Mutiny records correspondence

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3MUTINY BEGOBDS.

4of oui-troops and that of the insurgents before Dehlie and call¬

5ing for reinforcements.

6Detail of re-

7inforcements

8en route to

9Delhi.

102. The following troops are now on their way to Dehlie

11or will immediately inarch :—The Kiimaoon Battalion about

12400 strong, which has passed Lodhianah, and ought to be at

13Dehlie by the 4th or 5th of August } Her * IVTajesty^s ^ 5 2nd

14Kumaoon Battalion 400 Moveable Column now

15Her Majesty^s 62nd 600 at Umritsur, 600 bayonets;

16Police Infantry ...400 i- ,

17Multani Horso ... 200 Military Police, about 400.bayo-

18O-Pounder Battery ^lets; Multani Horse, 200 ; and

19a 9-Pounder Battery. All these

20troops should be at Dehlie before the 15th of August, and in

21an emergency might make double marches. Brigadier-Gen¬

22eral Nicholson will command this force.

23Further re¬

24inforcements

25promised.

263 .

27The Chief Commissioner further proposes to despatch

28the troops marginally noted as

29quickly as possible, and all or

30nearly all can be at Dehlie by

31the end of August, some of them

32a good deal earlier. The 2nd

33Punjab Infantry and wing of

34Her Majesty^s 61st ought to be

35The former is now on its way

36^ The 61st is at Ferozepoor, from

37whence it will march on the arrival of the detachment of the

38B. Fusiliers which left this place last night. The wing of the

39Belooch Battalion has not yet left Multan, but orders for its

40march liave been despatched. •

412ud Punjab Infantry

42Her Majesty’s 61st...

43Wing of Belooch Bat¬

44talion ...

454th Punjab Infantry

462 Companies of Her

47Majesty’s 8th

48Detaclimcut of 4th

49Seikhs ...

50Dawes’ Troop H. A.

51-2,600

52there by the 15th proximo,

53from IMultan to Ferozepoor.

54700

55400

56400

57coo

58200

59100

60100

61The 4th Punjab Regiment is at Peshawur and will march

62in two or three days. It can liardly be at Dehlie before the

63end of Aiigust. The two companies of Her Majesty^s 8th are

64holding JalundJiur and Phillour, and cannot be spared until

65relieved by a detachment of Her Majesty^s 24th now on its

66way from Rawulpindee. Rothney's Seikhs are at Lodhianah

67and will join Brigadier-General Nicholson en route, Lieuten¬

68ant-Colonel Dawes^ Troop will be sent or not, a.s you may