61?4 THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 15, 1893. 10. The operations of the Force being-through- .Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. McCall, King's Royal out in a country which .tias hitherto been . closed Rifle Corps, .wlio, by skilfully using his oppor- to us, -has afforded special opportunities for certain tunities; brought his battalion to the main position branches of the service to earn distinction. This of the enemy and joined the King's Own Scottish is notably the case as regards the Sappers, and Borderers'in the final rush and capture of the Miners and Pioneers. The rapid way. in which main position. .' almost impassable footpaths over mountain passes Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Paterson, Com- were converted into excellent mule and camel manding the Bedfordshire Regiment, who con roads, testifies to the energy and zeal of the ducted the pursuit of the enemy on the north side officers and the endurance and physique of the of the pass. " . men of these branches of the service ; while the Lieutenant-Colonel C. Dempster, Commanding hastily-constructed bridges over unfordable rivers the 4th Sikh -Infantry, who led his regiment up and mountain torrents, with many of the gallery the highest peak and conducted a difficult opera- passages along bare cliffs built out from sheer pre- tion with great determination and skill. cipices with cantilevers of beams, doors, &c., from Lieutenant-Colonel F. D. Battye, Commanding the nearest villages, were marvels of ingenuity the Queen's Own Corps of Guides (since killed), and resource. who advanced on a parallel spur, leading his 11. The survey party with the Force has done regiment with great judgment and gallantry. most valuable work, which has principally con- Major J. Dacres Cunningham, Royal Artillery, sisted in triangulation, traversing, and large-scale who commanded the three batteries (16 guns) surveys of country, and plans of various places. most skilfully, and by accurate firing largely con- The extent of this work may be judged when I tributed to the success of the day. say that the area embraced by the triangulation Captain 0; S. W. Nugent, King's Royal Rifle has been upwards of 1,500 square miles ; 60 miles Corps, displayed gallantry and presence of mind have been traversed, while the country mapped in, rescuing a wounded man of his battalion. at two inches, one inch, half an inch, and quarter Captain Nugent was directed with a party of the inch to a mile scale has been respectively 40 battalion to occupy an adjoining empty sungar square miles, 450 square miles, 100 square miles, and endeavour to silence the fire of the enemy in and 1,200 square miles. a position from whence they had been causing loss 12. The Intelligence Branch also has lost no of men to the advance. On occupying the sungar opportunity of adding to our knowledge of the he found that one of his men was lying wounded country. Stage by stage as the Force advanced outside and exposed to the enemy's fire, when he the officers of the Intelligence Department recon- at once sprang out, together with No. 2664, noitred, sketched, and reported on the route to be Corporal.W. H. Race, of the Bedfordshire Regi- followed by the troops in rear, the mileage of ment (who was attached as a signaller), and this alone being about 186 miles. In addition brought the wounded man into a place of safety. 600 miles of branch roads were sketched and Lieutenant and Adjutant F. W. Kerr, Gordon reconnoitred as well as between SO and 40 passes, Highlanders, who, after Captain Burner, of the and the whole country embraced by these recon- same regiment, was wounded, collected the com- naissances was gazetteered and much new informa- pany and led the final rush of the party on the tion collected. village at the top of the pass. 13. The different actions in which the troops of Captain F. Campbell, of the Queen's Own the Force have been engaged have already been Corps of Guides, was detached with two com- reported, but I may now briefly refer to them panies and ascended the hill on a spur between with the view of bringing to His Excellency's the Guides Infantry and the 4th Sikhs, and notice the names of officers who have earned rendered great service to the advance of both distinction. regiments .by the skill with which he used his At the storming of the Malakand Pass, the position and brought flanking fire from both sides attack, as already reported, was made by seven on the enemy opposing the advance. battalions of the 1st and 2nd Brigades, two bat- Lieutenant and Adjutant R. Harman, D.jS.O., talions, the 4th Sikhs and Guides Infantry j being 4th Sikh Infantry, led a portion of the Dogra sent up the highest peaks with orders to make a company of the regiment over some most difficult turning movement on reaching the crest, while ground, and rendered great service to the advance the direct frontal attack on the enemy's main untilvery severely wounded. position was made by the King's Own Scottish 14. On the descent into the Swat Valley on Borderers and the Gordon Highlanders, sup- the 4th April, the troops of the 1st Brigade were ported on the left by the King's Royal Rifle met by the advancing enemy. The troops held Corps, and on the right by the Bedfordshire the eastern hills of the descent, while the baggage Regiment and the 37th Dogras. The action com- passed through the defile to the open in the Swat menced at 8.45 A.M., and the pass was captured Valley. The brunt of the fighting fell on the at 2 P.M. I attach a casualty return, Appendix 37th Dogras, supported by No. 4 Company of A', which shows the losses on our side. The the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and by one com- enemy numbered about 12,000, and afterwards pany of the loth Sikhs, who were ordered to hold admitted a loss of over 300 killed. a low hill which commanded the passage, and who I would bring to the notice of His Excellency repulsed repeated attacks of large bodies of the the Commander-in-Chief the admirable manner enemy ; the' final and most determined attempt in. which the regiments above mentioned com- being frustrated and enemy routed by a brilliant pleted a very difficult task, and the able manner charge of the Guides Cavalry. I attach a state- in which they were led. 1 would bring the ment (Appendix B) of our casualties on this following officers to His Excellency's notice in occasion. connection with this action :— With reference to.this action I would submit Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Mathias, Command- to His Excellency the names of the following ing the Gordon Highlanders, who led the right of officers :— the frontal~attack. Lieutenant-Colonel A. McL. Mills, commanding Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Dixon, King's Own 37th Dogras, who had the onerous duty of holding Scottish Borderers, who led the left of the frontal the position which was the main object of repeated attack. attacks by the enemy in largely superior strength..