The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-21 00:00:00

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Wooewicet, Auo. 2,0.—8 y a general order, dated
August 19, 1852, the following appointments have
been made :
Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Rose,
K.C.8., to be Colonel Commandant of the Royal
Horse Artillery, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas
Downman, deceased.
Colonel E. C. Whinyates, K.H , Royal
Horse Artillery, to be Commandant of the Garrison,
in the room of the late Sir Thomas Downman.
Colonel William Cator to be Director-General of
Artillery, vice Whinyates.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Alexander Wilson to be
Director of the Laboratory, vice Cator.
It is worthy of remark that all the above appoint
ments have been conferred by the Master-General on
officers who have eeen considerable service, Lieute-
nsnt-General Sir Hew D. Ross having served in the
Peninsula and France from June 9, 1809, to Fe-
bruary, 1814, including the action of the Coa, battle
of Busaco, actions of Pombal, Redinha (where he was
wounded in the shoulder), Casal Nova, Foz d'Arouce
(where he was wounded in the leg), and Sabugal, battle
of Fuentes d'Onor, action of Aldea de Ponte, sieges
of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz (where he was dan-
gerously wounded in the head), action at Castrajen,
capture of forts at and battle of Salamanca, capture
of Madrid and the Retiro, affairs of San Munoz and
San Milan, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, pas-
sage of the Bidassoa, Nivelle, and Nive, and Battle
near Bayonne. Ile also served in the campaign of
a in North Holland in 1799,
1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. Sir
Hew D. Ross has received the gold cross and two
clasps, and the silver war medal with three clasps.
Colonel Whinyates served in the expeon to the
tilheridexerp 1801, and to Copen-
hagen in 1307, Peniasular campaigns from 1810 to
1813, including the battles of Bussaco and Albuera ;
expedition
°tall e
tcoarni‘pia,i
dgeira in
affairs at [sager, Aldea de Ponte, and San Munoz;
attack and defeat of General Lallemand's cavalry at
Ribera. and many other affairs. He served also in
the campaign of 1815, and was severely wounded in
the left arm at Waterloo. The gallant officer received
the silver war medal and two clasps.
Colonel Cator served in the campaign of Walcheren
and at the siege of Flushing; in the Peninsula and
south of France from the end of 1809 to the terinina_
tion of the war in 1814, including the defence of
Cadiz, lines at Torres Vedras, and at Santarem, battle
of Barosse (where he was wounded), affair at Ostaa,
battle of Vittoria, affair at Tolosa, passage of the Bi-
dassoa, and at the attack of Bidassoa by the French,
battles of Nivelle and Nive, and four days' engage.
ments in front of Bayonne. He has received the sil-
ver war medal with four clasps.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Wilson served in the
campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo
and capture of Paris. Tne gallant officer has been •
command of the Royal Artillery at Ceylon
Since
October, 1850.

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