Holding these opinions, they did not comprehend either the nature or the magnitude of the crisis.

To their inability to do so, many lives and much treasure were needlessly sacrificed.'-- 'The Indian Mutiny,' Thornhill.] [Footnote 2: The Gwalior Contingent was raised in 1844, after the battles of Punniar and Maharajpore, to replace the troops of Maharaja Scindia ordered to be reduced.

It consisted of five batteries of Artillery, two regiments of Cavalry, and seven regiments of Infantry, officered by British officers belonging to the Indian Army, and paid for out of the revenues of districts transferred to British management.] [Footnote 3: 'The Indian Mutiny,' Thornhill.] [Footnote 4: Throughout the campaign the Commissariat Department never failed: the troops were invariably well supplied, and, even during the longest marches, fresh bread was issued almost daily.] [Footnote 5: 'The Indian Mutiny,' Thornhill.] [Footnote 6: 'The Indian Mutiny,' Thornhill.] [Footnote 7: It consisted of the 3rd European Regiment, 568 strong, a battery of Field Artillery, with Native drivers and a few European Artillerymen, and about 100 mounted Militia and Volunteers, composed of officers, civilians and others who had taken refuge in Agra.] [Footnote 8: The police were suspected of having invited the insurgents who defeated Polwhele to Agra.] [Footnote 9: Known as the Doab.] [Footnote 10: Colonel Fraser died within nine months of our leaving Agra.] * * * * *.