I was with him as quartermaster sergeant, and general assistant.

The Ghoorkhas had sixty rounds per man for their Martini rifles, the Burmah men one hundred and sixty rounds per man for their Sniders.

They were a pretty rough lot, only twenty of them being old soldiers, the rest recruits.
"One morning we received news that Mr.Quintin with four civil officers, and an escort of seven British officers and four hundred and fifty-four Ghoorkhas, who had gone up to Manipur, had been massacred.

Happily the news was exaggerated, but a treacherous attack was made upon the party, and Mr.Quintin and many others killed.

Grant thought that this was probably the case, and determined to push on with his little force, in the hope of rescuing some survivors.
"The distance from Tamu to Manipur is about fifty-five miles.