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. "-- T - w-- -- "101 P r7 7‘ ' , 1C. 1 4 1 :-/;; • • C; • 4; , , . • a • 4,1 _O-41. . • . 4 - • . f . 111 L . N\ 1,4 6 far I - 1 !. % • '7 41/11 - • • Mal Afr. • t 4 • _ - - Ajth-v. _ _ _ rr7 ; .' r. ~~;:. TH URSDAY, 'SEPTEMBER '29, - IS`zs. NumbEß 12,057. PRICE SEVEN PENCE. ~« MR. MOORE'S LIFE of the Right lion. R. B. SHERIDAN, will be published on Waystusnee, October 5, by Lowman and Co. LAST _ ......011•1... CAPTURE OF THE FORT AND CAPITAL OF ARRACAN. ram THE CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT GAIETY'S EXTRA ORDINARY OF APRIL 14. FORT WILLIAM. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, APRIL 14, 1825. The following copies of dispatches regarding the re cent operations of the British force in Arracan, are pub lished for general information: This day was published, price ss. awed, NALYSIS of the MEMORIAL presented by the' 11. S ECRETARY of die TRICASTIRr, to the FIRST CON. 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Of Wpm may be 'bad Dr. FOTIrkERGILL't NERVOUS DROPS, so much crlebrated fee their eilleas is Nervous Disor ders and their various distressing affections, as Spirits, I lead-aches, Lose of Appetitr, Spas* Irntrutats, Fainting Pit b and Debility et Relaxed= of the Serena . la bonito, at 4s, 6d. 11 r and tits. TO OSOROE SWINTON, ESQ. SSCRZTART TO POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. have the honour, by direction of the Corn. m4nder-in•Chief, to transmit in original, a dispatch this day received from Brigadier-General Morrison, C.B. commanding the South-Eastern Division, dated April 2, announcing the capture of Arracan, alter a succession of the most brilliant operations against the enemy. His Escelleney regrets that the enclosure No. 2, al luded to by the Brigadier-General, viz. copy of Briga dier Richards's report of the success of his night attack on the heights, situated cn the tight of the enemy's pa sition, has, by some unaccountable accident, been omittel to be sew. I have, &c. (Signed) W. L WATSON. Dvputy Adjutant-General of the Army. Adjutant-General's Office, Presidency, Fort William, April 14, 182.5. Camp, Arraean, April t e , I WS. SlR—The ALMIWITY has been pleased to permit that the exertions of the siuth-eastern-divi%ion of the army should be croa►ned with complete success. Arracin was yesterday taken, and the 10,000 men that acted under Atown Monza have, as a military bndy, been nearly annihilated. The proceedings which have led to this result, I shalLpow have the honour to detail for the information of the Commander-in-Chief. _ On the 24th ult. the arrangements for the movement of the force from the camps on the Oratung were com pleted, and the head-quavers of the division were established with the 2d Brigade in advance at Chabattee Bboong, within two miles of the enemy's position in the Padha Hills, the march , of the remainder being directed as pointei out in enclosure No. 1. On the 25th ult. boat and pontoon bridges were thrown across thu Chabattee and Waibraing rivers, and in Vie evening a reconnaissance was made, in order to ascertain the situati.m of the passes through the hills, and the o':stacles to be encountered. The natural cues were considerable, arising principally from the steepness of the ascents, and from the course of deep tide nu'lahs. On the 26th. the troops then present crossed the Waibraing by day-break, and were formed into four columns, as per mareil : Right column. under Brigadier Grant, C.B. 1 111-posader, , 2 6-pounders. 'lle ed brigade, 1 company, Sd Light Infantry battalion; 1 ditto of regular pioneers • centre column Brigsdkr Richards 12-pouoden, howitzers ,Lieutenanvaionel Lind say. The Ist brigade, 2 companies, 24 Light Infantry battalion; 1 ditto regular pioneers: left column to act with the gun-boats; Captain Leslie. llis Majesty's Seth Itegiment;B companies ditto; 2 ditto sad Light Infantry, battalion rifle company, Mug Levy ; g companies Mug pioneers. Reserve, Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, do. his Majesty's 54th, 1 12-pounder, S Spounders ; 3 compa nies of his Ulesty's 54th Regiment ; 3 ditto 2Gth Regiment Ben gal Native Infantry; 2 ditto 49:11; 3 ditto temporary pioneers; 1 ditto Mug ditto; 24 local horse., The tight and ce:itte columns then advanced to force the two passages, M kite the left, with the gun boats, under Captain Crawford, Honourable Company's !tinkle, was to have ascended the river, which appeared to flow through the hills. The boats, however, having giotrided on a shoal, Captain Leslie landed his men, and was then directed to skirt the river, and, if pos sible, to pass by the extreme right of re first range of hills, with a view of attacking the enemy from their rear. or of intercepting them in their retreat. The centre column had not proceeded far ere the tocsin of alarm, and shouts from the hills, gave notice whore they were occupied, and that the enemy were in force. The advance, consisting of the Light Infantry companies of the 26th, 28th, 49th, and 83d Regiments, under the command of Captain Mason,49th Regiment, was directed to gain the summit, which was effected in the most gallant manner. The column then moved to its left, to the attack of a stockade; while the L;ght In fantry companies, keeping nearly parallel to it, drove the enemy from several entrench Ed positions along the crest of the hills. Two rounds from the 12-pounder , caused the bat partly finished stockade to be aban doned; the men who retired from it immediately occu-' pied strong ground on the heights above. Here, the , left column, from being compelled to diverge from the river, joined; and a Mart fire was continued, till the grenadiers of his Majesty's:44th Regiment, and left gre nadiers of . the 49:h Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, began to ascend at two different points ; the enemy then Bed; on which the centre column retraced its steps, and defiled tbroagh - the abandoned pass, while the left co heals proceeded in furtherance of the orders first given. The-ground on the north side of the hills proved to be lan eseensive plain, intersected by several deep tide nul labs belted with jungle. In such a country the flying! foe easilyestaped, as the cavalry was unable to pursue, till assisted by the labour of the pioneers. The forward' movement was, however. continued till the three co lumns united at the Jeejah river; here it was intended• to have halted, till the artillery, under the protection ; of the reserve, could be brought up, but a few com-; panics of the 49th Regiment - Infantry, under Lieute nant-Colonel Smith, having been pushed across to as certain what was in front, the report was made that thei enemy were approaching in column, supported by ca valry. So desired an opportunity was immediately' , 'embraced, the low state of the tide, and the sandy bot tom' of the river, enabling the troops to pass without impediment. Tile heads of the columns bad, however, Do sooner debouchtd from the jungle, than the enemy lied, and reached, with but little loss, their works that Covered the fords of the Mahattte. • The troops had now been under arms nine hours, and were still anxious to proceed, but a consideration fur their physical stilliigth, with an unwillingness to re move still further from the supplies, whose arrival must be necessarily retarded by the nature of the country [passed over, caused me to direct, that positions, where shelter from the sun might be obtained, should be oc cupied. The fire of the enemy ) while they oppbsed was nob!, but 111-limped. A further consequence 01 this day's action, beyond the advantage immediately gained, Wu, that them:my abandoned their stockades at Kheong Peela (idies.Chamballa). The troops, with the exception of the reserve, which d:d not arrive till nearly fa:slight, haring ga ned then exertions to enable the artillery to join, bivouacked 'by brigades. On the 27th, when the fo r " dispersed, the order of advance was resumed, and Major Caster, his Majesty's 44th Regiment, with three companies of that corps covered by the light infanay company of his Majesty's 54th Regiment, was directed to carry a small hill in front of the enemy's works, while the remainder of the force moved forward in columns, at quarter distan=,l with the artillery on the reverse flank. The enemy's position was well chosen. being situated on a peninsula, p otected by a broad neer, whose fords are only passable at nearly low water, and whose balks are not only steep, but covered with sharp stakes. Their defences consisted of deep entreachments along the margin, with epaulements left to protect arena front an enfilading fire; in the rear, high conical hills, sor• mounted by pagodas, and sarrounded by en,rench ments, served as numerous cita.els, and apse .red to be occupied. On the advance of the party under Major Carter, the enemy that occupied the hill retired across the river, when a fire from tho-e parts of their `error ks that commanded it was immediately opened ; four 12-poun ders, two 5k inch howitzers, and two 6-poituders, were I placed in position, while the first brigade was moved to the right to attack a column that appeared in that direction, and which I now judge to have been an in tended reinforcement ; it did nor, however, long re main in sight, or reach Mahatte.-. The fire of the artillery soon silenced the enemy's, and checked the effective fire of their musketry; and as the fords were then passable, the 2d brigade took ground to the left, in order to coss to the right of the enemy's defences. Tile Ist brigade, and two ressalas of horse, were moved at Vie same time forward, the reserve (formed as on the preceding day, with the addition •f three companies 2d Light Infantry battalion, and a rifle company Mug Levy) following. On the 2d brigade descending into the river, the enemy abandoned their post, while - the troops on the right (the situation of the ford having been ascertained) crossed, but from the steepness of the bank on the op notice side, had great difficulty in entering the works.— A ressala of horse, with the rifle company Mug Levy, wen* plashed off still further to our right to gain the road by which the greasy were retreating,And arrived in time to do some execution among their rear, and to prevent destruction of bridges on the road to Arracan. I have oniitted.to mention, that at the commence ment of the action (which lasted about two hours) I received the pleasing intelligence of the near approach of Brigadier General M'Bean. with the sth Brigade. On the 28th, it was necessary to halt to obtain infor mation, and allow of a junction being formed of the troops still in thi rear, and by the flotilla under Com modore flays, who was in progress for that purpose; in the evening this was effected, and the enemy's position partly reconnoitred. On the 29th, the division moved forward at day I light : the advance under Brigattier-General M.Bran consisted of-1 ressala of horse, two 6-pounders, two howitzers, sth brigade, -4 companies of his Majesty's 64th Regiment, 24 Light Infantry battalion, rifle com pany, Mug Levy, one company of regular Pioneers, one ditto Mug ditto, 16 sealing ladders. Considerable delay Was occasioned by fogs and which at first pre vented the great strength of the enemy's position from being discovered. It occupied a range of connected hills (since ascertained to be from 350 to 451 feet in height), strong by nature, and rendered r ill more so by art, escarpment, Abatis, and masonry having been re sorted to, where those means could not.be most effica ciously employed. One pass alone leads through them to the capital, and that wet defended by a fire of several pieces of artillery and about 3,000 muskets: the whole number of the enemy ranged along the heights may be estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 men ; the ground in front is an extensive valley entirely clear of jungle, but in depth not altogether out t.f the range of the enemy's. artillery. Where the advance halted, it was partly covered by a tank, and Brigadier-General M'Bean made a disposi lion for acquiring • the principal hills in the first range at the commencement of the pass. Four pieces of atol -1 lery were forwarded to cover the attack, and the troops for the assault consisting of the Light Infantry Com pany his Majesty's Mall Regiment, four Companies 2d Light Infantry Battalion, and the Light Infantry Com panies of the 10th and 16th Regiments Madras Native Infantry, with the Rifle Company Mug Levy, were placed under Major Ketnru ; a support of six companies 16th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, under Captain French of that corps, followed.— The assault commenced, and in spite of a well-directed fire, and of the steepness of the ascent, which was occa sionally nearly perpendicular, many gained the sum mit. Lieutenant Clarke, Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier- General M'Bean, with several of the Light Infantry Company of his Majesty's 54th Regiment, got their hands on the trench ; but even with the assistance such a hold afforded, were unable to maintain their ground: large stones were rolled on them, and smaller ones discharged from bows; the consequence was they were precipitated to the bottom. In this attempt the efforts were persevered in till every officer was wounded. I cannot here avoid interrupting the detail to make . known to his Excellency, that •on no occasion could British gallantry be more conspicuously displayed ; the conduct of the officers was emulated by the men, ani] European and native troops vied with each other tor , equal the example set. The guns, in the ardour of the moment, had been ad rained by Captain Lamb, who commanded them, so far that on the retreat of the troops they became LOU exposed to be longer served: and the retiring of them' at the time was impracticable without the hazard of sacrificing the men, who would have bezn obliged to effect it by the drag ropes. While theauisek was beer" carried on at the pass, the right of the enemy's position was cannonaded, but without any apparent effect; the 12-pounders and heavy howitzers were afterwards moved to play upon the works at tt e pass. The fire was continued for an hour, but appearing to be but a useless wa , te of =mu lti ion, I caused it to be discontinued, and those guns to be withdrawn ; a - . the same time an en:arnpment was marked out, the tents were pitched, and at one o'clock he troops fell back upon them, with the exception of the advance, w ich, was continued during the day in the position they o:cupied In the dusk of the evening the woanded were brought off, the guns withdrawn, and the a h )!e retired without further loss, though a heavy ire hyl been continued by the enemy at intervals dur ing We day. From observations made, the conviction was mats._ fished, that the right of the enemy's defences was the key of his position. Here the natural obstacles were the greatest, the approach being protected by a small lake, the . arupt, and the height pro e col ' 'erable. These seemed to have given it a confi lei ce in its security ; and though the summit was saris W w ith a stockade, and part of the way up thickly ah .M, the number of men to guard it was not considerahle. This point was therefore selected for the principal future attack: at the same time, the ton 's:ruction of a battery for four mortars, two 24-pounders, four 12 poulders, and two 5i inch howitzers, to play on the works at the pass, and to draw the enemy's atten don entirely to that point, was ordered; the senior engineer Officer, Lieutenant Thompson, received direc tions to that effect, and the day of the 30th was em ployed in bringing from Maliattee the necessary mate , reel. At halt-past seven that evening groun d was broke ; by three o'clock the battery was fini shed, and be fore day-light completely armed, when the guns opened, and continued -luring the day a heavy cannonade, which hid the effect of checking the enemy's fire, though It was not entirely silenced. Instructions were given to Brigadier Richards to make a night attack with the force as per margin ; Right column.—Major Carter, his Majesty's 44th Re giment, 2 companies of his Majesty's 44th ditto, 2 ditto (Grenadiers) 26th Regiment, 30 troopers (dismounted). Left column—Two companies of his Maj esty's 44th Regiment, 1 ditto 26th Regiment (Light inf;ntry Company), 1 ditto 49th Regiment (ditto, ditto),, go flotilla seamen. Reserve under Captain Sbelton(his Majesty's 44th Regiment—Two companies of his Ma jesty's 44th ditto (Grenadiers), 49th Regiment. 40 pioneers. On the right of the enemy's position, at half-past eleven, the appointed rocket signal of success was thrown up, and Lieutenant Wronghton; Surveying D:partment, in a short time after returned from :be height, bringing the grateful intelligence, that though the ire of the enemy had been heavy, the stockade had been gained . without a man on our side being killed, and with only a few slightly wounded. A copy of the Brigadier's report of the affair (No. 2h is here with enclosed. A reinforcement of the remainder of the lit Brigade, with two six,pounders on elephants, was immediately dispatched; arrangements had also been made for storming the works at the pass, on the morning of the lst, should the fire from the battery have produced such an effect as would almost ensure the certainty of success. Brigadier Richards was also directed to com mence, at day-light, an attack on the defences of the intervening hrights. The difficulty of carrying the guns up the hill caused a delay, and it was nearly seven o'clock Wore one was mounted, a few rounds from which silenced the fire of a 6 pounder that the enemy had planted on the next samm.t, when the Brigadier advanced to the assa .It. The enemy did not stand; advantage was taken of the panic of the moment, the detachment under Brisadier-General Miran, which consisted as follows —La subaltern's detachment of artillery, 60 troope:s (di mounted), 2.1 brigade (except four compa nies of his Majesty's 54th )regimeot, who were at tached to the sth brigade); four companies 2cl L. S. Battalion, 30 floi'la seamen, detachment of regular .ioneers ail scaling laiders3—allutted to the attack of the pass, was directed to move forward. The enemy were tom seen abandoning all the heights ; from that moment opposition ceased, and Arracan was g.a . ned. It has been my province to lay before his Excellency a succession of operations, which have accomplished the first object dlrected' by the instructions emanating horn the Governor-General in Council ; but to the duty of doing justice to the merits of the force collectively, and to individuals separately who had the opportunity of putting themselves more conspicuously forward, I own myself iacompeteut ; and I must trust to his Excellency's discernment to appreciate bow truly a claim to hi, approbation has been perfected by the di vision, m re from his knowledge of what they have bad to encounter than from any representation I am able to make. The political:agent, T. C. Robertsonasq, not only previous to the force quitting ChittagoortOme to the present period, has hear zealously and indefati gably engaged in rendering every assistance that the civil power could command; his arrangements on all occasions have tended to the advantage of the whole, and to the accommodation of individuals; and I tr uly rejoice at this opportunity of publicly acknowledge" that the greatest benefit has been derived from his presence. Commodore Hayes has, on all occasions, rendered an aid the most effectual, and had it not been for the assistance afforded by the flotilla under his command * the arrival of the force before Miscall would have been almost impracticable. Every exertion was made by him to co-operate; and when insurmountable ob stacles prevented the further. approach of the gut boats to the scene of action, he landed two 94-pounders. and with the British seamen, dragged them and their sp. gontenances a distance of five miles, to the enaarap meat before Arracan, rendering them available for any service on which they could be usefully employed. Brigadier.GetteralM 4 Bean gave me the benefit disk judgment and experience, and the effectual aid of his directing superintendence; to offer a further remark on the known zeal of one who has so firmly established his claim to honourable fame, would, 1 fear, in me be but AU assumption—to his Excellency the claims of Bri. gadier-General M'Bean are fully known. The assiduity of Brigadier Grant; C.B. commanding