. The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time . y,f,r£,v//l £r:.-j. OUTRAMS POSITION cU ffle Uvuiui/Dcuxn .. C 1838.] MADE AS EXGINEEES. 383 Juanpoio Field Force, consisting of nearly 6,000 fighting-men;Besides Goorkbas, infantry and artillery, six battalions, he bad—• 10 European officers,96 Native ,913 non-commissioned officers and men. 3,019 On Jung Bahadoor reaching Luoknow, the Goorkbas weresvithdrawn from General Franks, and joined Jung Baha-doors force. During his march General Franks defeated the enemy in fouractions. On 23
. The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time . y,f,r£,v//l £r:.-j. OUTRAMS POSITION cU ffle Uvuiui/Dcuxn .. C 1838.] MADE AS EXGINEEES. 383 Juanpoio Field Force, consisting of nearly 6,000 fighting-men;Besides Goorkbas, infantry and artillery, six battalions, he bad—• 10 European officers,96 Native ,913 non-commissioned officers and men. 3,019 On Jung Bahadoor reaching Luoknow, the Goorkbas weresvithdrawn from General Franks, and joined Jung Baha-doors force. During his march General Franks defeated the enemy in fouractions. On 23rd January, at the position at Nursutporenear Secundra,three guns were taken. On 19th February General Franks left Singramow, crossedthe Oude frontier, and attacked the rebels at Chanda, drove theenemy before him, and captured six guns. When this was over,he took ground across the road to Ameereepore. Near sunsetthe enemy appeared, were again attacked and discomfited, andretreated in disorder towards Waree. The lateness of the hour,and rapid flight, alone saved the rebel artillery from loss estimated in these two actions at 800 men
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