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

THE NEW INL'IAN K.C.B.'s.

Major-General Thomas Harte Franks, C. 80, of
ter Majesty's 10th (or North Lincolnshire) Reg" of
Foot, is the second son of Wm. Franks, Becl,lst
,rrig, in the county of Cork, by Catheriue„...rnie.
laughter of Wm. Hume, Esq., M.P., of 1141710
wood, county Wicklow. He was born about 2b'
year 1808, and entered the army as ensign in I°ol
de became bout. in 1826, and, captain in 1839, flitt
eut.-col. in 1845. He commanded the 10th Reo',lo
the Sutlej carp. igns of 1845-6, including the bobbe
of Sobraon (for which he bears the medal), wher,ea
tad a horse shot under him and was sligo,
vounded, and in consequence nominated a ni,a
bIN ay.ain commanded the 10th Regiment i0,.„10
Pitrij,b camtrig„n or 1848 40, including the nivel
of the siege operations before Mooltan. On the -"he
of August in the former year, he commanded too
troops which repulsed the enemy's night attack 111!,a)
be Bri.ieh camp et Mottee Thol, and on the i.s
September commanded the left column of attaqy.
the defeat of the enemy in their strongly entrench G./
position before Mooltan. After the action he 5114
ceedi d to the command of the whole of the trett
which were engaced. and held the position until ed
sieved on the following morning, although wcarluto
nd exposed to repeated attempts of the enerel..,
retake it. On the 7 hof November we find him o°',
manding the right brigade in the action at Soerf,
kond, and with it leading the attack—on this nee:o
sion he captured the whole of the enemy's gliof
without filing a shot. On the following 17",,„/0
November, in the carrying of the heights be' :,,e
Mooltan, he commanded the reserve on the extre;
r girt, and directed the attack of its leading c011033,he
On the 18th of February, 1849, he joined with a
Mooltan force the army under Lord Gough/ , ofl
commanded the 10th Regiment at the batt,te,,or
Goojerat. He was specially named by the phis
wander-in Chief and the Governor-General for
s.;ill, ability, and intrepidity upon this occasi°„o,
'and was rewarded with the u-ual medal and Mort.
Since the outbreak of the Indian mutiny 1";11
General Franks has taken a leading part in netbir
a!! of the most important actions, and has bee° sit
peatedly commended in the despatches of Ge0,,..r
Cohn ampbell. In April last he was Brigs'', 1-00
General in command of the 4th Infantry WO/ jr
wit), the at my in the field, and obtained leave of n,,
sence to Calcutta for two months, and t hence to Vol,
land, on niedicsl certificate. The gallant old gene!' 0,
however, preferred not to quit the scene of aetTio
and was able, accordingly. to take an active par
he capture of Chanda. The Governor-Generelzo
a despatch datel Allal!abAd, April 14, 1858, tP.-aa
commemorates his merits :—"Regarding the ope'i,
ic t,s of the late Jounpore field force, the C4,,verP°o
General desires to make known the high satisfaetl;l4
which he has derived from the perusal of the deto4i,
of Brigadier-General Franks' a fficial report. .1 of
deicing, as they do, not less the military slcy.`of
the commander thin the gallantry and devotiono,
the European and Ghoorka troops under his 00
wand."
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Colonel Robert Napier, of the Bengal Engin%
now also a Knight Commander of the Bath, ltbe
colt-let of the Napier family, and was horn it3l,led
Island of Ceylon in December, 1810. He rece,leof
his early education at the Royal Military Coil
Audi-combe, obtained his commission as see
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1 eutenant in 1826, and arrived in India 10 elf
H was brigade-leajor in the SutlejcatiVaign°arelf
ac ns of 1845-46, in wlrch he was strocl
wounded, and for which e received themeal °bid
the brevet rank of In,jor. He was acting beta
engineer during part of the siege of Mooltao, W „re'
he was again seve ely wounded. He was alsebrtara
sent at the battle of Goojerat, for which he„eut.-
the medal, and was rromoieu to the rank of,roil-
n,-1. El, also accompanied Sir Walter n 849,
bert's column in pursuit of the Sikh array sting
He has been ext-n-ively t mployed in evg'neo,het
works tinder Sir Proby Titoupts Cautley.euubefae
officers of high d si ruction, and for some tulleb,poo
the outbreak of the Indian mutiny beheld t co.
of chief engineer in the Punjaub and offielat.,l9tilicler
gineer in the Lower Provinces. He servect fro
the Comm -nder-in-Chief in the operati, Capture
March 2 ch 21, which ended in the bet
of Luckitow, c,mmafid of the engine;:sstui,il
M je-ty's army and those of the Hon.
by tkrtllo3,l%o
Company. He was highly appreciated
lamented General Havelock, by General Sir "
Outran), and by Sir Colin Campbell.