1 76 FROM THE DEATH OF NOO NEHAL SINGH
2 “The services of H. M.’s 16th Lancers His
3 Excellency has witnessed on a former occasion,
4 and the exalted character of this regiment is
5 equally before him. The Ist and 3rd Light
6 Cavalry and the 4th Irregulars I believe he
7 has not seen in action, and it is my duty, therefore,
8 joyfully to report the manner they contended
9 for the glorious prize of victory, in the many
10 charges they this day delivered; and it will be
11 equally gratifying when I assure his Excellency,
12 the Body Guard under Captain Quin, and the
13 Sth Light Cavalry, well did their duty. The
14 Shekawattee Brigade, under Major Forster, is
15 steady, obedient, and well appointed; Artillery,
16 Horse, and Infantry, each arm striving to dis-
17 tinguish itself in the field.
18 “Capt. Matthias, of H. M.’s 62nd, in charge
19 of a detachment of convalescents of H. M.’s
20 Service, and Lieut. Hebbert of the Honourable
21 Company’s Sappers and Miners, readily performed
22 the duty assigned them in protecting the 8-inch
23 howitzers.
24 “To Captain Lugard, the Assistant Adjutant-
25 General of this force, I am deeply indebted, and
26 the service still more so; a more cool, intrepid,
27 and trustworthy officer cannot be brought for-
28 ward ; and I may say the same with great sin-
29 cerity of Lieutenant Galloway, the Deputy-
30 Assistant Quarter-Master-General of the Ist Di-