General Hope Grant feels his orders are too restrictive, denying
him the ability to act on his own initiative.
He does not want to inflame the Pandies by being seen to withdraw from
engaging them. That said he will scrupulously
obey orders and can take great satisfaction in the retribution his column will
deal out to the natives.
His force consists of:
Hodgeson’s Horse, a Sikh formation perhaps more committed
to loot than battle.
A British Battalion, still musket armed.
A battalion of Punjab Sikh's likewise armed with musket.
At his own request, he is accompanied by a single battery
of artillery.
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