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== The Grand Army ==
== The Grand Army ==
''Commanded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rawdon-Hastings,_1st_Marquess_of_Hastings Lord Hastings]''<br>
''40,000 fighting men commanded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rawdon-Hastings,_1st_Marquess_of_Hastings Lord Hastings]''<br>


'''First or Centre Division'''<br>
'''First or Centre Division'''<br>

Revision as of 16:31, 4 March 2010

The Northern Force in the 3rd Maratha War under Lord Hastings

The Grand Army

40,000 fighting men commanded by Lord Hastings

First or Centre Division
Maj-Gen Brown commanding

1st Cavalry Brigade Lt-Col Philpot, 24th Light Dragoons

1st Infantry Brigade Brig-Gen d'Auvergne

3rd Infantry Brigade Col Burrell

  • 2nd Battalion 11th Native Infantry
  • 1st Battalion 24th Native Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion 13th Native Infantry

2nd Infantry Brigade Col Dick, 9th Native Infantry

  • 2nd Battalion 1st Native Infantry
  • Flank Battalion
  • 1st Battalion 8th Native Infantry

Second or Right Division
Maj-Gen R S Donkin commanding

2nd Cavalry Brigade Lt-Col Westenra, HM 8th Light Dragoons

4th Infantry Brigade Lt-Col Vamennon, 12th Native Infantry

  • 2nd Battalion 12th Native Infantry
  • HM 14th Regiment of Foot
  • 1st Battalion 27th Native Infantry
  • 1st Battalion 25th Native Infantry

Third or Left Division
Maj-Gen D Marshall commanding

3rd Cavalry Brigade Col Newberry, 24th Light Dragoons

  • 4th Regiment of Native Cavalry
  • 2nd Rohilla Horse
  • Four Rissalahs 3rd Rohilla Horse

5th Infantry Brigade Brig-Gen Watson

  • 1st Battalion 1st Native Infantry
  • 1st Battalion 26th Native Infantry
  • 1st Battalion 7th Native Infantry

6th Infantry Brigade Lt-Col Price, 28th Native Infantry

  • 1st Battalion 14th Native Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion 28th Native Infantry


External Links

Lt-Col Blacker's Memoir Google Books