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entiments of their good conduct, European and Native, to his
Excellency the Commander in Chief.—l have, &c.
P. LINDE SA Y, Colonel,
Commanding Coorg Field Force.
Head-quarters, Camp, Madkerry, April 6, 1834.

To the Chief Secretary to Government, Fort St. George.
Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 15th instant,
No. 30, I have now the honour, by order of the Commander-
in-Chief, to forward, for submission to Government, Lieute-
nant-Colonial G. M. Steuart's report of the operations of the
eastern column of the Coorg Field Force, with an additional
return of wounded.—l have the honour to be, &c.,_

T. H. S. CONWAY, Adjutant-General of the Army,
Head-quarters, Adjutant-General's Office,
Camp, Bangalore, April 16, 1834.

To the Adjutant-General of the Army, Fort St George.
Sir,—l have the honour to transmit copy of the report of
the operations of the second division of the eastern column
Coorg Field Force, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Steuart, which I request may be submitted to his Excellency
the Commander in Chief.
I have, &c.,
P. LINDE SA Y, Colonel,
Commanding Coorg Field Force.
Head-quarters, Camp, near Madkerry,
April 13, 1834.

To the Assistant Adjutant-General of the Coorg Field Force.
Sir,—ln compliance with the instructions conveyed in your
letter of the 6th instant, I proceed to report to you the opera-
tions of the column under my command ; and beg leave, in
the first place, to state in explanation, that my only reason for
not having done so earlier, arose from my having been so
constantly employed from the morning of the 2d until
the evening of the sth, that I imagined, that so long as
the Brigadier commanding was put in possession of all occur-
rences, it would be immaterial through what' department my
letter was forwarded.

In obedience to instructions, I marched from Periapatam on
the morning of the 2d, and about ten o'clock reached the
Carwery, and found that the enemy were considerable force
on the opposite bank. I immediately ordered up a gun, and
in the meantime a fire had opened across the river between the
enemy and the Rifle Company of the 36th. Regiment, which
lay on the hither bank of the river. I theddirected two com-
panies to form on the left, to cross the rive?, and outflank the
enemy on that side, whilst another party took them on the
right flank. There were several shots fired from the gun with
admirable execution, and the enemy quitted this strong barrier
as our men reached the opposite tank. Their number probably
amounted to about 300 men. They fled in every direction,
leaving about 10 of their number dead on the field.
The bed of the river, even at the ford, being so rocky and
difficult of passage for guns, &c., I was obliged to encamp in
the vicinity of the river, and the enemy, at periods, fired on
us from the woods, without however doing any mischief; ex-
cept harassing the troops, whom I felt necessitated, in conse-
quence, to order to sleep on their arms.
I wes next day prevented breaking up my camp, until after
mid-day, in consequence of the commissariat supplies not
having been brought over the river the evening before, a de-
lay which I was quite unprepared for, as no report of the cir-
cumstance has been made to me by the overseer in charge un-
til the moment I was about to order the assembly. •• The guides
furnished to the column having made off the day before I quit-
ted my encampment much perplexed me as to the route to be
pursued. After marching about two miles a fire was opened upon
the advanced guard from a high stockade,. but at such a dis-
tance as to prevent their doing any mischief, only a few'
spent balls reaching the men at the head of the column.
A. gun was brought up and served with the usual precision by
Lieutenant Montgomery, whilst a party was detached from
each flank to carry the break-work and barriers.
The success of the manoeuvre was as complete as I could
have desired ; the enemy evacuated their post as our men
reached the crest of their immense barriers, rising one above
another to the height of about fifty feet, overgrown with
thorns, and so steep as to be very difficult of access. The
enemy here lost seven or eight men, and amongst them a mo-
gul or putan, named Kurreem Khan, who had reinforced the
place the evening before with a detachment of 300 men, in
consequence, as we have understood, of our having forced the
passage of the Carwery the day before, and on whose despe-
rate valour I have every reason to suppose the Rajah put the
utmost confidence for the defence of this important post, which
would appear to be the key of the country between the Rama-
gawmy Cannawye and Seedepoor, having in its rear a high
road in excellent order direct to Madkerry. This road is not
mentioned in the instructions, so I suppose has been hitherto
unknown ; nor is there any road leading from the river up to
the stockade.

From an accident happening to one of the gun carriages, I
was unable further to prosecute any route, and encamped be-
yond the stockade, which is a large square place measuring
about half a mile across it, having in the first place destroyed
some of the defences made on the Madkerry-road, at first from
ignorance of its being the wrong road, and afterwards from a
desire to delude the enemy as to the route to be pursued in the
morning.
The next morning, as I was breaking ground, an Arab came
in with a white flag, requesting me to halt my column at this
place. I, of course, dismissed him, and declined receiving
another individual, whom he represented as having a letter
from the Rajah. This day (the 4th) there were a few shots
occasionally exchanged, during the march, between the enemy
and our skirmishers, but without any loss, I believe, on either
side.

The next day (the sth), I reached Veerajenderpett, without
having been molested, and with scarce any cases of sickness in
the camp.
A list of individuals who have suffered from wounds is for-
warded herewith ; and I can only attribute the smallness of
their number to the regularity and precision with which my
orders were invariably carried into execution.
The whole of the troops under my command behaved with
the utmost steadiness and gallantry on every occasion.
The detachment of his Majesty's 39th regiment surmount.
ed all difficulties with the characteristic behaviour of British
soldiers, nor were the native troops of the 36th and 48th less
forward in maintaining their good name.
Since the first day of operations I have been deprived of the
services of Captain Smyth, of his Majesty's 39th regiment,
who, although severely wounded in the foot, continued to lead
on his men throughout the day, after forcing the passage of '
the river.

To Major Wiggins, of the 36th Regiment ; I feel
myself most particularly indebted for his gallantry
before the enemy, as well as for his unremitting and
zealous exertions during the few days we have been in the
field, by forwarding my wishes and the weal of the public ser-
vice in every possible manner; in all of which he has been well
supported by the men and officers of the regiment under his
command. _ _ _ _

The small detachment of sappers under Captain Green have
at all times cheerfully performed their constant and arduous
duties.

To my two Staff Lieutenants, Considine and Maclean, I
deem myself to lay under great obligations, not only for the
zealous manner in which their official duties have been per-
formed, but for the spirited manner in which they accompanied
in ecolumns of attack.

In conclusion, I beg leave to observe, that I should not have
allowed myself to run into such prolixity of detail, were it not
that I felt it due to individuals, who have so cheerfully and
ably seconded my wishes in the performance of four days
harassing duties.--I have the honour to be, &c .
G. M. STEUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Commanding the Ist or Eastern Column Coorg Field Force.
Camp, at Sudapoor, April 11, 1834.

A List of Individuals in the Eastern Column of the Coorg
Field Force, who have been wounded since the Commence-
ment of Operations on the 2d of April, 1834, on the Bank
of the Carwery.
H. M. 39th Regt.---1 captain, 2 privates, wounded.
36th Regt. N. 1.-3 privates wounded.
48th Regt. N. 1.--3 privates wounded.
Name of Officer wounded.
H. M. 39th Regt.—Captain H. Smyth, severely, but not dan-
gerously.
THOMAS MACLEAN, Lieut. Dep. Assist. Adjt.
Gen. E. C. Coorg Field Force.

Large and distinguished parties are assembled at
Mr. and Harrsett Clive's, in Worcestershire ; also at the Earl
of Beauchamp's, Madresfield Court; and at Mr. Edward and
Lady Emily Foley's, Stoke Edith, Herefordshire.
At the last sitting of the Cour d'Assizes de l'A in,
at Bourg, a French General named Chastal was charged with
having uttered certain treasonable expressions against Louis
Philippe. It appeared that at the time of the recent dreadful
occurrences at Lyons, the General and other individuals as-
sembled together, and uttered cries of " Vive la Republique, a
bas les tyrans 1" and with having endeavoured to excite the
citizens to march to-the assistance of the workmen at Lyons.
The witnesses who were brought forward for the prosecution
by the Procoreur du Roi gave their evidence very unwillingly,
and the jury ultimately acquitted the prisoner.

REV. JOSEPH WOLFF.—The following letter from
this celebrated missionary has been received by a ladyresiding
in Worcester; the journal which he intends publishing cannot
fail to prove highly curious :—" Dear Mrs. —, I have
not forgotten the kindness I have received at your house eight
years ago, when at Worcester. Many things have taken place
since. Dear Mrs. I have been enabled, by God's
grace, since you saw us, to preach the tidings of salvation at
Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Jerusalem, Cyprus, Thessalonica,
Smyrna, Constantinople, Bythinia, Attalia, Galatia, Toxat,
Erzeroom, Persia, Korassaun, even in the city of Meshed,
Toorkinstaun, Bochara, Samarcand, Balkh, Cabool, Cash-
mere, Delhi, Calcutta, Cochin, Goa, Bombay, Musue, in
Abyssinia ; and after an absence of three years, I am
again with my dear wife and child, in Malta, and have pre-
pared my journals for immediate publication, and it will make
one vol., and the price of it will be sixteen shillings. You
know that I am not supported by any Society ; that I take no-
thing from my wife for the expence of my journey. My mis-
sion to Bochara did cost to Mr. Frere 5601., to my wife 1251. ;
but as soon as the King of Oude had made me a present of
1,0001. sterling, I repaid, as well to Mr. Frere as to my dear
wife, and with the rest I travelled back to Malta ; and I beg
you, therefore, dear Mrs. to procure me. some
,sub-
scribers in England, and send the names of the subscribers to
me, and their direction ; for with the money I get for my book
I shall undertake a journey to Abyssinia, Timbuctoo, Cape of
Good Hope, Lassa, capital of the Grand Lama, Yoxand,
China, America, Kamtschatka, Petersburgh, Poland, and
Prussia. I intend, however, to come to England with the
October packet. Yours affectionately,
" JOSEPH WOLFF, Missionary to the Jews.
" Malta, 24th July, 1834."