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London, England, 1840-02-14 00:00:00

Governor-General of India.

Camp, near Kelat, Nov. 14, 1839.
'My Loan, —l. In obedience to the joint instructions fur-
nished me by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of the Indus, and the Envoy and Minister to his Majesty
Shah Shooja, under. data Cabool, the 17th September, 1839,
deputing to me the duty of deposing Mehrab Khan of Kelat, in
consequence of the avowed hostility of that chief to the British
nation (luring the present campaign, I hare the honour to re-
port, that on my arrival at Quetta on the 31st ult., 1 communi.
cated with Capt. Bean, the political agent in Shawl, and a-
ranged with him the best means of giving effect to the ^.".•tiers
had received.

2. In consequence of the want of public C'•riage, and the
limited quantity of commissariat supplies ht Quetta, as well as
the reported want of foraga on the route to Kelat, I was obliged
to dispatch to Cutch Gundava the whole of the cavalry and the
greater portion of the artillery, taking with me only the troops
noted in the margin, leaving Quetta on the 3d instant.*
3. During the march the communications received from
Mehrab Khan were so far from acceding to the terms offered,
that he threatened resistance if the troops approached his capi-
tal, I therefore proceeded and arrived at the village of Giranee,
within eight miles of Kelat, on the 12th instant.
4. Marching from thence the following morning, a body of
horse were perceived on the right of the road, which commenced
firing on the advanced guard commanded by Major Pennycuick,
her Majesty's 17th regiment, as the column advanced; and
skirmishing between them continued until we came in sight of
Kelat, rather less thin a mile distant.
5. I now discovered that three heiihts on the north-west
face of the fort, and parallel to tb‘:: north, were covered with
infantry, with five guns in pot='!..ton, protected by small parapet
walls.
6. Captain Peat, e'hief engineer, immediately reconnoitred,
and having repotted that nothing could be done until these
heights were in our possession. I decided upon at once storm-
ing them simultaneously, and, if practicable, entering the fort
with the fugitives, as the gate in the northern face was occa-
sionally opened to keep up the communication between the fort
awl the heights.

7. To effect this object, I detached a company from each
of the European regiments from the advanced guard with
Major Pennycuick, her Majesty's 17th regiment, for the
purpose of occupying the gardens and enclosures to the
north east of the town, and two more companies in the
plain, midway between them and the column ; at the
same time I ordered three columns of attack to be
formed, composed of four companies from ea-.;h
corps, under their respective commanding officers, 3!:/„;
jor
Carruthers, of the Queen's, Lieutenant-Colonel Croker, her
Majesty's 17th regiment, and Major Western, 31:st Bengal
native infantry, the whole under the command 'of Brigadier
13aumgardt, the remainder of the regiments formino, three co-
lumns of reserve under my own direction to move in support.
8. A hill being allotted to each column. -firieadier Stevenson
commanding the artillery, moved quick' forw''ard in fi out to-
wards the base of the heights, an 'when within the required
range, opened fire npon the infantry and guns, under cover of
which the columns moved steadil„,/on, and commenced the as-
cent, for the purpose of carr- mg' the heights, exposed to the
fire of the enemy s guns, v'etca had commenced while the co-
lumns of attack were fejrm.ing,
9. Bo` ore the r:eiumns reached their respective summits of
the hills, the e-_,my, overpowered by the superior and well di-
rected fire 'of our artillery, had abaridoned them, attempting to
carry off. their guns, but which they were unable to do ; at this
moment it appearing to one the opportunity offered for the troops
to get in with the fugitives, and, if possible, gain possession of
the gate of the fortress, I despatched orders to the Queen's Royal
and 17th regiments to make a rush from the heights for that
purpose, following myself to the summit of the nearest, to ob-
servta the result ; at this moment the four companies on my
I`,:ft, which had been detached to the gardens and plain, seeing
the chance that offered of entering the fort, moved rapidly for-.
Ward from their respective points towards the gateway, under
a heavy and well directed fire from the walls of the fort and
citadel, which were thronged by the enemy.
10. The gate having been closed before the troop moving
towards it could effect the desired object, and the garrison
strengthened by the enemy driven from the heights, they were
compelled to cover themselves as far as practicable behind some
walls and ruined buildings to the right and left of it, while
Brigadier Stevenson having ascended the heights with the ar-
tillery, opened two guns under the command of Lieu-
tenant Forster, Bombay Horse Artillery, upon the defences
above the gate and its vicinity, while the fire of two ?there,
commanded by Lieut. Cooper, Shah's Artillery, was directed
against the gate itself, the remaining two with Lieutenant
Creed being sent round to the road on the left leading direct
up to the gate, and when within two hundred yards com-
menced fire for the purpose of completing the blowing it open,
and after a few rounds they succeeded in knocking in one half
of it; on observing this I rode (lown the hill towards the gate,
pointing to it, thereby announcing to the troops it was open;
they instantly rose from their cover, and rushed in, those
under the command of Major Pennycuick being the nearest
were the first to gain the gate, headed by that officer, the
whole of the storming columns from the three regiments
rapidly following, and gaining an entrance as quickly as it was
possible to do so, under a heavy fire from the works and from
the interior, the enemy making a most gallant and determined
resistance, disputing every inch of ground rip to the walls of the
inner citadel.

11. At this time I directed the reserve columns to be brought
near the gate, and detached one company of the 17th regiment,
under Captain Darley, to the western side of the fort, followed
by a portion of the 31st Bengal native infantry, commanded
by Major Western, conducted by Captain Outram, acting as
my extra aide-de-camp, for the purpose of securing the heights
under which the southern angle is situated, and intercept any
of the garrison escaping from that side : having driven off the
enemy from the heights above, the united detachments then
descended t 3 the gate of the fort below, and forced it open
before the garrison (who closed it as they saw the troops ap-
proach) had time to secure it.
12. When the party was detached by the western face, I also
sent two companies from the reserve Of the 17th, under Major
Deshen, and two guns of the Shah's artillery, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Creed, Bombay artillery, by the eastern to
the southern face, for the purpose of blowing open the gate
above alluded to, had it been necessary, as well as the gate of
the inner citadel ; the infantry joining
.the other detachments,
making their way through the town in the direction of the
citadel.
13. After some delay, the troops that held possession of the
town, at length succeeded in forcing an entrance into the eiti-
dal, where a desperate resistance was made by Mehrab Khan
at the head of his people, he himself, with many of his principal
chiefs, being killed sword in hand; several others, however,
kept up a fire upon our troops from detached buildings difficult
of access, and it was not until late in the afternoon, that those
that survived, were induced to give themselves up, on a pro-
mise of their lives being spared.
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14. From every account I have reason to believe the garrison
consisted of upwards of two thousand fighting men,
the son of Mehrab Khan had been expected to join and that
him from
Norosky, with a further reinforcement; the inclosed return
will show the strength of the force under my command present
at the capture.
15. The defences of the fort, as in the ease of Ghuznee, iar

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2 guns Bombay Horse Artillery.
4 guns Shah's Horse Artillery.
2 Itussalas Local llorse.
Queen's Royals.
H. M. 17th Regiment.
31st Bengal Native Infantry.
Bombay Engineers.

exceeded in strength what I had been led to mime front pre;
vious report, and the towering height of the inner citadel, was
most formidable both in appearance and reality.
16. I lament to say that the loss of killed and wounded on
our side has been sece:e, as will be seen by the accompanying
return ; that on the part of the enemy must have been great,
but the exact number I have not been able to ascertain, several
hundred of prisoners were taken, from whom the political agent
has selected those he considers it necessary for the present to
retain in confinement ; the remainder have been liberated.
17. It is quite impossible for me sufficiently to express my
admiration of the gallant and steady conduct of the officers and
men upon this occasion ; but the fact of less than an hour
having elapsed from the formationof the columns for the attack,
to the period of the troops being within the fort, and this per-
formed in the open day, and in the face of an enemy so very
superior in numbers, and so perfeetly prepared for resistance,
will, I trust, convince your Lordship how deserving officers and
troops are of my warmest thanks, and of the highest praise that
can be bestowed. _ _

18. To Brigadier Baumgardt, commanding the storming co-
lumns, my best thanks are due; and he reports that 'Captain
Wyllie, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, and Capt. Gil-
land, his Aid-de-camp, ably assisted him, and zealously per.
formed their duties ; also to Brigadier Stevenson, cominan
the artillery, and Lieutenants Forster and Cooper respectively,
in charge of the Bombay and Shah's artillery, I feel greatly in-
debted for the steady'and scientific manner in which the service
of dislodging the enemy from the heights, and afterwards ef-
fecting an entrance into the fort, was performed ; the Brigadier
has brought to my notice the assistance he received from Capt.
Coghlan, his Brigade-Major, Lieut. Woosnam, his Aid-de-eamp,,
and Lieut. Creed when in battery yesterday.
19. To Lieutenant-Colonel Croker, commanding her Ma-
jesty's 17th Regiment, Major Carruthers, commanding the
Queen's Royals, Major Western, commanding the Bengal 31st
Native Infantry, I feel highly indebted for the manner in which
they co.iducted their respective columns to the attack of the
heights, and afterwards to the assault of the town, as well as to
Major Pennycuick of the 17th, who led the advanced guard
companies to the same point.
t:O. To Captain Peat, Chief Engineer, and to the officer*
and men of the Engineer Corps, my acknowledgments are due.
21. To Major Neil Campbell, Acting Quarter-Master-Gene-
ral of the Bombay army, to Captain Ilagart, Acting Deputy
Adjutant-General, and to Lieutenant Ramsay, Acting Assistant
Quarter-Master-General, my best thanks are due for the able
assistance they afforded me by their services.
22. From my Aides-de-Camp, Captain Robinson and Lieu-
tenant Halkett, as well as from Captain Outram, who volun-
teered his services on my personal staff, I received the utmost
assistance, and to the latter officer I feel greatly indebted for
the zeal and ability with which he has performed various
duties that I have required of h;m upon other occasions as well
as the . present
. . . _

23. It is with much pleasure that I state the great as,istanco
I have received fro:n Captain Bean, in obtaining supplies.
'r. WILL —SHIRE. Major-General,
Commanding Bombay Column, Army of the Indus,

Return of the Casualties in the Army under the Command of
Major-General Wiltshire, C. 8., employed at the Storming
of Kelat, on the 13th Nov., 1839.
Ist Troop of Cabcol Artillery--2 rank and file, 6 horses,
wounded.
Gun Lascars attached to ditto-1 rank and file, 1 horse,
wounded ; I corporal since dead.
H. M. 2d or Queen's Royal Regt.-1 lieutenant, 21 rank
and fit., killed; 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 1 adjutant, 2 ser-
jeants, 40 rank and file, 1 horse, wounded.
H. M. 17th Regt.-6 rank and file killed; 1 captain, 3 Der-
jeants, 29 rank and file, wounded.
31st Regt. Bengal N. 1.--1 subadar, 2 rank and file, killed;
1 captain, 1 ensign, 2 jemadars, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 14
rank and file, 1 bheestie, wounded.
Sappers and Miners and Pioneers-1 sergeant wounded.
4th Bengal Local Horse-1 rank and file wounded.
Total-1 lieutenant, I subadar, 29 rank and file, killed; 4
captains, 2 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 adjutant, 2 jemadars, 8 ser-
geants, 1 drummer, 87 rank and file, 1 bheestie, 7 horses
wounded.
Total killed and wounded-138.
Names of Officers killed and wounded.
Killed.
H. M. 2d or Queen's Royal Regiment--Lieut, T. Gravatt.
Wounded.
H. M. 2d or Queen's Royal Regiment--Captain W. M.
Lyster, Captain I'. Sealy, Lieut. T. W. E. Holdsworth, se-
verely ; Lieut. D. J. Dickenson, slightly; Adjutant J. E.
Simmons, severely.
H. M. 17th Regiment—Carlain L. C. Bourchier, severely.
31st Regiment Bengal 1-4.‘ I.—Captain Saurin, slightly;
Ensign Hopper severely,
C. HAG '.!.11.1', Captain, Acting Deputy Adjutant-
C'nueral, Bombay Column, Army of the Indus.
State of. the Corps engaged at the Storming of Kelat, on the
lath of November, 1839, under the command of Major-Ge-
neral Wiltshire, C. B.

Camp at Kelat, November 14, 1839.
Staff—l major-general, 2 brigadiers, 5 aides-de-camp, 1 act •
ing deputy adjutant-general, 1 acting quartermaster-general,
1 deputy assistant quartermaster-general, 2 brigade-majors, 1
sub-assistant commissary-general.
Detachment 3d Troop Horse Artillery-2 lieutenants, 2 ser-
geants, 36 rank and file.

Ist Troop Cahoot Artillery-1 lieutenant, 8 sergeants, I
drummer, 1 farrier, 58 rank and file.
_ _ _

H. M. 2d or Queen's Royal Regt.-1 major, 3 captains, 7
lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 adjutant, 31 sergeants, 10 drummers,
290 rank and file.

H. M. 17th Regt.-1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 4 cap-
tains, 13 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon,
29 sergeants, 9 drummers, 336 rank and Ille.
31st Regt. Bengal N. 1.-1 major, 2 captains, 3 lieutenants,
2 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 surgeon, 12 native
officers, 30 sergeants, 14 drummers, 329 rank and file.
Sappers and Miners and Pioneers-1 captain, 1 lieutenant,
1 assistant-surgeon, 3 native officers, 1 rib-conductor, 7 ser-
geants, 3 drummers, 117 rank and file.

Total-1 major-general, 2 brigadiers, 5 aides-de-camp,
acting deputy adjutant-general, 1 acting quartermaster-gene-
ral, 1 deputy assistant quartermaster-general, 2 brigade majors,
1 sub-assistant commissary-general, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 4 ma-
jors, 10 captains, 27 lieutenants, 5 ensigns, •2 adjutants, 2
quartermasters, 2 surgeons, 1 assi.„!.ant-surgeon, 15 native of.
ccrs, 1 sub-conductor, 107 serwlants, 37 drummers, 1 farrier,
1,166 rank and file.

The sappers and mine es and pioneers were not engaged ueti
the gate was taken.
C. T.I..;t.GART, Captain, Acting Deputy Adjutant-
General, Bombay Column, Army of the Indus.
Note.• —Two Russalas of the Bengal local horse remained in
char
g", of the baggage during the attack.

List of Beloche Sirdars killed in the assault of Kelat, on the
13th of November, 1839.
Meer Mehrab Khan, Chief of Kelat.
Meer Wullee Mahomed, the Muengul Sirdar of Wudd.
Abdool Kurreem, Ruhsance Sirdar.
Dad Kurren, Shahwanee Sirdar.
Illahomed Ruzza, nephew of the Vizier Mahomed Hoossein.
Khysur Khan, sehrie Sirdar.
Dewan Bucha Mull, Financial Minister.
Noor Mahomed and Taj Mahomed, Shagassa Sirdar,.
Prisoners.

Mahomed Hoossein, Vizier.
Moola Ruheem dad, Ex Naib of Shawl; with several others of
inferior rank. _ _

J. D. D. BEAN, Political Agent.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

T A TTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY.

The betting yesterday afternoon, notwithstanding there was
a very tolerable muster of subscribers, was small in amount,
and unimportant in its consequences ; our report, thcre•
fore, will necessarily be brief. Confederate retained the
leadership for the Derby ; but so little, in reality, was
there between him and the second choice ( Angelica), tilat one
party was bold enough to take the Grey in an even bet of a
thousand ; the highest offer against the latter was 15 to 1,
and these odds, we have reason to believe, could not
have been obtained to any large amount. Launcelot
as before, and Theon a point worse, as was preyed by offers of
1,100 to 1,000 on Launcelot, and the same on the Ange-
lica, against him. St. Andrew was backed three or four
times at 21 to I, and Ottoman at a point more ; Bok-
hara not mentioned. No other change in this race, audonly
one in the Oaks, viz. a slight improvement in Teleta. For
the 2,000 guinea Stakes Confederate and Angelica will be
found at 5 to 1 each, and that the latter had the call was fairly
tested by the non acceptance of several offers to back hiss
at even against the leader of the Derby favourites.
Ottoman was backed for a hundred points at 7 to I, and left off
half a point in advance of it.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STATES.
5 to 1 agst Confederate
5 to 1 agst the Angelica colt
13 to 2 agst Ottoman—taken
7 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael
10 to 1 agst Wardan—taken
THE DERRY.
14 to 1 agst Confederate—taken, and afterwards offered
15 to 1 agst Angelica—taken, and afterwards offered
15 to 1 agst Launcelot—take 16 to 1
16 to 1 agst Theon—taken
20 to 1 agst 31uley Ishmael—take 22 to 1
21 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken
22 to 1 agst Ottoman—taken
25 to 1 agst Gambia
27 to 1 agst Wardan
40 to 1 agst Monops—taken, and afterwards offered
1000 to 20 agst Chameau—taken several times
200 even between Muley Ishmael and Ottoman—taken
1000 even between Angelica and Confederate—taken
600 to 500 on Angelica and Launeelot—taken
500 to 400 on Angelica agst Ottoman—taken
nil ONES

7 to 2 agst Crucifix
17 to 1 agst Telcta
20 to I agst Diploma
7to 1 offered agst RowtorA dam and Black Bets-43 to 1 tkn.
1.12 arameneartir

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the Cambrian states that there are not at Lampeter College
any Welsh sermons preached, and it Is even said also, that there
is no regular Welsh service of Prayer in the chapel where thew
students attend,