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arduous contest. He warmly recominewls to your Loadship's notice
his Aide-de-camp, Capt. Be ' chcs of the 59th foot ; and,• in concon..junction with Major-(den. Hay, he bears testimony to the highly
meritorions conduct of Capt. J. Stewart, of the 3d bait. Royal Scots
Aide-de-Camp to Major-Gen. Hay ; and he recommend+ to your
Lordship's notice, Major-Gen. Robinson's Aide: de-Camp, Capt.
Wood, 4th foot, as alsb Copts. Williamson and Jones of that regi-
ment ; the former was severely wounded in the command of the 4th,
following the forlorn hope in the best style, and remaining long after
his wound. Capt. Jones succeeded to the command of the brigade,
and conducted it with great ability.
Sir 3. Leith likewise particularizes C.apt. Taylor, 48th regiment,
Brigade Major, to the Ist brigade, and Liet Ltßlign:: opiltta
foot, who led the light infantry comp Ike • -t-
-eliately after the forlorn hope and is the
advance. •
Major-Gen. Robinson unites Ida testimony . •a of Capta.
Williamson and Jones, and Lieut. Le Blanc, aboae mentioned. He
likewise commend+ Cwt. Livesay, who succeeded to the command
of the 47th foot, on Major Kelly's being killed, and kept it till
asonneled, when the command devolved on Lientenant Power, who
ably performed the duty ; as also Captain Pi;kington, who succeeded
to the command of the 59th on Capt. Scott's being killed, and kept it
till wounded, when the command of that battalion, fell to Capt. Hal-
ford, who led it with great credit, and OW Brevet-Major Anwyll,
Brigade-Major of the 2,1 brigade.
Major-Gen. Hay having now the command of the Mit division,
mentions in terms of great poke the excellent conduct of M ajor-
Gen. Sprye, commandina the Portuguese brigade, and the very
distinguished gallantry of Cul. de Rel,oa, and the 15th Portuguese
regiment, under his command, and of Col. nth ae, with the 241
Portognese regiment and Major-Gen. Sprye, mentions in tt rats of
high praise, Lit nt.-Col. Hill, .commandieg the tith Caeadores, and
Major C. S. Campbell, commanding the 3d regiment, in Col.
111•Crae's absence on general duty ; and he expresses his great
obligations to Capt. Braeketihruag, of the 61st regiment, his
Camp, and to Brigade-Major Fitzgerald 'Major-Gen. Hay speaks
most highly of the seivice; of Col. the lion. C. Grevile, of the ;Atli,
in command of the ‘2d ; amid the coospicionts gallantry of
Lieut.-Col. Barnes, in the snecessfol assault of the curtain, with the
brave battalion of the Royal Scots ; and also of tie exemplary
conduct of Lirnt -Col. Cameron, of the 9th fiiot, and
Niles and Dean, of time '2Bth, and all the officers and troops en-
gaged ; and be ex!,resses himself as most particularly indebted to
the zeal, intelligence., and intrepidity of Brigade-Major Taylor, and
Capt. Stewart of the Royal Scots, acting as his Aide•de camp, for-
merly mentioned.
Major-Gen. Ilay likewise expresses his great satisfartion with the
gallatit and judicions condom of Lieut.-Col. Cooke, commanding the
eletachment of Guards ; of Lient,C .1 Hunt, commanding the de-
tachment of the left division, who was severely wounded; and °fall
the other officers anti troops of the detaelenent.
Major-Gete Hay eonduete d the diYisiou along the ramparts him-
self, with the judgment and ga!lanny that has so often mat•ked his
conduct.

I bare now only to repeat the expressions of my highest satis-
faction with the conduct of the officers of the Royal Ai tinily and
Engineers as formerly particularised in the report of the first attack.
Every brawl' of the Artillery service has been conducted by Col.
Dickson, with the greatest ability, was that of the Eligineer de-
vilment by Lieui.-Col. Sir Richard fletc•her, till the moment of
tits mueh.lamented fall at the mouth of the trenches. Lieut. Col.
Burgoyne succeeded to the coininied, and it; anxious that 1 should
convey to your Lordship Sir R. Fletcher's sense or tue great merit
and gallantry of Capf Henderson, in the attack of the Island, on
The morning of the ...2ith nit. ; and of the persevering exertions of
•Dlajors Ellicombe and Smith, in pushing forward the operations of
the two attacks—the latter officer having hail the merit o. the first
arrangements for the attack on the right.
Licht.-Col. Burgoyne was himself wounded, and only quitted the
field from loss of blood ; but lam happy to Say he is able to carry
on the duty of the department.
The conduct of the navy has been continued on the same princi-
ple of zealous co-operation by Sir George Collier ; and the services
of Lieut. O'Reiliey, with the seamen employed in the batterieli,
has been equally conspicuous as before.
Your Lordship will now permit me to call your attention to the
conduct of that distinguished officer, Major-kien. Oswald, who has
had the temporary command of the :Ali division in Lient.-Gen. Sir
James Leith's absence, during the whole of the campaigo, and who
resigned tne command of the diviiton ou Sir James Leith's arrival
en the 30.;hultiruo.