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LONDON GAZETTE EXERAORDINAR Y.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1825.
INDIA BOARD, APRIL 23, 1825.
Dispatches have been received at the East India
House from the Governor• General in Council at Fort
William, in Bengal with inclosures, of which the
aie copies:
Copy of a Letter`from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell,
K.C.B. to George Swinton, Esql_Secretary to the Bengal Go-

vcrtunent, datedHead-quarters:Rangoon, 25th Nov. 1824.
Stn—Since I had the honour of announcing the cap-
tore of Martaban* by the troops under the orders of
Lieutenant Colonel Godwin, I have received intelli-
gence of the submission of Tenasserim, and the town
.and small province of Yeah; these places of their own
accord requested our protection; and the whole Bar-
mese coast, from It ingoon to the eastward, is now sub-
ject to the British arms. The enemy's troops, which
lied from the captured towns, and assembled at Yeah,
embarked there in forty boats, and I understand have,
since landed in the district of Dalla. The reiterated
accounts I have lately received, from all %natters, of a
numerous army collecting in the neighbourhood of
PI ome, for the purpose of expelling us from Rangoon,
now fully convince me the effort will be made. Maha
Bundoola is said to have been nominated to the chief
command, and I make no doubt we shall, ere long,
have the whole strength and talent of the empire to
contend with in this neighbourhood. Lieutenant-Col.
Miles, with the European part of the force detached to
Tavoy and Mergui, has returned to headquarters.
Herewith I have the honour of enclosing a report
from Lieutenant Greer, of the Honourable Company's
Marine, of a gallant little affair with the enemy's boats
on the 7th instant.—l have the honour to be, &c.
A. CAMPBELL, Brigadier-Gen.
Copy of a Letter from Liotenant Greer, Commanding the East
India Company's Cruiser Thetis, to Brigadier-General Sir A.!
Campbell, K.C. B. dated,l4th November, 1824.
SIR-1 have the honour to report that on Sunday,
the 7th instant, at eleven, A.M. I left the ship in a row-
boat, with a guard of six scpoys of the Bombay Marine
Battalion, for the purpose of waiting on the senior Offi-
cer at Rangoon. Abreast of a small creek, a little be-
low Basseen Creek, six war-boats pulled out and stood
up close along till abreast Basseen Creek, la ken eight
mote boats, of the same description, joined them ; they
then came out and endeavoured to cut her off by pulling
across the river, ahead of the row-boat; I kept up a
constant fire from the twelve-pounder and musketry,
until two of the boats came alongside; I immedia7ely
jumped on board of them with the sepoye, and suc-
ceeded in bayoneting every man. In one of the boats
there appeared to be a Chief, whom I shot in the act of
darting a spear at me. The other twelve boats were
coming clo.se up, but seeing the fate of the other two,
made off towards the shine, upon which I kept a smart
fire while within range. 1 am sorry to state that du-
ring the acCoo, one sepoy and one row-boat man were
severely wounded, the former in two -places; in each of
these boats were from thirty to forty men. I cannot
conclude this report, without recommending strongly to
notice the gallant conduct of the sepoys of the
rou;bay Marine Battalion in leaping into the enemy's
boats, and for the destructive and well-directed fire they
kept up on the approach of the enemy, whereby great
numbers were either killed or wounded before they
came alongside. The conduct of the row-boat men
deserves every praise —I have the honour to be, &c.
S. W. GREER, Lieutenant, Commanding
Hon. Company's Cruizer Thetis.
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Camp-
bell, K.C.B. to George Swinton, E.+ Secretary to the Bengal
Government, dated Head-Quarters, Rangoon, 9th Dec. 1824.
SlR—The long threatened, and on my part no less
anxiously wished for event, has at length taken place :
Malta Bundoola, said to be accompanied by the Ptinces
of Tonghoo and Sarawuddy, appeared in front of my
position on die morning of the first instant. at the head
of the whole united force of the Burman Empire,
amounting, upon the most moderate calculation, to
from fifty to sixty thousand men, apparently well
erased, with a numerous artillery, and a body of Cas-
say horse. Their haughty leader hadoinsolently declarei
his intention of leading us in captive chains to grace the
triumph of the Golden Monarch ' • but it has pleased
o°o to °:P*" the ormirY of his idle threats, and crown

age [Pallas Gazette, sloth Artit, p. etir, et seq.

the heroic efforts of my gallant litde army with a mostl
.complete and signal victory.•
The enemy had assembled his limes in thch
jungle in taw front during the *lit of the 30th ult
and being Well aware of his near approach, I had
viously made every necessary arrangement for hit re-
ception, in whatever way he might think proper to
leave his impervious camp. The absence of 'Lieutenant-
Colonel Godwin, at Manahan, and of ii- strong detach.
ment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Mallett, which I had
sent to display the British flag in the ancient capital of
Pepe, had much weakened my lines, but I had been
too long familiar with the resolute courage of British
troops to have felt any regret that fortune had given
me an opportunity of contending with Bundoola and
his formidable legions, even under circumstances of
temporary disadvantage.
Early in the morning of the Ist instant, the enemy
commenced his operations by a smart attack upon our
post at Kemmendine, commanded by Major Yates, and
garrisoned by the 26th Madras Native Infantry, with a
detachment of the Madras European Regiment, sup-
ported on the river by as strong a naval force as could
be spared. As the day became light, it discovered nu-
merous, and apparently formidable, masses of the ad-
vancing enemy issuing from the jungle, and moving at
some distance upon both our flanks, for the purpose of
surrounding us, which I allowed them to effect without
intenuption, leaving us only the narrow channel of the
Rangoon River unoccupied in our rear.
Bundoola had now fully exposed to me his plan of
operations,and my own resolution was instantly adopted,
of allowing, and even encouraging him to bring forth
his means and resources from the jungle to the more
open country on his left, where I knew I could at any
time attack hire to advantage.
The right corps of the Burme:e army had crossed to
the Della side of the Rangoon River, and in the course
of the morning was observed in several divisions cross-1
ing the plain Edwards the site of the wired village of
Dalla, where it took post in the neighbouring jungle,
sending on a division to occupy the almost inaccessible
ground on the bank of the river, and from which they
soon opened a distant fire upon the shipping. Another
division immediately brr ke ground in front of Kern-
mendinei and for six successive days tried in vain every
effort that hope of success and dread of failure could
call forth, to drive the brave 26th and a handful of
Europeans from this post, while tremendous fire-rafts
and crowds of war-boats were every day employed in
the equally vain endeavour to drive the shipping from
their station off the place.
The enemy's right wing and centre occupied a range
of hills immediately in fiont of the great Dagon pa-
goda, covered with so thick a forest as to be impene-
trable to all but Burman troops, and their left extended
nearly two miles further, along a lower and more open
ridge to the village of Puzendoon, where their extreme
left rested. They were no sooner thus placed in posi-
tion than muskets and spears were laid aside for the
pick-axe and shovel, and in an incredibly short space
of time every part of their line out of the jungle was
strongly and judiciously entrenched.
In the afternoon of the 1 ,t, I observed an opportu-
nity of attacking the enemy's left to advantage, and
ordered Major Sale, with 400 mot from the 13th Light
Infantry and 18th Madras Native Infantry, under Ma-
jor Dennie, of the former, and Captain Ress, of the
latter corps, to move forward to the point I bad se-
lected, and I never witnessed a more dashing charge;
than was made on this occasion by his Majesty's 13th,
while the 18sli Native Infantry followed their example
I with a spit it that did them honour, carrying all oppo-
sition before them. They burst through the entrench-
ments, carrying terror and dismay into the enemy's
ranks, great numbers of whom were slain, and the
piny returned loaded with arms, standards, and other
trophies. Having correctly ascertained everything I
required, I now, asi originally determined, abstained
from giving any setious interruption to the indefatiga-
ble labour of the opposing army, patiently waiting un-
til I saw the whole of their materiel fully brought for-
ward and within my reach. About sunset in the evening,
a cloud of skirmishers were pushed forward close under
the north-east angle of the pagoda, who, taking advan-
tage of the many pagodas and strong ground on our
front, commenced a haravong and piling fire upon
the works. lat once saw we should suffer from their
fire if not dislodged, and therefore ordered two compa-
nies .f the 38th Regiment, under Captain Piper (an
Officer I have often had occasion to mention), to ad-
vance and drive them back. Were it permitted on
such an occasion to dwell upon the enthusiastic spirit
of my troops, I should feel a pleasure in recounting the
burst of rapture that foilowedievery order to advance
against their audacious foe; but it is sufficient to re-
mask, that the conduct of these two companies was
most conspicuous; they quickly gained their point, and
fully acted up to the character they have ever sustained.
—At day light on the morning of the '2d, finding. the
enemy had very moll encroached dui ing the night,
and had entrenched a height in fiont of the north gate
of the pagoda, which gave them an enfilading fire
upon part of our line, 1 directed Captain Wilson, of the
38th Regiment, with two companies of that Corps, and
100 wen of the '2Bth Madras Native Infantry, to drive
them from the hill. No order was ever more rapidly
or handsomely obeyed. The brave sepoys vying with
their British comrades in forward gallantry, allowed
the appalled Burmese no time to rally, but drove them
from one breast-work to another, lighting them in the
very h. les they had dug, finally to prove their graves.
In the course of this day, Col. Mallen': detachment
returned from Pegue, having found the old city com-
pletely deserted, and gave me the additional means of
attacking the enemy the moment the time arrived.
During the 3d and 4th the enemy carried on his
labours with indefatigable industry, and but for the
inimitable practice of our artillery, commanded by
Captain Murray, in the absence, from indisposition,
of Lieutenant-Colonel Hopkinson, we must have been
severely annoyed by the incessant fire from his trenches.
The attacks upon Kemmendine continued with un-
abating violence, but the unyielding spirit of Major
Yates and his steady troops, although exhausted with
fatigue and want of rest, bailed every attempt on shore,
while Captain Ryves, with his Majesty's sloop Sophie,
the Honourable East India Company's cruizer, Teign-
mouth, and some flotilla and row gun boats, nobly
maintained the long established fame of the British
Navy, in defending the passage of the river against
the most furious assaults of the enemy's war boats,
advancing under cover of the most tremendous fire
rafts, which the unwearied exertions of British sailors
could alone have conquered.
Capt. Ryves lost no opportunity of coming in con-
tact with the much vaunted boats of Ava, and in one
morning, five opt of six, each mounting a heavy piece
of ordnance, were boarded and captured by out men,

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of wars *sits, commanded, by ten* Kellett, o
his Majesty's ship Araebne, ankLieuteraela Goldfinch
of the Sophie, whose intrepid cstaduct merits the high-
eit -prilse.
The enemy having apparently completed his left
wing with its full complement of artillery and warlike
stores, I determined to attack that part of his line early
on the morning of the sth. I requested Captain Chadds,
the senior nay it Officer here, to move up the Puzen-
doon Creek during the night, with the gun flotilla,
bomb•ketch, &c. and commence a cannonade on the
enemy's rear at day-light. This service was most judi-
ciously and successfully performed by that Officer,
who has never yet disappointed me in my most san-
guine expectations. At the same time, two tolumns of
attack were formed agreeably to orders, I had issued
on the preceding evening, composed of details from the
different Regiments of the Army ; the first, consisting
.of one thousand one hundred men, I placed under the
orders of that gallant Officer, Major Sale, and directed
Win to attack and penetrate the centre of the enemy's
line; the other, consisting of six hundred men, I en-
trusted to Major Walker, of the 3d Madras Native
Light Infantry, with orders to atiack their left, which
had approached to within a few hundred yards of R
tn-
goon. At seven o'clock, both columns moved forward
to the point of attack. Both were led to my perfect
satisfaction, and both succeeded with a degree of ease
their intrepid and undaunted conduc: undoubtedly en-
sured; and I directed Lieutenant Archbold, with a
troop of the Right Honourable the Governor-General's
body guard, which had been landed the pr ceding
evening, to follow the column under Major Sale, and
take advantage of any opportunity which might offer
to charge.
e enemy were defeated and dispersed in every di-
rection, and the body guard gallantly charging over
the broken swampy ground, completed their terror and
dismay. The Cassay horse fled, mixed with the retreating
infantry; and all their artillery, sto-es, and reserve
depots, which had cost them so much toil and labour
to get up, with a great quantity of small arms, gilt
chattahs, standards, and other trophies, fell into our
hands. Never was victory more complete or more de-
cided, and never was the triumph rf discipline and va-
lour over the disjointed efforts of irregular c, Drage, and
infinitely superior numbers, more conspicuous. Majors
Dennie and Thornhill, of the 13th Light Infantry, and
Major Gore, of the 89th, were ilistingu,shed by the
steadiness with which they led their men ; but it is with
deep regret I have to state the loss we h eve sustained
in the death of Major Walker, one of India's best and
bravest soldiers, who fell while leading his column into
the enemy's intrenchments, when the command de-
volved upon Major Wahab, who gallantly conducted
the column during the rest of the action ; and I observed
the 34th iAadras Native Light Infantry on this occasion
conspicuously forward.
The Burmese left wing thus disposed of, I patiently
waited its effect upon the right, posted in so thick a
forest as to render any attack in that quarter in a great
measure impracticable.
On the 6th, I had the pleasure of observing that Bun-
dna.' had brought up the scattered remnant of his
defeated left to strengthen his right and centre, and
continued day and night employed in carrying on his
approaches in front of the Great Pagoda. 1 ordered
the artil cry to slacken its fire, and the infantry to keep
wholly out of sight, allowing hire to carry on his fruit-
less labour with little annoyance or m•lestation. As I
eziected, he took system for timidity ; and on the
morning of the 7,11 instant, 1 had his whole force posted
in my immediate front; his first line intren-hed so close
that the soldiers in their barracks could distinctly hear
the threats and reproaches of the B.irman bravoes.
The ime had now arrived to undeceive them in their
sanguine but ill-founded hopes. I instantly made my
arrangements, and at had-past eleven o'clock everything
Was ill readiness to assault the trenches in four columns
of attack, under the superintendence of Lieutenant-
Colonel Miles, my second in command, and commanded
by Lieutenant-Colorses Adieu, Parlby, Brodie, and
Capt. Wilson, of the 38th Regiment. At a quarter be-
fore twelve I ordered every gun th;it would bear upon
the trenches to open, and their fire was kept up with an
effect that never was surpassed ; Major Sale at the same
time, as directed, making a diversion on the enemy's left
and rear. At 12 o'clock the cannonade ceased, and the
columns moved lorwar d to their respective points of at-
tack. Everything was done under myown immediateeye,
but where all behaved to nobly, 1 cannot particularize;
but I must in justice state, that Captain Wilson's and
Lieut.-Colonel Parlby's divisions first made an impres-
sion from which the enemy never recovered. They
were driven from all their works without a check, aban-
doning all their guns, with a great quantity of arms of
every description, and certainly not the least amusing
part. of their formidable preparations was a great num-
ber of ladder a, fur escalading the Great Pagoda, found
in rear of their position. The total defeat ot Bundoola's
army was now most fully accomplished ; his loss in
killed and wounded, from the natur e of the ground, it
is impossible to calculate; but I am confident I do not
exceed the fairest limit when I state it at five thousand
men. In every other respect the mighty host, which
so lately threatened to overwhelm us, now ,scarcely
exists ; it commenced its inglorious flight during last
night ; humbled, dispersing, and deprived of their arms,
they cannot, for a length of time, again meet us in the
field, and the lesson they have now received, will, I am
confident, prove a salutary antidote to the native arro-
gance and vanity of the Burmese nation. Thus va-
nished the hopes of Ave; and those means which the
Burmese Government were seven months in organizing
for our annihilation have been completely' destroyed by
us in the course of seven days. Of three hundred pieces
of ordnance that accompanied the grand army; two
hundred and forty are now in-our camp, and in muskets,
their loss is to them irreparable.
Our loss in killed and wounded, although severe, will
not, I am sure, be considered great for the important
services we have had the honour to perform.
Of my troops I cannot say enough ; their valour was
only equalled by the cheerful patience with which they
bore long and painful privations. My Europeans fought
like Britons, and proved themselves worthy of the coun-
ivy that gave them birth; and 1 trust I do the gallant
sepoys justice when I say that never did troops more
strive to obtain the palm of honour, than they to rival
their European comrades in everything that marks'the
steady, true, and dating soldier.
My obligations to Captains Chadds and Ryves, and
the Officers and seamen of his Majesty's Navy, are great
and numerous; in Captain Chadds himself I have
'always found that ready alacrity to share our toils and
dangers, that has ever characterised the profession he
belongs to, and the most cordial zeal in assisting and
co-operating with me on every occasion. I have alsci
ito notice the good conduct of the Honourable Com-

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pany s Cruizers, tile gun flotilla, Ina koir-isuais ; sdi
ought I to omit mentioning the handsome tondrict
Captain Binny, Acting Agent for the Bengal Trahs;
ports, in volimietring both is European crew add ship
for any service ; on the present ockasion she was
chored off Dalla; and sustained some loss • Fresh, Ai
enemy's fire. I may also add, that eveil tridspoit id
the river was equally anziotts to Contribute eaeli pOss
sible assistance to the publiceeriticr. • •
To Lieutenant-Colonel Miles and Majoi Evans, ilia =
rnanding the Ist and 2d divisions, thy moat perticildaf
thanks are due, for the alacrite and promptitude
diitll
which my orders were carried into effect by their se
spective divisions; and Major Frith, of his Majesty's
Siltri regiment, commanding in the Pagoda, attracted
my particular notice, by his steady method of cons
ducting all the severe duties of that important post.
The services of the artillery from the three Presidencies;
commanded by Capta:ns Timbrell and Montgomerie,
under the general direction of Captain Murray in the
lines, and of Captain Russell, of the Bombay Artillery,
in the town and its vicinity, were most conspicuously

bt illiant.
To Captain Cheape, commanding engineer, and every
individual of the department, the greatest credit is
due ; and the conduct of Captain Wheeler and the MA'.
dras pioneers is justly a theme of praise to every officer
whose command they ate placed under.
The extent arid long continuance of our late opera-
tions necessarily entailed a most arduous and sever
duty upon my Deputy Quarter-Master-General, Major
Jackson, whose zeal, talent, and activity, entitle him
to my fullest approbation; Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy,
my Deputy Adjutant-General, performed the duties of
his station with that ability and cheerful readiness that
has ever distinguished him ; and from my personal
S;aff, Captains Snodgrass and Campbell, 1 received
every aid and assistance that devotion to the service
could command.
Many points may remain unnoticed upon which the
Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council
may dtsite to be informed, and I have therefore
directed my first Aide-de-Camp, Captain Snodgrass.
en Officer of long standing and exi.erimce, and who
has seen much service, to be the bearer of this dispatch ;
he enjoys my fullest confidence, is intimately acquainted
w.th all my views and intentions, and most capable of
affording any information that may be required, and I
beg most earnestly to recommend him to the kind pro,-
section of the Right Honourable the Governor-General.
I have, &c, A. CAMPBZI.L, Brig.-Gen.
Then fidlows the general Return of Killed, Wounded,
and Missing:
From the Ist to the 7th December, 1824, there were 26 killed,
245 wounded, and two horses missing.
NASIRS OF OFFICERS KILLED 11110 WOUPLIED.
Kitten-5d Regiment M. N. Light Infantry—Major Walker;
his Majesty's 13th Light Infantry—Brevet Captain and Lieute-
nant O'Shea.
Wourman..—His Majesty's 13th Light Infantry—Captain Clarke,
severely ; Ensign J. Blackwell, slightly ; Ensign R. W. Croker,
severely.—His Majesty's 58th Regiment—Lieutenant J. S. Tor-
rent, severely, not dangerously ; Lieutenant A. H. M. hi' Leroth,
severely.—His Majesty's 89th Reginseut—Captain It. C. Rose, se-
verely.—H. C. Madras Ist European Regiment—Lieutenant C.
Butler, slightly.—Madras 26th Regiment Native Infantry—Ensign
Smith, severely.—Madras 28th Regiment Native Infantry.--Lieu-
tenant J. C. Torriano, severely; Ensign O'Brien, severely.—Ma-
dras 45d Regiment Native Infantry—Lieutenant Scott slightly.
F. S. TIDY, Lieut.-Colonel D. A. General.
Return of Ordnance and Military Stores captured by the Force un-
der the command of Brigadier-General Sir Archibald CampbeU,
K.C.B. 84c.&c. in the different Attacks between Ist and 7th De-
cember,sBll4.

Camp, Rangoon, Bth Decethhet, Ig24i
BRASS Guns.-1 eight-pounder, 1 six pounder, 6 five-pounders.
IRON GUNS.+I eight-pounder, 3 sil-pounders, 1 live-pounder, 4
ur-pounders, 6 three-pounders, 4 two-pounders,l9s swivels.
10,000 lbs. gunpowder destroyed, 360 round shot, 900 muskets,
000 spears, 5,000 entrenching tools.
Many stands of muskets, besides spears, swords, and other im pk-
struts taken and destroyed, of which no account has been receieed.
It. MURRAY, Captain, Artillery.
Additional Return of Ordnance brought in since the Bth instant:
Camp, Rangoon, 10th December, 1824.
IRON Guts.-1 four-pounder, l three-ponder, 5 swivels.
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell,
K.C.B to George Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Go-
vernment, dated Head-quarters, Rangoon,ioth December, 1824.
Sin—Upon returning to Rangoon on the evening of
the Bth instant, I found the enemy's corps of observa-
tion on the Dalla side of the river had not been wholly
withdrawn, probably from ignorance of what had
taken place on the preceding day, in front of the
Great Pagoda; and as I was well aware they would
not remain long after the news of Bundonla's defeat had
reached them,l at once determined to assault their works.
Detachments from his Majesty's £9th, the Honour-
able Company's Ist Nradras European regiment, and
the 43d Madras native infantry, were immediately or-
dered under arms, and; just as the moon rose, they
moved across the river, under the command of Major
Farrier, of the latter corps, landed and jumped, with-
out a moment's hesitation, into the enemy's trenches;
many Burmese were slain in the short conflict that en-
sued ; they were driven, at the point of the bayonet,
into the jungle in their rear, and ten good guns, with
many small arms, fell into our possession.:
Major Farrier kept his ground during the night, and
in making a reconnoissance early in the morning found
the enemy still occupied some stockades in the jungle
in considerable force. lin consequence directed Lieu-
tenant‘Colonel Parlby, with a reinforcement of his Ma.
jesty's 89th regiment, under Major Basden, and three
hundred of the 12th and 30th Madras Native Infantry,
to join Major Farrier, and attack the enemy wherever
he might be found. Lieutenant-Colonel Parlby's cool-
ness and judgment fully confirmed the high, opinion
so justly entertained of him ; he drove the enemy in
great confusion from all their strong-holds in the jun-
gle, and they are now only seen in unconnected groups
at a great distance on the plain.
Lieutenant-Colonel Parlby bears the most honour-
able testimony to the valour and intrepidity of Major
Basden and his Majesty's 89th Regiment, and pays the
highest compliment to Major Farrier and all the other
troops employed, as well as Capt. Russell, of the Ar-
tillery, who accompanied him. I have, &c.
A. CAMPBELL, Brig.-Gen.
By theßetum of Killed and Wounded,it appears that in this opr
ration there were 2 killed and 46 wounded.

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U. M. 89th Regiment—lieutenant A. B. Taylor, slightly Lieut.
A. Dowdall severely; Assistant Surgeon J. Walsh, slightly.
Ist European Regiment—Captain J. Roy, slightly.
12th N. L.—Lieutenant Glover severely, arm amputated.
Return of Ordnance and Military Stores captured from the enemy
by the force under the command of Brigadier. General Sir Archi-
bald Campbell, K.C.R. dec. &c. &c. in the different attacks at
Dalla. between the Otis and 9th December, 1894.
BRASS Gums-2 one-pounders, 1 Seven pounder, eight pounders.
IKON Goss-2 three-pounders, 1 six-pounder, 11 swivels.
IS cwt. powder destroyed, 22 spears, 20 entrenching tools,
24 muskets.
Copy of a I.t tter from Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell
K.C. B. to GeOrge Swinton, Esq. Secretary to the Bengal Go-
vernment, dated Head-quarters, Rangoon, Dec. 16, 1624.
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pleasure of communicating to yott, that it has again
pleased Goa to favour us with a great victory over the
army of Bundoola, re-collected after his late defeat,
and considerably reinforced on his retreat ; which latter
iirciirastance induced him and his Chiefs to determine
ppon one more great effort to retrieve their disgrace.
or this pttrpose they succeeded in rallying and for
tag, with the reinforcements mentioned, a force amount-
lug to between twenty and twenty-five thousand men,
and returned to the village of Corkain, about three
finites from the Great Pagoda, and immediately cont.
riie'nced entrenching and stockading, with a judgment
in point of position such as would do credit to the
best-initrueted engineers of the most civilized and war-
like nation,.
On the evening of the 12th, a deserter from the
enemy (amongst much other intormation) declared it
to be their intention to attack our lines on the morning
of the •14th (pronounced a fortunate day by their sooth-
sayers), determined to sacrifice themselves at the dearest
rate, as they had nothing else to expect than to do so
igaominilusly by returning to the presence of their
King, disgra,ed and defeated as they had been. This
information was too circumstantially given to be disre-
garded, and I prepared accordingly. On the 13th the
enemy's movements left little doubt on my mind of the
truth of the deserter's inforination.

About half-past two on the morning of the 14th, a
formidable fire-raft was launched from a little above
Kemmendine (which, however effected nothing) ; and,
at the same time, their emissaries succeeded in setting
fire to Rangoon in several places at once; by which
about one fourth of the town has been destroyed, not-
withstanding the utmost efforts of the garrison, and well
disposed part of the inhabitants to get the file under.
The 14th passed without any other attempt on the
part of the enemy; during the day, however, he was
seen above Kemmendice to transport large bodies of
troops from the Dilla to the Rangoon side of the river.
For many urgent reasons I determined to attack Bun-
doola on the following day,rather than wait his pleasure
as to time and place of meeting.
The pcsition he had taken up (though formidable)
was still more favourable than any he had yet pre-
sente4ll me with. I also derived much advantage Prom
.a knowledge of the ground the enemy were in posses-
sion of, having been over it with a part of my force
upon a former occasion.
Oil the morning of the 15th, my columns of attack
were formed as follows:—The right consisting of 201),
of his Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, and 300 of the
18th and 34tit Madras Native Infantry, under the di-
rection of Brigadier-General Cotton, with one field-
piece and a detachment iron] the Right Honourable
the Governor-General's body guard, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Archbold. This column I di-
rected to mike a detour round the enemy's left, and,
if possible, to gain the rear of his position, and there
wait the preconcerted signal of attack from me.
I marched myself with the left column, which con-
sisted of 500 Europeans from the 38th, 41st, 89th, and
Madras European Regiment, and 300 Natives from the
9th, 12th, 28th, and 30th Regiments of Madras Nativ,l
Infantry, five field-pieces, and a detachment of the
body guard, under the command of Lieutenant Dyke,
intending to attack the enemy in fvnt. On arriving
before the enemy's position, it appeared truly formida-
ble, and such as I would hardly have felt myself war-
ranted in a tacking with a less force than 10,000 men,
had I not from experience known and appreciated the
valour of the troops I had the honour to command. Of
this column to o divisions were formed, giving the com-
mand to Lieut.-Col. Miles, of the 89th, and the other to
Major Evans, of the 28th Regiment.
My dispositions being complete, the preconcertel
signal guns were fired, and I had the pleasure to hear
Brigadier-General Cotton's reply, which assured me
that all was ready on his side; the artillery now opened,
and the three columns rushed on to the assault with the
most determined and enthusiastic bravery, and in less
than fifteen minutes were in full possession of this most
stupendous work, making the enemy suffer most se-
verely, and obliging him to leave his camp standing,
with all the baggage, and a great proportion of their
arms and arnmun tion; on entering we were disap-
pointed to find that Bundoola did not command in per-
son, having retiredto a distance, leaving his orders with
a chief, in the immediate command of the post, who we
found had been mortally wounded in the assault ; while
this was going on within, the Governor-General's body
guard made some gallant charges amongst the retreat-
ing infantry and Cassay horse, dealing death and de-
struction to all around. When it is known that thirteen
hundred British infantry stormed and carried by assault
the most formidable entrenched and stockaded works
1 ever saw, defended by upwards of twenty thousand
men, I trust it is unnecessary for me to say more in
praise of men performing such a prodigy ; future ages
will scarcely believe it. The prisoners declare that our
appearance before their works was treated by them all
(from their Generals downwards) with the utmost deri-
sion and contempt; so confident were they in their im-
mense superiority in numbers, and the fancied security
of the works they had constructed.
Our gallant friends afloat were determined not to let
this auspicious day pass without their share of its ope-
rations. Captain Chadds directed that intrepid and
enterprising Officer, Lieutenant Kellett, of his Majesty's
ship Arachne, to proceed in command of an expedition.
up the river, and avail himself of any opportunity
which might offer of attacking the enemy's war-boats;
he soon came up with a fleet of thirty-two, and after
some little manoeuvring to encourage the enemy to a
confidence that they would by their own superiority in
rowing keep their own distance, suddenly put the full
power on the Diana steam-boat, and immediately cut
through the midst of their fleet, throwing their Com-
manders and crews into the utmost consternation, some
making-for the shore and others leaping overboard in
the middle of the river, all abandoning their boats, and
leaving Lieutenant Kellett at leisure to take possession
of and bring away thirty out of the thirty-two origi-
nally discovered, and to destroy on his return several
fire-rafts, as well as materials and combustibles for their
future construction.
Every day's experience of the zeal and cordiality with
which Captain Chadds (and every individual composing
the naval part-of the expedition) co-operate with me in
carrying en the combined service, increases my sincere
obligations, and merits my warmest thanks.
Although I have already endeavoured to describe to
the lt'ght Hon. the Governor-General in Council the
enthusiastic bravery of_ the corps engaged yesterday,
still I cannot emit to mention the able and judicious aid
I received from my second in command, Brigadier-
General Cotton. The movement by which his column
was brought to the point of attack, through an intricate
country, was well executed, and the attack itself after-

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1825.

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STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

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Foreign Market; but a number of Brokers have assembled on the
Royal Exchange, there is, however, no business doing. Consols
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The length of the Dispatches from India, which
will be found in this day's *rats, leave us no room for
comment. The victories gained over the Burmese are
as honourable to the British arms as they must be de-
cisive of the war. In one of the engagements the
Burmese lost 5,000 men, and 240 pieces of ordnance.
Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPIIRLL has displayed great skill in
this war, and nothing could surpass the gallantry
of his troops.

Letters have been received by a Merchant in the City,
from Trieste, confirming the account of the earthquake
at Algiers, which we gave some time ago. The letter
states, that upwards of seventeen thousand persons
perished, of whom more than two thousand were Jews

A Jamaica Mail arrived this morning, with papers
and letters to the 15th of March, but they contain no

intelligence of any interest, except that everything is
perfectly tranquil in that colony.

We have received Lisbon Gazettes to the 10th inst.
They state that, as the yellow fever has entirely ceased
in the United States, and as no contagious disorder has
appeared in Europe or on the coast of Africa, the term
of quarantine for all those countries is shortened.

The intelligence in the official Journals of Greece, as
well as that derived through the French Papers, is gra-
tifying. The former, which have been received to the
4th of March, do not abound in details of Greek he-
roism, bat they afford evidence of that more arduous
consummation, the consolidating of the Government in
an infant State, and the triumph of the law over the
spirit of discord and insurrection. On the 18th inst.
the leaders of the sedition, who were at Napoli, wow
by order of the Executive Body, sent on board the ge-
letut Corso, and committed to the custody of the G.
neral KYRIALOS SCOURTIB, who was instructed to take
them to Hydra,that they might be safely guarded there,
till their trial took place. Among them were COLOOO*
TROINI, the four brothers DBLIJANI, the two brothers
Noraaopoum, and others of minor note. This took
place in the day-time. An immense number of per-
inns," says the Greek Officia Journal, " came to witness
the scene, and not the least confusion occurred. Joy
shone on the faces of all who were present, ceased by
seeing the laws put in execution ; but it was a patriotic
and noble joy, which did not produce excesses."
Preparations were making for the trial, and the Le-
gislative Body had passed a Decree for supplying the
place of• any of the Judges who might be challenged
by the prisoners; nine additional Members were for
that purpose added to the Commission.
:The system of mutual education is making much pro.
gress in Greece; some of the pupils have qualified
themselves for teachers, and are forming schools in
different places.
The Official Gazette of Hydra of the 25th February,
states what we are somewhat surprised at, namely, that
the President CONDUMOTTIS was about to leave Napoli,
in order to take the command of the land and sea forces
at Patras; and the French Papers state, that after con-
ducting the siege for some time, he advanced towards
Modon in order, we presume, to encounter the troops
landed by the Egyptian fleet.
ALEIMNDER MAVROCORDATO has undertaken the
place of Secretary General. GICOA BOTTASIS has been
chosen Vice-President of the Executive Body. A letter
from Egypt, in the Greek Journals, describes the Pacha
to have been, throughout the whole of his late expensive
and unfortunate campaigns, the dupe of Turkish artifice,
and of flattery administered to him by. Europeans in

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