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War-office, Aug. 4.
The following despatches have ►been received by
the Secretary of State for War from Brigadier-
General Staveley, C. 8., commanding her Majesty's
troops in China :
" No. 32. " Headquarters, Shanghai, May 31.
"Sir,--On the 18th inst. I did myself the honour to re-
port to you briefly the capture of Na-jow, a rebel strong-
hold on the south side of the Woosung river, and 20 miles
distant from Shanghai. I have now to detail the particulars
of the operation.
" On the day after the capture of Tsing-poo the force
proceeded in small country boats to Na-jow, where it ar-
rived on the 16th inst. This town was found to be strongly
entrenched and stockaded, about two miles in circumfer-
ence, with an outwork commanding it, and a creek which
ran into the town. I decided upon shelling the defenders
out of the outwork and establishing a breaching battery on
its reverse. Two French naval 30-pounders, six Arm-
strong guns, and four mortars were accordingly got into
position, and opened fire at five o'clock on the evening, of
the 17th inst., and in an hour, the outwork having been
rendered untenable, a storming party, composed of 250
men of the 31st regiment, and the same number of French
Chasseurs and Marines, advancing to take possession,
dashed through it under a brisk fire of matchlocks and jin-
gals, and, finding a pathway through the stakes and planks
over the ditches right up tothe wall, took advantage thereof,
and got into the place by climbing through the embrasures
or over the stockades.
" It was during this advance 'that the French Naval
Commander-in• Chief, Admiral Protet, whose death I have
already reported, was killed,
" As it was of importance that this place should be held
antil the Chinese authorities should:place a garrison in it,
200 British and 120 French troops were left there.
" A return of casualties is appended, marked A.
" On the 18th inst. the force marched for Cho-lin, six
miles from Na-jow, the guns, provisions, and baggage he-
ing conveyed in country boats, it being found impracticable
to make arrangements for the transport by land, owing to
the numerous canals and very narrow bridges which inter-
sected the line of march.
" Cho-lin is a walled town, three miles in circumference,
surrounded by a wet ditch, and situated about one mile
from the sea.

" On the morning of the 19th inst. the garrison was ob-
served to be engaged in destroying some houses, distant
about SO yards from the walls, and close to a small en-
. . .
" '

trenchment which was placed between those houses and the
walls. As these buildings were of value to me for cover, I
directed that they should at once be taken possession of;
which was done by a company of the 67th Regiment, under
cover of the fire of two British naval 32-pounders from the
front, and an enfilading fire of two Armstrong guns, from
the right. _ _

" Acreek running directly into the ditch under the walls
afforded means of passing boats along, and so establishing
a bridge for the passage of the assaulting parties.
"During the night of the 19th two British naval 32-
pounders, two French naval 30-pounders, six Armstrong
guns, and five field-pieces, were placed is position. The
Armstrongs on the right, to enfilade the wall, and the other
guns in front of our position for breaching purposes.
" At daylight, on the 20th, the guns opened fire, and at
6 a.m. two breaches having been made, a bridge was estab-
lished, and the troops entered the place without opposition.
"I forward a list of casualties, marked B.

" On the evening of this day, and as we were preparing
to advance on the next rebel town, news reached me from
Shanghai that the Imperialist troops in the neighbourhood
of Kading had advanced beyond that place, and been com-
pletely cut up or taken prisoners by the rebels ; that Kading
itself, garrisoned temporarily by the allies, was invested;
that the town of Woo-sung was threatened, and that the
Chinese authorities had declared themselves unable to meet
their engagement to place garrisons in the towns we might
capture.
"Under these circumstances, I decided upon returning
to Shanghai, to reopen communication with Kading, where
provisions and ammunition were running short.
" On the 24th inst. 1 left Shanghai with the force detailed
in the accompanying statement marked C, and arrived at
Nai-zain, six miles from Rading, the same day. All the
guns, ammunition, and provisions, owing to the impossi-
bility of carrying them across narrow bridges over innume-
rable canals, being conveyed in boats in charge of the Royal
Navy. The day succeeding our arrival at Nai-zain, and
while the boats were, in consequence of the lowness of the
tide, unable to reach us, the rebels, who appeared in very
great force, attacked in the town in front and flanks con-
tinually during the day, and eventually in the evening made
a movement round to our rear towards the boats. In all
these attacks they were driven back with loss, the casualties
on our side being but few—namely, one sepoy, 22d Punjab
Native Infantry, killed, and four Eepoys of the same corps
wounded.

" The night following these attacks, one side of a street
in Nai-zain (in which were housed a few gunners ILA.,
and the Chinese Gun Lascars Company) fell down, killing
19 and injuring 75 of the Chinese, and three men of the
Royal Artillery. This accident is attributed to the coolies
having made use of some of the timbers of the houses for
firewood.

" It now appearing that the difficulties of transport were
very great, that the boats (our sole means for conveyance)
were constantly grounding in the shallow creeks, while the
enemy continued to hover round us, rendering a lengthened
line of boats most dangerous and difficult to protect, and
taking into consideration the harassing nature of the ser-
vioe for the troops at the present season, together with the
fact that the Chinese authorities had declared themselves
unable to garrison the captured town as they had engaged
to do, and seeing that the occupation of Kading alone did
not prevent the rebels from ravaging the country between it
and Shanghai, I resolved upon withdrawing the garrison
from that place, and accold'.rgly sent a column of 500 men
and four mountain guns, under Lieut.-Colonel Stanley, sth
Bombay Native Infantry, to liading, with instructions to
bring the garrison out, and return to Nai •zain ; this opera-
tion was performed without a casualty, the rebels retreating
before the column as it advaneed.
" On the 28th inst. the force returned to Shanghai.
" The accompanying copy of a letter (marked D) I have
addressed to her Majesty's Minister at Pekin will show you
that the Chinese authorities are scarcely able to make any
effort whatever for their own defence, and that with the
force at my command I feel, under present circumstances,
unable to do more than protect the city of Shanghai itself.
" The rebels are now in force, investing Tsingpoo and
Soong-Kong, and have marauding parties ten miles from
Shanghai, driving in the country people and burning their
houses in every direction. I apprehend, therefore, that the
crops will remain ungathered, and that famine must be the
consequence.

"As Shanghai, if attacked, will, I consider, require all
the available troops in this part of the country for its de-
fence, I shall retain the whole of the troops leaving Tien-
tsin until I receive your instructions.
" I have, &c.,
" C. STAVELEY, Brigadier-General, commanding
Her Britannic Majesty's Troops in China.
"The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War,
War-office, Pall-mall, S.W."

way between the Woosnng river and the sea on the Pootung
side is held by the Allies, and that the walled town of Cho-
lin'was captured by them a short time since.
" The Viceroy has engaged to place 1,000 of his troops in
Nauwei, on the Poo-tong side, one of the towns which has
recently sent in its allegiance. This leaves the Viceroy
with only 3,600 men on the Shanghai side.
" The force at any disposal is at present 1,643 infantry
and 187 artillery, the French having 400 Chasseurs and 300
sailors,

"The accompanying memorandum (report Annexed) by a
committee I appointed to report on the immediate defences
of Shanghai shows that nearly the whole of my troops are
required for this purpose, besides the French force stationed
here.

"On the arrival of the remainder of the troops from the
north I shall be able to move outs with a column and attack
the rebels, should.they venture to come near the city, but
with so small a force, and not the slightest assistance to be
expected from the Chinese troops, I consider that it will be
useless and unsafe to attempt to do more than hold Shang-
hai itself, especially now that the hot weather is coming
upon us.

ends entirely
being able to do anything for themselves p
upon their organising a force of Chinese, trained by Euro-
pean officers, and armed with muskets." The Viceroy, however, shows much reluctance in plac-
ing men at my disposal for this purpose,
and says that if
" I quite agree with you that the prospect:of the
oe Chinese
he engaged men they would not remain.
y weroui tl
would eoiai their
f r
properly
worthtofi while t o
paid
so.
a an
"This is, I consider, because the pay he would give them
wouldhnatotthreead
may be inferred from the fact that a company of Royal
Artillery here have a company of 280 Chinese drilled to the
guns, and to assist in moving them, who not only adhere
to their engagement, but are very willing, hardworkingmen, and behave well under fire. d treated,
•
" I would, therefore, most strongly urge you to move
the Chinese Government to place at my disposal 3,000 mon
for training in the same manner as was done at Tien-tsin,
and that arrangements be made by which these men should
be paid by our Commissariat, and the necessary funds be
supplied from the Customs reitenue of Shanghai.
" It might be still better if I were allowed to raise these
men myself, and decide on the rate of pay they should re-
ceive, the Chinese finding the officers, clothing, barracks
&c. "I have, &c.
,
"C. W. D. STAVELEY, Brigadier-General.
" Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China.
"His Excellency the Hon. F. W. A. Bruce, C. 8.,
Her Majesty's Minister in China.
" (True copy.)
" LOFTUS MANSERGH,
"Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.
" May 31, 1862."

ADMIRALTY, AUG. 4.
A despatch, of which the following is a copy, was
received at the Admiralty on the 28th ult., from
Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., the Com-
mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels
on the East Indian and China station :
" Operations against the Rebels in the vicinity of
Shanghai.
(No. 218.)

" Imperieuse, Shanghai, June 3.

" My Lord,—You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty that on the 18th ult. the
force under General Staveley snd Commodore Kersanson
moved up the creek from Najaor to Tsiolin, which town
was taken on the morning of the 20th.
" Information being received on that day of the irruption
of a large number of rebels in the vicinity of Woosung, the
force returned to Shanghai on the 22d, leaving a garrison
in Najaor with the view of eventually securing the Pootung
Peninsula when the rebels shall have been entirely cleared
out.

" On the 24th the force moved out to Nauseang ; the
25th was occupied in closing up the boats, which had been
considerably retarded by want of water in the creek, `during
which day some desultory skirmishing took place with the
rebels, who in considerable numbers surrounded the vil-
lage on all sides, except the south.
" Oa the following morning the great mass of rebels had
moved off to the westward, and the detachment noted in
the margin* moved on to Kading, for the purpose of with-
drawing the garrison, and returning the same evening,
having effected their object without difficulty or loss.
" On the 27th the force returned to Shanghai, the last
boat arriving on the following morning.

" Between the 9th and the 18th a force of Imperialist
troops, consisting of from 7,000 to 10,000 men (got together
by breaking up their camps at Tsippo and Yakitun and
withdrawing 2,000 men from the garrison of Paoshan), was
moved out to the vicinity of Taitseam, a town in the occu-
pation of the rebels, where they suffered a severe defeat,
and were entirely dispersed with the exception of a few
hundred who got back to Pawoshan.
" This movement, ordered by the late Viceroy Sick in
opposition to the remonstrances of the present Governor,lby
whom he has since been replaced, and without communi-
tion with the Allied Commanders, with the design of
effecting the capture of Taitnam, has resulted in completely
uncovering the country to the westward of Shanghai, to
which the camps at Tsipoo and Yakitun had afforded a cer-
tain amount of protection.
On the 18th the rebels first appeared in the vicinity of
Woosung and Paoshan, whence they retired on the 21st,
having failed in making any impression on the former town,
the capture of which may have been in their contemplation.
"On the same day the defeat of the Imperialists was
heard of at Kadin, and on the 21st the rebels were first
seen in the neighbourhood of that town, occupying the
village of Nanseang,
by which its communication with
Shanghai was cut off.
g

4, Between that day and the 25th, when the greater part
of their force moved off to the westward, the town was more
or less surrounded by large numbers of rebels, estimated at
not less than 25,000, and was attacked on several occasicjns,
but without effect.

"From Kading the rebels moved by Wangdon to Sekim,
where they have established a camp of 20,000 men with two
smaller posts of 5,000 and 3,000 men, in advance towards
Sung-Keong, at Tsakapan and Tomkio, respectively.
66 They have also surrounded Tsing-pu in large numbers,
which town is held by a garrison of 1,000 of Col. Ward's
troops, and they have established camps at Quang-fu-lung
and higher up on the water communication to Tsing-pu,
containing about 2,000 men each.

" I have stationed the Pearl at Minhong, to maintain the
communication with Najaor, and the Centaur at Sung-
lieong for the like purpose.

4, On the morning of the 30th, probably on information
that Col. Ward with a portion of the garrison was absent
for the purpose of throwing supplies into Tsing-pu, an
attack was made on bung-Keong by a body of 1,500 rebels,
who were driven oft with a loss of 100 by a party of the
Centaur's people, un ier the orders of Lieut.P. W.Stephens,
one man being slightly wounded.
This party from the Centaur will rejoin their ship on
the arrival of 300 of Col. Ward's troops, which will return
from Ningpo.

d 4 On the map which I forward the recent operations of
the troops, the movements of the rebels, and their present
positions are given with as much accuracy as the informa-
tion at my command in regard to the topography of the
country and other matters will permit.
"Having been present with the force, except at the cap-
ture of Kading, I avail myself of this occasion to express
the sense I entertain of the general good conduct of the
officers and men composing the Naval Brigade which has
been employed with the troops, a return of which is annexed,
and to bring under their lordships' notice the names of
those officers whose position has rendered them most pro-
minent during a service which, if unattended by any severe
fighting, has involved:a good deal of hard work, the mate-
rial and supplies of the army being conveyed entirely by
water, the chief labour of which naturally devolved on the
brigade.
" The organisation and management of the flotilla was
conducted by Captain Borlase, of the Pearl, in command of
the brigade, assisted by Captain Willes, of my flag ship,
and Commanders Gibson, of the Imperieuse, and Strode, of
the Vulcan, under whose immediate superintendence the
guns were got into position, the bridges moved up for cross-
ing the ditches (operations generally performed at night
and in close proximity to the enemy), and the other duties
devolving on the brigade were performed with a zeal and
ability to which, in conjunction with that of the other offi-
cers, I ascribe their uniform success.
" Such preliminary investigations of the creek as became
requisite in consequence of their complexity were under-
taken by Captain Willes assisted by Mr. Dathln, Master of
the Imperieuse, during the course of which he had an affair
with the rebels in the vicinity of Tsiolin, described in the
letter I annex.—l have, &c.,
ts J. Horn, Vice-Admiral and Commander-
in-Chief.
"The Right Hon. Lord C. Paget, C. 8., M.pi,
Secretary to the Admiralty."

Return of the Naval Brigade attached to the Troops under
Brigadier-General Staveley, during the recent Operations
against the Taepings, in the vicinity of Shanghai.
Captain John Borlase, C. 8., Pearl.
Captain G. 0. Willes, Imperieuse.
Imperieuse.
Foldpieeo party, Commander Gibson
Ist ,Small•arm Company, Lieut. 11, Fawkes 50
2d SLlall-arra Company, Lieut. A.. IL G. Richard-
-8011 • • • • • •

• • •• •• 50
...... 130

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