The Army of Oudh
This was the Army of Oudh, comprising in all of 17 battalions of infantry, of which 15 were British, 28 squadrons of cavalry that included four English ones, 54 light and 80 heavy guns and mortars.
THE ORGANISATION OF THE ARMY OF OUDH
INFANTRY
1st Division (Major-General Sir J. Outram)
1st Brigade (Brigadier D. Russell)
5th Foot
84th Foot
1st Madras European Fusiliers
2nd Brigade (Brigadier C. Franklyn, 8th Foot)
78th Foot
90th Foot
Ferozepore Regiment
2nd Division (Brigadier Sir E. Lugard)
3rd Brigade (Brigadier W. Hamilton)
34th Foot
38th Foot
53rd Foot
4th Brigade (Brigadier the Hon. A. Hope)
42nd Highlanders
93rd Highlanders
4th Punjab Infantry
3rd Division (Brigadier R. Walpole)
5th Brigade (Brigadier J. Douglas, 79th)
23rd Foot
79th Highlanders
1st Bengal European Fusiliers
6th Brigade (Brigadier A.H. Horsford)
2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade
3rd Batt. Rifle Brigade
2nd Punjab Infantry
ARTILLERY DIVISION (Major-General Sir A. Wilson, Bt. Ben.A.)
A.A.G., Major E.B. Johnson, R.A.
D.A.Q.M.G., Lieutenant R. Biddulph, R.A.
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FIELD ARTILLERY (Brigadier D.E. Wood, Royal Horse Artillery, R.H.A.)
Captain and Brev.-Lieutenant-Colonel F. Turner Bengal Horse Artillery (Ben. H.A.)
Lieutenant J.S. Frith, Ben. H.A. (Brigade Major)
The Artillery of the Jaunpore Field Force is included.
E. Troop R.H.A. (Captain & Brev. Major J.R. Anderson)
F. Troop R.H.A. (Captain & Brev.-Lieutenant-Colonel C.L. D’Aguilar)
1/1 Ben. H.A. (Captain &Brev. Major F.F. Remmington)
2/1 Ben. H.A. (Captain & Brev.-Lieutenant-Colonel H. Tombs)
2/3 Ben. H.A. (Captain W.A. Mackinnon)
3/3 Ben. H.A. Lieutenant H.P. Bishop)
5 1/2 Royal Artillery – R.A. (Q Battery, Captain J.R. Gibbon)
3/14 R.A. (No. 20 Battery, 2nd. Captain & Brev. Major W.G. Le Mesurier)
6/13 R.A. (Captain W.A. Middleton)
No. 12 Field Battery, 2/3 Ben A. (Captain & Brev. Major W. Olpherts)
1/3 Madras Artillery (Captain & Brev. Major G.S. Cotter)
SIEGE ARTILLERY (Brigadier G.R. Barker, R.A.)
Lieutenant-Colonel C.J.B. Riddell, R.A.
Lieutenant-Colonel E. Maberly, R.A.
Lieutenant A. Bunny, Ben. H.A. (Brigade Major)
8/2 R.A. (Captain J.E. Thring)
3/8 R.A. (2nd Captain F.C. Maude)
6/11 R.A. (2nd Captain W.H. Goodenough)
5/13 R.A. (2nd Captain H.L. Talbot)
4/1 Bengal Artillery – Ben. A. (Captain H.Francis)
1/5 Ben. A. (Lieutenant E.W.E. Walker)
3/5 Ben. A. ( Captain G. Moir)
4/5 Ben A. (Lieutenant E. Simeon)
Recruits Ben. A. (Lieutenant W. Powell)
NAVAL BRIGADE (Captain W. Peel R.N.)
ENGINEER BRIGADE (Brigadier R. Napier)
4th & 23rd Companies Royal Engineers
Bengal Sappers and Miners
Sikh Pioneers
CAVALRY DIVISION (Brigadier J.H. Grant)
1st Brigade (Brigadier A. Little)
9th Lancers
Military Train
2nd Punjab Cavalry
5th Punjab Cavalry (detachment)
Wale’s Horse
2nd Brigade (Brigadier W. Campbell)
2nd Dragoons
7th Hussars
Volunteer Cavalry (European)
1st Punjab Cavalry (detachment)
Hodson’s Horse
The Jaunpore Field Force would remain under the command of Brigadier Franks:
All of this was well and good; however, there had been some changes in Lucknow, and these can hardly be ignored. In the next post, we shall take a look a just who the rebels at Lucknow were and who had been leading them all these months.
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