General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . tant services—civil aswell as military—which he has rendered to the Stateas custodian of the Sind frontier for fifteen years application was acceded to, and Jacob heard thathe had received the coveted honours, a few days afterdisembarking at Bushire. Outram had sailed for the Gulf on January 15th, andhis vessel was to touch at Kurrachee, that he mightcommunicate with Jacob. There he learned to hisdisappointment that sudden disturbances in Khelatmight detain the Sind Horse and their Commandant,He wro
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . tant services—civil aswell as military—which he has rendered to the Stateas custodian of the Sind frontier for fifteen years application was acceded to, and Jacob heard thathe had received the coveted honours, a few days afterdisembarking at Bushire. Outram had sailed for the Gulf on January 15th, andhis vessel was to touch at Kurrachee, that he mightcommunicate with Jacob. There he learned to hisdisappointment that sudden disturbances in Khelatmight detain the Sind Horse and their Commandant,He wrote an urgent letter to Lord Elphinstone, prayingthat he would not sanction any countermand of a rein-forcement on which the completeness of the expeditiondepended ; and consequently the Sind Horse followed indue course, but Outrams advance into the interior wasdelayed for various reasons. The Persian General hadformed an entrenched camp at Barayjan, forty-six milesfrom Bushire. Outram marched to the attack in theearly days of February, only to find the camp and w *???. i-. ?^.?w »/Jt-^Wtl^i^)..,a^„-. ,? •... I-aiz Khan0/ the 6th Boml/ay Cavaiiy, Jon/io/y Jacobs Horse. THE PERSIAN WAR AND THE INDIAN MUTINY 265 magazines abandoned. He took possession of thestores, exploding the powder magazines, and beingassailed on his return by 6,000 of the enemy, he routedthem with heavy loss—it was only the same deficiencyin cavalry from which we have suffered in South Africa,and elsewhere, that saved the scattered Persians fromannihilation. February was passed in preparation forthe attack on Muhamra, the fortress below Basrah com-manding the Euphrates, and in weary waiting for thepromised reinforcements. Gradually they dropped in,on transports towed by slow steamers, and last of allcame Jacob with his horsemen. The arrangement wasthat Outram was to embark 4,000 men for Muhamra,leaving 3,000 under Stalker to garrison Bushire. Therehad been no sort of fricti
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