The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-29 00:00:00

THE NEW INi •lAN S.C.B.'s.

Maj"r-General Thomas 11 arte Franks, 0.13.,
r Majesty's 10th (or North Lincolnshire) Regt. Of
Foot, is the second son of Wm. Franks, Esclo
a.rig, in the county of Cork, by Catherine, eldesu
laughter of Wm. Hume, E-q., M.P., of Hume-
wood, county Wicklow. He was born about the
year 1808, and entered the army as ensign in 1825:,
He became lieut. in 1826, and captain in 1839, an
ieut.-col. in 1845. He commanded the 10th Regt• J.,21
the Sutlej campaigns of 1845-6, including the battle
of Sobraon (for which he bears the medal), where be
itt.cl a horse shot under him and was slightly
sounded, and in consequence nominated a 0.-P,'
aoain commanded the 10th Regiment in tuie
Punjab campaign of 1848 49, including the whole
of the siege operations before Mooltan. On the 17th
of August in the former year, he commanded the
troops which repulsed the enemy's night attack uPert
he British camp at Mottee Thol, and on the rt3t
Septembar commanded the left column of attack e,;
the defeat of the enemy in their strongly entrenched
position before Mooltan. After the action he see:
ceedt d to the command of the whole of the trool''
which were engaged, and held the position untilre;
deved on the following morning, although weuncle"
:nd exposed to repeated attempts of the enemy to
retake it. On the 7;h of November we find him coal'
man.ding the right brigade in the action at Soorr
koud, and,with it leading the attack—on this occa'
sion he captured the whale of the enemy's gull°,
without firing 421. a shot. On the following 17tli
November, in the carrying of the heights before
Mooltan, he commanded the reserve on the extreme
rght, and directed the attack of its leading collatie'
On the 18th of February, 1849, he joined with thl
Mooltan force the army under Lord Gough, ff'
~tommanded the 10th Regiment at the battle •
Goojerat. He was specially named by the Cow.'
wander-in Chief and the Governor-General for
skill, ability, and intrepidity upon this occasion,
:,ind was rewarded with the u'ual medal and clasl36'
Since the outbreak of the Indian mutiny Major
General Franks has taken a leading part in near
ly
ail of the most important actions, and has been re.:
peatedly commended in the despatches of Gen. 84
Colin (- ampbell. In April last he was Brigadier-
General in command of the 4th Infantry Thvisi°ll
with the panty in the field, and obtained leave of air
sence to Calcutta for two months, and thenceto Brig'
land; on medical certificate. The gallant old general/
however, preferred tot to quit the scene of action, "
and was able, accordingly, to take an active part. ill
•he capture of Chanda. The Governor-General, le
a despatch dated Allafiabad, April 14, 1858, thel
commemorates his merits :—"Regarding the operiv
;torts of the late Jonnpare field force, the Governor
General desires to mike known the high satisfaction
which he bas derived from the perusal of the detal6
of Brigadier-General Franks' c ffieial report,
lf
denoing, as they do, re t less the military skill et
the commander than the gallantry and devotion 0b
the European and Ghoorka troops under his onel-
mand."
Colonel Robert Napier, of the Bengal Encrineel
now also a Knight Commander of the Bat'ilio is,e
cadet of the Napier family, and was born in "
Island of Ceylon in De.:ember, 1810. He 'received
his early education at the Royal Military Collegeo
Aticli-conube, obtained his commission as sec,
1 eutenant in 1826, and arrived in India in id
Ho was brigade-major in the Sutl-j carepaigns
actions of 1845-46, in which he was revierva
wounded, and for which be received the medal 3,siof
the brevet rank of major. He was acting %re
engineer during part of the siege of Mooltan, "re.
he was again severely wounded. Ha was als°,_Poro
sent at toe battle of Goojerat, for which hel '-'
the
,medal, and was promoted to the tank of
He also accompanied Sir Walter Itio,
bert's column in pursuit of the Sikh army 'sing
He has been exten,ively employed in eug'neetber
works under Sir Proby Thomas Cautley and Oefcro
of
ocers of high d'stinction, and for some time b cot
the outbreak of the Indian mutiny he held the Po,
of chief engineer in the Punjaub and officiating der
gineer in the Lower Provinces. Ho served 1110
the Commander-in-Chief in the operatiolleo
March 2 ; °Match 21, which ended in the a twPf Iron
of Luclatiow, in command of the engineers:R,dia
M jeAy's army and thoseof the Hon. 84.3'
~e late
Company. He was highly appreciated by tu.„-03,00
11 merited General Havelock, by General -Bir
Outraw, and by Sit Colin Campbell.
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