The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

The great length of the Supplementary Gazette
prevented our inserting the GENERAL ORDERS on
Sati:day, but in justice to the Officers whose names
and services ought to be known to their Country;
and be marked by its respect and gratitude, we
feel pleasure in subjoining them this day.

GENERAL ORDERS OF"I'lIE COMMANDER-IN-
' •

Head-Quarters of the Army of the Deccan,
Camp at Taineir, 28th Feb. 1818.
His Ex,eelleney Lieutenant-General Sir Tho-
mas flislop, Bart. Conimander-in-Cliket of the
Army of the Deccan, requests tine Ofliee►s and
troops engaged yesti•r!ay, upon the attack of Tal-
neir,.vrill accept his thanks for their gallant and
zealous exertions during the short but arduous

• contest.
The professional ability and experience of Ma-
jor Noble, C.-B. commanding the artillery, were
highly conspicuous in the indicions application of
the very limited means at his disposal for open-
ing.a road with the fart.
:The artilleii was most ably serl•cd, and its ex-

ecution iar.surpassed what could have h• en ex-
peered to Se accoMPlrsherf With light piv( es.
The Commander-in-Chief reqiies.s that Major
Noble, C.B Captains itsnlYard and Al'lntosh, aod
igade-Major liminer, of the ar.illery, as well
as the Whole of tire Mice's, Non-corn,nissioned
Officers, and Privates of that excellent corps, will
accept his best thanks and acknowledgments for
the valuable services they yesterday performed,
The COmmander-in-Clsiel had on this arduous
occasion to deem himself most fortunate in ex-
periencing tile able,. Zealot's; and valuable services
of his Aide.de-Camp, Lieutenant Elliott, ,of the
Royal Engineers, of which, in consequence of
the wounds he received early in the battle of the
21st December last, his Excellency had to lament
the privation during the remainder of the day.
The services al,O of Lieutenant Anderson and
Ensign Turton, of Engineers, mere eminently
conspictions, and his Excellency regrets that' the
wound Avlsidi Lieureowst Anderson received
should deprise hint, even for a moment, of that
Of services.
The want of sufficient means to carry on the
regular operations against the Fort of Talneir,
obliged his Excellency_ the Consman:ler. in-Chief
to rest flinch on the well known gallantry of pig
troops, on which he had the. fullest reason, font
I previous experience, to rely, and his expectations
were as usual most fully realised.
His Excellency regrets that thiS army, and their
country in general, slrould have to lament the loss
of such distinguished Officers and valuable men as
Major Gordon and Captain M'Gregor, of his .Ma-
jesty's Royal Scot a, the former commanding the
storming party (which consisted of the flank coin-
panics of his Majesty's Royal Scots, under Cap,
tain nil thr.Madras European regiment,
under Captain Maitland), and the latter com-
manding the Grenadiers of his Majesty's Royal.
SCots.. illfaior Gordon iand Captain M'Ciregor fell
gloriouslrat, the . tread.. of the.,:gallaut storming,
party, almost at the moment when their int
dity and courage had aelikved the object of the
attack.
To Major Knowles; who, with the rifle corps,
the 3d light infantry, and the picquets, supported
the attack, the Commander-in%Chief offers his
cordial acknowledgments for the zeal, decision,
and intelligence which distinguished that Office
upon all Occasions ; and his Excellency also re-.
quests Major Snow, comniatitling tire rifle corps,
will receive his high approbation .of Isis own ex-
emplary conduct, and of-the useful services of his
corps.

The Commander-in-Chief also noticed, with
Itigh satisfaction, the uood conduct and discipline
of the Ist Battalion 3d Regiment of Light In-
rantry, under Captain Agnew, anti the piquets
fifty oinder Captain Culily, of the 6dt Light
lii-
'antry.

The conduct of the Pioneers during the whole
of their aqhrous duties in the attack of yesterday.
was such as to call forth the highest approbation
of the Cornmauder-ip-Chief, and his Excellency
offers to Captain M'Craith, commanding the Pio-
neers, his warmest acknowledgments for his own
distinguished and exemplary conduct, as well as
to the whole of the Officers, Non-commissioned
Officers, and Privates of his corps.
His Excellency•anxionsly trusts that lie shall
not he long deprived of the valuable services of
the Officers ant! men who were wounded in the
attack, and he. assures that gallant and distin-.
gnished Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Gregot
Murray, Deputy'-Adjutant-General of his Majes-
ty's Forces, and Captain O'Brien, Assistaut-Ad-
jutant-Ge.,eral, as well as Lieutenant Anderson,
of Engineers, Lieutenant M`Gregor, his illajes.
ty's- Royal Scots-, and Ensign Cliatival, Ist Bat-
talion 2d Regiment Native Infantry, of his most
earnest solicitude for their early recovery.
• The conduct of, Lieutenant-Colonel Conway,.
Adjutant-General of the. Army, and the intreas.
Mg and energetic display of that Officer's personal
courage and able arr;ngements ihroughout the
day, were such as his, Exceflency well knew;
from former experience, that he should derive the
greatest benefit from. Sir Thom:is Hislop begs
the Lientenant•Colonel to accept of his warmest
thanks for the' great aid he has on the present oc.
casion received from him.

The judicious awl accurate reconnoissances

made by Lictirenant-Cplond Q,larter-
Master-General of the Army, and the ability anti
galtantry'oLthat Officer iu conducting the ar-
rangements of his department. during the opera-
tions of yesterday, were such also as to entitle
him to his Excellency's warmest thanks and ac-
knowledgments. • - • •

Sir Thonius flislop desires s►lso to offer his best

thanks to Lieutenant -Colonel .thellonourable L.
Stanhope, who, with Lieutenant-Colonel Murray,
accompanied the flank companies of his Majesty's
Royal Scots the storm, for his gallantry and
conduct on this occasion'; and to *Major Hugh
Scott,-MilitatySecretary, and top every Officer of
the General, Personal., and Divisional Staff, his
Excellency tenders his waimest acknowle(!gments
for•the display of the energy and promptitude for
which, on this, as on former occasions, they have
been distinguished.-
T. H. CONWAY, AtUutant-General of
the Alloy of the Dgccan.

A dreadful calamity happmed, at six o'clock on
Saturday evening, in the cabal near Croydon, to
NICHOLs.N DUNDAS_ ANDEttq,IN (sun of the late
ROBERT AkDEBsoN, E•q. late sopetintendaot of
the Marines of the Mu; E:tst ladia Company ot
Bombay), a Student at the East India Company's
College at Adiscombe,• near Croydon : whilst %
bathing with three of his• fellow-collegians he
sank and Was tirawlted. Every effort was made
to restore animation, but without effect,