+----------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |19th Light Dragoons | 2 | 4 | 15 | 36 | |Royal Artillery | 4 | 4 | 22 | 31 | |74th Highld. L.I. | 11 | 6 | 113 | 231 | |78th Seaforth H. | 1 | 4 | 23 | 71 | |2nd Q.O. Sappers and Miners | 1 | 5 | 19 | 46 | |62nd Punjabis | 1 | - | 20 | 22 | |64th Pioneers | 2 | 2 | 26 | 89 | |84th Punjabis | 1 | 12 | 43 | 178 | +----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
On November 28 Sir Arthur Wellesley captured Argaum, where we lost 346 officers and men killed and wounded. No battle honour was awarded for this action, but on the issue of the India Medal the survivors received the medal, with clasp "Argaum."
On December 14 the hill-fortress of Gawilghur was carried by assault, the Scots Brigade, now the 2nd Connaught Rangers, being the stormers. Here we lost 126 killed and wounded. No battle honour was granted for Gawilghur, but it was included in the list of actions for which the India Medal was granted, and a special clasp, with the word "Gawilghur," was added to the decoration.
This battle honour has been awarded to the
8th Hussars. West Riding Regiment. 1st Brahmins. 2nd Queen's Own Light Infantry. 4th Rajputs.
On the issue of the India General Service Medal in 1851, it, with a clasp inscribed "Laswarree," was issued to the survivors.
This was the hardest-fought action in Lord Lake's campaign, our total casualties amounting to 267 killed and 682 wounded, amongst the former being General Ware, commanding the First Division of the army, and Brigadier-General Vandeleur, commanding the Cavalry Division. The Commander-in-Chief was, as usual, in the thick of the fight, having no less than three horses killed under him, three of his staff being killed. The victory, however, was complete. It is noticeable for the fact that our infantry came into action after a forced march of sixty-five miles in forty-eight hours, a feat which rivals that so extolled by Napier at Talavera. Unfortunately, the Indian army had no historian to paint with stirring language the deeds of the giants who lived in those days.