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From Mesny's various descriptions of the Szechuan Force with which he served the following, extracted from numerous items within his Miscellanies, is a considered view of the Order of Battle of the Force:
Szechuan Army Corps
Kueichou
(1868-1872)
Commander-in-chief [tsung-t'ung]: T'ang Chiung
The Szechuan Army Corps consisted of
two self-contained rifle brigades of Chinese forces
i.e. Field Force Units (Lien-chün Ying)
the An-ting Ch'ũan-chün and the Ko (or Kuo)-i Ch'ũan-chün
安定全軍
果義全軍
under the direct
command of the C-in-C
consisting of ten battalions
under command of General Liu
Ho-ling consisting of fifteen
battalions