The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-15 00:00:00

TO TIM ADJUTANT•OCNBRAL OP THY; ♦RMY.

Silt —I have the llativflaction to report the town
of Ka.-ul-Kliyma, after a resistance of slit days,
was taken possession of this morning by the fuice
under my command. Previous to making you ac-
quainted with the circumstances which led to this
toitnnate result, I shall do myself the honour brief-
ly to detail the events which occurred between the
period of oily last cowa►uuicati,al and the cons.
ISPlteettlellt sit the operatvons ',dare itivisul-Kiliyula.
Ott the 181.11 ultimo, after completing my at.
rangrineuts at 11lwcAt, the Liverpool sailed fur
the rendezvous at Kislinse ; on the Slat we hell
to with the fieet off the Persian cresol, and an•
cliorrd off the Ivldaid of Lariack 011 the 24th No-
vember.

As it approred probahle that a considerable pe.
nod would elope. before the plot two of the stops
which were detained at Bumlig, I ectiserived it
would prove highly advoutageous to avail myself
of that interval iu sew 1111 l it. accurate s hoar*.
le Ise of t ie otreogth anti 41. fences of nto-01.
Kis) ma. as personal tobeerlllololl could supply, stud
madly embraced the propowd of Captaias
th t the Liverpool should primead thither for t. at

peeper*. The senior entirety pes seri rdist4'i.
Mica on hooril. and having whet from Larvae k .4
the morainic of the 115th. we anchated
Id-Khyme the 47th. Thy 'Jere wee closely. iir:rl
repeatedly reconnoitered ; chid the ireatt•er /.
liaising rewound/1e far uar 1tprf01,.11... l liefeal,ll-4
to order does, the troop. sod c .i•ence lltr al;•.1
without Intim% fn. thy rear Mg the
ittpon or 'north-west emote we. norfolly as,-
proachisag. and Captain Collier appenied spin eine-
ogre 111111 a further del'•♦ might prow, Artsinse.itail
to the etpletertie. A *Tavel *so, Ihertl4.in d...
patched with inetructiona to Captain 114,4
Sao kit in thence of the -fleet. and she ti
trlst.tot the usurped, arrived alder cowroy ul the ,
Curlew.

No time was lost id making the necessary pre.
potations fur lauding, which was effected the
lownsuporising without ',mondial, at • /log
WO" 'oel-11111.01• preemosly selected foe that poi:
'pone. about two aides to the *withered of theta:Wu.
The troops were formed same the istlisosie collo
teemitig the peoinaole ove whirls the tenets is .nn.
ated with the Leiolitio...-uring coat:tory, and the wind,
of the day was occupied lie Kettltiti tent. bb 4.06 t
to shelter the meta from the lairs, 14.41.0 g toe.
lifers' tools, saild-bega, &c. and inakiog artaiiites
meuta preparatory to commencing oar apprestseties
the next day. Osi .the massing of the Ith ti.e
light troops were ordered is. advarace, supported
by the pilietio. to dislodge the rotas} Insist a
.bank
within issue lostsdred yards of the outer fort, which
was expected to afford good cover for the men.
slid to Jerre at a depot for 'tures previous to the
erectioa of the batteries. The whole of the light
composite. or the force. ender coition:ill(' of C. 14-
Backhouse, of his M. jetty'. 47th regoneed, ace
cordingly moved forward, and Muse the Arabs
with ;yea plinthv from a date grilse. and Tort tire
hook shove rievcribed, close snider Ole well* of the
fort, billowed by the picket. soder Major Mules.
worth, who took polo at the sets& batik, whil.4 the
European light troops were skirissiAttuo to trod....
Ti.. enemy kvpt up • sharp lire of musketry
and canons, doling these movements; and I re-
gret to add. that Major Moleswoith. a **Laid IBA
zealous rifler', was killed by a 1.44111•0111 shot at the
heed of the pickets. Lieut. Stepowy, of the 6Stb,
was wounded oft this ?cession. The troop.. hoe-
ever. maintained their position. during the day.
and in the night effected • loriguiriat mohair Sou
jar& of the soeiheromiet tower, awl 'reeled a bat-
tery fur four gnus. together with a mortar battery
on the tight, sod • trench of corninunicatiou our
the protection of the. coeeriog patty.
The weather having become' rather unrarour.
able fur the disembarkation of the store. required
for the siege, it was with coneiderable cheicutty
that this primary object ass effected; but every
obstacle was surmonided by the seal and
iudrla-
tigahle exertions of the navy, and on the morning
of the 6:h we were enabled to open three 19-
Pounders on the fort; a couple of howitzers and
6-pounders were also placed in the battery on the
right, which played on the de fetires of the tower.,
and nearly siltsiced the enemy's Ilan. The Lfrer-
pool, ilurlog these operatlona, iiaTlWki lit as close
to the allure as her draught of 19141C1' wnnld Itet-
mit. mid opened her guns on the tow',, which must
have created ronvviderahle alarm in the g.itn.o6l. but
she was unftivionately at too grist N di,ta. ce to pro-
duce any decided effect. The enemy, who vluvi
the whole of our progress exhilc ted a considerable
degree of resolution in sod ingenury
in coonteractiug our shacks, sallied forth at eight
o'clock tills evening aloog the whole food of cur
evat-encliments, crept close up to tile mortar bat-
tery without bring perceived, and entered it over
the paralvet, after spearing the advanced stouter.
The panty which occupied it was obliged to retire.
but being immediately reinforced, c.:argetl the
assailants, who were driven nut of tear battery with
considerable loss. The attack on the left was re-
pelled instantaiirouvly by the spirited retistat.ce of
the v•overing psrty, under Nlajor %Verret', who dis-
tinguished himself much on this occevion by 'his
coolness and gillantry. The enemy reverted hits
attacks towiedr moaning, but was vigorously re-
pul•eil. During the 7ili every exertion was owl*
to lend and bring op the rem g guts. and mortars.
which wet accomplished during the night, sifter in-
ceased labours, by the sailor', assisted by working
parties from the troop', arid those of his Highness
the linanni, who cheerfully volunteered their ser-
vices. They were immediately placed lo battery,
together with two 24.pouriders, whirls were laild•it
from the Liverpool, and in the morning the whom
of oar ordnance opened on the fort, and fired ion h
scarcely any intermission till sun-set, when the
breach on the curtain wis DepOiteil Urirly practi-
cable and the towers almost unteriatil..
mediate arrangements were made for the sossuit,
and the troops ordered to move down to fat
%tenches at day-break the beet morning, The
bombardment enutinuerl (luring the mights avid
the batteries having recommenced their lire hr-
lore day-light. completed the breaches by eight
o'clock. Tim aceJtopanying order* will explain to
his Excellency the disposo of attack. as well
as the measures taken to guard against the possi-
bility of a failure, in the remit of the enemy dy-
fending himself as desperately as might have been
expected from his previous defence. These pre-
cautions. however, were uorseces.ary ; the pigmy-
moved forward about v.', o'clock, sod ...derma
the fort through the breaciles without firing a shot
and it anon .speared that the enemy had evocative
the place. The town was taken pa-session of, arid
Cloud almost entirely deverted, ouly 1$ or 20 men,
and a few women. remaining in their house.. Upon
the whole, it appears evident, eonaideria4 the
spirited behaviour of the 'teensy at the meatoseoce-
ascot of the siege, that their sudden resolutiou to
evacuate the place was ocissiouril by tlst oval.
volsehning fire of the avtallery, of which they Cited
have (wooed uo previous ides. mid which the elople
meas. placed at my disposal 'rallied ate is bits'
agates{ sit, twat,.
Ost l ass, 1 am happy to say, is moat less thou

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