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state of alarm which has prevailed during the last
few months, and which has been so detrimental to
its commerce.

2. Colonel Ward at present occupies Sung-
Keoug, and he undertakes, as soon is Tsing-poo is
taken, to establish his head-quart- s there and to
hold it; the Chinese authorities have undertaken,
and will be required to furnish sufficient garrisons
for Kading, Najaor, and Tsaolin ; in each of the
two first of which it will also be expedient to place
200 troops, half English and half French, in sup-
port of the Chinese, until Colonel Ward's force is
sufficiently augmented to enable him to replace
them by 300 of his men.
3. Previous to the capture of Kading and the
other towns from the rebels, proper arrangements
shall be made to prevent any men leaving their
ranks for the purpose of pillage, and subsequently
to collect whatever may be of value, in order to its
fair distribution amongst the troops, to whom the
same is to be made known before the commence-
ment of the operations.
4. After the proposed operations have been
brought to a successful conclusion it is intended to
retain at Shanghae 500 French infantry, and of
English a half battery of artillery, 250 European
and 350 native infantry.

(Signed) J. HOPE, Vice Admiral.
A. PROTET, Contre Amiral.
C. STAVELEY, Brigadier General.

Head-quarters, Shanghae, May 3, 1862.

Sir,—l have the honour to report for your in-
formation, and with a view of carrying out the
plan of operations detailed in my letter of the 25th
ult., that the walled city of Kading was taken from
the rebels by escalade, on the Ist inst., by her Ma-
jesty's troops under my immediate command, to-
gether with the seamen and marines of the Royal
navy, and the French troops placed at my disposal
respectively, by Vice Admiral Sir J. Hope, K.C.8.,
and Admiral Protet, of his Imperial Majesty's navy.
2. On the 26th April part of the force left Shang-
hae and arrived at the ruined town of Nezang, some
five miles from Kading, where they found the rebels
in occupation of two small but strongly entrenched
stockades on the Kading side of the town, and
within gunshot of its suburb.
3. On the 27th I moved out with four mountain
guns and 300 men, to reconnoitre these posts, and
in effecting my object, I regret having to report
that the Fort Adjutant of Shanghae (Lichtenant
Brown, sth Regiment Bombay Native Infantry)
and a private of the 67th Regiment, were danger-
ously wounded.

4. I found the stockade resting on the principal
canal, and commanding the direct road and water
communication to Kading—singularly well de.
fended by ditches, staked on either side, five or six
feet deep, and too broad for the plank bridges with
which the force was provided.
5. I resolved, therefore, to turn the position, and
on the morning of the 29th passed the mountain
guns and most of the troops over the canals, on the
left of the stockades by means of pontoons, while
the heavier guns shelled the enemy from the front.
6. As soon as it became apparent to the rebels
that they were about to be surrounded, they quitted
the stockade in disorder by the rear entrance, run-
ning the gauntlet of a fire from the 31st Regiment
and 22d Punjaub Native Infantry at point blank
range.

7. The 31st Regiment, followed by the remainder
of the force, was then moved on in rapid pursuit, so
that the rebels had not time to break down the
bridges over the creeks and canals, between their
recent position and Bailing_

8. The whole force arrived in front of Kading in
the course of the day.

9. The next day was spent in reconnoitring the
city, and landing the heavy guns which had been
brought up in boats by the main canal from
Shanghae.

10. We found Kading to be a square walled
town, with projecting gateways, mounting four
guns in the centre of each face, thus furnishing
flanking defences. The wall, including an eight
feet parapet, measured 31 feet in height. The moat,
which was 30 feet from the wall, was 45 feet broad
and seven deep, strongly staked and stockaded on
both sides.

11. One hour before dawn on the Ist instant the
English and French guns were in position and the
troops in their respective places under cover in a
ruined suburb.

At daylight the guns opened on the parapet,
gateway, and the flanking defences in our front,
and in an hour and a half had so far performed their
work as to render an escalade practicable.

12. A bridge of boats was then formed by the
navy, and the storming parties of the troops, Royal
navy, and French, escaladed the walls without re-
sistance.

13. About 1,000 rebels were taken prisoners and
some hundreds were killed in the city. The Chinese
General Lee, whom I had placed outside the gates,
so as to cut off the retreat of the insurgents, re-
ported to me that his troops had destroyed 2,300 of
the enemy.
14. I have the satisfaction to state that these
operations were' performed with comparatively
slight loss to her Majesty's forces.
15. The troops returned this day to Shanghae,
leaving a garrison of 200 British and 200 French
troops to hold Kading until relieved by organised

16. A considerable amount of silver and a large
quantity of rice were taken in the town, and I have
much satisfaction in reporting that the orders pre-
viously given forbidding individuals plundering
were obeyed by her Majesty's troops, seamen, and
marines, to the letter.

17. The English and French admirals and myself
propose our next operation being directed on the
walled city of Tsing-poo, and I feel confident that
we shall be in possession of it, and the other towns
which complete the circuit of our limit of opera-
tions, in the course of three weeks, and before the
hot weather sets in.
18. I beg to transmit a return of the troops, &c.,
employed in the recent operations, as well as a list
of casualties. Respecting the latter, lam happy to
state that those dangerously wounded are considered
likely to recover.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) D. STAVELEY, Brigadier-General,
Commanding H.B.M.'s Troops in China.
The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War.

Head-quarters, Soonkong, May 14, 1862.

Sire—My letter of the 25th ult. has already ap-
prised you of the plan of operations agreed upon by
Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, Admiral Protet, of
his Imperial Majesty's navy, and myself, for driv-
ing the rebels from Shanghae to a ladius of 30 miles.
I reported the first step taken in the above opera-
tions in the capture of Kading.

2. I have now to inform you that the walled city
of Taing-poo was taken by escalade on the 12th
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5. Tsing-poo I found to be about three miles
circumference, entirely surrounded by a wall 25
feet high, and a ditch 10 feet deep and 60 feet wide,
the approaches affording but little cover, and canals
intersecting the neighbourhood almost every 200
yards, rendering the country impassable except by
means of bridges. Upon the walls several guns were
mounted, varying
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many large gingalls.
6. Having decided on the point of attack, the
whole of the guns and troops, with the axe, ladder,
covering and storming parties were in position by
4 a.m. the 12th inst. Parties of British and French
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canals leading into the moat, ready when the mo-
ment arrived to push forward and form bridges.
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