General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . ty the these causes it would have been unreasonable toexpect the regiment to make a very gallant appearanceon parade. However the regiment was reviewed by SirCharles Napier on the 3rd of December, and the Generalexpressed himself highly pleased with it. The sketch ofthe subsequent operations will show how quickly Jacobgot his irregulars in hand, and brought his wild recruitsunder salutary discipline. A day or two afterwards the General wrote to theGovernor of Bombay, It is said the Ameers have 60,0
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . ty the these causes it would have been unreasonable toexpect the regiment to make a very gallant appearanceon parade. However the regiment was reviewed by SirCharles Napier on the 3rd of December, and the Generalexpressed himself highly pleased with it. The sketch ofthe subsequent operations will show how quickly Jacobgot his irregulars in hand, and brought his wild recruitsunder salutary discipline. A day or two afterwards the General wrote to theGovernor of Bombay, It is said the Ameers have 60,000men. (The numbers were greatly exaggerated.) I can-not believe that the Ameers have so many in one mass ;but though it be so, this division would go headlong onthem with their bayonets, for my men are young andmad for service. He resolved to make a demonstrationin force, and if necessary to strike before being struck understood that the enemys plan was to wait till hehad marched upon Khyrpoor, and then to advance againstSukkur. That, indeed, was their obvious wisdom, but he. ,.4 h , ^ i!
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