تاریخ احمدیت (جلد 5) — Page 743
کمانڈر انچیف جنرل سر ڈگلس گریسی کی طرف سے فرقان بٹالین کے نام پیغام MESSAGE FROM GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS GRACEY, K۔C۔I۔E۔, C۔B۔, C۔B۔E۔, M۔C۔, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ΤΟ FURQAN BATTALION YOUR OUR offer to provide a volunteer force in the fight for liberation of Kashmir in June 1948 was gratefully accepted, and the Furqan Bn came into being۔After a short period of training during the summer of 1948, you were soon ready to take your place in the field۔In September 1948 you were placed under Commander MALF۔Your Bn was composed entirely of volunteers who came from all walks of life, young peasants, students, teachers, men in business; they were all embued with the spirit of service for Pakistan; you accepted no remuneration, and no publicity for the self sacrifice for which you all volunteered۔Yours was a noble cause۔You impressed us all with your keenness to learn, and the enthusiasm you brought with you۔You and your officers soon got over the many difficulties that face a young unit۔In Kashmir you were allotted an important sector, and very soon you justified the reliance placed on you and you nobly acquitted yourself in battle against heavy enemy ground and air attacks, without losing a single inch of ground۔Your conduct both individual and collective and your discipline have been of a very high order۔As your mission is over and your Bn is under orders to disband, I wish to thank everyone of you for the service you have rendered to your country۔Khuda Hafiz! 17th June, 1950۔General Commander in Chief۔Pakistan Army۔