'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.' [‎296] (326/481)

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men, mostly on foot; and on the 10th December 1846
marched into Sind, passed through the British outposts,
who dared not to attack them, to within fifteen miles of
Shikarpoor, and remained twenty-four hours within the
British territory, secured every head of cattle in the country
around, and returned to their hills, some seventy-five miles
distant, with all their booty, in perfect safety.
ihe Boogtees on this occasion conducted their proceed
ings in the most cool and systematic manner: they brought
with them, besides the armed force above mentioned, nearly
five hundred unarmed followers, to drive the cattle, of
which they obtained, by their own account, some fifteen
thousand head. 1 his inroad was thought to be in too
great force for the detachments on the outposts to attempt
anything against it.
Timely information reached the Shahpoor post, but no
troops moved from it against the invading Boogtees.
A regiment of cavalry and two hundred native rifles
were sent from Shikarpoor to repel the invaders. The
cavalry came on them at Hoodoo, some forty-five miles
from Shikarpoor—the Boogtees en masse, their unarmed
attendants meanwhile diligently continuing to drive on the
cattle towards Loree Kooshtuck and the hills. However,
the British troops were ignorant of the ground, thought the
robbers too strong to be attacked, and returned to Shi
karpoor without attempting anything further, the Boogtees
ultimately reaching their hills, with all their prey, without
the loss of a man, save one killed by a distant random shot
from the matchlock of a Jekranee.
One regiment of the Sind Irregular Horse, then at
Hyderabad, was now ordered up with all speed to the
frontier, where it arrived on the 9th January 1847.
Major Jacob was appointed to command the frontier,