THE SINDII HORSE. 177 



I must not be lield responsible for the accu- 

 racy of this transhition, which was prepared by 

 a moonshee. 



The Cutchee expedition having terminated, a 

 cordon of troops 3000 strong was drawn across 

 the frontier to protect it from future inroads of 

 the hill tribes. This cordon was not however 

 very long necessar}^, for the Sindh Horse, whose 

 numerous outposts were spread along the fron- 

 tier, have since, with rare exceptions, been found 

 sufficient to maintain tranquillity. Here a brief 

 sketch of the war services of this distinguished 

 corps may not be unacceptable. 



The Sindh Horse were raised in 1839, at the 

 recommendation of Colonel Pottinger, then 

 ''Resident in Sindh;" a squadron of the Poo- 

 nali Horse, at that time serving in Cutch, being 

 transferred to Sindh to form the nucleus of the 

 new corps. The establishment of the regiment 

 was fixed as follows : — 



1 Commandant, 1 Second in Command, 1 

 Adjutant, 1 Rissaldar, 5 Jemadars, 10 Duf- 

 fadars, 20 Naib Duffadars, 5 Trumpeters, 450 

 Sowars. The corps had only been formed about 

 three months, when they were employed on 

 service in Eastern Cutchee, in which they highly 



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