Many of the rest served as orderlies, mechanics, laborers, servants, scouts and guides, although more than half died in smallpox epidemics that swept the British forces, and many were driven out of the British lines when food ran low.
Mange deltog som budbringere, mekanikere, arbejdere, tjenere, spejdere og guider, selvom mere end halvdelen døde af koppe-epidemier, som hærgede de britiske styrker, andre blev drevet ud af de britiske linjer, da der ikke var mad nok.