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INDIA. SUPPLEMENT to The LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY THE 22D OV MARCH. F RIDAY, MARCH 25, 1825. India-Board, March 24, 1825. Disratches have been received at the East India House from the Governor-General in Council at Fort William, in Bengal, with inclosures ; of which the following are extracts and copies : Extract from a Letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East Lndia Company, dated Fort W illiam, Bth Oct. 1824. We have the honour to transmit copies of dispatches from Rangoon, received since the 6th ult. the date of onr last ad dress" to your Honourable Committee. Private advices have been received from B r igatlier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, dated the 15th ult., which state that up to that period the threatened grand attack on our lines had not taken place, and that every thing continued quiet. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp bell, K.C.B. to George Swinton; Esq. Secretary to the Ben gal Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, llth August, 1824. was informed some days since, that the province of Dalla was in a very disturbed and unsettled state, owing to or ders having been received for a general levy of every man ca pable of bearing arms; the order had been most strenuously oppcsed, and even blood had been shed on the arrival of a per son of a rank to enforce obedience to the measures of Govern ment. I thought the opportunity favourable for a little interference, to favour the opposition and escape of the discontented, and ordered a detachment of 400 men, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Kelly, of the Madras European regiment, to embark in boats on the morning of the Bth instant, and pro ceeded up the Dalla river, with directions to act in furtherance of the object alluded to, and to attack any part of the enemy's cordon he might fall in with. The Lieutenant-Colonel's re port aids operations, in obedience to then orders, I have here with the honour to transmit, by which it will appear how well he, and the troops under his command, supported (under dif ficulties which he has modestly omitted to state), the reputation of the British arms. I am informed that finer, or more characteristic traits of Bri tish soldiers were never witnessed, than on this occasion • the Officers, less incumbered than their men, forming line, breast deep in mud and water, and passing scaling ladders from one to another, to be planted against the walls of the stockade. 1 regret, with Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, the severe wound received by Mr. Maw, Midshipman of his Majesty's ship Liffey, left with me in the capacity of Naval Aide-de-Camp, by hisexcellency Commodore Grant ; of this young man's gallan try of conduct and merit, I cannot speak too highly, he has re peatedly distinguished himself by the most conspicuous and tnrward gallantry.—l have, &c. . A. CAMPBELL, Brig.-Gen. Ccpy of a Letter from Lieut.-Colonel KElly to Brigadier-Gene ral Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B. dated Camp, Rangoon, Aug. 8, 1824. Slit—l have the honour toreport to you that I proceeded with the detachment you were pleased to place under my command (as per margin t) at eleven a. m. this morning,, and after en tering a large creek on the east side of Dalla, and proceeding aneut two miles, 1 observed two stockades, one on the right and one on the left bank, immediately opposite to each other, both in commanding situations, particularly that on the left bank, which I instantly decided on attacking. The boats were hove to for a short time to make the necessary preparations for the at tack ; and as soon as these were completed, the whole moved on under a heavy fire from the guns and musketry of the enemy in both stockades. The landing was effected under an incessant fre from the enemy, and after great labour and exertion in get t'ng through the mud, which was remarkably stiff and thigh deep, the scaling ladders were placed, and the stockade stormed and immediately carried. Some of the troops were again em barked, crossed the river, and took possession of the opposite stockade. Our loss (a return of which I do myself the honour to in close), although severe, is not so great as might have been...ex pected, from the nature of the ground we had to go over, and fie sharp and severe fire kept up by the enemy until the settling ladders were placed. The loss on the side of the enemy was but small (between twenty and thirty), in consequence of the vicinity of the jungle, into which they escaped the moment our men entered their works. . . Of the conduct of the troops I cannot speak in too high praise, although it will be impossible for me to particularize the Otbcers who so gallantly led their men to the assault, as they are too numerous, many of them having assisted in carrying the ladders to the walls. .I felt myself highly indebted to Lieutenant Fraser, and a party of seamen and marines of his Majesty's ship Larne, whose unremitting exertions throughout the affair greatly contributed towards the success of the day. It is with regret I have to report, that Mr. Maw (Royal Navy, his Majesty's ship Liffey), your Acting Aide-de-Camp, was severely wounded at the early part of the day, while he and Capt. John Campbell, his Majesty's 38th regiment, your Aide de-Camp, who was a volunteer on the occasion, were cheering on some of die seamen who accompanied us. I have further to report, that the enemy, previous to their flight, threw some of their guns into a wet ditch that surround ed the fortifications. We found but two small ones, which were lorought away. all thehouses in both stockades were destroyed by fire, and a part of the pallisade pulled down by the pioneers, before the return of the detachment to camp. I have, &c. HASTINGS KELLY, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Detachment. Return of Killed and Wounded of a Detachment commanded by Lieut.-Col. Kelly, Ist Madras European Regiment, at the Attack of the Stockade in the Dalla Creek, on the Bth A ugust, 1324. Killed-6 rank and file. Wounded-3 officers, 36 rank and file. Names of t flicers wounded. Captain A. Wilson, 18th Pegt Native Infantry, slightly. Lieutenant J. Grubb, Ist European Regt. severely. Mr. Maw, his Majesty's ship Liffey, Acting Aide-de-Camp, to Brigadier-General Sir Archibal Campbell, severely. F. S. Till I, Lieut.-Col. Dep.-Adjt.-Gen. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp- ' bell, K.C. B. to George Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Ben gal Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, 4:11 Sep tember, 1824. e',ltt. —The enemy in the Della district having of late become very troublesome by their predatory excursions, rushing from the creeks and mullahs with which the country abounds, upon unarmed boats, and even fishermen from the garrison, and hay ipg again established the head-quarters of these marauding bands in the stockades taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly's detachment, on the Bth ult. much strengthened by additional works, I once more determined to drive them not only from the stockades, but permanently to a greater distance. For that purpose 1 directed Major R. L. Evans, of the Ma dras army, with a detachment ot infantry, accompanied by two mortars from the brigade, commanded by Captain Timbrell, and some howitzers from the Madras artillery, under Captain Kerman, to proceed up the Della creek on the 2d inst., and slid] the enemy from their position. Such was the excellent practice of the artillery and gun boats. under the immediate orders of Captain Marryat, manned by the Officers and crews of his Majesty's ship Larne, and Hon. Company's transport ryloira, that the enemy were soon forced to abandon their de fences with some considerable loss, and I am happy to say with only one man slightly wounded on our part. On taking possession of the stockades Captain Marryat anti Major Evana pushed up the creek, and succeeded in taking 25 besets and canoes from the enemy, who seeing themselves closed with, jumped overboard and escaped into the jungle. Major Evans's arrangements for cutting off the retreat of the enemy were excellent, but the swampy state of the country, and the thickness of the jungle, prevented their meeting with' the success they so well merited. To him and every officer and soldier employed my best thanks are due. I cannot do adequate justice to the sense 1 entertain of the ability and readiness with which I find myself at all times supported by Capt. Marryat, and the Officers and crew of the vliip under his command ; nor ought I to omit mentioning that the Officers and crew of the transport ship Moira are volun teers on every occasion when the enemy is likely to be met I am, &c. A. CAMPBELL, Brig.-Gen. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp bell, K. C. R. to George Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, Sep tember 9, 1824. Sin,-1 have the honour to forward, for the information of the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council, the lbclosed report from Captain Marryat, of his Majesty's ship Lttrne, of an attack upon a small post established a'short dis ikrrea up the Dalla creek. The gallantry and good conduct of all engaged in this first _ _ " - Ste LOndon Gazette, 23d February 1825, p. 326. • t F our hundred men, composed of details troin his Majesty's ship LatUe the Bombay artillery, Ist European regiment, loth and - aith regiinerrta Madras native' infantry, and Ist batta- Ike pionAtets. rencountre with the enemy's war-boats, affords me much sa tisfaction and Captain Al arryat has particularly mentioned to me the steadiness with which Lieutenant Wright, and a piquet of the 18th Madras native infantry received the enemy, both by land and water. All accounts concur in bearing testimony to the resolute gallantry of Mr. Crawford, in defending his vessel, the Kitty, against very superior numbers, although wounded early in the attack ; and I beg leave to bring his name to the favourable notice of the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council. I have, &c. A. CAMPBELL, Brig.-Gen. Copy of a Letter from Captain Marryat. commanding His Majesty's Ship Larne, to Brigadier-General Sir Archibald. Campbell, K. C. B. dated off Rangoon, Bth September, 1824. Sru,—ln compliance with your request for a detail of the circumstances which occurred in the attack on the Della stock ade, made by the Burmese on the morning of the 6th instant, I have the honour to inform you, that at midneght on the sth, a straggling fire was heard in that direction, and shortly after wards a rocket was thrown up, the signal previously arranged with the detachment in case of immediate assistance being required. 7 With the advantage of a strong flood-tide, the boats of His Majesty's ship Larne proceeded rapidly to the scene of con tention, where a heavy fire was exchanged. As our approach could not be perceived from the smoke, we cheered to announce that support was at hand, and had the satisfaction to hear it warmly returned, both' by the detachment in the stockade, and the crews in the gun-vessels. It appeared that the attacks of the enemy had been simul ' taneous the gun-brigs lying in the creek having been assailed by a number of war-boats while the detachment on shore had been opposed to a force estimated at fifteen hundred to two thousand men. Upon our arrival we found the enemy on shore had not re treated, but still kept up a galling fire ; the war-boats, which had endeavoured to board the Kitty gun-brig, had been beat off by the exertions and gallantry of Mr. Crawford command ing that vessel, and were apparently rallying at a short distance up the creek, with a determination to renew the attack, but on perceiving our boats advancing a-head of the gird-brigs, they made a precipitate retreat. Although from their superior speed there was little proba bility of success, chase was immediately given, and five of the war-boats which had been most severely handled, and could not keep up with . the main body, were successively boarded and captured : many others appeared to be only half manned, but we could not overtake them, and the pursuit was abandoned about four miles above the stockade. The spears remaining on the sides of the gun-brig, the lad ders attached to her rigging, and the boarding netting cut through in many places, proved the severe conflict which had been sustained; and I trust you will be pleased to recommend the very meritorious conduct of Mr. Crawford to the conside ration of the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council. Great praise is due to Sir J. King of the Narcissa, and Mr IFrames, of the Tiger, for the well directed and destructive fire which they poured into the war-boats, and I trust, as an eye witness, I may be allowed to express my admiration of the intrepid conduct of- the Officer commending the detachment on shore. The loss of the enemy in this attack cannot be correctly as certained, but from the number of dead in the boats captured, and the crippled state of many others, it cannot be estimated at less than two or three hundred men. I have, &c. F. MARRYAT, Captain, H. M. S. Lame. Extract from a Letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated Fort William, 12th November, 1824. Since the date of our last address to your Honourable Com mittee we have received several important dispatches from Bri gadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, copies of which we hasten to transmit for your information. From these dispatches your Honourable Committee will learn the particulars of the capture of Tavoy and Mergui, the most valuable possessions of the Burmese on the Tenasserim coast. You will also be apprised of a very brilliant and decisive attack on the Bth and 9th October, by a detachment of troops under the command of Major Evans, on the enemy's stockades near the village of Martabain, in the neighbourhood of Rangoon, where the Prince of Sarawaddy MA. pushed forward a part of his force, under the immediate command of the two principal Ministers of State, named Kee Woongee and Lykia Wongee. In a dispatch of the 16th of October, Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell observes, that if he can trust the informa tion he receives, the united strength of the Burman empire is now collecting in its front. Part of the army under the Muba Bundoola (who commanded in Arracatn, is believed to have been present in the stockades attacked and carried by Major Evans's detachment ; but their presence, Sir Archibald Camp bell remarks, does not appear to have given any additional con fidence to the troops who have hitherto been opposite to us. The court of Ava, he adds, Lies already made great exertions in supplying their army with such materials as the country and capital contain, all, or great part of which, has been succes sively captured by the British force under his command. What further efforts in that respect they may be able to make he cannot judge; but, if any inference can be drawn from the wooden guns, double and single headed wooden shot, lately found in their stockades, and the rude lumps of rugged iron used as shot, their arsenal department, it must be concluded, is reduced to a very low ebb. We also annex copies of dispatches containing the latest in telligence from the north eastern and south eastern frontier. From the former quarter we learn that the Burmese in Cachar have evacuated the posts of Tiloayn and Doodpatlee in that country, and retreated to Munnioore. The party in Assam is said to have been pfevented by the Hill tribes from returning to Ava by the eastern route, and is supposed to have proceeded through the hills in the direction of Cachar, with the view of making its escape into Munnipore also. In Arracan the Bur mese are said to be strengthening their several posts, in expec tation of an attack from our troops assembling in Chattagong. A successful landing was effected on the island of Ramree, as reported in the letters of Captain Barnes and Lieut.-Colonel Hampton, and we have no doubt that, whenever itmay be con venient to detach a force to take possession of it, the place wit.' fall without difficulty into our hands. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp bell, K.C.B. to George Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, Ist October, 1824. SlR—Here nothing important has occurred since I last did myself the honour of addressing you. The only movement I have lately made was upon Paulang, where I had been informed the enemy had established a post, and was busily employed in constructing combustible rafts and boats for the destruction of our shipping. In consequence of this information, I, on the 21st ultimo, di rected Brigadier-General Fraser, with a strong detachment, to proceed to Paulang, for the purpose of putting a stop to any I preparations for any annoyance, and dislodging the enemy from his post. Ti le detachment fell in with several stockades and breast works, which the enemy instantly evacuated on the spirited approach of the seamen and troops, without, in any one in stance, shewing a disposition to come to close quarters, as will appear by the Brigadier-General's report to me of the opera dons of his expedition, which I herewith beg to inclose. No fire rafts were seen.—l have, &c. - A. CAMPBELL, Brig. Gen. Copy of a Report from Brigadier-General Fraser to Brigadier- General Sir A. Campbell, K.C.B. dated Camp, Rangoon, 27th September 1824. I have the honour to report that, in conformity to your or ders of the 19th instant, the party detailed in the marg,in., embarked on the morning of the 21st, and anchored off Kem mendine the same evening. It proceeded on the 22d, and about two miles from Pagoda Point fell in with five stockades, three on the right hand side, and two on the left. The Satellite, towed by the steam-vessel, led, and on ap proaching these stockades, a heavy fire was opened from both sides from musketry and cannon, which was returned by the ships and by the troops on the decks and tops of the Satellite. Arrangements were immediately made to disembark a pro portion of the troops on their approach to the stockades ; the enemy, after a slight resistance, quitted their position and fled to the jungle, leaving several men killed on the right stockade, as reported by - Major Sale, of hi s M a jesty's 13th light infantry , who led this party. One large gun was found burst, and four others were brought off, with several gingals and other arms. On the 23d,' the flotilla continued to advance, without meet ing with any obstacle, a distance estimated betwean twelve and fifteen miles. On the 24th, we continued our route up the river about five Miles, and, in the afternoon, fell in with three stockades, which Pare bombarded for a short time previous to the landing of the troops, who found the different stockades evacuated. On the 25th, several boats tilled with troops, went in pur suit of some war-boats stated to be near, but did not succeed in overtaking them. During this time the pioneers were employed in destroying the different stockades, which being completed, the flotilla • I captain, 1 subaltern, 2 serjearits, and 65 rank and file from each of the European regiments in the force, under a field-officer -I st division. 1 captain, 4su hidars, and 220 rank and file.from native corps--2d division. commenced its return to Rangoon, at the recommendation of the Naval Commander. The destruction.of the different stockades taken on the 22d, was completed during our passage down the river. I am happy to add, that no casualty occurred among the troops during these operations, but I understand two or three sailors were wounded. The ordnance was taken possession of by the Naval Com mander, with the exception of one gun burst and another sunk in the river*. The country on both sides of the river was generally woody, and the few open spots which evidently had been cleared for the purpose of cultivation, are now overgrown with high griss and covered with a considerable depth of water. Few viYrages were seen, anti the population appeared inconsiderable. Some herds of buffaloes were discovered, but no other cattle. My best thanks are due to Captain Chadds, of his Majesty's ship Arachne, for the cordial co-operation and assistance I received from him during the whole of the operations ; and I cannot omit to notice the zeal and alacrity with which Lieu tenant Keele and Mr. Lett, Master's Mate, of his Majesty's ship Arachne, Lieutenant Bazeley and Mr. Windson of his Majesty's ship Sophie, performed the different duties assigned to them by Captain Chadds. Major Sale, and all the Officers and men (both Europeans and natives), evinced the utmost zeal and spirit in the perform ance of every duty required from them, and endured their fa tigues with the utmost cheerfulness. The native troops 1 beg particularly to notice, who, for the space of four days, had few opportunities of dressing any food. _ _ I have much pleasure in stating, that I received every assist ance I could possibly wish from the different Staff Officers who accompanied me, viz. Captain Ketson, Brigadier-Major, Captain Steel, Assistant Quartermaster-General, and Lieutenant Lake, Superintendent Engineer, who performed their respective duties in a manner highly creditable to themselves. I have, &c. IL FRAR, Brig.-Gen. Cop? of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp bell, K.C.B. to G. Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, 23d Oct. 1824. SlR—Herewith I have the honour to transmit you Lieute nant.:Colonel 31iles's, C. 8., report to me of the subjection to the British arms, of the enemy's sea-port towns of Tavoy and Mergui ; and as the Mayhoons (Governors) and a few more of the head men of each of those provinces are prisoners of war, I trust the poor inhabitants will be left in the enjoyment of tran quillity, under our protection. 1 have, &c. A. CAMPBELL, Brigadier-General. Copy of a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, C. B. to Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, dated Tavoy, September 27, 1824. Sin—l do myself the honour of reporting to you, that the force placed under my orders for the reduction of the enemy's possessions on the coast of Tenasserim, sailed from Rangoon river on the 26th ultimo, and arrived at the mouth of that lead ing to Tavoy on the evening of the Ist instant, with the excep tions named in the margin ±, which vessels quitted the squa dron the day after we sailed. Having advanced with the large ships as far as the depth of' the water would allow, 1 found it neces sity to distribute the troops embarked on the Honourable Com pany's cruizer Teignniouth, and transports Argyle, Indian Oak, and M arianne, among the smaller vessels and boats of the fleet; myself and Staff proceeding in the Hon. Company's Penang cruizer Jessey, which drawing the least water was appointed to lead. These arrangements having been effected on the 4th in stant, we advanced, but from the difficulty of the navigation of the river, full of shoals, and in many parts only to be passed at high water, together with the obstacles by which the enemy at tempted to impede our progress, by sinking their largest boats in shallow places, and stockading it across one of the narrow channels, it was not till the Bth, about noon, that we anchored within three miles of the fort. I had, prior to this, dispatched a summons for its unconditional sur render, and no reply having at that time been received, 1 proceeded with Captain Hardy and my Staff to make a reconnoisance within a short distance front the works. This object had just been accomplished when it was perceived that three war boats full of men were pulling along shore, appa rently for the purpose of cutting us off. In this they however failed, and on our regaining the Jersey I directed two guns to be fired, and they instantly refixed with great precipita tion. The tide serving in the evening, the whole fleet arrived within gun-slibt of the place about ten o'clock at night, when two or three shots were fired from the fort at our headmost ship, the Hon. Company's cruizer Prince of Wales, but with out effect. At an early hour in the morning of the 9th two Burmese came on board, and brought me a communication from the second in command, stating his readiness to seize or destroy the Mayhoon or Governor of the Province, or to obey such orders as I might dictate. Immediately on receipt of this, an answer was returned to say, I was on the eve of ad vancing, and that he was to be taken and confined until my ar rival, which was in about 2 hours. All was as directed, and at one o'clock p. m. we were in possession of the fort, Pettah, and all the defences of the place, without opposition. The po pulation is very great, and from the strength and extent of the works (all built of brick and very high) our loss must have been very great had any defence been attempted. The an nexed copy of my orders : issued on the 10th instant, the sketch : of the tort and pettah, together with the return of ordnance, ammunition, and military stores will, I trust, give you some idea of the importance of our acquisition. The cap ture of the Mayhoon, his brother and family, with his princi pal adherents, completely weakens the enemy, and places us in a commanding situation to cripple any exertions in this quarter. When every thing has been so happily accomplished, I have but to add my sincere and heartfelt thanks to Captain Hardy, of the Hon. Company's Marine, who commanded the naval branch of the expedition, for his cordial co-operation, and the unceasing labour and fatigue he experienced in sounding the river, and directing the movements of the ships, whose officers and crews exerted themselves to the untmost. The patient endurance of a heavy and incessant rain, for five days, by the troops, who were on board the boats, deserves my warmest commendations, and the cheerfulness and alacrity of every grade was peculiar grateful to me. 1 cannot finally con clude without bringing to your notice the able assistance afford ed me by Brigade Major, Captain I'. Young, of His Ma jesty's 89th regiment, and the Deputy Assistant Quartermas ter-General, Captain Spicer, of the 12th regiment Madras Na tive Infantry, in carrying my wishes and orders into effect, and whose incessant labour and fatigue, after landing and in mak ing e c a a r ll n e e d stl f y or t t o h r n e i c y om w m arm end es t t he a s c e kn o ow ffi l e e e d r g s m t e o n ) ts .o ; ur an p d ro ing the necessary arrangements for the future objects of the ex pl edition, tection..--I have, &c. _ _ E. MILES, Lieut.-Col. commanding. Return of Ordnance, &c. taken in Tavoy, Sept. 15, 1824. Ordnance, of sorts, iron 46 Swivels, iron and brass - 121 Total 4,041 iron round shot of different sizes, 28,200 leaden balls, 1,765 muskets, 4 pistols, 32 swords, 149 spears, 20 cross bows, 2 iron blunderbusses, 3,800 lbs. of powder, 41 standards, 2 gold chittores. P. YOUNG, Captain and Major of Brigade. Copy of a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, C. B. to Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, date Mergui, Oct. 9, 1824. _ . SlR—illy dispatch of the 27th ultimo will have placed you in possession of the movement of the force under my command up to that period. Having left the detail named in the margin 11, for the temporary protection of Tavoy, the remainder proceeded for the accomplishment of the ulterior object of the expedition on this coast, and I have now the honour to announce to you the fall of this place, on the hth instant, the day we arrived before it thy first care Was to send a summons to the town tbr its unconditional surrender, but in stead of a reply, at half-past eleven o'clock their guns opened a heavy fire upon the Hon. Company's cruizers, who had pre viously taken their position in front of the enemy's batterieS, mounting 33 pieces of heavy ordnance. The practice on our part was so good that in about .one hour the whole was silenced. During this period as many troops had been assembled in the boats of the fleet as they could contain, and 1 directed a landing to effected to the right of the town. This movement was immediately followed up by the ad vance of a party of his Majesty's 89th regiment to the gate of the stockade, under a heavy and well-directed tire from the enemy, and it was at this spot the greatest loss was sustained. The ground for some distance between the river and stockade was deep mud and water, and from time liniment the disembar kation commenced the rain poured down in torrents. Und er i these dis a dv an t ages t h e troops ma i nta i ne d t h e i r g round with the the gre a t es t stea di ness, an d as soon as i t was poss ible to bring up the ladder s , an escalade was or d ere d an d carried promp tl y and most g a ll a ntl y i nto e ff ect b y his Majesty's 89th regiment: • No regular return of the ordnance was taken, conse quence of th e h urr i e d nature of the operat i ons an d the necessity of taking ad vantage of the tide to reach the anc horing ground , of but the numb er ' all calibres is estimated by th e Naval Coin. mander at 15 pi eces. in t Three gun-vess e l s . + Not transmitted. • ./2 1 P, Hon, file, di U ; one row gun-boat. Company's cruizer, 3lercury ; troops, rank and it S from this instant the enemy gave way; their loss is said to be about 500 men. The Rajah remained tilt we were actually in the town, and then withdrew with about 300 of his followers on the oppo site side. More than common attention had been paid in arranging the defences of the place, and the natural strength of the ground gave the greatest advantage to them. Their batteries were placed on the brows of different hills, commanding the shipping completely. From the best information I have been able to collect, the enemy had three thousand five hundred men in arms ; on our first gaining possession they all fled, but in the course of that night and the following morning great numbers came in, and are now following their several avocations. About one hundred men belonging• to Tenasserirn I have detained in confinement, and as that place has lost all its former consequence, and is at present nothing beyond a fishing village, this body forms half its force. A return of killed, wounded, and missing, as also of the ordnance, ammunition and stores captured, are herewith trans mitted. The whole of this affair has proved so decisive, and the gallant and examplary conduct of- every individual so promi nent, that I feel at a loss how to bring individual instances of merit forward. I have, however, much pleasure in recording the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant M'Dowall, of the 7th regiment Madras Native infantry, Major Basden, com manding his Majesty's 89th regiment, Captain Russel, com manding detachment Bombay artillery, serving on board the Honourable Company's cruizer Thetis, and Lieutenant Cotton, of the Engineers, to the whole of whom I feel most obliged. The attention of Mr. Staff Surgeon Smart was unremitted in his department. To my own Staff, Captain Young, of his Majesty's 89th regiment, Brigade Major, and Captain Spicer, of the 12th regi. ment Madras Native infantry, Deputy Assistant Quarter- Master General, I am much indebted for their assistance and the promptitude with which they performed and executed every wish of mine, not on this occasion alone, but in all situations in which they have been employed under my command, and I beg leave to recommend them in the ,strongest manner to your favourable notice and protection. There being many points which jt is necessary to communi cate to you, 1 have felt the necessity of sending my Brigade Major, Captain Young, with this dispatch, who, possessing my full confidence, will develope to you personally, every transac tion that has occurred, and the view I have taken of the state of these conquests. I have, &c. G. MILES, Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the Force. Return of Ordnance, &c. captured at Mergui, 6th Oct. 1824. Ordnance, of sorts, iron ' - - 37 Swivels, iron and brass - - 106 Total 1048 iron and brass shot of different sizes, 300 leaden or tin balls, 668 muskets, 6 blunderbusses, 48 swords, 110 spears, 1200Ibs of powder, 33 standards. P. YOUNG, Major of Brigade. General Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the Force under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, C. 8., in the Assault of Mergui, on the 6th October, 1824. AI. 89th Regt.-6 privates killed; 2 lieutenants, 7 serjeants, 15 rank and file, wounded ; 1 bheastee missing. Names of Officers wounded. Lieutenant William Kennedy, severely. Lieutenant Pat. APKie, slightly. I'. YOUNG, Captain and Major of Brigade. Extract of a Letter from Captain Barnes, commanding the East India Company's Frigate Hastings, to 0. Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Government, dated Cheduba Roads, 21st September, 1824. I have great pleasure in transmitting to you, for the informa tion of the Right Honourable Lord Amherst, Governor-General in Council, an account of a most daring, well-conducted, and successful attack made by two cutters, belonging to the Ho nourable Company's frigate Hastings, under my command, on four boats, belonging to the enemy, on the coast of Ramree ; and trust that my entering somewhat into detail will be ex cused, as I am anxious to do justice to the Officers and men who so gallantly achieved the dispersion of the enemy, whose numbers were so disproportioned to their little force. On the morning of the 10th instant, at day-light, the lookout at the mast-head announced three large boats to be in sight, close under the shore of Ramree, and about five or six miles distant from the frigate, rowing to the southward. I im mediately directed the two ten-oared cutters to be manned and armed, and sent six marines in each, placing both boats under command of Lieutenant Harrison, second of the frigate, Mr. Graves, master's-mate, being in charge of one boat, with orders to bring them alongside, if pos sible; some time after the cutters had left the ship, I bserved a fourth boat, and could plainly perceive they were all full of men ; our launch unfortunately being absent watering, I manned and armed the two boats belonging to the pilot brigs Meriton and Planet, with European seamen and marines, and dispatched them to the assistance of the cutters, but, owing to the start they had of them, and these being very heavy pulling boats, they were not able to assist in the capture, which I can not better describe to his Lordship than by transmiting the very modest, but manly, letter of Lieut. Harrison, describing the affair. Annexed I have the honour to send a list of the arms captured, and understand a considerable quantity was lost in the boat that was bilged, and which was the largest of the four, and had their sirdar on board it, who it is believed escaped. List of Arms captured. 15 muskets, 1 bayonet„ 136 spears, 95 swords, 1 swivel gun. A large quantity of gun-powder, the major part damaged by water. Some musket ammunition that had been taken from our troops, at Ramoo. A quantity of musket bills and flints. Copy of a Report from Lieut. Harrison to Capt. Barnes, dated on board the Frigate Hastings, Cheduba Roads, Sept. 10, 1824. SIR—In pursuance of your orders of this morning, h pro_ ceeded with the two cutters under my command, in pursuit of of four boats belonging to the enemy, as seen from the Hast ings pulling along the Ramree coast, to the southward • after a smart pull of about six miles, I had closed with the Chase so near as to enable the cutter, under the command of Mr. Graves, to interrupt the two sternmost boats of the enemy, while my self succeeded in turning the two boats in advance ; they then seemed inclined to receive us warmly, by giving loud cheers, which were immediately returned by our seamen and marines with their accustomed spirit; afire of musketry now com menced on both sides, and the enemy, perceiving our inten tion of laying them on board, immediately beached their boats; we pursued so closely as to enable us to do considerable mis chief; three boats were captured and towed into deep water, six of the enemy made prisoners, and the fourth boat, I regret to say, was bilged and rendered useless ; so precipitate was their retreat, that they left every thing behind, and amongst vari ous articles a great number of arms, of all descriptions, have been captured. I feel much pleasure in bringing to your notice the zeal and exertions of 111 r. Graves, to whom the highest praise is due, as well as to to the satisfactory conduct of every body em ployed, particularly the seamen, whose great exertions in pulling deserve my best thanks, and although the second division of boats were not up at the commencement, 1 have every reason to suppose they aided in enabling me to effect my purpose with out the loss of a man : as the enemy could not be estimated at less than four hundred effective men, their loss in killed and wounded I have no means of ascertaining correctly, but I should imagine it to exceed 60.—1 have, &c. G. B. HARRISON, Lieutenant. Extract from a Letter from Lieut.-Col. Hampton, co mman di ng at Uheduba, to Lieut.-Col. Nicol, Adjutant-General of the Army, dated Oct. 23, 1824. Capt. Barnes, of the Hon. Company's frigate Hastings, hav ing intimated to me his intention of making another reconnois sance on the enemy's coast with the frigate and gun-boats under 1 . 0 . rd ered the _flank companies to he completed to hi s command, and ha vin g m ade a requisition for 200 men of li ty at r im eiguimbeenrt,withthe usual portion of European commissioned that native commissioned and non-commissioned officers under the command of Capt. Vincent for the service, furnishing at the same time two European artillerymen for each of the gun-boats of the third division flotilla under Capt. Finucane. The whole embarked on the lath inst. on board the frigate and buoy-vessel Planet, and with the Honourable Company's surveying ship Investigator, proceeded the same afternoon to the point of attack. I have the honour to transmit, for his Excellency's informa tion, a copy of Capt. Vincent's Report. Copy of a Letter from Captain Vincent to Lieutenant anti Ad jutant Alargrme, dated Clieduba, 18th October, 1824. Si it—l have the honour to report the return of the detach ment embarked under my command for service on the island of i Ramree, and to state, fo r Li eutenant-Colonel H ampton ' s n tOrmation. that, having, in conformity to his instructions, placed myself and the troops at the disposal of Captain Barnes, commanding the honourable Compsny's ships of war and gun bows on this station, we were, on the morning of the 16th in stant, joined by one hundred seamen and marines, and soon after landed in front of a breast-work, which had been occu pied by the Burmese during the i morning, but evacuated m mediately on our advancing to attack it. 1 then pushed on to the stockade, described by Lieutenant-Colonel Hampton as being in an unfinished state, but found it completely de stroyed, a few sticks only remaining to mark its actual situation ; learning, however, from the guide that there was a fortified village a short distance in front, I proceeded on till we came to a stockade, which we found totally abandoned, although capable of defence against any but a British force, without guns, as I had the advantage of your valuable services on this as well as every other oc casion, during the day, I must request that you will do me the favour to afford Lieut. Col. Hampton. any information he maY be desirous of obtaining as to the strength of this post, its pecu liarity of construction, and description of buildings within it, the report itself being too unimportant to intrude any thing fur ther on the Lieut.-Colonel's attention, than merely to state the nature of the service on which the detachment was employed. Conceiving it propable that the Burmese had returned to a stockade which 1 understood was no great distance from us, 1 did not consider it advisable to delay longer than was necessary for the destruction. of the buildings in and about that we were in possession of; and after a march of nearly a mile had the satisfaction to find the guide's information correct, but although inferior to the other only in size, we were allowed to enter this second stockade, as usual, without resistance, the Burmese hav ing fled in all directions on the appearance of the advanced guard. As the abandonment of this last stockade evinced but little in: clination, on the part of the enemy, to afford us an opportunity of doing more in that direction, I thought it advisable, ate; firing the whole of the buildings (from many of which I had the satisfaction to see large quantities of powder explode), t°, return to the beach and bivouac, near the breast-work we hat' possessed ourselves of on landing. I o ug ht t o h ave me ntioned before, that we were joined in the morning by a party of the Calcutta militia, doing duty on board the gun-boats; OLIO men were stationed as a piquet in rear of the line, the piquet& of the regular native infantry being thrown out in direction & whence a night attack was more to be apprehended ; it sr pears, however, that between three and four in the morning, a few of the enemy had the temerity to advance on the sentries, and actually fired amongst them, wounding three privates, an d one of them so badly as to render amputation of the right tor, necessary; I am happy to add, th a t th e pi que t b e h ave d wit h the greatest steadiness on this occasion. Having made a march of about four miles to the northward/ where it was reported some large bo a t s were i n a cree k, an finding only one, which was immediately destroyed, the deg tachment returned to the beach, and reimbarked on board th e; boats held in readiness for that purpose. Although this report has nothing to detail of a brilliant Oa; ture, it must nevertheless be gratifyin g t o Li eu t enan t-Colonel Hampton, that the conduct of every individual bolonging to the,. detachment was such as to ensur e , on an y f uture occas ion greater difficulty, every possible advantage which bravery an d devotion to its interests can bestow; and though it may be con' sidered presumption in me to speak of the merits of any other branch of the service than that to which I immediately belong ,- I cannot, in the present instance, avoid bringing to the n otice, of the Lieutenant-Colonel, the highly m er i tor i ous con duct ca the Officers, seamen, and marines of the Honourable Com pany's frigate Hastings, and surveying ship Investigator, wn ° acted in conjunction with the troops, not only as regarded thei r readiness to meet every obstacle which the nature of the service led us to expect,but likewise in their steady and prompt obedience to the rigid rules of discipline, which the peculiar nature Of th e enterprise rendered so essentially necessary to be observed. I have, &c. W. VINCENT, Capt. 25th Ni., late in command of a detachment. Extract from a Letter from Lieut.-Colonel Innes, C. 8., Low' mandinv the Sy'het Frontier, to Lieut.-Col. Nicol, Adjut•' General of the Army, dated on the River near Budderpoot , Oct. 25, 1824. _ I have the honour, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, to report, that intimation having been reseived from some of the Hurkarees of the intelligence de' • partment, that the Burmese army in Cachar, were retiring: towards i%lunnipoor, 1 directed a reconnoisance this morning.to be made. Accordingly, a party under the command °' Captain Hawes, accompanied by Lieutenant Fisher, of the Quarter-Master-General's department, proceeded up the .13 8 " rak river at day-break, attended by the flotilla to Jattrapo°, r r where a disembarkation was e ffe cte d, an d t h e party maw,'" ed across to Tiloayn, which place w as f oun d evacuate' and the works partly d es t ro y e d ; f rom t h e i nte lli gence co ll e cto' from the natives of Cachar, who had been captives with th' Burmese, it appears that the main body of the army, which occupied a large cantonment at Doodpatlee, left, in progress Munnipoor, early yesterday morning, and the rear-,guard Vs" sated Tiloayn early last night; the same body is said to be now at Banksaidy, on th e route to M unn i poor, an d di s tabt from nay present position four days march in the dry seas ol7 ,' but at present I regret to say, th e country rema i ns so intsc' l under water that it would be impossible to march regular tronP . across, consequently the enemy are now beyond pursuit. Extract from a Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Innes, C.1 3 1' Commanding the Sylhet Frontier, to Li eu t.-C o l one lil ic° G ; Adjutant-General of the Army, dated on t h e Ri v er no— Panchguon, the 30th October, 1824. I have the honour to report, for the information of his ] 05 :: cellency the Command e r i n -Chi e f, th a t I procee d e d u p , Barrak River, on the morning of the 26th, towards the pos t ' lately occupied by the Burmese fbrce at Tiloayn and DoodPs t. , lee. The first named place is occupied by a detachment of thi . 52d regiment under Captain Lister, a nd I h ave in s tructed dil l ' officer to have the outward defences destroyed, the palisades 0 0 the summit renewed, and the hill itself rendered tenable by I ' s small body of men ; the stockades on th e heights to the soup' of Tiloayn have been directed to be destroyed also. 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