1 Strength of
2 the British
3 Army at
4 Moodkee on
5 the 20th De-
6 cember, 1845,
7 66 HISTORY OF THE SIKHs. *
8 He had thus six European regiments of infantry,
9 amounting probably to upwards of 4,000 men:
10 these were Her Majesty’s 9th, 29th, 31st, 50th,
11 80th, and the European light infantry; five of these
12 had suffered severely from cholera at Kussowlec,
13 Subathoo, Umballa, Loodianah, and Meerut, so that
14 their average strength could not exceed 800 men.
15 The Native infantry at his disposal consisted of
16 the 2nd, 11th, 16th, 24th, 26th, 41st, 42nd, 45th,
17 47th, 48th, and 73rd, eleven regiments, each of
18 which may have averaged 1,000 men, making a
19 total of 11,000 Native infantry. :
20 The deficiency in cavalry was much felt, and the
21 only European regiment in that branch was Her
22 Majesty’s 3rd light dragoons, with the Governor-
23 general's body guard, the 4th and 5th regiments of
24 light cavalry, and the 9th irregular cavalry.
25 In horse artillery there were Brind’s, Dashwood’s,
26 Todd’s and Swinley’s European troops, with Garbett’s
27 Native troop. To these are to be added two horse
28 field batteries, Nos. 7 and 9, manned by two com-
29 panies of European foot artillery.
30 The Meerut force was on its way to join, but
31 there was no time to be lost, and Sir John Littler’s
32 force was ordered to come up on the 21st from Fee-
33 rozpore, which it did about 2 p.m., not more than
34 an hour previous to the battle of Feerozshuhur.
35 This force consisted of Campbell’s European troop
36 of horse artillery and Day’s Native; the Sth regi-
37 ment of light cavalry, and the 3rd or Tait’s irregular
38 cavalry. The Native portion of infantry consisted