The present force at Gwalior consists of three regiments of infantry,
under Colonel Alexander; six under the command of Apaji, the adopted
son of the late Bala Bai;[14] eleven under Colonel Jacobs and his
son; five under Colonel Jean Baptiste Filose; two under the command
of the Mamu Sahib, the maternal uncle of the Maharaja; three in what
is called Babu Baoli's camp; in all thirty regiments, consisting,
when complete, of six hundred men each, with four field-pieces. The
'Jinsi', or artillery, consists of two hundred guns of different
calibre. There are but few corps of cavalry, and these are not
considered very efficient, I believe.[15]
Robbers and murderers of all descriptions have always been in the
habit of taking the field in India immediately after the festival of
the Dasahra,[16] at the end of October, from the sovereign of a state
at the head of his armies, down to the leader of a little band of
pickpockets from the corner of some obscure village. All invoke the
Deity, and take the auspices to ascertain his will, nearly in the
same way; and all expect that he will guide them successfully through
their enterprises, as long as they find the omens favourable.
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