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The tale of the services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry is told — and told unassumingly, in a mere nutshell, with the humdrum accuracy of history. And this tale adds another footnote to the annals of the Indian Mutiny. But, in conclusion, I have yet to add that during the rainy season the Corps remained at Buste in profound peace. A market was opened in the town; the shops, as in former days, were filled with goods; and the Commissariat having undergone resuscitation, improved its stores; sickness became less; the feeble began to get stronger, and by the time the monsoon had well-nigh run itself out, men looked in better health once more. After the rainy season, the Corps was employed in some minor affairs with fugitive rebels on the Oudh frontier; thence it marched to Sultānpūr, and was there “broken up” — not, however, without a splendid Notification in recognition of its services, gazetted and published early in 1859; and from which I transcribe verbatim only the following paragraphs:—

“His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council cannot allow the officers and men of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry to separate, without expressing in General Orders his acknowledgment of the excellent services they have  Rh