Military Service and Adventures in the Far East: Vol. 2 (of 2) / Including Sketches of the Campaigns Against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6.

by Daniel Henry MacKinnon

RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF ALIWAL, JAN. 28TH, 1846.

	KILLED.			WOUNDED.
	Officers.	Non- commissioned officers.	Trumpeters, Drummers, Rank & File.	Officers.	Non- commissioned officers.	Trumpeters, Drummers, Rank & File.	Missing.
Cavalry Division—
1st Brigade:
H.M. 16th Lancers	2		56	6		77	1
3rd Light Cavalry		2	27		1	21
4th Irregulars	1					2
2nd Brigade:
Body-Guard
1st Cavalry			9	2		14
5th ditto			1		1	8
Shekawattee Cavalry			1		2	12
Artillery			3			15	5
Infantry—
1st Brigade:
H.M. 31st Regt.			1	1		14
24th Native Infantry				1		5	7
47th ditto			1			9
2nd Brigade:
H.M. 50th Regt.	1		9	10		59	4
48th Native Infantry		1	9	4	1	36
Sirmoor Battalion			9		1	39
3rd Brigade:
H.M. 53rd Regt.			3			8	2
30th Native Infantry			4			24	1
4th Brigade:
36th Native Infantry			3	1		10	1
Nusseeree Battalion			6			16
Shekawattee Infantry			2			13	4
Total	4	3	144	25	6	382	25

Horses killed	177
" wounded	79
" missing	97
Total killed, wounded, and missing,	589 men,
" "	353 horses.

Nominal Roll of Officers Killed and Wounded at the Battle of Aliwal, 28th Jan. 1846.

Killed.
1st Cavalry Brigade—
H.M. 16th Lancers	Lieut. Swetenham.
"	Cornet G.B. Williams.
4th Irreg. Cavalry	Lieut. and Adjutant Smalpage.
2nd Infantry Brigade—
H.M. 50th Regt.	Lieut. Grimes.
Wounded.
1st Cavalry Brigade—
H.M. 16th Lancers	Major Smyth, severely.
"	Capt. E. Bere.
"	Capt. L. Fyler, severely.
"	Lieut. W.K. Orme, ditto.
"	Lieut. T. Pattle.
"	Lieut. W. Morris.
2nd Cavalry Brigade—
1st Light Cavalry	Cornet Farquhar, mortally.
"	Cornet Beatson, slightly.
1st Infantry Brigade—
H.M. 31st Regt.	Lieut. Atty, slightly.
24th N.I.	Lieut. Scott.
2nd Infantry Brigade—
H.M. 50th Regt.	Capt. O'Hanlon, badly.
"	Capt. Knowles, dangerously.
"	Capt. Wilton, severely.
"	Lieut. Frampton, dangerously.
"	Lieut. R.H. Bellers, slightly.
"	Lieut. W.P. Elgree, slightly.
"	Lieut. A.W. White, severely.
"	Lieut. W.C. Vernett, ditto.
"	Lieut. T. Purcell, ditto.
"	Lieut. W. Farmer, ditto.
48th N.I.	Capt. Troup, slightly.
"	Capt. Palmer, ditto.
"	Lieut. and Adjutant Wall, severely.
"	Ensign Marshall, slightly.
4th Infantry Brigade—
36th N.I.	Ensign Bagshaw.

Return of Ordnance captured from the Enemy in action at Aliwal, by the 1st Division of the Army of the Sutlej, under the personal command of Major-General Sir Harry Smith, K.C.B., on the 28th Jan. 1846.

Camp, Aliwal, 30th Jan.

13 Howitzers:

8 inch, brass, 2ft. 9in., serviceable.
24 pounder, 3ft. 11in., do.
13 pounder, copper, 3ft. 9in., do.
12 pounder, brass, 4ft. 9in., do.
12 pounder, do. do. do.
7 pounder, do., 3ft. 5-1/2in., unserviceable.
12 pounder, copper, 3ft. 9in., serviceable.
12 pounder, do. do. do.
12 pounder, do. do. do.
12 pounder, brass, 3ft. 9in., highly ornamented, serviceable.
9 pounder, copper, 3ft. 11in., do. do.
9 pounder, do., 2ft. 9-1/2in., do.
12 pounder, do., 3ft. 4-1/2in., do.