Note 271 — Chapter I

It is generally acknowledged that nothing could have been more orderly or more creditable both to the regiments and their commanding officers, than the style in which all the components of the “Army of the Indus” made their way to Ferozepore. Captain Havelock, an excellent authority on such points, says: “A force has never been brought together in any country in a manner more creditable and soldier-like than was the Bengal portion of the Army of the Indus.”