Garhwal Rifles 4/1 Gorkha Rifles 68 Infantry Brigade (Brigadier RT Morlin) 7 Kumaon 9 Jat 5/8 Gorkha Rifles 3/4 Gorkha Rifles 52 Infantry Brigade (Brigadier KK Nayyer) 16 Punjab 7 Garhwal Rifles 3/4 Gorkha Rifles (detached to 68 Brigade) 3 Independent Armoured Brigade (Brigadier BS Irani) 72 Armoured Regiment 2 Independent Armoured Squadron (from 21 Horse) 8 Light Cavalry (detached) Central Indian Horse (21 Horse) (detached) 7 Grenadiers (detached) 10 Artillery Brigade (Brigadier K Srinivasan) and other artillery units 12 Field Regiment 18 Field Regiment 81 Field Regiment 39 Medium Regiment 216 Medium Regiment 86 Light Regiment 127 Divisional Locating Battery 151 Air Defence Regiment (1 troop) Engineers 101 Field Company 102 Field Company The division was commanded by Major General Jaswant Singh during the 1971 war. In addition to the above units, the division had a para commando group from 9 Para and a company of guided missiles from 12 Guards. The division was tasked to defend the Chhamb-Jourian sector and also attack across the border. In addition to its regular brigades (28, 52 and 191); 68 Infantry Brigade, which was the XV Corps reserve brigade in the Kashmir valley was earmarked as its fourth brigade. 191 Brigade was moved to Chhamb, 68 Brigade was kept as reserve at Akhnoor, while the other infantry brigades and armoured elements were at Kalit-Troti. Anticipating the onset of a Pakistani attack, 52 Brigade was deployed in the area Nawan Harimpur, 28 Brigade on the Kalidhar range and 68 Brigade to the Troti heights. Across the border was the Pakistani 23 Infantry Division commanded by Major General Iftikhar Janjua with its 20, 111, 66, 4 (POK) and 7 (POK) Infantry Brigades and 2 (Independent) Armoured Brigade. The Pakistani forces with their numerical superiority and geographical advantage went for the offensive. On the night of 3 December 1971, Pakistani artillery started shelling the Indian defences of 191 Infantry Brigade, followed by the infantry and armour attack on 4 December. The latter was blunted by the tanks of Deccan Horse and 5 Sikh with their recoilless guns. The Pakistani forces continued with their attack in the north through Sukhtao Nullah and captured Mandiala North by mid-day of 4 December, a position which they consolidated by the evening of the same day. 6 and 11 POK Brigades managed to cross the Manawar Tawi River, but ran straight into an Indian medium artillery regiment, which inflicted heavy