Chapter I: Foreword

This brief history has been compiled and published to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Raising of the 16th Carnatic Battalion and its continuous service from 1776 to this date.

_December 10th, 1926._

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. “SHOLINGHUR”—“CARNATIC” 1

” II. “MYSORE”—“SERINGAPATAM” 8

” III. “AVA” 11

” IV. “BURMA”—76TH PUNJABIS 14

” V. THE GREAT WAR:
EGYPT—SHAIBA—KHAFAJIYEH—EUPHRATES—NASIRIYEH—FIRST
BATTLE OF KUT 17

” VI. CTESIPHON AND THE RETIREMENT TO KUT 25

” VII. KUT 31

” VIII. END OF THE GREAT WAR—THIRD AFGHAN WAR 38

” IX. PALESTINE—3RD BATTALION 1ST PUNJAB REGIMENT—WAZIRISTAN 42

APPENDIX I. DECORATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS AND MEN: (1) PRIOR
TO THE GREAT WAR; (2) DURING THE GREAT WAR 49

” II. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES 52

” III. THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR: DECORATIONS AND MENTIONS 54

” IV. BRITISH OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED 55

” V. GREAT WAR CASUALTIES 56

” VI. LIST OF COMMANDANTS, 1903-1926 56

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE THIRD BATTALION, FIRST PUNJAB REGIMENT