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Modern name: Kunch<br>
Variants: Koonch<br>
== Field Force, [[Hyderabad Contingent]] ==
Major W A Orr commanding<br>
*[[1st Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (182 sabres) under Lieut Dowker
*[[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (137 sabres) under Capt Murray
*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery|Artillery]] under Captain Douglas
:*1st Company Artillery (two 6-pounder guns)
:*2nd Company Artillery (three 6-pounder guns)
:*4th Company Artillery (two 12-pounder howitzers, two 5.5 inch mortars)
*[[3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (333 bayonets) under Lieut Macquoid
*[[5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]] (241 bayonets) under Capt Hare
== External Link ==
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024093/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gen Sir Hugh Rose]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VqI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3236&dq=Koonch&as_brr=3#PPA3237,M1 Google Books - Gen Rose's Despatch]
