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Royal and Bengal Artillery, ray thanks are alike due ; but
more particularly to Capt. Peel, C. 8., Royal Navy ; to 1
Brigadier Crawford, Royal Artillery ; and to Major
Turner, Bengal Horse Artillery. I cannot refrain from
again drawing your lordship's most marked attention to
the very distinguished merits of the last-named (Major
Turner).
As is always the case in the three services, the batteries
and troops were manceuvred with remarkable dexterity.
Captain Peel has brought to my favourable notice Lieut.
Vaughan, Royal Navy, and I should much wish that this
recommendation may be known at the Admiralty • and
Brigadier Crawford has expressed his obligations to his
Brigade Major, Capt. H. L. G. Bruce, Bengal Artillery,
and has mentioned with marked distinction all the officers
holding commands, viz., Captain Travers, Commanding
Royal Artillery ; Captains Remmington and Blunt, Com-
manding Troops of Bengal Horse Artillery; Captains
Middleton and Smith, Royal Artillery ; and Cap-
tain Bourchisr, Bengal Artillery, Commanding Light
Field Batteries ; Captain Longden, Royal Artillery,
Commanding a heavy battery ; and Lieutenant Bridge,
commanding two gates, Madras Horse Artillery.
Major-General Dupuis, C. 8., Royal Artillery, command.
ing the artillery during the action, in consequence of his
accidental presence in camp, and I beg to thank him for
his exertions as well as those of his staff, viz., Lieutenant-
Colonel Adye, C. 8., R. A., Assistant-Adjutant-General,
and Captain Greene, R.A., Aide-de-Camp.
Colonel Harness, Royal Engineers, was also present in
the same manner, and accompanied me throughout the
action.
General Grant has also brought to my notice the dis-
tinguished conduct of Brigadier Little, commanding the
cavalry, as also of Officers commanding corps in that
Brigade and its Staff Officers, viz.:—
Major Ouvry, 9th Lancers; Lieut. Watson, Ist Punjaub
Cavalry; Lieut. Probyn, 2d. Punjaub Cavalry; Lieut.
Younghusband, sth Punjaub Cavalry ; Lieut. G. cough,
Hodson's Horse; and Captain H. A. Sarel, Major of Bri-
gade.
During the pursuit of the Gth, and the operation of the
9th, the cavalry maintained that high character for dash
and perseverance, which have distinguished them since
they took the field, in the numerous engagements of their

long campaign.
I desire also to mention Major Payne, of the 531 Regi-
ment, whom I saw performing very valuable service dur-
ing the first advance on the 6th inst.
I must not allow this opportunity to pass without bear-
ing my testimony to the unwearied zeal and assiduity
of the Superintending Surgeon, Doctor J. C. Brown, Ben-
gal Artillery, which have never flagged for an instant,
and have been of the greatest use to the force in the field
from the time the troops first took the field before going to
Delhi.
I beg to recommend him most particularly to your Lora-
ship's favourable consideration.
Annexed are returns of killed and wounded, and of
captured ordnance, as well as a sketch of the ground.
I have, &c.
C. CAMPBELL, General,
Commanding-in-Chief.

Major-General W. Mansfield to the Commander-in-Chief
Headquarters Camp, Cawnpere, Dec. 10, 1857.
Sir,—ln obedience to your Excellency's instructions
when I left your side after the capture of the enemy's
camp, on the afternoon of Deo. 6, I proceeded to make the
arrangements for taking the position called the Subadar's
Tank, in rear of the enemy's left, and about a mile and a
half in a direct line from the entrenchments through the
old cantonments.
Before advancing measures were taken for the safeguard
of the captured camp, Col. Kelly, with a wing of 38th
Foot, being placed in position for that parpose, in addition
to the 23d Regiment, which had already been left there by
your Excellency.
These two regiments repelled an attack in the course of
the afternoon, and took two guns from the enemy.
The 93d Highlanders, who had been placed on the grand
trunk road, beyond the camp to the left, at the time that
your Excellency gave the orders for pressing the pursuit of
the enemy along the Calpee road, were now, at 2 p.m.,
beginning to suffer from the enemy's guns, which were in
position about 1,000 yards in their front, in the enclo-
sures between them and the Tank.
Thee were advanced a short distance with Capt. Middle-
ton's Field Battery, R.A. which answered the enemy's
guns, until the Rifle Brigade under Brigadier Walpole,
and the heavy field battery under Capt. Longden, R.A.,
could be brought up.
In the course of half-an-hour this had taken place, and
the heavy field battery pushed along the road intersecting
the Grand Trunk Road about a mile to the left of the
enemy's camp, and leading directly to the old cantonment.
The Rifles were extended in skirmishing order some 330
yards on each side of the road slightly in advance of the
heavy guns, the Highlanders being kept in reserve.
These arrangements having been made, the advance took
place, and the enemy began to give way immediately, suc-
cessive positions being taken up and a rapid fire maintained
by Captain Longden and Captain Middleton, of the Royal
Artillery, the Rifles passing through the enclosures to the
right, and the broken ground to the left of the road, with
much spirit, under the able directions of Brigadier Wilson.
On the entrance of the village being reached, which may
be distinguished as the soldier's burial-ground, although the
enclosures were still held to a certain degree by the enemy,
it appeared to me expedient to posh the field battery
through the village at a gallop, and take position in the
plain, with the tank on the right, the infantry being de-
sired to press forward as fast as they could.
This was done very well by Capt. Middleton, R.A., and
he had the satisfaction of firing at the enemy's guns as they
disappeared along the Bithoor road, whilst the Rifles were
still running up to his support.
The position was then fairly occupied. Brigadier Hope
coming up with the reserve of Highlanders and taking
charge of the picquets which were thrown out on the line
of the enemy's retreat.
About 4 p.m. the position which had been taken was
attacked by artillery, brought by the enemy from the old
L cantonment.
These guns might have been taken ; but I refrained from
giving the necessary order, being aware that it was contrary
to your Excellency's wish to involve the troops among the
enclosures and houses of the old cantonment; and. that, if
the slightest advance had been made in that quarter, it
would have been necessary, at whatever loss, to make no
stop till the entrenchment should have been reached.
When Capt. Longden's anti Capt. Middleton's batteries
had almost succeeded in silencing the enemy's fire, the
position was attacked by some guns of the eaemy from the
broken ground of the plain on exactly the opposite side.
They could not be seen, except by their smoke.
They were, however, answered quickly, and all the men
and field hospital, drc., having been put under tolerable
cover, no harm was suffered by the troops in consequence
of this attack.
At dusk I had the satisfaction of seeing large bodies of
the enemy's infantry and cavalry move round to the west
of the position about a mile distant in full retreat.
It not being possible to communicate with your Excellency
after sunset, the position taken up being almost isolated,
and as reported to me, there being considerable numbers
of the enemy still in occupation of the town and old can-
tonment, the picquets all round the position were slightly
strengthened, and the troops bivouacked by their arms.
Everything having been quiet during the night the
Highlanders were withdrawn the next morning and re-
placed by the 33th Foot under your Excellency's orders.
My thanks are eminently due to Brigadier Walpole, who
commanded the advance, and Brigadier Hope, command-
ing the reserve; to Captains Middleton and Longden, com-
manding the batteries of artillery, and to my aide-de-camp,
Capt. Mansfield, who was of the greatest use to me till he
veryhly much by his knowledge and ap-
preciationconsidered by your Excellency,
of the ground, and was the cause of my being
was unfortunately severely wounded, after the guns had
passed the village.
Capt. Herbert Bruce, deputy quartermaster-general,
whose
distinguishedmerits
able to direct the troops with tolerable certainty.
The brigadiers report very highly on the conduct of the
officers commanding corps, Viz. :
arehims:* himself g
Lieut.-Col. A. S. L. Hay, U3d Highlanders.
Lieut.-Col. Horsford, 3d Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. Fyers, 2d Battalion Rifle
Brigade,
I have, &c.,
W. R. MANSFIELD, Major-General,
Chief of the Staff.

Brigadior Hope Grant fto
thMajor-General Mansfield, Chic
oe Staff.

Camp, Serai Ghat, Dec. 11, 1857.
Sir,—At mid-day on the Bth inst., having received his
Excellency the Commander in-Chief's orders, through you,
to march to Bithoor, and if I thought advisable, or heard of
any of the rebels' guns being at Serai Ghat, a ferry about
25 miles above Cawnpore, on the Ganges, to proceed there,
I started with the force named in the margin,* and from
what I could learn en the road I had reason to believe that
a certain number of guns had been taken to this ghat.
Towards evening I halted the force, and directed the men
to have their dinners. I then proceeded on to Soorajpore, a
village on the road within three miles of Sorel Ghat, where
I halted the force until daylight. I then collected the
baggage and had it placed in a safe spot covered by a por-
tion of artillery, cavalry and infantry.
I moved the remainder within about two miles of the
Ghat, when I proceeded to reconnoitre with a party of the
9th Lancers, anci.forind on the banks of the river a force
assembled, and horsemen and &pop with baggage reev-
ing down towards the spot. I immediately ordered up the
cavalry and guns; but the roads under the banks of the
river was of suck a nature, from the quicksands, that the
heavy 9-pounders of Capt. Middleton's battery, o rawn by
tired horse, ran great risk of being altogether stopped, and
it was only through the hard exertions and praiseworthy
conduct of Capt. Middleton, Lieut. Millman in command
of the battery, and the men, that the guns were got through.
An 18-pounder of the enemy was here discovered fixed in
the quicksand, 2 guns of the field battery having got over
this difficulty, and on to the dry bank of the river, soon
got into position, and under a very severe fire from 13 of
Capt. Remmington's troop galloped up,
play.th e
s rebels'
oo
and took up a most admirable position, covered by the
bank of a ditch, opening on the enemy a flanking fire,
ngnanftse,r,Li . Millman brought his guns into Lieut.
which, together with the remainder of the field battery,
now came up in half-an-hour's time, completely silenced
the enemy's fire,
and put them in full retreat.
and
guns guns, bat the 9th Lancers, under Mhjr
ftoarkcee oofutrhe rebels' cavalry upon this came up toatroy
Ouvry ; thesth Punjaub Horse, under Lieut. Young ue.
band ; and Hodson's Horse, under Lieut. Gough—the
whole commanded by Brigadier Little, advanced upon
them, drove them away, '
and Lieut. Younghusband, who
t.)
was sent out in pursuit of them, out up some 80 or
stragglers, and took three standards.
gportevuent trhoeorpoorssoil;itlritoyesoef
and
det their retreat
enemy no doubt had the effect of hurryingh a nature as to
from their guns; but the ground was of such The movement of our cavalry towards the rear of the
Hon. Adrian
The infantry brigade, under Brigadier the
the enemy
cavalry; but before they reached the ground
mere in retreat.
Sikh infantry to secure
Hope, was of great use in supporting the advance of the
As soon as possible, I sent up the Si
htionugeoae, them before they had
the guns, and am happy to say 11 brass
pounder, with limbers, wrggons, &0., and
of ammunition, were taken.
truly grateful to God,
The success was complete, and I am
alar gunsge an
pounder,
was must severe and well-pl iced,falling
wounded,
and only
like hail, I had not a single
man even
killed. It was trulyone horse of Capt. Middleton's battery
i! s most of the nine-
, and happy to say, though the fire of gralroufrgostmthtehaeretinielemryy
marvellous and providential.
of the gallant artillery, and with round
his Ex-
' pounders and 24-pounder howitl2.r-sn,
500 yards—and
cavalry, the former within about putliayeihnogt wuiptho
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Tswana, 90 sabres ; Artillery, 4 six-pornders ;
7th * l
company,ti•ooii Ist
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* Punjaub Mounted Police, 70 sabres; Esalchel Horse,
51ageulin:6:
23d Punjaub Infantry, 500 bayonets : Putteeala Infantry,
guns ; 9th Lancers, 327 meu ; sth Punjaub Cavalry, 85 men; 90 sabres ;
Hodson's Horse, 109 men. 4th Brigade-42d Highlanders
403 men ; 52d Foot, 413 men ; 93d Highlanders, 806 men ; 260 bayonets.
'l' Name of European officer wounded, Lieutenant G. G.
4th Punjaub Rifles, 332 men; Sappers, 100 men. Total,
2,797 men, 11 guns. Pearse, commanding cavalry,