1 432 ORDER OF MARCH.
2 Close to the encampment commenced the
3 Khurd or Little Khaibar Pass, being a mile
4 and a-half in length over’ slate rock, and in
5 one or two places narrow and awkward, and
6 our progress was in consequence very slow ;
7 Lieutenant Mackeson with his own party and
8 Hillersdon’s levy formed the advanced guard,
9 marching half an hour after daybreak. We
10 now moved in the following order :—the de-
11 tachment of British horse artillery and remain-
12 ing companies of native infantry; the Shah
13 Zada’s personal guard, horse and foot; the*
14 four pieces of artillery in charge of Lieutenant
15 Maule; Lord’s Risala, the Colonel’s escort from
16 the Sikh Government, and the French fetta
17 lions of Sikh infantry, With two guns, which
18 accompanied the Prince to Kabul. The Na-
19 jeebs and the detachment of Ghorcheras, with.
20 - two guns, formed the rear-guard, and did not
21 leave the ground until the baggage was cleared ;
22 every other precaution was taken to guard it,
23 and a party of Bildars was ordered to accom-
24 pany the artillery on the line of march to re-
25 move ‘such obstacles to the progress of the