522 Hospital Assistant Piara Singh,
11th Bengal Lancers, rendered valuable assistance, not only in the
sortie on the 2nd, and at other times in bringing up ammunition, etc.,
to the men on the parapets under fire.
17. I shall further have the honor, in a separate communication, to
submit, for the favorable consideration of His Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief, the names of several non-commissioned officers and men who
distinguished themselves during the siege of Chakdara Fort, in view of
their being granted the order of merit, should His Excellency think them
deserving of that distinction.
From Major-General Sir B. Blood, K.C.B., Commanding the Malakand
Field Force, to the Adjutant-General in India,--No.5, "Despatches,
Malakand Field Force,"--Dated 27th October, 1897.
I regret to find that in my report, "Despatches, Malakand Field Force,"
No.3, of the 20th August, 1897, I omitted to include the name of
Surgeon-Captain E.V. Hugo, Indian Medical Service, amongst those of the
officers recommended to the favorable consideration of His Excellency
the Commander-in-Chief for their services during the recent defence of
Chakdara Fort.
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