Note 127 — Chapter V · 1817-1848. THE FIRST WAR WITH CHINA.
Reading edition
Composition of the Columns.
Right Column.Officers.Other ranks.Total.
Major Pratt, 26th Cameronians{26th Cameronians15294309
Madras Artillery12021
Madras Sappers and Miners13031
with one 6-pr., one 5-in. mortar.
Left Column.
4th (Left) Brigade, Lieut.-Colonel Morris, 49th Regiment{49th Regiment28273301
37th Madras Native Infantry15215230
1 company Bengal Volunteers4112116
3rd (Artillery) Brigade, Capt. Knowles, R.A.{Royal Artillery23335
Madras Artillery10231241
Madras Sappers and Miners4137141
with four 12-pr. howitzers, four 9-pr. and two 6-pr. field-guns, three 5-in. mortars, and 152 32-pr. rockets.
2nd (Naval) Brigade, Capt Bourchier, R.N.}27403430
1st (Right) Brigade, Major-General Burrell{XVIIIth Royal Irish25495520
Royal Marines9372381
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