3/7 Such were our numbers:-- Ladies 74 Troops and artillerymen 40 Other non-combatants 11 MAJOR-GEN. GAHAGAN 1000 ---- 1,125 I count myself good for a thousand, for so I was regularly rated in the army: with this great benefit to it, that I only consumed as much as an ordinary mortal. We were then, as far as the victuals went, 126 mouths; as combatants we numbered 1,040 gallant men, with 12 guns and a fort, against Holkar and his 12,000. No such alarming odds, if-- IF!--ay, there was the rub--IF we had SHOT, as well as powder for our guns; IF we had not only MEN but MEAT. |