Note 315 — Chapter I

The head-quarters of the 2nd brigade were left in garrison at Quettah, under General William Nott, of the Company’s army, who, at a later period, so distinguished himself in command of the troops at Candahar. Whilst Sir Willoughby Cotton was commanding the Bengal army in chief, Nott had commanded a division; but when Sir John Keane joined the Bengal column, Cotton fell back to the divisional command, and Nott returned to the brigade to which he had originally been posted. Out of this much controversy arose; the command of the other division of the “Army of the Indus” having been conferred on General Willshire, of the Queen’s army, a junior major-general, but an older officer and lieutenant-colonel.