Note 197 — LUCKNOW. 2nd. to 21st. of March, 1858.
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The force under Brigadier-General Franks consisted of one hundred and forty European and one hundred and seven Native officers, and five thousand six hundred and forty-six men, and was composed of two companies of Royal, one of Bengal, and one of Madras Artillery; detachments of Benares Horse; Lahore Light Horse, Pathan Horse, and third Sikh Irregular Cavalry; Her Majesty’s 10th., 20th., and 97th. regiments, and six battalions of Ghoorkha infantry and artillery. A dashing cavalry combat occurred at Nyapoorwa, on the 1st. March, in which Captain Aikman, commanding the 3rd. Sikh cavalry, was greatly distinguished; and on the 4th. of that month, the fort of Dhowrara was captured.