Identifier: militaryhistoryo02viba (find matches)
Title: The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Vibart, Henry Meredith, 1839-1917
Subjects: India. Army. Engineers. Queen's Own Sappers and Miners
Publisher: London : W.H. Allen & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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price to the victors; happily for us, these werewanting. The 27th and 28th March were occupied in removing theguns, collecting the stores, and in landing supplies and our owntents. Our troops (with the exception of those to whom thePersian tents had fallen prize), had been living in the open air.Sir James Outram having heard that the Persian army wasgreatly disorganised and in full retreat, resolved to send threearmed steamers up the Karoon, to Ahwaz, with 300 Europeaninfantry to make a reconnoissance, and, if possible, to destroythe magazines at that place. The expedition left on the 29th March, and arrived at Ahwazon 1st April. It was most completely successful, but as theSappers, being engaged at Mohumera, did not accompany theforce, no details need be given. The expedition returned toMohumera on the 4th April. On the same day news arrived that peace had been concludedat Paris on the 4th March. The force was shortly after brokenup, and the B Company of the Madras Sappers arrived at
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857.) MADEAS ENGINEERS. 287 Bombay on the 1st June, iu time to take part in the CentralIndia campaign, for which service they volunteered with greatalacrity. The Chief of the Staff thus writes of the services ofthe B Company : The conduct of the men had been exemplary since theyjoined this force, and they have rendered the most efficientservice in the expedition against Mohumera, and during itsoccupation. The peculiar feature of the country afforded themample employment, and the skill and wonderful rapidity, andcheerful alacrity with which they constructed roads through theextensive date-groves, bridged the canals, and formed piers fordisembarkation of troops and stores from the vessels on theShat-ool-Arab river, were the admiration of the whole army. Iam commanded to request you will be so good as to lay beforeHis Excellency, Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant, thisrecord of Sir James Outrams appreciation of the services per-formed by the Sappers, and that you will permit me to con

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