The Story of the British Army

by Charles Cooper King

[54] Hamley.

[55] Decisive Battles of India, p. 279. Malleson.

[56] Decisive Battles in India, p. 311. Malleson.

[57] Macfarlane.

[58] Another tradition has it that the custom arose after the battle of Culloden.

[59] General W. F. P. Napier.

[60] Sir H. Smith’s despatch.

[61] Annual Register.

[62] Calcutta Review.

[63] Malleson.