01 Jun 1834

During June 1834, India, Masulipatam. During the month the rains commenced, which brought on violent attacks of fever and ague. The hospital was crowded, and part of the barracks appropriated for the sick. Deaths from fever and dysentery now averaged seven per day. Another report was made to the Commander-in-Chief in India (Lord William Bentinck). An order directing the removal of the Regiment to Moulmein, and the abolition of Masulipatam as a European station, was immediately issued. The total loss during the stay of the Regiment at Masulipatam (sixteen months) amounted to three officers, 187 Non Commissioned Officers and privates, 26 women and 89 children