[Forty-one years in India by Frederick Sleigh Roberts]@TWC D-Link bookForty-one years in India CHAPTER LI 13/14
The 5th Gurkhas and two Mountain guns were left to hold the heights on which Brigadier-General Baker had been operating, and the rest of the force was concentrated on Siah Sang. [Footnote 1: Twenty sabres, 9th Lancers, one squadron 5th Punjab Cavalry, two guns, No.
2 Mountain battery, 284 rifles, 92nd Highlanders, and 450 rifles, 23rd Pioneers.] [Footnote 2: Two guns, No.
2 Mountain battery, two Gatling guns, detachment 12th Bengal Cavalry, 72nd Highlanders, 5th Gurkhas (300 rifles), 5th Punjab Infantry (200 rifles), No.
7 Company Sappers and Miners.] [Footnote 3: During the fight the Infantry expended 41,090 rounds, of which over 20,000 were fired by the 72nd Highlanders.
The half-battery G/3 R.A.fired 6 common shell (percussion fuses) and 71 shrapnel (time fuses); total, 77 rounds.No.2 Mountain Battery fired 10 common shell and 94 shrapnel, total, 104 rounds.
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