. The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time . SKETCH MAP Mabm- (md(2nIralMdui F^ Farce,sGn/i(urd n^iiHocA:^ (blu/ruv. ?Scale 20 nnle^s-7c an /nt/i 2)Nf?if/t ?f-* AfarcA riyTTt^enlxi/, Ifizt^r. , £ry C Stuarhe * C^tandcure* * ^,. *. 1 MADEAS ENGINEERS. 367 the 1st Irregular Infantry ; the former was promoted to jemadar,and the otliers to havildars. Colonel Millar stated in his despatch that he had receivedevery assistance from Captain Ludlow, , Captain Harrison,and Captain Pinkney. Before narrating the services of C Company of MadrasSa
. The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time . SKETCH MAP Mabm- (md(2nIralMdui F^ Farce,sGn/i(urd n^iiHocA:^ (blu/ruv. ?Scale 20 nnle^s-7c an /nt/i 2)Nf?if/t ?f-* AfarcA riyTTt^enlxi/, Ifizt^r. , £ry C Stuarhe * C^tandcure* * ^,. *. 1 MADEAS ENGINEERS. 367 the 1st Irregular Infantry ; the former was promoted to jemadar,and the otliers to havildars. Colonel Millar stated in his despatch that he had receivedevery assistance from Captain Ludlow, , Captain Harrison,and Captain Pinkney. Before narrating the services of C Company of MadrasSappers at Lucknow and elsewhere, it will be as well to statethe services of Lieutenant (now Colonel) Sankoy before tlieactions at Cawnpore in November ISoT. Lieutenant Sankey was appointed Additional Secretary toGovernment of India P. W. D. on 2nd June 1857, and almostimmediately after his arrival at Calcutta was sent up countryfor service in the field. He proceeded to Allahabad on special duty in July, and wasthere engaged in carrying out, under H. Yule, theentrenchments, which extended a considerable distance alongthe left bank of the Jumna, between the fort and the KydGunge hospital. These earthworks gave cover to the steamer-ghaut, Sec, as well as to several temp
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