 In the event, for his main column, he fielded two cavalry regiments, five batteries of artillery and 12 infantry battalions, amounting to 1,000 regular cavalry, 9,000 regular infantry and a further 7,000 men with 24 guns, including the first ever British Army Gatling gun battery.The lumbering supply train consisted of 600 wagons, 8,000 oxen and 1,000 mules.The structure of the force was reorganised; Colonel Evelyn Wood's No.