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India Board, 11'hizehell, Sepl. id. 'tilli hie proceedhiga-frniii that date, add etoden it
•illi A diiiitotbk, doted. Fort William. Febro ley 40, 1815, together only necessirylor se te ezith 'my approbation of
1 w ith its itse Lieat..Cot.Thompicieb isiidUct, and entire eatisftle.
llosorto.,bi whirls 14 following are estract,i i ho st
beep iiiecveej; *, of As u4l4,litmet fru,,,.ta„, Iside.pre. Sion itftli diet of detaihsgedt in gene
sicteni in Council. •• : It 'Would, hqw.ev,er,.bo,uninst not teitiiiitiOn; that
For a :totemPoi of,•the operations of the.division the reports I tevieirtfli froM Lieut. !Aide, Engineers
iof trii, army, eom_Mtkoded by Colonel Doliterlony, 'of the very trel‘Lilibstor and fatigue sustained with
I from die of 1Voi:, drawn to the clove of Decem- cbeerfulnelell byitise pioneers, induced. me to express
ber, we have the tioooneip refer your Hon,. Court to to Capt. Balnes,:iptent.,'lltriiiitrong,.and their slicers, a dispatch (roils ktr.*lgiegy 441.,. dated the 10th Who set them the:Meritorious example, my particular:
:of January, •
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.. Ith -anks, Ind, to eenfl a pecuniary donation to the men.
j The skill, jodgvaent,.perseeitratice, sod patience'. Lieut. Lawde, with his accustomed zeal, 'team-
! which have distitypilsbed the conduct of Col. Oehler.' ponied tire detachment, and on this as on every °cat-
'. bony in the arduous service in which he is employed, sion, deserves my highest consideration ; from him I
, cannot fail to attract Om particular notice of Your..:.hatte the honour to.transtnit iit sketch of the
j Honourable Conrt. The exertions of tbatehle Officer;. gstoskid and pat no( attack,
I still continued to be directed against,the enemy's sup•_t...,lt.reatians qAdy.to add, that the enemy ho Semler,
plies, and such `of his new positions as might be foundperoeived the movement to the right, and cameo'.
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to be assailoble. , • , : I plated lis obvious 'abject, than they evacuated aft
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detachment has been lath di ti merit my
probation..

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I biza*, boned"• to be, &c.
• WILLIAM THOMPSON, Lie:C.-Col.
Commanding the Rewire..
bird ribbei.lte,Tebba; Der. Si, 1814.

Adnsiral4-o.lfice, Sept. . .
Copies of letters and of their inclosores from Adm.
Locd Ktmouth, K. C. B. Commander:in-Chief of 10
Majesty's ihips in the Mediterratteatioiddrentid to
John Wilson Croker, Esq.
The first letters coribiln tle ails bf t •
operratiomil
before Gaeta, which terminated in a blorltele; the
lag letter contains an acCount of th, ahbt Ij oa of
that fortress, as follows :
ilk sfroepty's skip Meiji; Crete *NAP.
MT Lollo3,—in my letter of that Td inst. I 'egress.
ed my intention of treddinfr the nest day to the Gct.
•vernor of Gaeta an aCicidat a Bonaparte's surrenderi
Ithich having been done, I have now the pleasure
to atqualtit your Lordship, that it led to commuoie
cations which terminated in the subroidsiort .of that.

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Extract of &leiter from John Adam, raq. Secretary to 04),
veronica, to .loho Moreton. rstt. Acting. Secretary to Ow-
veroment at the President', dated Camp at•thread, Fets:lo,
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I am directed to transmit tg you, for the purpose.
of being laid before bis Eltellency the Vice-Presl- '
dent in Council,. the inclosed copy_ of a letter from
the Adjutaut-General, under Ave the Bth inst. in. ,
closing copies of dispatches from Cal.. Ochterlony,
and contai ll ill g a statement .of the operations of the
division of the army. under that Officer's command
sub.equently to the 27th of November, up to which
date they are already known to the Vice-President
in Council, from the communications which I had
the honour to make to you from time to time. The
general result of the operations detailed In the in-
closed papers has also been communicated to his Ex-
cellency in Council, in my letter to your address oT
the sth inst. inclosing Colonel Fagan's dispatch of the
2d inst.

!iheir stockades bat twe small redoubts
under the fort, and risked the attempt which
Lieute•Col. Tbotepsoolfas detailed, and on its nn-
! soccessfel issue, retired to Mungboo.ka-Dhar, where,
he is now assembled witlt his whole force the right
covered by the stockades which I bad intended toe&
tack, and their left resting on or towards the forte(
Tareagorh.

fortreit yeitertisy. At six P. M. the Soap,. was
taken postbssion of by the marinei of his Majesty's
ship under my c)invnatitl, earl the others by the Ans.
trian and Sicilian Odor, awl this day the garrison
marched out, and were disposed of according to tho
terms of submission (a ropy of which It herewith
ttansititted); the tier drat articles having beau dic.
Itated by his Sicilian klmjeity.
Inventories are taking, but as they *JR Oil— ploy-
some time I do not think it necessary to wait till they
ern finished, as Colonel Robinenn, who is appointed .
on our patt, wilt remain, and send d copy, when tom-
pleted.
There are two hundred and twenty-seven pieces
of ordnance, one hundred and fifty-two of which
are moatited, and provisions remaining for near three

Apprehending that the enemy might venture a se-
cond, I directed Lieutenant-Colonel Lyons and the
second battalion of the 7th, with two six-pounders,
to reinforce Lieut.• Col. Thompson, in the hope or
preventing it, or rendering it ineffectual. They
have, however, remained stationary since their
repulse.-1 have, &c.

' D. OCMTEIII.ONY, Major-General.
14Couap Nebo, ,Dee. 31, 1814.

Report from I.leuteopt.Cotaart Thompson to Major:Geacral 1 month'.
Ochierlony, inclosed in the receding. in acquainting your lordebin Oith the cntieltetiota
Sta,—Agreeably to your instructions I hate, the i of 11,4 serrke, I cannot deny myself the satisfeetioo
honour to report, that after dusk on the evening of , rif egad expressing my tense of the minus as,isto
the 'Nth, I commenced my march toitards theig mice afforded to me by Captain Brace, while lot cont 4
heights with the light battelion and eight companies i slued under my Oilers,. and Colonel Robinson, who
of the 2d battalion 3d regiment., Native Infantry, ' did so to the last moment; and without sof:snit% to
two 8-portuders, and a mountain train. f two ii,r; attach more importance or merit to the operation"
howitzers. Although the. night was extremely to-i in'which we have been engaged, than they may be
vOurible, the whole 'of the artillery did not _reach , fairly considered to deserve, I yet venter* to ego
the opposite side'of the ridge of hills, about one coos , press my hope, time yodt Lordship will feet yodrself
tkelow Debrio-ka-Tebha, until past eight o'clock in •
a liberty to place them in math a light before my
14,morniag of the 25th.-. I..then advanced up the i Lord Commi.aioners Of the Admiralty, as may oh.
frmso of the bill with the light battalion and four corn. taut their Lordships' farmer and consideration to.
ponies of the 2d battalion 3d regiment„ to gain pos. • words Col. Robinson arid the First Lieeteeaut of this
*nit!? of the ridge oil my leftt immediately opposite. ship; who is a motif deserving officer.
to the enemy's *one stockade ;• from this ridge the . ' '• I have the honour to be, &r. • :
fatockade is about 700 yards, with four- different . Wet. CHARLES PAMIR..
heights intervening. ~ .., :. ..- •-. •• - •• - ~
- Ts) IMRight Br. Ado; m Lord Emen, •
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The enemy having comiteestr.far is the nearest i‘ -, uis
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hill to the ridge, began to open a fire of. matchlock" • A illifet.Eg -of SURMIMION of the Fortressa•of
eCureeithele,
upon our party as they proceeded up the heights.— viritesztihifer
Riven
niresi have Fnabltshed In cower' cur r
em.
On our gaining possession of a• high (part of the ridge,
the enemy evacuated tifeir position upon
.the Oppositil • . 9
.. ;410-11. The Commandant, M. Be.iani, command.
oeg the fortrestof braes, writ surrender the said for-
hill, nod being initantaneoosly purstted by our Whops, .
they fled successively over the whole of the Mils ~ ili
tress to his Majesty „Ferdinand .I V. Ktng of the-Two
Vilma ofa letter from the A diotant Getters! ,Iti Ria A,ilson. 1 .d alt that itcontains.•
• - e.g. ;toed Camp al surreedaaa, frcb. e. Tel ..
..• I uetween the ridge and their sloe . , kade. sehich apeear-i-Ac.. elh.ven.. ..
...-Artelt..•• sits Majesty effete his warm to M.
The result of then first movement 'escainit, Itc ens- ling to me too strong, to attempt willies*. the assist.. -
Begani, but, he,will not, admit, him in his service.—
iny's position was briefly reported- in -Col: hter- ' ance of our guns, I resolved to wait until the anti!-
11e-willaubmit.itimtelf to 4 lie. getteroeity -of hil Ma.
lon)'stlisoatch of the 29th ult. forviarded iwessi on lery came up. ~ .
the 21 unit. ; I have stow the honour to trailinuWthe • .. . "" jeity tespecting-the.necessarysreeene (should he be in
The six-pounders opened upon the place.
Colonel's more eetailed report, 'dated 'the 2lst ' nit. four o'relock," P. and I was in hopes that as '
abuutt'VlrlaYtb.urideetake iieusediately. • to-travel out of. the
thu 'I
hlogdom. • . * • • •-..
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and Its inclosures, from which the GoverstOrlGene- I wall. appeared to be composed only of loose stones, I • •
1 :Art. 11 f: • His Majiatiiiints to all Neepoillairier.
rat will perceive, that althougirthe movinasiti has oat lit might:lsave been laid open before dank'; bat after . ficers and soldier the' lame. conditions as hie,
realized the principal object proPosiest in iiekittit
2. Its i firing for an hour, from a distance of about 6QO
been granted to his iubjects'in the capitulation of
its-consequence of the enemy having been- e 11410.44, yard., only a small part of the wall came down. : .. .
, likpa -Lsnza: • • ' s• • •
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by es acuating nearly all ' his • stockist.", to •elffitetti- .11.)0.19/. resolved to move the battery to a nearer
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Art. IV. The subltiets-ollis MAjesty the Emperor
,rate his whole force on one of theltfteMefillolke ot distaitce the following morningv the pioneers wee* of Austria and thous (Otis Majesty Louis she. Kiil.r..
attack, it terminated in the repulsei With Cnnsiderer employed 'tiering, the day In making Amines, and. eenth will remain at the dispoial of their respeetibl
•ble loss, of a determined attack which a iiike part
.of ;abbot's for that
.porpose. . • • ' Sovereigni. '
his force made on Lieutenant-Colonel Thotnpseol About a qaarter of en hour, however, betel" Sob- Art. V. The fortreis-'4l.be surrendered to.wnor...
position, sword in hand, on the morning of the ieth rise the following morning (the 29th) the' enemy
.rote,..the Ash unlade at 4 o'cleck, P.M. -Tao merits*
December. The conduct of "the' officers and troops •
came down in gieat numbers from thezMungoo-ka: •
port gate, as well as that of the land,
'will be two.
engaged on this occasion, have merited and obtained Char, with en apperent.intention of forcing my pot
pled to-day, at six tecinek, P.M. by the troops of the
the Commander in Chief's entire approbation. •
siticln on the 'ridge,' and also turning My left/ sr' as Allies, and this evening the Commissaries will begiq
In the plan of attack, audio all measures and an- Igenetof th
to susurround it. lam happy to add, that, in come. to take charge of the Magazines.
rangements which could 'conduce to its success; e warm reception they received trots) our, Art. VI. The gOreison will march out to.m..rrovr,
Colonel Ochterlony esiuced his usual judgment and'' troops, they were soon obliged to retire with loss.—
.the g,h inst. at four o'clock, P.M. by the land-gatei
ability. • • • • Having now however every reason to believe that•
and will lay down their arms on the glatis. The
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Colonel Ochterlony's operationi will continue tot hlungoo.ka-Dhar had been strongly reinforced,
I Officers will keep their swords. The standards and
be directed against tea enemy's sapplies, and such of thought it advisable to throw up a slight intreacbment drums, as well as the musical instruments, will be
his new positions as may be fourth to be assailable. on my position on the ridge and first bill, which was
lekin the fortress;
• • effected about dusk. • ' Art. VII. The Neapolitan officers and soldiers
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Copy of a letter from Major (:coons! Sir David Peirtrlaity,• During the night the enemy evacuated the stockade will embark the s..tne day at Cistellone for Castel
K. C. B. in, the Adjutant-General, .. . ..:••
• on Deboo.ka-Tebbe, which was immediately OCCO..
SIR,—On the 27th I-had the honourto report to Volturno, where they will find means of conveyance
you the arrival of the 2J battalion of the nth Nature
pied by the picquets of the light battalion.
• by transports to Copes, the place of their destine-
Infantry
, The stockade is situated on a steep rocky end.
Infantry and the 18. pounders in this ceintid' tint,. The families and equiNges of the said officeus
' fleece, very difficult of access on all sides, but par-
will lie likewise embarked in the same day at the
Our position in view of the fort had compelled the
lic I • front, where 't• is almost perpeodicu-
ular y tit t
, Mole for Castel Volturno.
enemy to bring their supplies from the eastward by
ler. The wall is. ten feet high "n the "'asides std Art. VIII. The, foreign cffiefir, and soldier! will
circuitous routes, but my information led, me to hope,
four feet thick composed of loose stones, extreme- !
' embark the same thy, the 9th in.t. at Castell for
that the position of three points ii, front of our right. ,
iy well built, Ltd three sides of it are surrounded tinh where thev are to wait for their dest
would entirely cut off their supplies'from Billaspore,
by a high bamboo fence, at the distance of two feet
t. from the Allied l'..wers. The said transports
and generally from the interior. . In consequence I
from the outside of the wall; within it is a Yuchat
will be furnished at the ex once of. his Nivjeaty.
directed Lieut.-Col. Thompson to march as son,. as Mhut. •
Art. IX. Three separate stalls will be made of the
it was dark on the night of the 27th, and dislodge
The position 'of the enemy at 111uttgoo-ka.Dher
foreign troops, as well as of the Neapolitans corn-
the enemy from the stockades they had erected on
appears to he nearly two miles from my post, and
p.sing the
garrison.
two of those points, and to occupy and maintain, a
the rued to it very difficult, as well from unevenness I Art. X. The archives, plans 4 papers, project,
third which they had neglected. s
, as from ascent. I have also heel, informed!, that the ,
cites's, magazioes, provisions; nnimu•aiti 4444 S, •rtsileVYs
Lieutenaot Colonel Thompson had with him •1 -1 breast works and other , • - • • i .'t Isand ll *emit.: will
enemy have throw,, up stone
inflllleatioll4, marine Ingl,l 11 , r ,
compaiii...s, two six-pounders and two howitzers of :
obstacles at different parts of the road.
be delivered to-day to the Commissaries appointed
the mountain train, and a force of irregulars Amount. i
I have the honour to iiirlose a Correct return of
ing to at least a thousand, but calculated at 1200! for the came; aeparaze inventories in triplicates will
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matchlocks. From the badness of i 11... road, or rattler our casualties* ; those of the enemy, from she best he made i•f such delkeries, 'krill nl.ich no person
intelligence I base been able to procure, amount to
will be followed either to enter the city, or to come
footh-paths, and the great difficulties ettrountered, it
ninv hundred and fifty ii. killed, nod about two bun-
out from tl.e.ornn.
was not till a late hour in the morning of the 29th
that Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson reached the first ;red anti fifty wounded. I had the pleasure yeoer- Ao. xl. Tin,. Commandant, M. Bogota, end the
slay to send in two prisoners front D-lion.ka-Tehim,
Commissaries in charge a the fori:P.% will be st,ictly
point he ens instructed to attack,and that was found
Is* day who 'wounded ill the affair •Ii that the *idle of the effects of Cvvern-
and lis another, *asi• ~..poilvt i P
St. inaccessible, and so very much stronger than my I
of the 09th. Meta property, Ss cell as those of Murat, which two, information had given me reason to expect, that he ,
of the officers and men co
The conduct
an iustnutancous assault, but to make use of his at- 1 • rteotosei in the LllPlollCagette, of 19th Augu• I his "ij
t I.st. ..i•A coy,

The Vice-President in Council will perceive with
satisfaction the testimony borne by LientebentXo. 1
lonel Thompson to the troops under his command, 1
composing the reserve of Col. Oehlerlopy's division, I
in repulsing the determined attack made on their po-
sition by Ulmer S, on the morning of -the 29th
of Deng.. . • a..
Although the movement of the reserve on the pre.•
ceding Alay did not completely erect the accomplish-
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went of the principal object in Col. Ochterlony'il
contemplation, it has nevertheless, his Lordship con.
mires, been attended with considersble advantage,
which, his Lordship is assured Cul. Ochterlbay will 1
tern to the best account.
The Vice-President in Council wilt concur in the]
opinion entertained by the Governor-General, of the
. credit due to Col. Ochterlony fur the skill, judg-.
!,ment, preseweitince, and...patience -manifested by him
under circumstances of extraordinary. difficulty, and
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will anticipate the happiest results from the continued
exertion of those qualities, •secentled by the skill
• al d inavery of the officers and troops under his coat.
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