1 74 FROM THE DEATH OF NOO NEHAL SINGH
2 ledge of outpost duty, and the able manner he
3 handles his cavalry under the heaviest fire, rank
4 him among the first cavalry officers of the age;
5 and I beg to draw his Excellency’s marked
6 attention to this honest encomium. In Major
7 Lawrenson, commanding the artillery ; Lieuten-
8 ant-Colonel Alexander, Captain Turton, and
9 Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, the service has officers
10 of the very first order; and I am equally satis-
11 fied with Captain Boileau, in command of the
12 9-pounder battery, and with Lieutenant Mill in
13 charge of four light guns. The two 8-inch
14 howitzers did right good service, organized, equip-
15 ped, and brought into the field by the exertions,
16 and determination to overcome all difficulties, of
17 Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, equally well served
18 and brought forward always with the infantry by
19 Lieutenant Austin.
20 “To Brigadiers Macdowal and Stedman, com-
21 manding their gallant brigades of cavalry, the
22 fortune of the day is greatly indebted, and to all
23 commanding officers of cavalry and infantry, my
24 warmest thanks are due—to Major Smith, com-
25 manding H. M.’s 16th Lancers, who was wounded ;
26 to Major Bradford, of the lst Light Cavalry ; to
27 Major Angelo, of the 3rd Light Cavalry; to
28 Major Alexander, of the 5th Light Cavalry; to
29 Captain Hill, of the 4th Irrgeular Cavalry; to
30 Major Forster, of the Shekawattee Brigade ; and