FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LV
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Men. Guns.
Baker's column 1,325 4
Macpherson's column 1,492 4
Massy's column 351 4
At Sherpur 3,184 8
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6,352 20
There were besides at Butkhak and Lataband 1,343 2
And the Guides Corps, which reached Sherpur}
on the evening of the 11th December } 679
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Total 8,374 22 ]
'Brigadier-General Massy will start at eight a.m. to-morrow with a squadron of Cavalry, join the Cavalry and Horse Artillery now out under Colonel Gordon, taking command thereof, and operating towards Arghandeh in conjunction with Brigadier-General Macpherson. The troops to return in the evening.' ]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · [Footnote 9: The memorandum was as follows:Note 2 · [Footnote 10: Kizilbashes are Persians by nationality and Shiah Mahomedans by religion. They formed the vanguard of Nadir Shah's invading arNote 3 · [Footnote 1: His force consisted of 4 guns, Field Artillery; 4 Mountain guns; 1 squadron 9th Lancers; 5th Punjab Cavalry; 6 companies 92nd HNote 4 · [Footnote 1: Four and a half miles.] [Footnote 2: The committee consisted of Brigadier-General T. D. Baker, Lieutenant Colonel Æ. Perkins, cNote 5 · [Footnote 1: In reply to a reference made to me on the subject, I represented that, before operations could be undertaken on so extensive a