Baluch Regiment Reshire The honour was awarded to the units which participated in the attack on the old Dutch redoubt of Reshire on 7 December 1856. the Governor surrendered the fortifications on 8 December. The division then waited for the arrival of the C-in-C with the remainder of the army. The battle honour was awarded vide GOGG 1306 of 1858 to the following: 3rd Bombay Cavalry Bombay Sappers & Miners 4th Bombay Infantry 20th Bombay Infantry 26th Bombay Infantry Bushire The first division of the expedition disembarked in the neighbourhood of the city of Bushire on 5 December 1856. After a naval bombardment of the fortifications, Bushire was occupied unopposed. The honour was awarded by Bombay GO 191 of 1861, after India had passed under the Crown. Other honours for this campaign were awarded by the Company in 1858. Poona Horse Bombay Sappers & Miners 4th Bombay Infantry 20th Bombay Infantry 26th Bombay Infantry 3rd Regiment Local Contingent (disbanded) Koosh-Ab After the arrival of the C-in-C, the force advanced inland and defeated the Persian field army at Koosh-Ab on 8 February 1857. The Poona Horse carries a Standard surmounted by a silver hand and bearing a Persian inscription captured at Koosh-Ab, in commemoration of the brilliant charge of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry which broke into enemy infantry and decided the fate of the day. The honour was awarded vide GOGG 1306 of 1858 and spelling changed from Kooshab vide Gazette of India No 1079 of 1910. 3rd Bombay Cavalry Poona Irregular Horse Bombay Sappers and Miners 4th Bombay Infantry 20th Bombay Infantry 26th Bombay Infantry 2nd Baluch Battalion – later the 4th Battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment (Pakistan) See also British Indian Army East India Company References Notes Bibliography pp. 218–220 pp 33–49 Sandes, Lt Col E.W.C. The Indian Sappers and Miners (1948) The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham. Further reading English, Barbara. 1971. John Company's Last War. London: Collins. Hunt, Capt. G. H. and George Townsend. 1858. Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign. London: G. Routledge & Co. Outram, Lieut. General Sir James. 1860. Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's Persian Campaign in 1857. London: Smith, Elder and Co. Walpole, Sir Spencer. 1912. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. (vol. VI, pp. 266–273) External links Persian War Regiment Site Conflicts in 1856 Conflicts in 1857 Wars involving Afghanistan Wars