on this, the second
plitiMe of the Kx|>e^iiiioD, was 9 Briti<di officers, 12
iiutivo oflicerH, 59 non-commissioned officers, 10
hii^lerM and W)*A Hei)oyK, with one hospital-assistant,
HI piihlic and 12 private followers. After one day's
halt Ui await the arrival of the General Officer
('utfunauding, the Force moved up the Tochi Valley
hy the following marches : Haidar Ehel, 7 miles ;
Male, ii mile ; Darpa Ehel, 9 miles ; Mohanmiad
Khel| 9 miles ; Datta Khel, 11 miles; Sherani, 6

1st SIKH INFANTRV. 41

miles ; these marches, though short, were mostly along
the bed of the stream, the water of which had to be
constantly crossed. The only signs of hostility
shown by the inhabitants was the firing of a few
shots into camp. From Sherani the 20lh Punjab
Infantry (a Regiment of the Divisional Troops)
was detached as an escort to the Boundary
Delimitation party ; the remainder of the Divisional
Troops, with the General Officer Commanding and
Staff, returned to India on the 8th of March, the
3rd Column being left as a support to the Delimita-
tion Escort. On the 11th the pillars marking the
boundary between British and Afghan territory
having been erected from the Charkhil Peak to
Dotoi, eight miles further up the Tochi Valley,
the Column moved upto re-ration the Delimitation
Escort, who after two days' halt, started again
on the 13th to complete the frontier line down
to Khwaja-Ehidr. On this trip the escort was
reinforced by 100 rifles of the 1st Sikhs under Lieu-
tenant Magrath. This detachment passed through
some most lovely forest country and overlooked the
Afghan province of Birmal, one boundary pillar
being erected at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The re-
mainder of the Column remained at Dotoi until the
20th, furnishing escorts to Survey parties and erect-
ing the two nearest boundary pillars ; it then re«
traced its steps to Datta Khel to meet the Delimita-
tion Escort who descended the Shawal Valley and
rejoined on the 22nd. The 20th Punjab Infantry
again left on the 25th to deUmitate along the range
of hills to the north, terminating with the Laram
Peak. The Column meanwhile slowly retired down
the Valley halting some days at each stage, arriving at
Idak on the 7th of April, when orders were received

HISTORY OF

1895.

Lt8. Barratt &
Buroe promoted
to Captaio.

The De| 6t.

Ift95.

RetiremeDt of
Subadar-Major
Jabar Kbao.

Lt. CbattertOD.

AppoiDtroents.
2Dd in Com-
mand Capt.
Dobbin.

W'iog Comman-
der Lt. Barratt.
Adjutant Lt.
Cooper. Quarter-
Mae ter
Lien ten ant
Magrath.

Appointment.
Sab.Sbiu-
Bhankar Singh
to be Sub.-
Major.

for the R^ment to return to Edfrardesabad to i^cre
the 36th Sikhs, agreeably to which the R^imest
reached Edwardesabad on the 9th of April 1893.

Lieutenants W. C. Barratt and K. O. Bume were
promoted to Captain from the 5th of December 1894,
and 6th of February 1895, respectively. (G. O. C. C.
No. 1169, dated the 1 4th of December 1894 and No.
139, dated the 8th of February 1895.)

While the Regiment was on service the following
arrangements were made regarding the Dep6t :—
On the 12th of De ember 1894, Lieutenant BeadoD|
4th Sikhs, assumed charge from Captain W. J. K.
Dobbin. On the 16th of March 1895, Lieutenant
H. P. Browne, 1/5 Gurkhas, took over charge firom
Lieutenant Beadon, and was relieved in his turn on
the 3rd of April by Lieutenant G. D. L. Chatterton.

Subadar-Major Jabar Khan after 32 years* service
took his pension on the 1st of May 1895.

On the 6th of May, the G. 0. C. C, dated 3rd of April
1895, was received appointing Lieutenant G. D. L.
Chatterton, hitherto supernumerary on the establish-
ment, to be Wing Officer, vice Barratt promoted
Wing Commander.

On the 11th of May, G. 0. C. C, dated the 20th of
April, was received under which the following ap-
pointments in the Regiment were made : — Captain
W. J. K. Dobbin to be Second -in-Command ; Lieu-
tenant W, C. Barratt, to be Wing Commander; Lieu-
tenant H. A. Cooper, to be Adjutant ; and Lieuten-
ant H. A. F. Magrath, to be Quarter-Master ; all to
date from the 11th of May 1894.

By G. G. 0., dated the 14th of June 1895, the
following promotion took place : —

Subadar Shiushankar Singh, to be Subadar-Major.

1st SIKH INPANTRY. 43

On the 4th of July, Captain K. 0. Burne reported Captnin Burne
his departure under telegraphic instructions from s^kha.^ '
the A. A. 6., Punjab Frontier Force, to assume Com-
mand of the Dep6t of the 4th Sikhs at Kohat.

The following extract from 6. G. 0., dated the locrease of Pay,
28th of June 1895, is pubUshed for information.

No. 670.
Native Army.
The Governor-General in Council has much grati-
fication in announcing to the Native Army that the
following measures, proposed by the Government
of India, have been sanctioned by the Secretary of
State for India, and will take effect from the Ist of
July 1895 :

(a) An increase of two rupees per mensem, to the
pay of every non-commissioned oflScer and soldier in
all Regiments of Native Infantry, Native batteries
and corps of sappers and miners serving under the
orders of the Commander-in-Chief in India.

(b) The grant to recruits enlisted on or after the
1st of July 1895 of the annual half -mounting allow-
ance of five rupees admissible under Article 323, A. K.,
I., Vol. I., Part II, from the date of enlistment instead
of from the date of completing eighteen months
service. This allowance will not be payable to
recruits until the completion of the first year's service
when arrears due, together with the allowance for
the next quarter, will be drawn.

The Figure of Merit of the Regiment for 1894-95 1896.
was 56*30, but only 512 men were exercised. *^' ^

Lieutenant W. H. Manning reported his arrival on Lt.ManniDg.
the 29th of July, from leave in British Central Africa
(2 years), granted to him in G. G. 0. No. 304, dated
the 30th of March 1894.

HISTORY OF

Lt. Rice*B
Tn^uflfer.

Be torn of
meo from
Afiica.

Special
Furloogb to
men from
Africa.

1895.

Weekly Class
for Junior
Officere.

Annual loBpec-
tioo.

Lt. Rice appoint
ed to 6tb P. I.

Lieutenant H. A. H. Rice left onthe-tth of kupA
to join the 4th Sikhs with the Chitral Relief Force, u
a temporary measure.

The following non-commissioned officers and men
of the Regiment returned from duty with the Indiaa
Contincrent in British Central Africa on the Snd d
August : —

1 havildar, 2 naiks, and 16 sepoys.

Under authority of letter from Secretary to tbe
Government of India, Military Department, to the
Adjutant-General in India, No. 2195, dated the 19th of
July 1895 :—

"In consideration of the excellent services and
*'good conduct of the Sikh Contingent while in
" Central Africa the Government of India are please!
" to sanction the grant of si>ecial furlough (4 months)
" to those who have returned to India."

On the 1 7th of August, the Commandant instituted
a system of weekly classes for the instruction of
junior oflScers in tactics previous to their joining a
Garrison Class.

On the same date were published the following
remarks bv the Commander-in-Chief in India on the
Inspection of the Regiment at Camp Mirzai on the
21st of February 1895 by Colonel C. C. Egerton, Com-
mandingtheBannu Column, Waziristan Field Force: —
"The 1st Sikh Infantry is reported to be in a
"thoroufihly efficient condition and fit for service any-
where.

" This satisfactory report is fully borne out by the
'*test of service in Waziristan, and is very creditable
" to Major Bunny and his officers."

Under G. 0. C. C. No 839, of the 20th of September
1895, Lieutenant H. A. H. Rice was appointed Wing
Officer in the 6th Punjab Infantry.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 45

Major A. C. Bunny was struck oflF duty on the 12th Ma|. Banny
of October, on proceeding on furlough to England, and officiating
Captain W. J. K. Dobbin took over the officiating wointmente.
command, Captains W. C. Barratt and K .0. Burne
moving up in grade succession.

On the 6th of November, Captain W. C. Barratt Capt Bamtt
was seconded as Commandant of the Mombasa Contin- contingent**
gent for service in British East Africa, and on the
27th of November the following were also seconded
to join the Contingent : —

1 Jemadar, 1 naik, I bugler, 1 9 sepoys and 3 follow-
ers.

On the 2l8t of December 1895, G. G. 0. No. 1213, 1896.
dated the 29th of November 1895, published an ex- SniT'"^
tract from the London Gazette of the 1st of Novem-
ber granting the following temporary ranks, to date
from the 6th of November 1895.

Major A. C. Bunny to be Lieutenant- Colonel Lt-Coi. Banny.
whilst serving as Commandant.

Captain W. J. K. Dobbin to be Major whilst Mtj, Dobbin.
Second in-Command.

Lieutenant H. A. Cooper reported his departure on Lt Cooper's
the 23rd of December on furlough to England, and Lt Manning
Lieutenant W. H. Manning having rejoined from ^'^i"**"*-
his appointment as S. S. O., Tochi Valley Force
(appointed 24th August), took over the Adjutancy
from the 24 th of December.

Lieutenant W. F. Bainbridge reported his arrival, Amfaiof
having V)een transferred from the 7th Bengal Infan-
try as Supernumerary Wing Officer on the 30th of
December 1895,

During this year the establishment of pipers was Pipers,
raised to one per company*

Under G. 0. C. C, No. 949, dated the 23rd of 1896.
October 1895, the India Medal of 1854, with a clasp w.^ua.

46 HISTORY OF

inscribed ^^Waziristan 1894-95" was granted for the
late Waziri Field Force. This order was received in
the Regiment on the 9th of November 1895.

^^'^jBevfBed. Manual exercise of all Infantry Regiments assimi-

lated to that of Rifle Battalions. A. 0. No. 21 of
January 1896.

Capt. Barton Captain H. G. Burton joined the Regiment on the

appointed Wing , ^, ,, , rrr. /^ i , i

Commander. 3rd of March as Wing Commander sub. pro tern; he

left next day to join a Garrison class at Kasauli.

FuriouRh Surg,- Surgeou- Captain H. Fooks reported his departure

on the 7th of March en route to Europe.

Regiment Qn the 10th of March the Head Quarters and Left

marciied to ^ ^ ^

TooUi Valley. Wing marched to Saidgi en route to Miran Shah

Tochi Valley, where they were joined by the Right
Wing* on the 19th of March. From the 17th of
March to the 1st of May the Regiment was employed
in brick-making and building huts and shelters. The
depot of the Regiment was left at Edwardesabad.
Am'Jof^ Surgeon- Captain C. C. Cassidy joined the Regi-

CaMi<iy. ment from the depot on the 29th of March. R. 0.

30th of March 1896.

wliRhilt^ao.' ^^ ^^^ ®^™® ^^*'® i^tiniation was received of the

grant to native troops of the late Waziristan Field
Force of the following allowance in consideration of
the wear and tear of their private clothing and neces-
saries while with that force.

Native commissioned and non-commissioned officers
and men each nine rupees.

Aflfoan MedalB ^° *'^^® ^^^ ^* '^P^^^ *^® African Medals were
Ditiribuied, distributed on a Brigade parade at Miran Shah to

Lieutenant W. H. Manning and 15 men of the late

Indian Contingent.

* This wiDg furnished detacbmeots at Saidgi and Idak poatf.

1st SIKH IXFASTST. 47

Punjab Frontier Force Order 217, dated the ISth ^,St^

\99vnv-

of April. Results of firing at Annual Musketry
In3)iection 1895-96 by D. A. A. G. for Musketry.

ToUeyt. i Bapid |
VoHeyi j

HiU P. G. Hita P. C.

Ifll

S*"*^ * ' 129 :43-00 1 1«5 ! 5M0

I J i

4»«3

iV. B. — ^The Regiment took seoohd place among
Infantry Regiments, Punjab Frontier Force.

Circolar Letter No. 7891- A., D. A. G. P. C. lays ^>*^ W*

' ^ natiOD of Um

down the following : — (R. 0. of Ist of May.) Bagimeai.

Foil desigoatioo for use in G. G. O.

Ist RBoniEXT OF Sikh Infantry

in Me io G. O. C. C, Ac.

Ist Sikh Ikfaktry.

AbbreYiatod designatioo for telegraniB, Ac.

Ist Sikhs.

One private and two public followers were stab- CMaaltiM, idak.
bed at night in the laag^ of the Idak post by two
thievss early in ApriL

R^imental Order 300, of the 5th of May publishes, MnaketTy
'^ Results of Annual Course of Musketry " up to
the 3lst of March. Figure of Merit, 54'32. Recruits
ditto 64-98.

On the 22nd of May, Jemadar Najja Khan and a 1896.

. c --^ • • J i» 1 Maxim Qan

party of sixteen non-commissioned officers and men Sqaad.
left head-quartos to undergo a course of instruction
in Maxim Gun drill with E. 0. S. Borderers at
Rawal PindL

Under tel^raphic instructions from A. A. G. Lt. Cbattwton
Punjab Frontier Force, Lieutenant Chatterton left officer,
Kasauli, to take up appointment as Transport Officer, ^^
Saakim Force, on the 15th of May.

HISTORY OF

iDBpectionof R. 0. 3 49 of the 1st of June. The following
Majo™GenSfai report OQ the inspection of the Regiment on the
Comd ^p'f'f ^^'^ ^^ February by Sir Power Palmer, Command-
ing Punjab Frontier Force, was received : —

" The 1st Sikhs is in a very satisfactory state,
" thoroughly eflScient, well behaved and well train-
" ed ; the health of the Regiment is good, and it is
" in every way fit for immediate field service. The
" Regiment is popular and gets good recruits and
" a fine spirit pervades M ranks.'*

On the 5th of June Lieutenant Manning left
to take up an appointment in British Central
Africa.

Lt. Manning
procoeds to
Brit. Cent.
Africa.

Arrival of Lt.
Higginson.

Inspection of
Regiment by
Lt.- General
Goin<ig.
Forces P. C.

On the 27th of June Lieutenant A. J. M.
Higginson joined the dep6t as officiating Wing
fficer.

The following remarks by the Lieutenant-General
Commanding the Forces, P. C, on the inspection of
the Regiment on the 17th of February are pub-
lished : —

" A very satisfactory report. Attention should be
" especially directed to the practical application of
" musketry to drill and mancEUvres in the field."

On the 20th of August all men were recalled
from leave and furlough when orders were received
to bring the Regiment up to War strength in the
Tochi. Previous to this there had been a minimum
strength of 500 rifles.

8urgn.-Capt. O^^ the 22nd of July, Surgeon-Captain C. C. Cas-

Chargl^f ^""^^ s^^y ^'^8 appointed to the Medical charge of the
Regiment. Regiment vice Surgeon-Captain H. Fooks, transferred

to 15th Bengal Lancers*

1896.

Recall from
1 eave nnd
furlough.

1st SIKH INFANTRT. 49

On the 29th of August the Regiment was SjJljJ?"^*^ ®'
distributed as follows and remained so till the
10th of January 1897 :—

4 Companies and Head Quarters. ••••• Miran Shah.

50 rifles •• • Saidgi.

42 rifles Idak.

1 Company « Boya.

2 Companies •••••••••••• Datta Ehel.

On the 30th of August Lieutenant C. E. Davidson Arrival of
Houston joined the Regiment as ofBciatiog Wing
Officer.

On the 8th of Octoher, Lieutenant- Colonel A. C. ^"^^*^^' ^*-

CoL BnoDv.

Bunny rejoined from leave to England.

1897.

On the 11th of January on relief by Ist Punjab 1897.
Lifantry the Re^meut marched to Datta Khel arri- Kbel.
ving there on the 12th idem*

On the 15th of January Subadar- Major Shiv Retiremeiit of

Shankar Singh, the last of the old Hindustani Com- shankar Siofch.

pany, went to pension and Subadar Hira Singh was gattS?*"^ ""^

made Subadar-Major in his place. Hw» Siogh.

On the 22nd of March the Regiment was inspected lotpection.
by Major*6eneral G. C. Bird, C. B.

The 1st Sikha is in a thoroughly efficient slate. ^^97.

A very fine body of men well trained and in a very luT^ by Maj^

satisfactory state of discipline. It is in all respects bw "^aB." ^'
fit for service.

The report on the Ist Sikhs is highly satisfactory Inipectioa
in every respect. Th opinion of the General Officer Lt^ol. ^omcig.
Commanding as to the efficiency of the Regiment ^® ^orcei, P. a
has been fully justified by the soldierly behaviour
and fine discipline displayed by the detachment
engaged in the recent afiair in the Tochi Valley.

H« 1st S. I. 4k

50 HISTORY OF

Departure of Qo the 24th of March Captain H.Gr. Burton re-
^^' ^ ^ ported his departure on transfer to the 4th Sikhs

as Wing Commander.
Arrival of Capt On the 27th of March Captain C. C. Reid report-
CCBoid. ^ j^jg arrival from the 4th Sikhs having been

appointed Wing Commander pro tern.

Political On the 10th of June the Regiment furnished

B^ortto 200 hundred rifles as part of the escort of tiie

Maizar. Political Officer, Mr. Gee, who was proceeding diat

day to Maizar.

The whole history of the attack is explained

in the Government Orders as follows : —

FIELD OPERATIONS.

TOCHI.

No. 773.— The Right Honourable the Viceroy and
Grovemor-General in Council directs the publication
of the subjoined letter from the Adjutant-General in
India, submitting, under the orders of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, reports from Lieutenant-Colonel
W. du G. Gray, Commanding the troops in the
Tochi Valley, relating to the attack made by Madda
Ehels on the PoUtical Officer's escort at Maizar, on
the 10th June 1897.

These reports are to be regarded as despatches.

2. The Governor-General in Council entirdy
concurs with His Excellency the Conmiander-in-
Chief in his appreciation of the gallantry and devo-
tion of the British officers, and of the coolness,
bravery and discipline of all ranks when deprived
of their leaders and compelled to reliire under the
most difficult conditions.

The conduct of both officers and men on this trying
occasion was worthy of the best traditions of the
Punjab Frontier Force, and will add to the high

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 51

reputation for soldier-like conduct which the Force
has ever enjoyed.

No. 181-T." Field Operationa—Tochi/' dated Simla the 8tb July
1897.

FBOM-*The Adjutant-General io India.

To — ^Tbe Secretary to the Go? eroment of India, Military Depart-
ment.

I have the honour, by direction of the Commander-
in-Chief, to forward the enclosed

date^'isS a*nd^ S letters from Lieutenant-Colonel
June 1879, respective, w. duG. Gray, Commanding

Tochi Valley Troops, reporting
on the attack on the Political Officer's Escort at
Maizar, on the 10th June 1897.

2. His Excellency feels assured that there can
be but one opinion as regards the behaviour of aU
ranks after the attack commenced. The report
describes in graphic language the gallantry and
devoted example of the British officers who, though
wounded, continued to direct the withdrawal of the
Force until incapacitated by their injuries ; the
coolness and heroic conduct of the native officers,
non-commissioned officers and men, the determined
stand at the garden wall, where those who fell gave
their lives to cover the withdrawal of their wounded
comrades ; and the admirable discipline exhibited in
the deliberate and systematic withdrawal of the Force,
carried out as it was under a heavy fire and under
most trying circumstances. These are some of the
leading characteristics of the combat, and it is with a
deep sense of satisfaction that His Excellency submits*
this record of a gallant deed of arms, second to none
in the annals of the Indian Army.

3. The march performed by the reinforcements
from J3atta Ehel, who traversed a distance of 9 miles
in an hour and-a-half under the burning sun of a

52 HISTOBT OF

Jane afternoon^ shows the stamina and soldior-like
spirit of the party and deserves marked commendi-
tion.

4. His Excellency desires also to express his
hearty concurrence in the remarks made by Lieute-
nant-Colonel Gray on the valaable assistance ren*
dered to the troops by Mr. Gee, Political Officer,
during the retirement.

5. The staunchness and devotion of the irhok
force, and particularly the excellent conduct of the
native officers when thrown on their own resources
are worthy of the highest praise ; and while deplet-
ing the loss of so many brave soldiers it is with
a deep sense of admiration and appreciation of tb^
conduct that His Excellency directs the submission
of these reports, with a strong recommendation tbiA
they may be regarded as despatches and published
under the orders of His Excellency the Governor-
General in Council.

No. 230 " Disturbancea," dated DatU Rhel, Uie 16lh Jodo 1897.
Fbom — Lkateoant-Colonel W. do G. Qray, OommandiDg Toehi
Valley Troopa.
To— The Aaaiatant AdjutaDt-Qeneral, Panjiib Frontier Force.

I have the honour to submit the following report
on the occurrences of the 10th instant.

2. An escort consisting of 12 sabres, 1st Punjab
Cavalry, two guns, No. 6 Bombay Mountain

EncioBureB: ^^"ery, 200 rifles, 1st Sikhs,

One aketch map, and 100 rifles, Ist Punjab Infan-

three caflualty lists. ^ _ i ^ ▼ - .

try, under command of Lieute-^
nant-Colonel A. C. Bunny, accompanied Mr. Gee,
Political Officer, to one of the Maizar Villages. Mr.
Gee's object in going there was partly to discuss
with the tribesmen the realization of a fine, but
mainly to select a site for a levy post.

1st 8IKH INFANTRY.

Each Infantry soldier carried 22 rounds in pouch,
and tiiere were altogether ten boxes of ammunition
in reserve.

Gaptain Browne, R. A., and Lieutenant Cruikshank,

R.A., accompanied the guns. Lieutenant Higginson,

- the 1st Sikhs, and Lieutenant Seton Browne, the 1st

Pnnjab Infantry, Surgeon-Captain Cassidy, also

accompanied the party.

3. Maizar is a group of villages 12 miles from
Datta Khel camp, situated on the right banks of the
Shawal and Tochi at the junction of those two rivers
and on the Bannn Ghazni road. It does not appear
on the map as Maizar, but there are some names of
Tillages (Ehaji Ehel, Dilpural, etc.) entered on the
site. These names, however, seem to be incorrect. The
village by which the treacherous attack began is pro-
bably that shown as Dilpural in the map. The
road from Datta Ehel camp to Maizar passes dose
to Sheranni.

4. Maizar was reached at 9-30 A. m. The MaUks
who were beheved • to be perfectly friendly and loyal,
pointed out a spot under some trees, about a hundred
yards from a Dreplarif village, for the force to
halt.

The guns had been placed quite close to a garden of
the first mentioned village.

were posted. Arms were not piled by
Infantry.

5. Directly after arrival, Mr. Gee, with Captain
Browne, R.A., and Lieutenant Bigginson, visited

• By the PolitictI Officer.

t The Dreplari are a M adda Khel Section.

54 HISTORY OF

Dotoi (a village a few miles further up the Tochi)|
escorted by the Ist Punjab Cavalry sowars and accoiib
panied by Maliks, They returned at 11-30 A. m.

A meal was now provided by the Mailks for Mui-
Bulman sepoys.

6. About 2 P.M. while the pipers of the SiUu
were playing, a man was observed to wave a swoid
from the top of a tower of the Drepkri village. This
was apparently a preconcerted signal, as those villagers
who were among the officers and men cleared off
towards the village.

Two shots were now fired from the Dreplari village,
the second of which wounded Lieutenant Seton-Browne
in the thigh. Firing now commenced from the villages
to the south and east, and a hot fire was opened from
the Dreplari village (north).

The fire was directed on the British oflScers and
Colonel Bunny was almost immediately wounded
mortally through the stomach while looking for a
position to hold, and issuing order to his men.

There was a large nrunber of men at the gate of the
Dreplari village who were firing and were about to
charge the guns. On them the guns opened with ease
at a range of about a hundred yards.

Captain Browne, R.A., was now wounded in the
upper arm by a bullet which severed the artery (this
proved fatal) ; and Lieutenant Cruikshank, R.A.,
was shot twice in the right arm.

Sixteen rounds per gun had been carried. The
shrapnel was fired reversed. The ammunitioQ was
very shortly expended.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. * 55

7, At the oommeDcement of the firing there was a
giraeral stampede among the baggage males, and it
wa9 this that caused the very large loss of property
that ensued* All the men's great-coats tied up in mule
loadsp most ci the reserved ammunition, 1st Punjab
In&mtry drums, mess-plates, etc, mulegear, Pakhals
and many other things had to be abandoned.
Immediate withdrawal was imperative, and the
mules were not present to be loaded.

8. It seems that the retirement which now
commenced under such very trying conditions was
carried out with great deliberation and in the most
stubborn and gallant manner.

As it began Lieutenant Higginson was shot
through the arm, and iSurgeon-Captain Gassidy
in the knee.

The enemy now appeared on all sides in great force.

All British military ofiScers were cow wounded,
two of them mortally, yet they all continued to carry
out their duties and lead their men. The circum-
stances must be admitted to have been trying in the
extreme for the troops, and their staunchness is
worthy of the highest praise. Subadars Narain
Singh, 1st Sikhs, Sunder Singh, 1st Punjab
In&tntry, and Jamadar Sherzad, 1st Sikhs, behaved
with the greatest gallantry. Getting together a
party of their men they made a most determined
stand by the wall of a garden and from it
they covered the first withdrawal, themselves
under heavy fire, remaining till the enemy closed
with them. Subadar Sunder Singh, 1st Punjab
Infantry, was now killed, and by far the greater
number of the casualties of the day took place
here.

56 • HISTORY OF

Under cover of this stand the wounded irere
carried and helped away, and the gans withdrawn,
along a lane to a low kotal about 300 yards distant
wha^ a fresh position was occupied. The survi*
Yors of the party at the garden wall then withdrew.

The retirement was continued by successive units
very deliberately and with complete regulariiy,
positions being held on the ridges stretching from
south to north until the Sheranni plain was
reached (about two miles). All this time the
enemy was constantly enveloping the flanks. The
main road which had been taken in the morning had
been abandoned, as it was commanded on both sides,
and parties of enemy were advancing from SherannL

Lieutenant Higginson was, during this part of
the retirement, again shot in the arm.

Eventually about 5-30 p.m., a good position
was found about a mile from the last of the above
mentioned ridges. Reinforcements b^an to appear
in sight, and the enemy was beaten off.

The fact that the retreat over a distance of three
miles occupied 3^ hours shows how stubbornly the
enemy was resisted.

9. The number of the enemy at first is estimated
at 500, but constant reinforcements during the retire-
ment raised their numbers to probably much
over 1,000. They are understood to have loet 90
killed and many wounded.

10. From the kotal sowars had been sent to camp
to call for reinforcements, which reached the force in
the last mentioned position about 6-15 p. m. They
consisted of two companies, 1st Sikhs, under lieute-
nant de Brett, R.A., accompanied by Lieutenant
Stockley, R.E.^ and brought fresh ammunition.

1st SIKH IKFAKTBT. 57

They had covered the distance from camp (9 miles)
in less than an hour and a half.

With the ammunition now received the heights
around and the village of Sheranni were shelled (the
latter at 1,400 yards) with the result that the
enemy finally retired, and the village was partially
set on fire.

11. The remainder of the withdrawal was un-
molested, and the rear-guard reached camp at
12-30 A.M.

12. Some help was ^ven by Ehidder Ehels,
who brought water for the wounded during the
retreat ? and who, during the following two days,
brought in the bodies of all killed, except two which
could not be founds*

The bodies so brought in had been horribly muti-
lated, irrespective of their religion.

13. Colonel Bunny and Captain Browne, R.A.,
died of their wounds on the road, and their bodies,
with that of Lieutenant Cruikshank, R.A.., and all
the woimded, were brought in with the retirement.

TOTAL CASQALTIES.

Killed. Wounded.
British Officers ••• 3 3

Native do. ••• 1 •••

Kon-commissioned officers

and men ••• 22 25

Several mules and horses also killed and wounded,

14. The news reached meat Miran Shah at 11
p. M. on the 10th and I arrived at Datta Khel, with
Surgeon-Captain Ozzard, at 8 a.m. the next
morning.

• Since this was written tliese two bodies have also been re«
coTerecU

58 HISTORY OF

The first matter for consideration was the recovery
o£ the dead left on the field, and the Government and
private property. As they were all left on and
dose to the scene of the first assault, which could
hardly have been reached without much loss (with
the available troops), and as the Khidder Ehels
promised to bring in the bodies, and as there was
small chance of finding any of the property still
lying there, I was obliged to abandon the idea.

15. A statement of lost property will follow as
soon as it can be compiled. It includes 8 rifles (of
kiUed).

16. It has already been paid that Colonel Bunny
and Captain Browne, R.A., continued to carry on
their duties after being mortally wounded and this
they continued to do until the near approach of death
stopped them ; and it has also been said that Subadar
Sundar Singh, 1st Punjab Infantry, was killed while
fighting in the most gallant and self-sacrificing
manner.

The behaviour of Lieutenants Seton- Browne and
Higginson, in leading their men, and after the death
of their seniors, conducting the retreat, though them-
selves severely wounded, is worthy of high praise,

17. The behaviour of the whole force throughout
was splendid, and I propose to bring to notice the
very fine conduct of some individuals, without which
the account of the event would be incomplete, in a
supplementary letter.

18. A list of casualties is attached on Field Service
Forms.

1st Beqiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Fbontib'X

Force.
Betum of Casualties in action at Maizar (Tocfc
VaUey),on 10th June 1897.

1st SIKH INPANTBT.

Summary.

British Officers — Killed 1, wounded 2, missing
nU, Non-commissined Officers, men and followers —
Killed 13, wounded 20, missing nil.

NOMNAL ReTUBN OF OlTTCEliS ElLLED.

Rank.

Name.

Nature of wound.

Mijor (temporary Liea-
tenaofc-Colooel).

A. C. Baooy.

Goo shot through body.

Wounded.

Bank.

Bori^o-Capt.
Lieattoant.

Name.

C. C. Cassidy
A. J. M. Higgio-

800.

Deecriptioo of

wound-— diDger-

0U8 or Blight.

Severe Guoehot

Nature of
wound.

In knee.
(Twice in left
arm).

Nominal Roll of Non-Commissioned Officers

AND Men Killed.

Begt. No.

Rank.

Name.

Nature of
wound.

4497

Sepoy

Shankar Khan

•••

Gunshot.

4759

Do.

Muhammad Khan

•••

Do.

274

Do. •••

Roshan Khan

*•<

Do.

4595

Do. •••

Scndar Singh

•••

Do.

4411

Lance-Naick

A tar Singh

•••

Do.

4613

Sepoy •••

Bishen Singh

•.*

Do.

3872

Lnnce-Naick

Kesar Singh

•••

Do,

3992

Do. do.

Achhar Singh
Sawan Singh, Ist.

•••

Do.

4474

Do. do.

•••

Do.

4583

Sepoy •••

Sant Sio;;h, 4th

••»

Do,

4814

Do.

Sawan Smgh, 3rd

•••

Do.

157

Do. •••

Biaa Singh

•••

Do.

General No.

1465

Kahar

Qanda

••%

Do.

HISTOBT OF

Nominal Roll of Non- Commissioned Officebs

AND Men Wounded.

Deecrip-
tion of

Begt No.

Bank.

Name.

wound —

severe or

slight.

Nature of wound.

Subadar ••.

Nawab Khan ...

Slight

Gunshot (twice
in leg.)
Do. rib.

Jemadar ...

Najja Klian „.

Do.

4990

Sepoy

Imam Ali

Severe

Do. hand.

405

Tika Ehtn

Slight

Do. shoulder.

4347

Do.

Sukha Singh •«.

Severe

Do. right
thigh & left
knee.

183

Do.

Lai Singh

Do.

Gunshot, in heel

227

Do.

Hazura Singh •••

Do.

Do. right
shoulder.

209

Do.

Bir Singh
Qanda Singh ••.

Do.

Do. hip.

4116

Naick

Do.

Contusion L.B.

(knee.)

4281

Lance-Naick

Karm Singh •••

Do.

Gunshot, but-
tock.

4706

Sepoy

Ganeslia Singh...

Do.

Do. thigh.

4918

Do, ... Sahib Singh •••

Do.

Do. thigh.

384

Pu* ••. Prein Singh ...

Do.

Do. neck.

4776

Do.

Ganda Singh,2nd

Slight

Do. neck.

3659

Havildar ...

Garmukh Singh

Do.

Do. foot.

3991

Do.

Nawab Klian ...

Do.

Do. foot.

3767

Sepoy

Labh Singh •••

Do.

Do. thigh.

Do.

Makhmud ••.

Severe

Do. arm.

369

Do.

Hasham Khan...

Slight

Do. chest

446

4 fk/\«

Do.

Saidullah

Severe

Do. thigh and
chest.

1391 _
14^6 "

P. Male-

Danger-

Do. head.

Driver

Char Mnhammad

ous.

J. A. H. pollock, Linrr.-CoL.,
Datta Kbrl : ) Commanding lat Sikh Infantry,

10th June 1897. j Punjab Fbohtibb Fobcb.

No. 233 <* Disturbances," dated Datta Khel, the 20th June 1897.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel W. duG. Gray, Commanding Tochi Valley

Troops.
To — The Assistant Adjutant-General, Punjab Frontier Force.

In continuation of my letter No. 230, dated 16th
instaDt, I have the honour to report further on
several instances of individual conduct.

2. After the two Royal Artillery officers had
fallen, that is almost immediately after the attack

1st BECa STARmX. 61

begao, the gimnerB ccmtinDcd to fire noder the

orden of their ncgk-^ammiBBoatd offioers, until their

ammnnitioii wm expended ; in Ka 3, Sub-division

firing blank by the HaTildar^i orders when the shelU

w^^ exp^aded, until the mnleB were ready. The

men serving this gan were — Havildar Nihal Singh,

Naick Utam Chand, Gunnen Jowala Singh, Chet

Singh and Diwan Singb (II). The carriage mule

being wounded, Havildar Nihal Singh, Naick iJtam

Chand and Gunner Jowala Singh carried the gun-

carrirge to the relief line (about 150 yards). Gunner

Chet Singh waa wounded in the foce when limbering

up, and was taken away by Gunner Diwan Singh

(II).

In No. 4 Sub-division, although the gun twice
turned over backwards, and two lanyards broke, the
men continued to fight their gun. They were —
Naick 8hara£ Ali, Lance-Naick Phulla Khan, Gunner
DuUa Khan and Havildar Umar Din (killed). The
gun-mule in this Sub-division was wounded just
after being limbered up, and threw the gun and
bolted. The gun was then carried away by Havildar-
Hajor Muhammad Ismail, Gunner Dulla Khan and
Gunuer Lakhu as far as the relief line.

Driver Havildar Rudh Sidgh gave great help in
Bending back the wounded, and Salutri Eewal
dressed Captain Browne's wound under fire. The
drivers all behaved excellently, even loading up the
great-coats on the relief line mules until ordered by
Captain Browne to desis.t. Those whose mules were
shot or broke away all helped other drivers or took
their share in carrying the wounded. The Havildar-
Major seems to have conducted the retirement of the
section in a cool and able manner.

62 HISTORY OF

During this first withdrawal Lance-Naick Shah
Sowar, Ist Sikhs, behaved with much gallantry
keeping the enemy off with his fire, while he acoom«
panied and helped those carrying Captain Browne,
R.A. (who had been wounded).

It is to be remembered that the guns, while being
fought as above described, were at a distance of only
100 yards from a threatening enemy, and were under
a converging fire from different sides.

3. The stand made at the garden wall has
already been described. This was under the
direction of Subadars Sunder Singh, 1st Punjab

•Killed. Infantry,* and Narain Singhi

1st Sikhs. The latter officer, also,
with great presence of mind, removed a large
quantity of ammunition from the reserve ammunition
boxes of his regiment, and rapidly distributed it.
Some was also carried away by Bugler Bela Singh,
1st Punjab Infantry. The value of this ammunition
to the force cannot be over-estimated ; had it not
been rescued, it is difficult to think how the enemy
could have been kept off at all.

The following men had been sent under heavy fire
to fetch away the ammunition boxes by Subadar
Narain Singh — Naick Lachman Singh, 1st Sikhs;
Sepoy Shiv Singh, 1st Sikhs who went back twice,
and was afterwards twice wounded ; Sepoy Ipar
Singh, 1st Sikhs ; Lance-Naick Atar Sinc:h, 1st Shiks,
(killed) ; and Langri Jhanda Singh, Ist Sikhs.

The conduct of Subadar Sundar Singh, 1st Punjab
Infantry, at the place where he died was most heroic.

4. At this place many other men also behaved
with great heroism. All those who fell there gave
their lives to cover the withdrawal of their comrades.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 63

AmoDg the survivors Lance-Naik Ishar Singh, Ist
Punjab Infantry, fought the enemy hand to hand very
gallantly there, killing several with his bayonet, and
generally rendering great help ; and Bugler Bela
Singh, 1st Punjab Infantry, who has been mentioned
above, was again conspicuous, fighting bravely and
effectively with a rifle he saved from one of the killed,
and latter in distributing under fire the ammunition
which had been saved.

5. During the first withdrawal to the Eotal,
Jemadar Sherzad, 1st Sikhs, carried Lieutenant
Higginson, wounded away under a very heavy fire.
A little later, taking a rifle and ammunition from a
dead sepoy, he covered the retreat of a party (consist-
ing of Havildar Muhammad Bakhsh, Naick Khwaja
Muhammad and Sepoy Isar Singh, 1st Sikhs), who
were carrying Surgeon- Captain Caasidy, wounded,
to the rear. He also carried Surgeon- Captain
Cassidy part of the way.

Sepoy AUahyar Ehan, Ist Punjab Infantry,
carried Lieutenant Seton-Browne, wounded, to the
Eotal.

Subadar Nawab Khan, 1st Sikhs, was one of the
last to leave the scene of the outrage, and both
there, and throughout the subsequent retirement,
he worked in a very cool and admirable way.

6. During the general retirement from the Kotal
towards the place, where the reinforcements were
met, the ability and coolness of Subadar Narain
Singh, Ist Sikhs, mentioned above, were of the
greatest value. Lance-Naick Asear Singh, 1st Punjab
Infantry, did good work in helping Lieutenant
Seton-Browne along when the enemy was pressing
the retreat.

64 HISTOBY OF

Sepoy Nurdad, 1st Punjab Infantry, repulsed
an attack of a party of the enemy. After shooting
down two at a very short distance, he led a successf ol
counter-charge against them, being himself severely
wounded.

7. Reference nas made in the previous report
to the most gallant conduct of the deceased officers —
Colonel Bunny, Captain Browne, R.A., and Subadar
Sunder Sino[h. At the time it was written, I was
not aware that Lieutenant Cruikshank, R. A., had
also behaved in a most conspicuous manner getting
up and continuing to fight his guns, after being once
shot down until he was killed by another buUet

8. The sudden and treacherous way in which
the attack began, and the fact that at the very first
the men saw all their British officers shot down,
make the staunchness and gallantry of the native
officers, non-commissioned officers and men, even
more praiseworthy than they might otherwise
have been.

The indomitable spirit of No. 6 Bombay Mountain
Battery is beyond all praise.

9. The conspicuous behaviour of Lieutenants
ISi'igginMn and Seton-Browne in conducting the
retirement, while severely wounded, has been
mentioned before.

10. I trust the General Officer Commanding may
see fit to recommend these two British officers, and
all native officers, non-commissioned officers and men,
mentioned by name above for a signal reward for
their gallanty. And I would also agk permission
to submit a list of those killed at the garden
wall with a view to the recognition of their
splendid conduct being extended to their widows or
heirs.

1st SIKH ISTASTBT.

11. When the previoas report was written the
cuualties vere understated. They were as follows: —

Vocnin.

•mnlT.

suffatir.

...

A
J

i
1

1
i

•

1 *

'* I * " 1 *

...

Total I Kill^ 26> ^°<^ 11 horses and mules.
I Wounded 35, and 5 mules.

Also Si baggage mules missing.

13. Though it is not my business to report on
civil officers, it would be unjust to omit mentioning
that Hr. Gree's exertions and presence of mind were
of great value in the help he rendered during the
retirement and in sending to calt up the reinforce-
ments.

REWARDS.

Obdeb of Mebit.

No. 785. The GoTernor-General in Council ia
pleased to sanction the admission to the 3rd class
of the Order of Merit of the undermentioned Native
Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers inrecognition
of the conspicuous gallantry and devotion exhibited

H. IST 8. I.. 5

66 BISTORT OF

by them during tihe attack upon the Political Officer's
escort at Maizar on the 10th of June 1897 : —
Subadar Narayan Singh, 1st Sikh In&ntry
Subadar Nawab Khan, 1st Sikh Infantry
Jemadar Sherzad, 1st Sikh In&ntry

Subadar Narain Singh, Ist Sikhs, Subadar Nawab
Ehan, Ist Sikhs, Subadar Sundar Singh, 1st Panjab
Infantry, and Jemadar Sherzad, 1st Sikhs, behaved
with the greatest gallantry. Getting tc^eth^ a
party of their men they made a most determined
stand by the wall of a garden and from it they
covered the first withdrawal of the force. Subadar
Sundar Singh, Ist Punjab Infantry, was killed at
this point, giving his life to cover the withdrawal
of his comrades. Under cover of this stand the
wounded were carried or helped away and the guns
withdrawn.

In addition to the good service mentioned above^
Subadar Narayan Singh, 1st Sikhs, removed a large
quantity of ammunition from the Reserve Ammuni-
tion boxes and rapidly distributed it. The value of
this ammunition to the force cannot be overestimated.
During the general retirement the ability and cool-
ness, which he displayed, were of the greatest value.

Subadar Nawab Ehan, 1st Sikhs, in addition
to displaying conspicuous gallantry at the garden
wall as described above, was also one of the
last to leave the scene of the outrage, and both there
and throughout the subsequent retirement worked in
a very cool and admirable way.

Jemadar Sherzad, 1st Sikhs, also performed
specially good service. During the first withdrawal
of the force he carried Lieutenant Higginson, who
was wounded, to a place of safety, and later on,
taking rifle and ammunition from a dead sepoy he
covered the retreat of a party who were carrying a

1st SIKH INFASTRT. 67

wounded officer — Surgeon-Gaptain Cassidv — ^to the
rear. He also himself carried that officer part of
the way.

The Governor-Greneral in G)ancil is also pleased
to notify that had Sabadar Sandar Singh, 1st Punjab
Infantry, survived, the distinction of the 2nd class of
the Order of Merit would have been conferred upon
him in consideration of the conspicuous gallantry
and heroic devotion to duty on the occasion referred
to. His widow is admitted to the pension of the
2nd dass of the Order of Merit, with effect from the
date of his death.

ORDER OF MERIT.
No. 865. In continuation of G. G. 0. No. 785
of 1897, the Governor-General in Council is pleased
to sanction the admission to the 3rd class of the
Order of Merit of the undermentioned native non-
commissioned officers and soldiers in recognition of
the conspicuous gallantry and devotion exhibited by
them during the attack on the Political Officer's
escort at Maizar on the 10th of June 1897: —

IsT Sikh Ikfastbt.
No. 3363, Havildar Maha Singh.
„ 4704, Sepoy Tara Singh.
„ 4287, „ (Lance Naick)Jalandhar.
These men brought Colonel Bunny when mortally
wounded out of action under a very heavy fire.
No. .4031, Havildar Muhammad Bakhsh.
„ 4353, Sepoy (Lance Naick) Khwaja

Muhammad.
„ 170, „ Isar Singh.
„ 4666, „ Habibulah.
These four men carried Surgeon-Captain CasBidy
out of addon under a heavy fire. Sepoy Khwaja
Muhammad was also subsequently very prominent

68 HISTORY OF

in the firing line, and Sepoy Isar Singh helped to
bring away the reserve ammunition under a heavy
fire.

No. 4118, Naick Lachman Singh— Was in

charge of the reserve ammunition which

was stacked in the valley when the firing

commenced. Though under heavy fire

he remained by the boxes, opening two

ready for issue, and subsequently helped

to carry the reserve ammunition away.

No. 4918, Sepoy Shib Singh — Helped to bring

away the reserve ammunition, returning

twice under a heavy fire, each time bringing

away a box. He was subsequently twice

wounded.

The action of these men in bringing away the

reserve ammunition enabled fire to be kept up

throughout the retirement, and probably was the

means of enabling the escort to secure their retreat.

No. 3900, Sepoy (Lance Naick) Shah Sowar —

Helped to carry Captain J. F. Browne,

R.A., out of action when wounded, and

kept off some Waziris, who came close,

up, by his steady firing. He then again

helped to carry Captain Browne when the

enemy fell back.

No. 4292, Sepoy (Lance-Naick) Sundar Singh —

Helped to bring Lieutenant Higginsou out

of action^ when wounded, under a heavy

fire, and remained with him the rest of

the day, taking him back from the entrance

of the lane to the Kotal under a heavy

fire.

2. The Governor-General in Council is also
pleased to notify that had the undermentioned Aon*

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 69

commissioned officer and men survivedi the distinc-
tion o£ the 3rd class o£ the Order of Merit
would have been conferred upon them in consi-
deration of the conspicuous gallantry and heroic
devotion to duty on the occasion referred to. Their
widows are admitted to the pension of the 3rd class
Order of Merit, with effect from the date of their
death.

1st Sikh Infantry,

No. 4411, Sepoy (Lance-Naick) Atar Singh.
No. 3872, „ ( ,, ) Kesar Singh.

No. 3992, „ ( ,» ) Achar Singh.

No. 4497, „ Shankar Khan.
No. 4759, „ Mahomed Khan.
No. 274, „ Roshan Khan.

3. The promotion to the 2nd class of the Order
of Merit is also sanctione 1 of No. 3369. Havildar
(now Jemadar) Hussain Shah, 1st Sikh Infantry,
for conspicuous gallantry on the same occasion,
in having helped to carry Surgeon -Captain Cassidy
out of action under a heavy fire.

4. The Governor-General in Council is further
pleased to sanction the admission to the 3rd class of
the Order of Merit of Langri (Cook) Jhanda
Singh, Ist Sikh Infantry, for conspicuous gallantry
on the same occasion, in having, when Lance -Naick
Atar Singh was killed, run out and brought in the
box of ampaunition the Naick was carrying when he
met his death.

5. In G. G. O.No. 785 of 1897 for "Jemadar
Sherzad, 1st Sikh Infantry, " read " Subadar,
Sherzad, 1st Infantry.**

Ejttra<i from a UUer ly &> Jr. S. A. Lc'dkirf^

I kave iiow received full aocsouiitg of ibetreachcnmB
^ta<rk on voa at M&izar Itft June, and I write to tell
all raokj; bow {Hx^ud I am to hare comicaDded the
force to which jou be]ong, and how rejoiced I am to
hear the rtory of your bravery recounted all over
Euro[)e. One thing i£ acknowledged by all, namely,
that no troo[>6 of any country in the world could
have hhown greater bravery in retiring or alacrity in
reinforcing than you have ^hown, and that you have
added another brilliant feat to the long list of gallant
deedj$ performed by the Punjab Frontier Force since
it waii lirst raijsed*

Extract from a speech made by Lord Roberts at the
Annual All Ireland Rijle Meeting, Curragh Camp.

Let me illustrate the advantages of a combination
of drill, disciplinei and musketry^ such as I think
necessary for the training of a soldier, by telling you
what happened a few weeks ago on the North- West
Frontier of India. Most of you no doubt read in
the papers of the treacherous attack made by the
tribesmen of the Tochi Valley on one of our Political
officers and his escort, which consisted of twelve
aabresi two gans, and three hundred Infantry. But
you have probably not been told of the splendid
behaviour of this small force under most trying
Gonditionsi where their courage and discipline were
put to an extremely severe test. With the exception
of six British officers the troops were all natives
^longing to the Pimjab Frontier Force. Within
ihe first few minutes of the attack three of these
>ffioer8 were killed, and the others were so badly
bounded that they were useless as leaders. The

1st fflDKH raFlBTRT. 71

country was most difficulti and all to the advantage

of the enemy, who knew every inch of the ground ,

which was nothing but a mass of rocky ridges. But

our brave native soldiers, under the guidance of

thdr native officers, putting in practice what bad

been instilled into them by their training in time of

peace, were able to retire in perfect order for three

whole miles, taking up position after position, and

keq>ing the enemy at bay by their volley-firing

until they reached a place where they determined to

make a stand until reinforcements could arrive. The

rdnforoements consisted of two Companies of the

1st Sikhs, under the command of Lieutenant II. de

Brett, Royal Artillery, who prudently broujjht with

them spare anmiunition for guns and rifles. So

great was thdr eagerness to reach their hardpressiMl

comrades that they covered a distance of nine niilcn

in one and a half hours, although each man carried a

rifle and seventy rounds of ammunition. Vou

soldiers can appreciate what that means, under a

burning sun and over rough, stony, groun<l. Tho

discipline and musketry training must have 1)oon

perfect which enabled men to accom[)Ii8h such a

feat as the retirement without hurry .or confuhion,

and, while [carefully husbanding their amniuniiion,

to fire volleys with such good effect that considonil)!^

numbers of the enemy were reported to have hvn\

killed. The escort itself had 23 killed and :{0

wounded.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Bunny died of his wound ^357
the same evening (10th) on his way back to Datta Lj!|!oi^'i3unny
Khel.

Surgeon-Captain C. C. Cassidy died on the iind peaih of
from his wound. van&^

Death of

Lt. HiggiOBOQ.

Mtizar.

HISTORY OF

Lieutenant A. J. M. Higginson died on the 20th
of August from enteric fever which attacked him
before he had recovered from his wounds.

These officers, although all dangerously wounded
and suflTermg great pain, remained with their' men,"
being helped along by their orderlies until the
reinforcements arrived from Datta Ehel.

Reinforcemenlt. '^^^ march of the reinforcements consisting of * B '

and * E ' Companies under Subadars Prem Singh and
Bhika was a very fine performance, nine miles over
rough ground in the hottest time of the year in one
and a half hours in marching-order is a march to be
proud of.

On the 15th of June Major J. A. H. Pollock joined
from the 3rd Sikhs to take command of the Regiment.

By G. G. 0. No. 697, dated 25th of June 1897, the
Regiment became part of the 1st Brigade Tochi Field
Force.

On the 21st of June the following officers arrived
to do duty with the Regiment: —

Captain A. J. Curuana, 2nd Punjab Infantry.

Lieutenant J. B. Bowring, 2nd Punjab Infantry.

Although deeply deploring the great loss sustain-
ed by the Force in killed and wounded amongst
British officers, native officers and men, the Major
General Commanding desires you to congratulate the
Force and to express to the men his admiration for
the splendid gallantry displayed by all ranks under
the most trying circumstances, and he wishes me to
say that he considers their conduct on that occasion
was equal to the best traditions of the Punjab Fron-
tier Force.

Arrival of On the 7th of July Captain 6. B. Seton took over

leioo.* ^** *i°g medical charge of the Regiment.

Arrival of
Major Pollock.

Bogt. joined
Torhi
Fiald Force.

Arrival of
Oapt. OaruaDa.
Li. Doivriog.

1807.

Letter from
A. A. O.
P. F. F.
rt Maitar,

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 73

On the 20th of July the Regiment marched with gSj^^rwid!
the Ist Brigade to Sheranni. A few shots were fired
into camp the first two nights, but one or two patrols
were sent oat and this then ceased.

On the 23rd of July in a night reconnaissance of y^^j"*'^"^®*
250 rifles to Sheranni Narai Subadar Gul Faraz was Fartz wouoded.
severely wounded in the left shoulder.

Daring the halt of the Brigade at Sheranni a road Bhertnoi.
was made to Datta Ehel by fatigue parties. Recon-
naissances were sent out in every direction, all the
towers of the Madda Ehel section in their difTerent
villages were blown up. The two Dreplari kots
where the attack at Maizar took place were
completely demolished. The grain and fodder
collected in their villages was brought into camp,
and their standing crops were cut for the horses and
mules to eat.

The work was very severe on all ranks, and as the
Sheranni water was especially bad, every one was
more or less weakened from drinking it. During
July and August the Regiment suffered severely,
but in September it gradually picked up and got
fitter every month.

Daring the Expedition from July to January 1898
ninety-two men were sent on sick leave including
wounded men, and 10 men died of diseases contracted
in the Tochi Valley.

On the 23rd of August 360 rifles under Lieutenant Khaza Columo.
Colonel J. A. H. Pollock proceeded with a Column
under Brigadier- General Egerton to the Khaza Valley
via Sharanni Narai, and remained there reconnoitring
the ground till the 28th idem when they returned
to Sheranni vid Dariawasta.

On the 27th and 30th of August respectively Departure of
Lieutenant J. B. Bowring and Captain A. J. ^tt. B^Zg,

HISTORT OV

8liawtt
Oolamo.

Deptrtare of
BurgD.-Capt.
Btion.

Field Tratiare-
Chett Officer
Capt Barne.

Arrival of Snrg-
Major C. Mai-
lioi.

2nd Claaa Order
of Br. India.
Bub. Maj. Eira
Siogb.

D. 8. 0.
Captn. Barratt.

Caruana reported their departures to join the 2nd
Punjab Infantry.

On the 4th of October 400 rifles under Lieutenant-
Colonel J. A. H. Pollock proceeded with a column
under Brigadier-General Egerton to Datoi, on the way
the escort of the R^ment with the Survey OflScer
was fired at on Charunia mountain and two men
slightly wounded. On the 7th the Column marched
to Mela Meridan. On the 10th to Gurbaz ; the rear-
guard was fired on and a camel wounded. On the
12th to Rhina Algud : a reconnoitring party of three
officers was fired at in the evening close to camp.
Lieutenant Hingstoni Royal Engineers, was wounded
and his horse shot under him. The Regiment
turned out smartly and with No. 3 Punjab Mountain
Battery quickly dispersed the enemy.

On the 13th of October the Column marched to
North Dariawasta. On the 15th to South Daria-
wasta and thence rid Datta Ehel to Sheranni.

On the 8th of October, Surgeon-Captain G. B.
Seaton was sent on three months' sick leave and did
not rejoin the Regiment again.

On the 8th of October Captain K. 0. Bume was
appointed Field Treasure Chest OflScer.

On the 6th of November Surgeon- Major C.
Mallins took over oflSciating medical charge of the
Regiment.

On the 1 7th of November the order admitting
Subadar- Major Hira Singh to the 2nd class Order
of British India was received.

On the 24th of November the order was received
appointing Captain W. C. Barratt to the Distin-
guished Service Order, in recognition of his services
with the Indian Contingent during operations in
Mombassa, 1895-96.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 75

Ob the 24th of November the Regiment marched Jarcii ^^^^

to Datta KheL

1898

On the 6th of January the Regiment was in- l»»P~^'o°-
formally inspected by Brigadier-General C. Egerton,
C.B.,D.S,0.,A.-D.-C., commanding the 1st brigade,
Tochi Field Force.

On the 7th of January the Regiment marched to 5?V®^*?.

"^ ° Miran Sbab.

Miran Shah, arriving there on the 8th idem.

On the 30th of January the Head Quarters and ^y^**j® , .
Left Wing marched to Bannu, arriving there on the
Ist of February. The Right Wing followed on the
6th of February and arrived on the 8th.

From the 10th of June 1897 to the Slst of Lowfrom

Disease and

January 1898 the Regiment lost twelve men killed Wounds.
in action and ten men from disease.

On the 2nd of February Captain C. C. Reid re- o*PJ'*^'/iJ''
ported his departure to take up his appointment of
Wing Commander, 4th Sikhs.

On the 25th of January Captain K. 0. Burne Arrival of

• • :% At -n ' J. Capt. Buroe.

rejomed the Regiment.

The following extract from G. G. 0. is published. Mention in
No. 1432, dated Slst December 1897. Despatches ^^P*^^^^'-
from Major-General G. C. Bird, Commanding Tochi
Field Force

24. I wish to bring to notice the following Lt. -Col. Pollock.
Commanding Officer : —

Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) J. A. H.
Pollock, Ist Sikhs.

On the 7th of March Lieutenant C. E. Davidson Departure of
Houston was struck oflE the strength of the Regiment Dav^idaon
on his departure to join the 5th Punjab Infantry. Houstoo.

76 BISTORT OF

Mftfdi On tbe 5th of April the R^ment oomrcfaed to

Oft KiCtft. to

Dirm I. KJua. KauraDg Sarai en route to Dera Ismail Khan at 3 a.m.

Oo 6th April to Gambila at 4 a.m.

On 7th April to Ghazni Khel at 4 a.m.

Oo 8th April to Peza at 2-30 a.m.

On 9th April to Yarak at 2-30 a.m.

On 9th April to Dera Ismail Khan at 9 p.m.

Dwp^riwnot On the 13th of April Surgeon-Major C. Hallins
lUHiM. *^ ^^ struck off the (strength of the Regiment on his

departure to rejoin bis regiment at Mominabad.

Dep*rtnr«of On the 2nd of Mav Lieutenant-G>lonel J. A. H.

' Pollock reported hi^ departure on seven months'
leave to England ; extended two months.

omcMiiog On the same date (2nd May) Major W. J. K.

AppomtiMoto. p^Y^bin became Officiating Commandant ; Captain

K. 0. Bume became Officiating 2nJ in Command ;

and Captain H. A. F. Magrath, Officiating Wing
• Commander.

MeiUi and Under G. G. 0. Nos. 671 and 673 of 17th June

Ortiaiiy for 1808 the Regiment became entitled to medal and

gratuity for the operations in the Tochi, 1897-98.

fioDoarabie The following extract from G. G. 0. No. 672,

meneiooofihe ^^^ 17th June 1898, is published.

The undermentioned officers, had they survived,
would have been recommended to Her Majesty for
rewards, in recognition of their services during the
recent operations on the North- West Frontier of

India : —

Lieutenant A. J. M. Higginson, Indian Staff

Corps.

iDtpecUofi 'r^® remarks of the Lieutenant-General Com-

Bdoiarkt. mandinfif the Forces, Punjab, on the Informal Ins-

tiiggititoD.

1st SIKH INFANTRT. 77

pection of the Regiment for 1897-98 were as
follows : —

" This report on the 1st Sikhs is highly satis-
factory. "

Oa the 2nd of June the Regiment relieved the Tank
6th Punjab Infantry detachment at Tank.
Strength, 1 native oflGicer, I bugler and 50 rifles.

Under G. 0. C. C. No. 391, dated 13th June 1898, 18«8- ^

' ' Lt. Herdoo.

Lieutenant H. E. Herdon, Wing Officer, 26th Madras
Infantry, was appointed Officiating Wing Officer,

On the 3rd of July Lieutenant Herdon joined
the Regiment.

On the 12th of July Volunteers (Sikhs) were called Jj[?J*J^*'" ^^'
for to serve in British Central Africa. None went.

On the 25th of July was published an extract from Grant of
special I. A. C, dated 18th June 1898. 1897-98.

REWARDS.— Grant of a gratuity to the troops
employed in the operations of 1897-98 on the North-
West Frontier, Tochi Field Force, 10th of June
1897 to 30th of January 1898.

f^^^^ ^ • ) at Rs. 24 per share 16 shares,

burgeon- Major j ^

Captain j j^^ ^2

Surgeon- Captain ) "

Lieutenant ) -q mi

Surgeon-Lieutenant J * . * »

Subadar-Major and Subadar .Rs. 120

Jemadar. < , „ 48

Havildar, &c ^ „ 24

Naik „ 16

Private, &c. • „ 12

Certain followers also received gratuity.

On the 6th of August it was notified to the Regi- Special
ment that it had been selected as one of the five CourBo!'^^

78 HISTORY Of

regiments in India to be put through a special
experimental Musketry course.

The Government of India ha\'ing sanctioned the
iise of the Patriotic Fund for the releif of the suffer-
ers in the recent military operations on the North-
West Frontier, a Regimental Committee under
G. 0. C. C- No. 485, dated the 23rd of July 1898
was this day (6th of August) formed to consider
claims for relief.
1B9S. The sums to be granted were : —

Ute of 17 1 •

Patriotib Fond, For the relief of the families of men who were

killed or who died from the effwts of wounds
received or sickness contracted on active service.
For each native family (including family of
followers) entitled to pension, Rs. 75.

For each native family (including family of
followers) not entitled to pension, Rs. 100.

Clrtni of Medal. Under 6. 0. C. C. No. 509, dated the 6th of August

1898, the grant of the Indian Medal, 1895, with clasp
inscribed " Punjab Frontier, 1897-98," to all troops
who proceeded beyond Edwardesabad between the
10th of June 1897 and the 30th of January 1898
inclusive was published for information.

AppoiotmeDt of On the 26th of August the appointment of Sur-

^urgn.. ap o. gQQjj^.Q^^^^ij^ p^ g^ Q^ More, I.M.S., to the medical

charge of the regiment was notified in orders.
Grant of War Under G, 0. C. C. No. 510 of 6th of August 1898
Bervioe8. ^j^^ grant of war services as regards this regiment

is to be recorded as follows : —

2. " North-West Frontier of India, 1897-98 (a)
Tochi."

3. The following particular incident to be
recorded under the heading in para. 2 above:—

(a) " Action at Maizar, 10th of June 1897," to
proceed the word Tochi .

1st SIKH INFANTBT. 79

The following extract from G.O.C. a No. 508 ^^^ ?>•«? «

^ Army Bignal-

dated the 5th of August 1898, is published. Uog.

1st Sikh In&ntry. — Order of merit in army signal*
ling 20 out of a total number of 134 regiments ex«
amined.

On the 1 3th of September the following details b. B. Africmo
left to join the British East African Contingent :— ConUngent

1 bugler and 10 sepoys, ^ D ' Company ; 1 bhisti,
* C ' Company.

Under G. 0. No. 600, dated 19th September 1889 jggs.
Lieutanant C. H. B. Lees joined as Wing Officer Lt. c.H.B.Leet.
from the 4th Punjab Infantry on the 18th of
October.

On the same date the following relaxation in Beiazation io
dress at Musketry was notified to the Regiment : — ^'i^ ?'
" Wearing of belts and pouches during the first
period of musketry, optional."

Under P. C. No. 6601-H., dated 5th October 1898, Voianieeri f or
the undermentioned details left on the Ist of Novem- *^**

her for service in British Central Africa : —

1 naik, 1 lance-naik and 5 sepoys (all Sikhs).

The following details having returned to India Mombtma
from the Mombassa Contingent are brought on the Co»^°s«°*'
roUs from the 6th of November, viz : —

1 subadar, 1 havildar, 1 assistant bugle-major and
14 sepoys (Punjabi Mohammedans).

On the 16th of November Lieutenant H. E. Herdon j^^ Herdoo
left to join the 1st P. I.

On the 18th of November Captain W. C. Barratt ctpt Bamtt
was brought back on the rolls of the Regiment on
returning from commanding the Mombassa Contin-
gent

On the 18th of January the Begiment was in- ^g^Q
spected by the General Officer Commanding the Pun- iMpociion.
jab Frontier Force.

BISTORT OF

fod mLSTo^ On the 24th of January the Regiment went into
Ttak. camp at Paniala for hill training and field firing. On

the 8th of February it was suddenly ordered to
proceed to Tank as there were disturbances on the
frontier. The sudden arrival of troops at Tank
produced such a g<x>d effect, that the Regi-
ment was able to move back to Dera Ismail Khan
on the 11th of February.

1899. On the 20th of January Captain H, A. Cooper

Capto. Cooper. j j i rv -^ r r

proceeded to the Deccan on plague duty.
Lt.-Col. Pollock. Qj^ ti^^ 30th of January Lieutenant-Colonel

J. A. H. Pollock rejoined from leave out of India.
Lt BaiDbrWge On the 8th of February Lieutenant W. F. Bain-

AujutMt. , ^

bridge was appointed Adjutant with effect from
the 23rd of February 1897. G. 0. C. C. No. 83 of
2nd February 1899.

iQtpection On the 27th of February the following report

Report by j.i • x* • j

Major-General on the mspection was received : —

K.o?rZ ^^' I find the 1st Sikhs in a high state of efficiency

and well maintaining the high reputation it has

always been held in.

The health of the Regiment has recovered after

the severe strain of two years in the Tochi Valley.

The conduct of all ranks has been most satis-
factory and praiseworthy.

I consider the Battalion in all respects fit for
service.

The Lieutenant-General Commanding the Forces,
Punjab, remarked that it was " a thoroughly satis-
factory report," and His Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief remarked that it was ** a very good report."

OuipoBtB. On the 6th of March the Regiment took over

the outposts of Sarwakai and Jandola,

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 81

London Gazette. — The following extracts are q^^q ^^
pQblished for general information : — ' 174.

War Office,
24th January 1899.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give
orders for the following promotions in the Army in
recognition of the services of the undermentioned
officers during the recent operations in Uganda.

The promotions to bear date from the 25th of Brevets.
Janaary 1899.

To be Majors.
Brevet Captain W. C. Barratt, D, S. 0., Indian Staff Ctpt. Bamtt.

Captain (local Lieutenant-Colonel) W. H. Manning Capt. MaDDinr.
to be Major in recognition of his services against the
Chief Mpisini during the operations in British
Central Africa and Northern Rhodesia, 1898, dated
24th of June 1898.

On the 10th of April, Captain H. A. F. Magrath Capt. Magratii,
proceeded to take up the appointment of District
Recruiting Officer for Sikhs.

On the 19th of May, 2nd Lieutenant P. L. 2nd Lt. Beddy

Arrival

Beddy reported his arrival from the 14th Sikhs
for temporary duty.

On the 22nd of May, 2nd Lieutenant G. 0, 2nd Lt.
Tornbull reported his arrival from the 26th Punjab I^°val"'
Infantry for temporary duty.

On the 29th of July owing to disturbances on Haidari Each,
the frontier the Regiment took over the outpost of
Haidari Each.

Jemadar Bahadur Ali Khan was admitted to the 3rd 1999.
class Order of Merit for conspicuous gallantry in the ^ateF28th ?T
fight at Jass Camp on the 26th of April, 1898, on Order of Merit,
which occasion he, with No. 1 Section and the Maxim
Gun Section, formed upon the left of the line, which
H. 1st s. I. 6

82 HISTORY OF

was wavering, and by a steady conduct of fire
enabled the centre to rally and the flank sections
of the Contingent to cope successfully with the
enemy's main counter-attack.

He also distinguished himself as a leader in the

defence of Murli Post on the 30th of May 1 898, and

was especially commended for his gallantry.

Ctpt. Cooper, Qn the 26th of September Captain H, A. Cooper

Cbitrai. rejoined from plague duty, and on the 1st of October

proceeded to Chitral to take up the duties of
Station Staff Officer.
I. A. c. No. 118 The strength of the reserve was increased to

of 1899. ^^^ ° .

280 men per regiment.
G.^ 0. ^o- ^iw Captain and Brevet-Major W. H. Manning was
Major ManoiDg promoted to Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel from the
^®^«^ 4th of October 1899 in recognition of his services

in the recent operations in British Central
Lt. P. E. Enapp. Lieutenant P. £• Enapp was transferred from the

2nd Madras Infantry as Officiating Wing Officer,

and joined on the 11th of November (G.O.C.C.

No. 714, of the 25th of October 1899.)
2nd Lt. On the 17th of November 2nd Lieutenant G. 0.

departure. TurnbuU left to rcjom the 26th Punjab Infantry.

1899. On the 21st of December the Head Quarter Wing

^n'Reiilf-^'"'*"* left Dera Ismail Khan on reUef by the 2nd Q. 0.

Rajput Light Infantry and reached Kohat on the 3rd
of January 1900. The Wing garrisoning the posts
of Surwaki, Haidari Each and Jundola on being
relieved by the same r^ment marched on the 26th
of December and arrived at Eohat on the 9tb (rf
January 1900.
Frontier During the time the Regiment held these posts

' two attacks were made by Waziris on convoys, and

the Regiment had two men killed and one wounded.
The Waziris lost one killed and one wounded. At

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 83

the request of the Political Officer Lieutenant
C. H. B. Lees made a raid on a Waziri village and
captured 30 men, 1 mare and 30 arms of sorts.
Later on Subadar Bahadur Ali succeeded in captur-
ing one man and sixty-three goats.

By G. G. 0. No. 666, dated the 16th of June 1899, goood^
the wound pensions of non-commissioned officers
and men were increased.

A biennial issue of cloth pantaloons was sanctioned Oloth Pftnts.
this year in place of compensation which had always
been drawn before.

On the 13th of January Lieutenant C. H. B. Lees J^. ^

OopAfluro ox

proceeded to take up his appointment as Adjutant Lt. Lom.
(£ the 1st Battalion, Eurrum Militia.

On the 5th of February the Regiment was in- InspeotioD.
spected by the Colonel on the Staff.

On the 19th of June orders were received to mobi- OHertto
lize the Raiment as part of the Fore 3 proceeding to for Strvico
Ckina. The principal object of the contingent in "* '"*'
connection with that of contingents of other
forces being the relief of the Ministers who were
besieged in their residencies in Peking.

The following countries sent contingents : Different
Russia, Japan, United States, Germany, France, Contingeota.
England, Austria and ItHly.

On the 28th of June the Regiment marched out MarcbiDffH>at
Strength: 8 British officers, 61 native officers, 31 Strength.
havildarB, 33 naiks, 647 sepoys, 1 hospital as-
ostant. This included 1 native officer, 2 havil-
dars, 2 naiks and 32 sepoys from the 3rd Sikhs in
place of furlough men not returned.

On the 29th of June the Regiment entrained in
two tarains at Eushalgarh and arrived at Calcutta
on the 6th of July having halted at Assansole for
two days.

•4

mSK/KT itW

gii^ On tte «di of JuIt imd Liattmnt J. L. Cortello

joatfti tfae Bfeiiiifirt from tLe 5di Ben^ f nfiuury.

£>^^-"^ Ota tfae 2»tfaof Jane Major T. E. Scott, DS.6^

3td SUii^ «M attarfacd to die Bcgiment temponrily
for die cxpeditioii.

*^^ *•■**• On tfae 22nd of June Gqilun W. H. Kenrick,

LM.S^ joined tfae Begbnent as Medical Oflker.

U. DTi f— Ontfael9cfaof July Uentenant A.T. S. IHckinson

joined die re g im e n t at Hoi^-Eoi^ from the 16tfa
Madras Infuitrv.

D«f«ftve of On the 6th dt July tfae Right Wing mider com-

^l!t C^L. ™^od ^ ^j^* I>obbin emhttrked on the Hired

Transport Nattab^ and siikd die aame aftemocHiy
arrived at Takn andiorage on the 26th of Joly, there
it embarked on a rirer steamer in which it went to
H»n Ho, the English landing stage, and on the
28th raUed to Tientsin.

Dn^tHore of On the 7th of Jnly the Head Qnartaa and Left

LeftWiDg. Wing embarked cm the Hired Trantjport TFarora and

reached Tientsin on the 29th of Jalj. The only
casualties on the voyage were two mules.

T»ko roftdff ^ Taku roads were assembled a vast concourse

oE battleships and smaller war vessels of all the
different contingents. A sight probably never to
be seen again.

H»H ftt Tieot- "^^ R^ment halted at Tientsin till the 4th of

"■• August, whilst preparations were made for the

advance on Peking. The great difficulty was
carriage, and finally arrangements were made for
most of the stores to be sent up the Pel Ho as far as
Tangchow, ffom which place the final advance on
Peking was made.

During this time troops were daily arriving.
The Russian and Japanese contingents were complete.
The English and United States' contingents were

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 85

nearly so, but few troops of the other contingents
were present. The great want was cavalry and
when it arrived, the horses were so soft from the
voyage that they were of little use.

The position and numbers of the Chinese Army 1900.

i»-i 11 1 iiT t PoBltiOD of

were fairly well known and the J apanese made two chioese Army.

or three reconnaissances to verify the information

received. Finally it was found that their position

was at Pe3i;sang, about ten miles west on the Pei Ho,

strongly entrenched and owing to inuudations hard

to attack except from the south across the river

which was bridged at Peytsang only.

The plan of attack adopted was that the PUnofaiuck.
Japanese, English ond United States' forces should
advance aloDg the right bank of the Pei Ho, and
the Russians and other small contingents along the
railway line north of the river. The heavy artillery
being posted near the Hsiku arsenal and shelling the
position from there.

The English contingent marched on the 4th of ^*?^ *®
August to liisku arsenal and bivouacked behind a
high embankment that night

The Regiment was part of the 1st Brigade com- J^/j?*^*
manded by Major-General Sir N. R. Stewart. This
consisted of the 7th Rajputs, 1st Sikhs and 24th
Punjab Infantry (the fourth Regiment the 26th
Baluchis not having yet arrived).

The Regiment marched out under Lieutenant-Colo- Marching-out
nel Pollock. Strength : Eight British officers; TientBin.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pollock, Major Dobbin, Major
Barratt, D.S.O., Major Scott, D.S.O., Lieutenant
Bainbridge, Lieutenant Enapp, 2nd Lieutenant Cos-
tello, Captain Eenrick, I.M.S. 12 native officers
and five hundred rank and file«

86 HISTOBT OF

p"uM^" On the 5th o£ August the Brigade fell in at

2 A.M., and after waiting ti^'O hours till the Japa-
nese contingent had taken its place in advance,
it moveil off under cover of the embankment. At
5 A.M. it came under a heavy rifle and artillery fire.
The original intention had been for the Japanese
to move on and envelop the enemy's right, the
English to attack the centre and the Americans
the left. The brunt of the fighting would have fallen
on the English troops, which were to have been led
by the 1st Sikhs. But owing to the Chinese attack-
ing the Japanese as they passed their left flank, the
Japanese swung round to their right, and the English
and United States' troops became a second line.
About 5-30 A.M. the regiment was ordered to advance
and reinforce the Jai)ancse. It was difficult to know
what was going on as the advance was principally
through millet crops fourteen feet high and the
consequence was that the regiment was soon split up
into detachments and got divided. At 10 a.m. the
position was carried by the Japanese and the regi-
ment having assembled marched through Peytsang
and halted till 3 p.m. The casualties in the regiment
were: 1 Naik killed, 1 Subadar and 1 Lance- naik
slightly wounded, 1 Havildar, 1 Lance*naik and 1
Sepoy severely wounded. Not a shot had been fired
by the regiment

In the afternoon the regiment and two squadrons
of the Ist Bengal Lancers moved out and bivouacked
3^ miles north-west on the railway line. Here it was
found that we were in touch with the Russians whose
pickets dressed in white were visible to our front.
The Chinese had been defeated at every point and
had finally made a hasty retreat. The want of
cavalry was now badly felt, a brigade now would

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 87

have been invaluable. The general impression was
that the Chinese would make a stand at Yangtsan,
bat the information was not very reliable and it was
thought that as they had lost heavily at Peytsang
they might be too demoralized to stand again. The
Japanese had lost 300 killed and wounded and the
Chinese had probably lost the same.

On the 6th of August the regiment marched at |?^'
6 A.M., the two squadrons 1st Bengal Lancers moving
oa to reconnoitre. On the march to-day the Japanese
advanced by the right bank of the river, the English
and United States by the left bank ; English nearest
the river but in line with the United States troops.
A few French troops were also on this side, but they
^d not arrive in time for the fight. In advance
were some Russian Cossacks and a few Japanese
cavalry. About four miles from Yangtsan infor-
mation was received that it was held and on arriving
on some sand hills 5,000 yards off, the position and
troops could be clearly seen, also Russian, Japanese
and 1st Bengal Cavalry picquets in front which were
drawing the enemy's fire. The Russians had ad-
vanced to within 400 yards of the enemy's right but
could go no further, and it was necessary quickly to
reinforce them.

The 1st Sikhs and Hth Regiment, U. S. A., form-
ed the firing line and the 24th Punjab Infantry and
Welsh Fusiliers formed the English second line.
The day was a very hot one and no water was pro-
curable, so the troops were tired and thirsty before
they advanced. The leading companies extended to
ten places interval and the Regiment advanced in
five lines. Soon after starting the American regi-
ment began to close to the left and and the two

88 ' HISTORY OF

regiments finally became mixed tx)getlier all along
the line.

The EngUsh battery No. 12 Royal Field Artil-
lery took up a position on the left and was
afterwards joined by two Russian batteries, the U.S. A«
battery taking up position on the right. The Chinese
had about 18 guns in action, and under fire of
these and of the Chinese troops lining the railway
embankment and village the advance was made over
a sandy plain from three thousand to four thousand
}^ards long with a few high crops interspersed about
it. The advance was a rapid one and the Chinese
did not wait to be charged but left their position and
retired on Yangtsan through the high crops.

The 1st Sikhs and 14th regiment, U. S. A., charged
together and cleared the whole position, the second
line coming up about four hundred yards behind
thenu The British and American forces halted
short of the Railway Bridge and the Russians took
up the pursuits

The total number of killed and wounded at
Yangtsan in the British forces were : Killed, 6,
wounded, 42, of which the regiment lost 4 sepoys
killed, 1 officer, 2nd Lieutenant Costello dangerous-
ly wounded ; three sepoys dangerously wounded, 14
sepoys severely wounded, 3 sepoys slightly wounded.
It will thus be seen that the brunt of the fighting
fell on the 1st Sikhs.
Despatches In Lieutenant-Gcneral Sir Alfred Gaselee's des-

patch No. 36-S., dated the 19th of August 1900,
published in the London Gazette dated the 6th of
llovember 1900, the names of the following officers
are mentioned for distinguishing themselves at
Yangtsan : —

Major T. E. Scott, D. S. 0., 1st Sikh Infantry.

Sir A. Qaselee.

IST SIKH INFANTRY. 89

Lieutenant W. F. Bainbridge, 1st Sikh Infantry.

On the 7th the allies halted to bring up supplies
and sent back the wounded by boat.

On the 8th the march was continued. The Japan- Tangciiow.
ese in advance, the Russians next, then the United
States' Army, and the English Army, brought up
the rear. This order was maintained till the
arrival of the forces at Tangchow on the 12th of
August.

A conference was there held and it was decided to Advance oq

» PokiDg aod

send forward strong reconnoitring forces on the attack oo entry.
13th to concentrate on a line about 5 miles from
Pekiug on the 14 th, and attack on the 15th. The
positions of the several forces were assigned, the
Japanese on the right, then the Russians, Americans,
and on the extreme left the English. On the 14tb,
however, owing to the Russians moving ahead and
attacking the city, sudden orders were issued to
move at 1-30 a.m., and at 3-30 a.m. the force
marched. The day was hot, the roads were bad,
and led through high millet crops. As the attack of
the Japanese and Russians had commenced before
our arrival at the Sbahua Gate of the Chinese city
at 1 P.M., the Chinese troops had been drawn
northwards to the wall 6f the Tartar city, conse-
quently the English force led by the 7th Rajputs
and 24th Punjab Infantry with the 1st Sikhs in
reserve entered the city without opposition. The
7th Rajputs were then ordered to cover the right
flank and the 24th Punjab Infantry was ordered to
take the Temple of Heaven and the 1st Sikhs thus
became the leading regiment. Information had been
previously received from our Minister Sir Claude
Macdonald that a hundred and fifty yards of the
Tartar city wall, over the sluice gate leading into

90 HISTORY OF

Relief of lega- the Chinese city, was held by the legations. Sir

Alfred Gaselee, therefore, taking his escort which
was given by the Ist Sikhs and also fifty more men
under Major Scott, moved off and entered the lega-
tions by this gate about 3 p.m. The rest of the
force marched on and turned up the street leading
to the Chinmen, having a slight skirmish on the way
with some of the enemy.

The gate was found closed and blocked, but the
block-house over it was in ruins.* The Chinese were
holding the wall west of the gate. Here we had to
stop for about an hour when a party of 18 men
ran along the wall from the Legation and opened
the side gate and so allowed the 1st Sikhs, Bland^s
maxims and some dismounted men of the 1st Bengal
Lancers to enter.

Lieutenant Bainbridge entered first and collecting
some men ascended the wall and commenced driving
the Chinese back from the position they held on
it. Twice the Chinese inside the Tartar city attack-
ed the gate, the second time they lost about fifty
men, and then commenced to retire precipitately
from the positions they held along the west of
the Legations. A heavy fire was brought to bear
on them from rifles and maxims.

After about an hour the 1st Sikhs were as-
sembled and marched down Legation Street, through
the Russian Legation to the British Legation where
the rest of the force which had entered by the sluice
gate was found assembled.

The next two or three days were spent in clearing
the Chinese troops out of the dty.

On the 16th Lieutenant Knapp and a hundred
rifles joined a mixed force which was sent to res«

1st SIKH INFAKTRT. *^^

cue the French garrison and Roman Catholic priests
tad convents at the Peytang Cathedral.

On the 19th of August the Head-Quarters of the R;e^^^^^^ ^^
regiment was moved to the South- we%t quarter of gr., Tartar ciiy.
the Tartar city and remained there till the 27th of

April 1901.

The following was the strength of the different ^^JJJ;^^^^ ^^
ccmtincrents which took part in the advance on ContiDgents.

Peking : —

10,000 Japanese with 24 guns.

4,000 Russians with 1 6 guns.

3,000 British with 12 guns,

2,000 a. S. A. with 6 guns.

800 French with 12 guns.

200 Germans.

100 Austrians & Italians.

Total 20,100 with 70 guns.

The time now was spent in housing the men and
animals and preparing for the severe winter, also
a very large amount of fatigue work was done in
collecting stores, wood, &c., and numerous Boxer
houses had to be visited and property had to be
sent to the prize godown to prevent the Chinese
looting them. The city vras now divided up
amongst the different contingents to allow of efficient
policing.

On the 14th of September, an explosion of gun- Explosion of
powder took place at Tangchow, whilst it was being langobow! ^*
destroyed, and ten men of the regiment lost their
lives and another was also burned slightly.

On the same day (14th of September) Captain pa-TaCha
Cooper and a detachment of 150 rifles joined in a
combined move on Pa-Ta-chu, the place where the

HISTORY OF

1900.

Triumphal
invcli tbroogb
lh« Forbidiieo
City.

Paotinit Fu
ExpetlitioQ.

Capt. Daviet
Lt. Campbell.

Corps Diplomatique had their sammer residences,
which had been destroyed by the Boxers. A concen-
tric attack was made on it by Englishy Americani
German and Japanese troops and the Boxers were
quickly dispersed, a few being killed. The column
returned on the 18th of September.

On the 27th of August detachments firom all the
contingents paraded at the five bridges south of the
forbidden city, and then marched through it The
regiment sent a detachment of two British officers,
two native officers and fifty rank and file.

On the 2nd of October the detachment from
Tientsin joined head-quarters.

On the 12th of October a detachment of four
British officers and two hundred rank and file under
Major Dobbin marched with an expedition to Paoting
Fu. The force consisted of French, Grerman, Italian
and British troops, the Peking column being under
the command of Sir Alfred Gaselee. The object of
the expedition was to release some Europeans and
punbh the officials principally implicated in some
murders. This was successfully done and the expe-
dition returned to Peking on the 6th of November.

On the 15th of October a detachment of one British
officer and sixty rank and file was sent to garrison
the Summer Palace. On the 20th of November this
was increased to ninety and on the 12th of December
to a hundred and ten men.

On the 16th of November Captain C. H. Davies
8rd Sikhs, Lieutenant H. Campbell, Queen's Own
Corps of Guides and a draft of two native officers
and ninety-eight rank and file joined from India
including one native officer, three non-commissioned
officers of the 4th Sikhs and one native officer of the
3rd Sikhs.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 93

On the 2l8t instant, Captain C. H. Davies, two
native officers and eighty-eio^ht rank and file left for
Matao and remained there till the 24th of May 1901. .

Orders were received at the Depot in the end of i^oi.

Depot to enlist

November to raise a hundred extra recruits for the lou eitra men.
Regiment

The cold during the winter months was very
intense, the thermometer at night being sometimes
at zero. Fire-places and stoves were placed in all the
barracks and cooking-ranges were built and washing-
houses alsOi for the men. Coal was used instead of
wood and in a short time the men preferred cooking
with it. The cold months were from November to
February ; all this time snow lay on the ground.

The health of the men was excellent, much better
dian in India.' They received extra food and
extra clothing which may have accounted for this to a
certain extent.

Th^^ was an absence of malarial fever and
pneumonia and Northern China appears to be a
healthy country.

On the 27th of April 1901 the head-quarters of HJ.-qaartera to
the regiment marched to the Summer Palace, No. II ^"™™^' ^*'''^^'
Double Company being left in Peking for duty.

On the 13th of June the head-quarters marched Ha.-quarten to
to Peking and encamped in the Temple of Heaven ; ^ "**'
the Peking detachment marched into camp on the
14th.

On the 13th of June Captain Kenrick, I.M.S., Capt. Kennok,

1 M 8 & Lit

left to join his own regiment, the 4th Punjab Infan- Waiker, I. M, S.
try, and Lieutenant J. N. Walker, I. M. S., joined
the r^ment.

On the 15th of June the regiment proceeded by Pepariarefor
train to Hsinho and there embarked on three ships ^^®'" **' ®'*
which reached Wei-Hai- Wei on the 17th, 18th and 21st

04 HISTORT OF

of June. Here the regiment went into camp and al-
though it was the month of June, it was quite cool
and pleasant.

On the re^ment leaving the 1st Brigade Qiina
Field Force the following order was published by
Major-Gcncral Sir N. R. Stewart, Bart.

In wishing the 1 st Sikhs farewell and a pleasant
and safe voyage to India, Major-General Sir Norman
Stewart cannot allow tnem to leave without thanking
Colonel Pollock, the officers, British and native, and
all ranks for the loyal manner in which they have
always i>crformed their duties both in the Field and
Quarters. The conduct of the Regiment has been
excellent and every man can look back to his stay in
China with pride ; to have had the Regiment under
his command will always be referred to by General
Stewart with similar pride.

On the 8th of July, Captain Cooper and *F'
company embarked on the Hired Transport Mathra
for Calcutta, and reached Eohat on the 6th of August.

jgQ2 On the 16th of July the rest of the regiment

Departure for embarked on the Hired Transport Bai Ching and

arrived at Calcutta on the 4th of August and on the
16th of August arrived at Eohat.

In the London Gazette of May 14 th, 1901,
Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Gaselee's despatch
No. 198-S., dated the 17th of January 1901 was publi-
shed. The following extracts are noted : —

^^ Lieutenant Bainbridge was the first to occupy
this bridge (the one leading to the Chinmen) with a
small party of the 1st Sikhs and he remidned in an
exposed position holding a Union Jack to attract
the notice of the Legation defenders occupying a
portion of the wall to the east who for a short time
fiuled to recognize our men and were firing on them/'

1st SIKH INPANTBY. 95

** The 1st Sikhs maintained their previous high
reputation. "

1st SiKns.

" Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. H. Pollock is an officer of
high merit. His regiment under his leading distin-
guished itself at Yangtsun and at the taking of Peking.

" Captain and Brevet-Major W. C. Barratt, D.S.O.

Captain H. A. Cooper.

Lieutenant W. F. Bainbridge.

Subadar-Major Hira Singh ."

In the London Gazette of the 23rd of July 1901
the following rewards were given for the operations
in China : —

To be Brevet-Colonel with effect from the 29th
of November 1900, Lieutenant- Colonel J. A. H.

•

Pollock, Indian Staff Corps.

To be Companion of the Distinguished Service
Order, Lieutenant W. F. Bainbridge, Indian Staff
Corps.

To be a Companion of the Most Eminent Order
of the Indian Empire, Captain and Brevet-Major
T. E. Scott, D.S.O., Indian Staff Corps.

By G. G. 0, No. 659, dated the 19th of July 1901,

Subadar-Major Hira Singh was promoted to the First

Class of the Order of British India for his services in

China.

The following were the total casualties during the 1901.
campaign :— Casaaliies.

Sailed in action .•• ... ••• 5

Died of wounds ••• ... ... 1

Killed accidentally (due to an explosion) ... 10

Wounded severely .4. ... 19

Wounded slightly • • • . • . 7

Wounded severely (I British officer) ... 1

Entries into hospital ... ... 2 9 6

HISTORY OF

Extra rations. The following extra rations, in addition to the

ordinary Field Service rations, were issued to fighting-
men and followers : —

Fighting men.
^ oz. of tea and ^ oz. of sugar, daily.
22nd September 1900, an extra issue of meat, weekly.
2nd of October 1900, two extra issues of meat, weekly.

Followers.
^ oz. of tea and ^ oz. of sugar, daily.
2nd of October 1900, two extra issues of meat
weekly.

13th of November, 1900, Fighting-men's rations
to all followers (3 issues of meat weekly inclusive).
This was stopped on the 14th of April 1901.
jg^i Owing to the severe cold of North China the

Extra cioiiiing. following extra clothing was also issued : —

Fighting-men.

British warm-coat.

Canadian coat.

pidr of puttu glovcfl.

comforter.

pair of warm stockings.

pair of large boots.

blankets.

pair of warm drawers.

serge blouse.

pair serge pyjamas.

Followers,
pair of boots in lieu of shoes,
poshteen.

pair of puttu gloves,
comforter.

pair of warm stockings,
pair of large boots.
2 blankets.

1st SIKH INFANTRY. 97

1 pair of drawers.

During the time the regiment had been in China
the following orders were issued : —

NovBMBEB 1900, Gymnastics. GymnaBiics.

One Instructor per regiment on Rs. 3 per mensem*
One Assistant Instructor per regi-
ment on ••• ... Bs. 2 I, 1)

March 1901. Schools. sdiooie.

An English Schoolmaster on Rs. 25 per mensem.
Allowance for books, Rs. 15 „ ,,

Mabch 1901. Signalling Allowances. ^?oi.

r% T Tfc 4 SigoalliDg.

One Instructor on Ks. 4 per mensem.

One Assistant Instructor Rs. 2-8 |, ,,
Seven signallers on each Re. 1 „ ,,

The following remarks were made by His Ex-
cellency the Commander-in-Chief, on the Inspection
Report of the regiment for 1900-01 : —

" An excellent report, very creditable to Colonel
Pollock and his officers.

Dep6t

Satisfactory,"

During September and October, the majority of Labana Sikhs
the Labana Sikhs were transferred to the newly the°4Sib Bengal
raised 48th Bengal Pioneers. Their transfer was ^'®'*®®'»-
a loss to the regiment as they have always been well
conducted in peace and are also excellent soldiers ;
bat as it was for their benefit to go to a class company
r^ment, they were allowed t(hgQ. Subadar Mehtab
Singh was made Subadar-Major ; Havildar Gurmukh
Singh, Subadar ; Havildar Labh Singh, Jemadar ;
and Naik Lehna Singh, Drill Havildar. The Officer
Commanding the 48th Pioneers wrote that they
were the best men transferred to him and so received
more than their share of promotion.

B. iBT S. I. 7

98 BiftiOMr.Of.i

1 Subadar, $^ Hayildiira^ a NaUn» H.S^ki^ wens
traoafeired ta 4&tli Bengal PianaerB aftdr 1 Sepoy to
46th b! I.

Chtk GoDga- In November, GaiunuliD, who had been a derk in

dm retire* oo .

Pmmod. the regiment since 1853, retired on a penmon of

Rs. 10 specially grinted him by the Seoretary of
State for India for his loyal service during that
long period. His departure was felt by the whole
r^ment. His straigfatfwward and lK»e8t way of
working having gained him the admiration of all
ranks.

Increaie of Offi- By Indian Army Circulars, cl. 130 of 1900| the
ceri o w . gj.|,gQg^j^ q[ British officers was raised to twelve.

Lec-Meiford ^" ^^^^ ^Ist of May 1900 Lce-Metford rifles were

liiflet. issued to the Regiment.

1901. In March 1900, a Jubilee of the Punjab Frontier

P. F. F. JubiUe p^j.^ ^^ ]jgij^ ^Q which all old comrades were asked.

Of the Regiment twelve retired native officers and
about 43 non-commissioned officers and men came and
stayed about a week, during which time they were
guests of the regiment and all their travelling expen-
ses were paid. During the week races and games
took place for the men, the Regiment winning the
football tournament.

The system of Wing Commanders were abolished
and Double Company Commanders were introduced
instead.

Ist Double Company Commander Major Dobbin.
2nd „ „ „ Major Barratt,

D.S.O.
3rd „ „ 9, Capt. Bnrne.

4th „ „ „ Capt. Cooper.

1st SMH INFANTRT. 99

OffieefB who HbA been Wing commanders were not
to iia^e th^ staff pay altered, biiC other offices were
to receive as follows : —

Ist D. C. C. Rs. 250 Contingent allowance Rs, 42-8
2ndD. C. C. „ 200 „ „ „ 43-8

3rd D. C. C. „ 125 „ „ „ 42-8

4thD. C. C. „ 125 „ „ „ 42-8

In consequence of this order C. Company Khattaks
and E. Company. Dogras were exchanged places.
This made Ko. 1 D. C. A Company Man jha Sikhs.

Malwa Sikhs.

No. 2 D. C. C

Dogras.

Panjabi Maho-
medans.

No. 3 D. C. E

Khattaks.

No. 4 D. C. G

Manjha Sikhs.

By Indian Army Circulars, clause 97 of 1901, the Increaae of Offi.
strength of the British officers of Native Infantry cJjl" ^'* ^'"'^
regiments in the 1st Army Corps was raised to 13.

Prize money was granted to the regiments who
took part in the relief of Peking in the following
shares, each share equalUng twenty-seven doll&rs :^-

Field Officer

7 shares.

Captain

6 »

Subaltern

5 ,,

Native Officer

4 „

Non-commissioned officer

2 „

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1 „

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On batla being granted to the troops in China by ^^^'}^^ ^»^*a *
G.G. 0. No, 274, of 4th April 1902, all ranks ^"''"^^'''^•
recaving gratuities had to return their share of prize
money.

100 HISTORY OF 1st SIKH DTFANTRy.

By G. G. 0. No, 837 of 1901, the official designa-
tion of the regiment was changed to ^^st Sikhs."

On the 31st of December 1901, Second Lieutenant
Shea was appointed to the re^ment, but was ordered
to remain with the l/4th Gurkhas, to which re^ment
he had been attached in China.

TEE END OF PRESENT ISSUE.

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APPENDIX IX.

Extract from General Orders by His Excdleney ike

Commander-in-Chief. Head Quarters Simla, 22nd

September 1849. By the Moat Noble

the Gotfernor^Oeneral of*India^

Simla^ 15ih September 1849.

Page 542 — Intimalion having been made to the OoTernor-Generml
that statements were in wide circalation impnting to the 1st Regiment
of Sikh Local Infantry disloyal condact, and manifestations of a spirit
of disa£Pection, His Lordship deemed it right that these statements
should be snbjeeted to examinations.

For that purpose, His Ezcellenoy the Commander-in-Chief was
requested to assemble a Court of Inquiry at Hosheyarpore to investigate
the conduct of that regiment| which was alleged to have oonspirod
against its Officers and against the State during the late war.

The Court, of which Brigadier Wheeler, C. B., was Presidenti have
now submitted their proceedings.

From the evidence given before the Court, and from the documents
there produced, it appears that there did not at any time exist in the
1st Begimeut Sikh Local Infantry a spirit of disaffeotion either towards
the State or towards their own Officers ; and that therefore the statements
which have been made to the efiEect that such spirit of disaffection
did prevail are without foundation.

The Governor-General desires to give publicity to this result of the
prooeedings of the special Court of Inquiry in justice tcthe officers and
men of a corps, which during the late war, in the face of strong tempta-
tion, and under circumstances of great peculiarity, behaved with
gallantry when serving against their own countrymen in the field, and
faithfully and cheerfully performed every duty to the (Government

which it serves.

(Sd.) J. T. STUART, Colonbl,

Secretary to the Government of India
Military Department, with the
Governor-General^

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