Note 208 — THE ABYSSINIA EXPEDITION. October, 1867, to April, 1868.
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The First Brigade, with whom was Sir Robert Napier, consisted of the third Scinde Horse; head-quarters 12th. Bengal Cavalry; a battery 21st. Brigade Royal Artillery, with steel 7-pounder guns; head-quarters 10th. Company Royal Engineers; 4th. King’s Own; 23rd. Punjaubees, and wing of 27th Beloochees, also a Naval Brigade of eighty-three men under Commander Fellowes, H.M.S. “Dryad,” with twelve 12-pounder rocket tubes, divided into two batteries. The Second Brigade comprised four troops 3rd. Bombay Cavalry; a battery of the 14th. Brigade Royal Artillery, with four 12-pounder Armstrong guns; detachment 5th. battery 25th. Brigade R.A., with two 8-inch mortars; battery 21st. Brigade, with steel 7-pounders; company of Sappers and Miners; 2nd., 3rd., and 4th. Companies of Bombay Sappers and Miners; the 33rd. Regiment, and wing of the 10th. Bombay Native Infantry. The reinforcement consisted of six companies of 45th. Regiment; wing of 3rd. Native Infantry; wing of the 27th. Native Infantry; one troop 3rd. Cavalry; wing of 3rd. Dragoon Guards; and a squadron of 10th. Bengal Cavalry.