'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎277] (307/481)

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losing a man; the remainder escaped, owing to the fleetness
of their mares. So quickly did all this take place, that
Major Billamore, on clearing the jungle, had only a distant
view of the enemy filing over the first low range of hills.
Without cavalry, pursuit was hopeless; to attempt it,
absurd; and the major returned to his camp, Lieutenant
Amiel and his cavaliers again returning to Chuttur, and
shortly afterwards to Shahpoor, where they thenceforth
remained.
On the representation of Major Billamore as to the
necessity of his having cavalry at his disposal, to enable
him to act effectively against these border robbers, a
detachment of one hundred and eighty irregular horse,
under command of Lieutenant Clarke, of the 2nd Bombay
Grenadier Regiment, was ordered to join the force at
Poolijee. This detachment, formerly posted in Kutch
(Bhooj), had just before been transferred from the Poona
Irresrular Horse, in order to form the nucleus of the new
corps, at that time ordered to be raised in Sind, since well
known by the name of the Sind Irregular Horse.
On the arrival of Lieutenant Clarke and his detachment
at Chuttur, he received information of a strong party of
Beejar Khan's horsemen having left the hills that evening
to plunder. Acting at once on this information, and
guided by a man of the village who had been plundered
shortly before. Lieutenant Clarke went out about midnight
with one-half of his men, and managed matters so well,
that just before daybreak he fell in with the Doombkees,
about three hundred in number, dismounted in a corn-field;
they had just time to spring on their mares before Clarke
closed with them, and, in doing so, abandoned some of
• their arms, and nearly all the plunder. They fled up the
dry bed of the Teywaugh river, and were vigorously
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