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London, England, 1814-08-15 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, AUGII3T S, 1814.
A Ls sr of Vs.si; ts captured, rscaptured; detained, or destroyed
by the Squadron under the Cotuviand ot the Honourable Sir
- ActrasN mat Chc:taaNe, K. B. Vice Admiral of the Red, and
,Commander-111-thief, kc. Rte. ate. ot which Returns have
received; llermucla, Tune 17, 11614.
4Elltil
rival, schooner William and Susan, of 45 tons, laden with
tuber and shingles.
Americaii ..hoop Dash`, of 60 tons, laden with tobacco.
American Khooner hull, of 60 tons, laden with flour.
American sdiciontr, 'll:welter, of 55 wits, laden with flour.
Anwricat sloop ItLtny, ot 25 tons.
Sixteen American bay craft, from 30 to 50 tons, of little value.
[ American schooner Perseviarance, of SO tons, laded with sour
and lime.
( l'he above vessels captured by the Chesapeake Squadron,
between the Ist April and 9th May, 1814).
Swedish ship Providencia, of 4 guns, 400 tons, and 17 men, from
Amelia Island, bound to I.ishon, laden with pine, •cedar, &c.
recaptured by the Peacock, May 15; 1814.
Ru-sian ship liend, kit, of S {,car, '2BO trots, and I S men, from
Ann-I;a Island, bound to Amsterdam, laden with pine and cot-
ton, recaptured by the Peacock, same date.
American sloop Reventie,of 30 tons, and I men, from Plymouth,
Americas bound to New York, laden with tar, captured by the
Vicedemoni-an, same date.
Spanish ship Cleopatra, of 2 guns, 158 tons, and 2R men, fAnn
New Port, bound to Havanna. laden with provisions, recap-
tured by the Larelemonian, May 19, 1014.
American schooner Dominica, of 4 guns, and 35 men, laden with
rice, tobacco, wine, and naval stores, raptured by the Dotterel,
Majestic, and Morgtana, May 22, 1614.
(Signed) At.rx. COCHRANE,
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
INDIA BOAR V, wtimmAi.l., AUGUS l' 11.
Tim following letter from the Adjutant-General
of the Forces in Bengal to the Secretary of the Su-
preme Government, with its enclootres, has been
received by the Secret Committee of the East India
Company, from his Excellency the Governor-Ge-
neral in Conneil, in a dispatch, dated Fort William,
the Bth February, 1814.
TO JOIN ADAM, F.Q. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.
SIR—I have the honour, by direction of the Right
Honourable the Commander in Chief, to transmit to)
you, in order to he laid before the RightHonourable
the Governor-General in Counsil, the enclosed copy
of a Dispatch, received from Lieutenant-Colonel
Adams, commanding the troops in Rewah, under
date the sth instant, detailing the successful result of
a very gallant and well planned attack on the Glair-
ree of Entouree, on elpe 4th instant, and accompanied
by a return of the killed and wounded.
G. fl. FAGAN, Adjutant--General.
Adjutant-General's Office, Presidency of FertWilliam,
December 16. IS I S.
TO LIEUTENAVT•COLONEL FAGAN, ADJUTAVT-GENERAL.
Head-quarters.
SIR—I have the honour to report, for the informa-
tion of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces,
that having resolved to attempt to invest and ulti-
mately attack Surnaid Sing and his troops in the
Gl:twee of Entouree, I now proceed to detail the
successful result of that enterprise.
1 detached to Entouree, a distance of ten miles, at
midnight on the 3d•instant, the whole of the outline
pi'equets, amounting to forty cavalry and three !mo-
cked and sixty infantry, under the command of Cap-'
tain Patriekson, .Ist battalion stll regiment Native
Infantry, to effect this object, and followed myself
with the under-mentioned details, at four a. m. the
next 'morning, viz. horse artillery, six-pounder bri-
gede, under Captain Stark ; division sth regiment
' Native cavalry, under Major Clark ; battering guns,
two eighteen-pounders, with 100 rounds per gm ;
pioneer company ; four light infantry companies,
under Captain Lindsay; two grenadier companies
from the 21 battalion `2,i regiment, and Ist battalion
9th reg:ment Native Infantry.
I arrived at Entoutee about eight a. m. and found
Captain Patricksnn had completely succeeded in his
enterprize, and had occupied such judicious positions
as precluded the possibility of thesescape of Surnaid
Sin and his troops. In conjunction with Captain!
Tickell,Field Engineer, 1 reconnoitred the Ghurree
on every side—an object difficult to effect, the place
being enveloped in smoke, Surnaid Sing, on retiring
into his Ghurree, having set the whole of the villaes
around it on fire. Captain Tickell, as welt as myself,
was, from this reconnoitre, induced to determine on
making the breach, •and assaulting the Ghurree, on
the north east bastion, with the screens previously
prepared. A battety was instantly erected for two
18-pounders, at the distance of three hundred and
fifty yards from the tort, and the guns opened at
twelve o'clock. Until this period the enemy had
been making every preparation for resistance, by de-
stroying choppers, felling trees, &c. but had offered
no opposition to our work. When the guns opened,
an irregular fire of matchlocks was commenced and
cnntinued,'but with little effect, during the whole of
the day.
As the walls of the Ghurree appeared of consider-
able strength, I took the precaution of sending to our
camp at Sutheuee for an additional hundred rounds
of shot; these arrived in sufficient time to enable our
tire being carried on without intermission until 5 P.M.
when the breach was reported practicable. Every
arrangement was previously made for the storm,
which I directed to commence a few minutes before
sun-set. Captain Lindsay, '2d battalion 10th Tegi•
ment Native Infantry, commanding the party des-
tined to assault the breach, which consisted of two
grenadier and three light infantry companies, with
' the pioneers, furnished with ladders. •
A second party, commanded by Captain Pati-Tek-
40n, at the same moment mcved to assault the gate-
way of the eastern face. This party was composed
of one galloper, sth regiment cavalry, two complete
,companies of infantry, and a party ot pioneers, with
ladders. The cavalry were disposed, under the orders
-of r aka- Clark, on the several facer of the Ghurree,
.o cut off all retreat.
• On these columns advancing, the enemy opened a
heavy fire of matchlocks, and appeared resolved to
.-I-naintain the place to the last extremity. Our troops
rushed forward to the attack with the most undaunted
:leavers, and, after a severe conflict, succeeded in
ertilitng the ditch, which was deep, narrow, and
isaskaded.by babied trees, felled for the purls. use.—
Ongaieing the toot of the bleach, the enemy, instead
of relaking, increased their exertions. A conflict en-
suede widish, in duration and Ow intrepidity displayed,
both by doe assailants and the garrison, has never
-wen equalled; our troops using every exertion to
4aint the place by escalade, as vtelj as to carry the
rreach. Their efforts were not crowned with corn-
',fete sticcess until after a struggle of an hour and ten
;Minutes, when the place was entered, and the garri-
son pu/ p. deeljt, with few e.teeptions,
ily. Nie
ttgite sfailEis Sumaid Sine htmtelf. UrvArdc
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