Colonel Malcolmson’s 3rd Scinde Horse rode out proudly, with their green uniforms nearly invisible in the dark and their turbans soft against the city walls. Jack had never campaigned with them before or with the 3rd Light Cavalry, Skinner’s Horse, under Major Currie. General Nuttall commanded all three hundred sabres of the cavalry. Nuttall was an Aberdeenshire man of vast experience in India and had fought in the Mutiny and Afghanistan. Jack was glad to see him in the column.
The 66th Berkshire Regiment of Foot made up the British infantry section of the column. Jack thought the men looked handy enough as they marched solidly forward. After enduring garrison duty in Kandahar, with the constant threat of attacks by ghazis every time they left the barracks, the men were pleased to be outs
