The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

EXPEDITIONARY LAND FORCE.

Return of killed, wounded, and missing of the above
force, under the command of his Excellency Lieute-
nant-General Sir Hugh Gough, C.C.8., at the attack
on the enemy's entrenched camp, storm and capture of
the city of Chin-keang-foo. on the 21st of July, 1842.
Head Quarters, Chin-keang-foo, July 24, 1842.
Artillery-2 rank and file killed ; 4 officers, l'serjeant,
7 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file missing.

11. M. 18th Royal Irish.-1 officer, 2 rank and file,
killed ; 1 officer, 2 serjeant, 14 rank and file, wounded.
H. M. 26th Cameronians-1 rank and file killed ; 1
officer, 6 rank and file, wounded.
H. M. 49th Regiment-1 officer, 1 serjeant, 3 rank and
file, killed ; 2 officers, 13 rank and file wounded.
H. M. 55th Regiment-1 serjeant, 4 rank and file,
killed ; 2 officers, 1 warrant officer, 1 drummer, 19 rank
and file, 1 follower, wounded.
H. AI. 98th Regiment-13 rank and file killed.
Bengal Volunteer Regiment-1 rank and file killed ;
2 rank and file wounded.

2d Regiment Madras N. 1.-1 rank and file killed ; 3
officers, 8 rank and file, wounded ; 1 rank and file mis-
sing.. _
.... _ . .

Regiment Madras N. 1.-1 officer, 1 rank and file,
killed ; 11 rank and file wounded ; 1 drummer missing.
36th Regiment Madras N. I. Rifle Company-1 rank
and file killed ; 1 officer, 1 serjeant, 6 rank and file,
wounded.

RECAPITULATION.

Killed-3 officers, 2 serjeants, 29 rank and file.— -To-
tal 34.

Wounded-14 officers, 1 warrant officer, 4 serjeants,
1 drummer, 86 rank and file, 1 follower.—Total 107.
Missing-1 drummer, 2 rank and file.—Total 3.
Killed, Wounded, and Missing-17 officers, 1 warrant
officer, 6 serjeants, 2 drummers, 117 rank and file, 1 fol-
lower.—Grand total, 144.
Cf the numbers above returned killed 1 gunner Royal
Artillery, 2 rank an file 11. M. 49th Regiment, and 13
rank and file H. M. 98th Regiment, were killed by a
stroke of the sun.

ARMINE S. 11. MOUNTAIN,
Lieut. Col. Dy. Adjt. Expy. Force.

NAMES OF OFFCERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.

H. M. 49th Rvgiment.—Lieut. T. B. Gibbons, sub-
assistant-commissary-general, killed .
Gth Regiment Madras N. I.—Lieut.-Col. Drever (fell
dead on the rampart from a stroke of the sun).
18th Royal Irish.—Captain Collinson, killed.
Royal Artillery.—Lieutenant J. N. A. Freese, slightly
wounded.

Madras Artillery.—Lieutenant C.l). Waddell, severe-
ly wounded ; Assist.-Surgeon C. Timmins, severely
wounded ; Subadar Major Ramasawny, slightly wound.
18th Royal Irish.—Lieut. Bernard, slightly wounded.
26th Cameronians.—Ensign Duperier, slightly wound.
49th Regiment.—Lieutenant Baddely, dangerously
wounded ; Lieut. Grant, slightly wounded.
55th Regiment.—Major Warren, severely wounded ;
Lieut. Cuddy, severely wounded.
2d Regiment Madras N. I.—Lieutenant Carr, Adju-
tant, slightly wounded ; Ensign Travers, slightly
wounded ; Jemadar Mundar, slightly wounded.
36th Regiment Madras N. I. Mlles.—Capt. Simpson,
severely wounded.

OPERATIONS BEFORE NANKIN.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 23.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies or
extracts, addressed by Lieutenant-General Sir llugh
Gough, K.G.C.8., to Lord Stanley, one of her Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretaries of State, have been this day
received :

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British Cantonment before Nanking, Aug. 21.
My Lord,—lt has pleased Almighty God to crown
her Majesty's arms with complete success, and compel
the Emperor of China to recognise the claims of Great
Britain, and, by accredited Commissioners, to enter into
a treaty of peace, dictated by the long lightly-esteemed
foreigner whose power is henceforth acknowledged.
The display of our military anti naval force in the
heart of the country, the interruption of all commercial
intercourse by the Imperial Canal, the fall, within a few
hours after our landing, of Chin-keang-foo, one of the
strongest, and from its position one of the most im-
portant cities in China, and the investment by a victo-
rious force of the ancient capital of this vast empire,
have, under Divine Providence, been the happy means
of effecting this great change in the Tartar councils, and
are, I have no doubt, destined to produce results of no
less importance to the civilised world than to our own
country.
2. The movement up the Yang-tse-kiang, suggested by
the British Government, strenuously advocated by the
Governor-General of India, and which was fortunately
undertaken by Sir William Parker and myself, previous
to the receipt of the instructions, has thus led to an ear-
lier adjustment of the differences between England and
China than could probably have been effected by any
other line of operation.
3. I will not enter into mach detail of our movements
since my last dispatch of the 25th ult.
On the 29th I embarked the force intended to act
against Nankin, leaving Major-General Schoedde with
her Majesty's 55th and one company of the 98th, the 2d
and 6th regiments Madras Native Infantry, and a pro-
portion of artillery and sappers to occupy Chin-keang-
foo, or rather the heights commanding it, and the mouth
of the Imperial Canal. The city had become uninhabi-
table from the number of dead bodies in the houses that
were occupied by the Tartar troops near the several
gates, and in the whole of the Tartar town. From the
decomposed and scattered state of these bodies it would
have Leen impracticable to bury them without much risk
to the health of the troops employed, and without break-
ing into numerous houses, which might have led to con-
sequences scarcely less objectionable. I regret to say
that, notwithstanding every Fecaution, I have lost seve-
ral officers and men by cholera.
4. From- the prevalence of contrary winds the fleet
could not stem the current of the Yang-tse-kiang until
the morning of the 4th instant, when the transports, with
Lord Saltoun's brigade, were enabled to proceed. The
lion. Company's steam-frigate Queen, having her Ma-
jesty's Plenipotentiary on board, towed up the Marion
head-quarter ship, and on the sth we anchored off Nan-
kin, the Cornwallis having effected the passage on the
preceding day. The whole of the ships did not reach
the anchorage ell this city until the 9th inst.
5. Previous to our leaving Chin-keang-foo, anxious to
avert the calamities consequent upon an assault, and a
repetition of the scenes of Tartar self-destruction, and
universal plunder by a Chinese rabble, which we had
witnessed with so much horror at that city, the Admiral
and myself had forwarded by the Secretary of the Tartar
General; who fell there, a summons to New Rein, Vice-
roy of the two Keang provinces. Had not the terms
been accepted, the fleet and army would have been dis-
posable for the-mmediate prosecution of active opera-
tions, the army against Soochoo and Hatwchow, while a
portion of the feet might have proceeded to blockade
the Peiho, and stop the trade in the.Gulph of Pe-che-le.
6. Finding it unlikely that we should gain our object
unless some strong demonstratiou were made, and hay
ing carefully reconnoitred the river line of defences in
one of the small steamers, the Admiral and I made our
arrangements accordingly for such demonstration and
for the assault, should neither our terms be accepted nor
a negotiation commenced, which we had some reason to
expect from the announcement of the approach of the
Imperial Commissioners. I shall here beg leave to give
some particulars of this demonstration, as I conceive that
the alarm to which it gave rise hastened the event that
we most desired.
7. It would rust be easy to give your Lordship a clear
description of this vast city, or rather of the vast space
encompassed within its walls. I shall therefore only
observe that the northern angle reaches to within about
700 paces of the river, and that the western face runs for
some miles along the base of wooded heights, rising im-
mediately behind it, and is then continued for a great
distadce upon low ground, having before it a deep canal,
which muss extends along the southern face, serving as
a wet ditch to both.- There is a very large suburb on
the low ground in front of the west and south-faces,
and at the south-east angle is the Tartar city, which
is a separate fortress, divided from the Chinese town
by high walls. The eastern face extends in an irregular
line for many miles, running towards the south over a
spur of Chungshang, a precipitous mountain, overlooking
the whole country, the base of which commands the
rampart. In this face are three (Yates ; the most north-
eily (the Teshing) is approachable by a paved road,
running between wooded hills to within 500 paces of the
walls, whence it is carried along a cultivated flat ; the
next (the Taiping) is within a few hundred yards of
the base of Chungshang, and that to the south (the
Chanyang) enters the Tartar city. There is a long line
of unbroken wall between the Teshing gate and the
river, hardly approachable from swamps and low paddy
land, and the space between the Teshing and Taiping
; gates is occupied by rather an extensive lake. The
neighbourhood of these last-mentioned gates was very
closely and judiciously reconnoitered by Lieut.-Colonel
Montgomerie and Captain Pears.