The following notes are from the "Hongkong Daily Press" of the 3rd instant General Creagh, V.C., and staff arrived from home by the Chusan yesterday, together with Captain Spencer, A. 0. D., two sergeants and 13 men of the A. 0.0. and a colour-sergeant for the Chinese Regiment.
The following dates are fixed for the sailing of the Cavalry Brigade for Chinn August 4th—Scindia and Nurani, with Brigade Staff and two squadrons' 16th Bengal Lancers.
August Sth—Rewa and Fultala, with two squadrons 16th Bengal Lancers.
August Gth—Upada and Ula, with two squadrons 3rd Bombay Cavalry.
August 9th—Fuzilka and Lawada, with two squadrons 3rd Bombay Cavalry.
August 11th—Ujina, with "B" Battery Royal Horse Artillery.
Remarkable success has so far attended the transport of horses by the B.LS.N. Co.'s ships, the maximum number siz, although this is the monsoon season casualties on the voyage up having been and the horses, moreover, have started after a fatiguing railway journey.
Simla telegrams of the 18th and 1th ultimo state:—It is now announced that arrangements are being made to prepare a Second Division for service in China if required. Each Brigade will probably ist of two British and_two Native ions with four Field Batteries and a Pioneer Regiment as Divisional troops.—The following have been detailed for the Second Division for China. The. Black Watch, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Shropshire Light Infantry, the Scot= tish Rifles, the 20th Punjab infantry and the 6th Bengal Infantry. The other's will be announced later—The following Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, are warned for the Second China Di—The 45th from Barrackpore, "the 48th from Bt. Thomas Mownt and the 62nd from Jubbulpore. The 4th Bombar Cavalry from Sirur relieves the 3rd Bombay Cavalry at Nasirabad when the Cavalry Brigade leaves for China.
A teloram of the 16th orders to mobilise the Second China Division have yet issued, but the Staffs are being nominated and preparations made in of need. The Brigades of the Second ina. Division are as follow:—Third Brigade: Qnd Royal Inniskillings, *1st Black Watch, 6th Bengal Infantry and a Kative Regiment not yet selected. Fourth
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