Page:Viscount Hardinge and the Advance of the British Dominions into the Punjab.djvu/80

76 The writer in the Quarterly, when called upon by Sir Henry Hardinge to amend his facts and figures, as well as the conclusions he had arrived at, published a 'Note' in the January number of the year following based upon information sent from Simla, having been requested to lay the real facts before the public. The contents of this 'Note' may be described as the Governor-General's 'case.' He was naturally annoyed at having been misrepresented in a periodical so widely read and of such weight, and it is with this view that the details of his military preparations are now given upon his own authority.

Now, let us see how the case really stood:

Post.

Strength as left by Lord Ellenborough.

Strength at first breaking out of War.

Increased preparation made by Lord Hardinge.

Firozpur

4596 men 12 guns

10472 men 24 guns

5876 men 12 guns

Ludhiána

3030 men 12 guns

7235 men 12 guns

4205 men 0 guns

Ambála

4113 men 24 guns

12972 men 32 guns

8859 men 8 guns

Meerut

5873 men 18 guns

9844 men 26 guns

3971 men 8 guns

Whole Frontier, exclusive of Hill Stations which remained the same

17612 men 66 guns

40523 men 94 guns

22911 men 28 guns