98 MAJOR W. HODSON. 



At this crowning victory of Gujarat Hodson him- 

 self was present as an active member of Lord 

 Gough's personal staff. Of his letter describing the 

 battle no trace can be found, nor did his name at 

 first appear in Lord Gough's despatch to the 

 Governor -General. This oversight, however, was 

 duly remedied in Lord Gough's postscript of March 

 15 : " On the reperusal of my despatch relative 

 to the operations of February 21 at Gujarat, I 

 regret to find that I omitted to mention the names 

 of Lieutenants Lumsden and Hodson of the corps 

 of Guides, and Lieutenant Lake of the Engineers, 

 attached to the Political Department. These officers 

 were most active in conveying orders throughout the 

 action, and I now beg to bring their names to the 

 favourable notice of your lordship." 



