Monmouthshire, Saturday, March 27, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire, Wednesday, March 31, at Glou cester. City of Gloucester, The same day, at the City of Gloucester. Whitehall, February 22, 1819. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to appoint the Honourable Edward Stewart and William Thomas Roe to be Commissioners of the Customs, vice William Roe and Francis Fownes Luttrell, superannuated. FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE of FEBRUARY 23, 1819. India-Board, February 24, 1819. THE dispatches and reports, of which the following are extracts and copies, have been rés ceived at the East India-House from the Governor-General in Council at Fort-William, and fròni the Governor in Council of Bombay, containing statements of operations, of which (although not of of recent occurrence) the official accounts had not previously been received. Extract from a Dispatch addressed by the Governor in Council at Bombay to the Court of Directors, dated 12th September 1818. CAPTAIN SWANSTON, of the Madras Establishment, who had been detached with two bundred auxiliary horse and two companies of the 1st battalion of the 7th regiment of Bombay native infantry, to Tullygaum for the escort of some stores, charged a body of four hundred of the enemy, and put them to flight, with the loss of several men and horses*. The Commanding Officer of the Southern Division of Guzerat was ordered to take possession of the valuable Pergunnal of Oolpar, which was effected by a small detachment from Surat, under Lieutenant Rigby, of the 2d battalion 5th regiment, on the night of the 28th of November. Copy of a Dispatch from Major-General Marshall to the Adjutant-General, dated Camp, Beechee Tul, 15th December 1817. SIR, IN continuation of my letter of the 13th instant, I have the honour and satisfaction to report, for the information of the Most Noble the Coinmander in Chief, that I marched, at twelve o'clock at night on the 13th, from Bijraoun for the Ghaut of Laudowna, twenty-two miles due west, which our intelligence stated that the Durrahs had forced, and were encamped at Beechee Tal, five miles above it. Owing to the badness of the roads, we * This affair took place previously to the arrival of Briga dier-General Smith at Kirky, on the 18th November 1817. did not arrive at the foot of the Ghaut till between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon; when, hearing that the united Durrahs of Wassel Mahomed and Kurreem Khaun had not left their camp, I ordered the division to mount the Ghaut, and arranged for the cavalry pushing on, supported by the 1st battalion 14th regiment native infantry and galloper brigade; seeing that much time would be lost in waiting for the guns and remainder of the troops. Accordingly Brigadier Newbery mounted the pass with the whole of the cavalry, immediately in the rear of the infantry advance guard under Major Lamb, and was followed by the 1st batta◄ lion 14th, dragging up the galloper guns; but Brigadier Newbery, seeing a body of Pindarries, very judiciously ordered the cavalry to charge, without waiting the arrival of the gallopers and battalion. On receiving this intelligence, I proceeded instantly with Brigadier-General Watson, four of the gallopers, and 1st battalion 14th, to follow the cavalry with the utmost speed. The battalion, notwithstanding the fatiguing march of twenty-two miles, and having been under arins so many hours, moved on at double quick in the highest spirits. The Durrahs, a few hours before, had moved off with their families and baggage, leaving a thousand or two of their fleetest borse to cover their retreat. It was one thousand of these the cavalry pursued, and killed between forty and fifty; but the terror and dismay of the Durrahs was extreme, for though they had got many miles off before our cavalry arrived at the Ghaut, the Hirkarabs report that they threw away much grain and baggage, and left many head of cattle on their march, and that the inhabitants of the country were employed all night in collecting what the fears of the enemy induced them to throw away. Brigadier Newbery's pursuit of their rear guard continued for about ten miles from the top of the pass pass, when, having dispersed it, and finding the pursuit no longer useful, from the great fatigue the horses had undergone, he returned to the ground on which the Pindarries had been encamped, where 1 had just arrived with the 1st battalion of the 14th and gallopers, when I gave orders for encamping the division till we could obtain intelligence of the road the Pindarries had taken; for it was not elear that the main body had gone in the direction of those pursued by the cavalry. I cannot speak too highly of the ardour displayed by the whole of the troops composing the division on this occasion.-The four troops of the 2d Rohilla cavalry, under Lieutenant Turner, and four troops, of the 3d, under Lieutenant Frobisher, are very highly spoken of by every one, for their zeal and intrepidity, as reported by Brigadier Newbery. That highly distinguished 4th regiment native cavalry, under the command of Captain Ridge, with their usual gallantry and intrepidity, were ready and equal for every thing in the power of their horses to carry them to. Intelligence now states that the Pindarries flect yesterday nine coss in the direction of Kotal, and part of them four coss further. No doubt they have moved again to-day. I purpose pursuing again according to the information I may receive. The guide and intelligence, and every part of the duties of the Quarter Master-General's Department, is conducted with such zeal and ability by Lieutenant Pickersgill, Deputy Assistant- QuarterMaster-General, that the utmost benefits may reasonably be expected to result therefrom. I have the honour to inclose a return of the killed, wounded, and missing; likewise a copy of my Orders of this date. I have, &c. D. MARSHALL, Major-General, commanding the left Division. Return Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the 3d Brigade of Cavalry, in Action with the Pindarries on the 14th December 1817. Killed- trooper, 17 horses. F. NEWBERY, Colonel, Commanding Division Orders by Major-General Marshall, Commanding Left Division Grand Army. Camp Beechee Tal, December 15, 1817. Major-General Marshall congratulates the Division he has the honour to command, on the result of their exertions for the last two days, which, though they have not yet been crowned with such decided success as he could have wished, in cousequence of the flight of the Pindarries, will prove to the enemy that no opportunity will be lost of coming up with them; and with troops so eager for the contest as ours shewed themselves yesterday evening there can never be any doubt of a glorious result. The Major-General returns his best thanks to Brigadier Newbery, and the Officers and men of the 3d cavalry brigade, for the galiant manner in which they charged the enemy's rear-guard, and the perseverance of the pursuit till they had dispersed it, notwithstanding the tired condition of our horses; and also to Brigadier-General Watson, C. B. and the Officers and men of the horse and foot artillery and infantry, for their great exertions and alacrity in getting the guns up the Ledowna Ghaut, and proceeding on in the hope of sharing in the action, which was prevented by the precipitate flight of the Pindarries. W. JAMES, D. A. A. Gen. Copy |