Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849 - Richard Cannon

BELOOCHEE STANDARD, CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF MEEANEE,
BY THE XXII REGIMENT, ON THE 17^TH FEBRUARY 1843.

SILVER MEDAL STRUCK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLES OF
MEEANEE AND HYDERABAD, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1843.

For Cannon's Military Records.

Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand.

Description of the Beloochee Standard captured at the Battle of Meeanee, on the 17th of February, 1843.

The Beloochee Standard, represented in the engraving, was taken at the Battle of Meeanee, on the 17th of February, 1843, by Private James O'Neill of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, as narrated at [page 35] of the Historical Record. The Standard is triangular; the longest side is about seven feet in length, and the other sides measure each about five feet. The Staff is nine feet in length.

The Standards captured at the Battle of Hyderabad, on the 24th of March, 1843, were of a similar rude description, and do not afford a just idea of the Army which they may be supposed to have led on. No person, on viewing these Trophies, would suppose the Beloochee Army, to which they belonged, to have been composed of men so gallant and so formidable; so well armed, and so expert in the use of their arms, as the Scindian troops proved themselves in these battles.