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costal have been expected from the length of the
seise aad the obstinacy with which the enemy di..
visaed our approaches. I have had no means of
amwetaiiiing theirs. but it attrit have been severe.
tin yes will assure his Excellency that I feel
satisfied with the conduct of the troops;
their tidbit:My hes been eiceeded ordy by their it;i!
hence and cheerfulness-wilder every species of ;id.-
vateort and fatigue; and the peculiarity of this per.
sire hoe called forth a full display of these quiet—
wirch are equally creditable to the soldier as
taw satist intrepid acts of bravery. By the orders
so, di I do myself the honour to enclose, his Ex.
it,lnlicy will be enabled to estimate the services
I..rforaied by Captain Collier and the nasal part
uf the expeditioo; and I can only add, that the
acluowlidgments therein expressed are scarcely
e.leqs.tte to the assistance I have received from
them.—l have the honour to be, kc._

(Signed) W. GRANT Kin, Major-General.
emit!, Rust-thries,9lll December, 1919.

Rvotto or casualties i• the Sarre ratter the command of
v..j.w.Griveril S N. G. during the opens.
t use utmost Ilse-el-Kbytes, from the Ith to 811 Dorris-
-1111.9, the bootee.

Camp at ItinalLEltyint, 10th Dee. 1219.
Detichonent of Artillery—Woesded-1 drummer, 4 rank
Kull file : grind total, 3.
His Nfojesty's 17th regiment'—Killei--1 Major, 1 rank sal
2le 7 grand total, I.—Wourne.l-111 rink auj file : grand
tient, 141.
Hi• Majesty's 23th regiment—Killed-3 rank and file:
emu{ total, 3.—Wireaded-1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, It
rank and file : grated total, 23.
1.1 battalion Id regiment Native Infantry.—Wounded--.1
bavildar, 1 rink and file: grind total, b.
Wittallon.—Wounded-1 kneader, 2 rank sad file:
grunt total, 3.
•ncieri attached to the Engineer Department.—Wounded—
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I rank sadle.
7..41.—Ki11ed-1 Major, 4 rank sad Me: grand total, b.—
Wounded-4 Capmia, I Lieutenant, 2 havildars, I drum-
mer, 44 rank and Ile: grand total, SI.
NAV, OF TUC OITIGIM KuLto.—liajor B. C. Moles-

worth, Ns 471 h regiment.
‘VuunDiro —Captain Juba Clutterheek, Majesty's o.sth
rrg.inent, Brigade Major; Lieutenant J. R. Seepney,ditto.
(Signed) F.. G. STANNOS,
Deputy Adjutant-General.

NADRAI, JANUARY 18.

Our private letters from Calcutta give us de.
pla.ible recounts of the gre it mortality which pre.
• that city. The deaths are said •In he more
',olio-roue ►hen at any former ammo. The follow.
no extract from one of them
Death has been making great havock smote us lately,
▪ all our quidnames are positive that no inch sickly sea.
.on has occurred for essay years; I cannot say that I think
.•. ; however, the alarm is so predominant, that I believe I
am left solitary Is my opinion. Os. thing has certainly
I rrii reline peculiar la the ailment, of late °MUMMY, as
ituor rho have fallen sick have been generally filled with
appivhension of fatal consequences, and I believe many
ile,aths have resulted from Ibis pusillanimous abandonment
c I hope, hefure disease had put on a serious appearance-
-1 I are indeed been °teener than usual at the berying-
zr..i.rd, following my deceased friends, soil circumstances
h.r•• given an unusual turn to sty thoughts on sorb occa•
c. ..ma, One day, Capt. 51'Queen, of the 75th regiment, and
er.saraf,, west in the same buggy to witness the interment of
a Iligittandrr, one of our friends; the Next time I went
Joao Park•strert, eras following the remains of pour
ANAtiress. with Capt. Roebuck searching by my side in per-
ec i health; and the other day Roebuck was also put under
the wad. Some folks have bees seen making their purchases
at suction one day, and the undertaker's black-bordered
raid has beets inscribed with their names the next. Out
pelt) juryman did his duty i■ the box one day in good
b,iatth, and whey next called it was found that he had been
depueited in the narrow house. These circumstances are
staking meetly, but still 1 think 1 have seen periods of as
g, est mortality in Calcutta."

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