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Common terms and phrases12-pounder howitzers 13th Light Infantry 6th Madras Cavalry action alarm Amorha arms army arrived artillery attack baggage Bahadoor battery Belwa Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry boats Brigadier Bowcroft Bustee Calcutta Callao camp Captain Sotheby charge Colonel Eowcroft column command detachment distance district elephants encamped enemy Eoyal Marines escape European troops field force flying column force marched four guns front Fyzabad Ghat Gogra Goruckpore ground H.M.'s 13th Light halt Hawaiian language horses hour howitzers Hurreah India insurgents jungle killed Lieutenant Grant Lieutenant Pym limber Lucknow mahout Major Cox Mark Kerr ment miles distant morning Myrwa Naval Artillery Naval Brigade naval guns Nepaul night o'clock Oahu officers Oudh Pearl rear rebels regiment of Gorkhas retired retreat returned rifle river road Sarun seamen and marines sent Sepais ship side siege train Sikhs skirmishers Sohunpore soon Sowars tents tope Tumbes Victor Montagu village wounded Popular passagesPage 118 - ... Sotheby, RN, commanding the escort of the fleet of boats for the bridging of the Gogra, of a most gallant and creditable affair between the enemy and the escort, under the command of Captain Sotheby, which resulted in the capture of the strong fort of Chanderpore, and the safe passage of the fleet. 2. I would beg to bring to the notice of his Lordship in Council the gallant and spirited conduct of all the officers and men engaged on this occasion, and particularly that of Captain Sotheby, whose... Page 296 - ... cannot allow the officers and men forming the Naval Brigade of Her Majesty's ship " Pearl " to pass through Allahabad, on their return to their ship, without expressing his acknowledgment of the excellent service which they have rendered to the State. Disembarked on the 12th of September, 1857, they have for fifteen months formed a main part of the small force to which the security of the wide district of Goruckpore, and of the country adjoining it, has been entrusted, and which has held during... Page 41 - The male population are a good height, athletic, and well proportioned ; but neither men nor women are prepossessing in appearance, although they have the reputation of being good-tempered and not easily aroused into anger. The ruins of an old temple are still to be seen about six miles from Honolulu, near Diamond Hill. It is said to have been built by Kamehameha the First, after the conquest of the island. It is called Heiau. Here, in the days of heathenism, were offered human sacrifices. The victim... Page 303 - ... one which can be viewed with more unmixed satisfaction than the conduct and behaviour of the Naval Brigades, formed of men of Her Majesty's and of the Indian Navy. Conspicuous among those brave men were the crews of the Shannon and the Pearl — names that never will be forgotten in Calcutta. It is not their prowess in the field to which I allude, though this has never been surpassed, even by British sailors, but their admirable steadiness, good conduct and humanity throughout a most trying campaign,... Page 295 - ... words to those recorded in this order ; and he now again True extract. WD MORGAN, Captain. Major of Brigade. Inclosure 2 in No. 57. India Office. General orders by the Governor-General of India, 4th January, 1859. No. 653 of 1859. Inclosure No. 48. Military Department, Allahabad, January 17, 1859. No. 653 of 1859. — His Excellency the Viceroy and GovernorGeneral cannot allow the officers and men forming the Naval Brigade of Her Majesty's Ship Pearl to pass through Allahabad, on their return... Page 297 - January, 1859, have shown that, when the Goruckpore Field Force has been engaged, the Brigade has signally distinguished itself. The Governor-General cordially thanks Captain E. Sotheby, CB, and his brave officers and men, for the valuable assistance which they have given to the army in Bengal, and he is glad to think 1 They were landed for nearly seventeen months. J ' and 26th ' inserted in ink in the copy of the Gazette forwarded. RJH BIRCH, Major-General. Secretary to the Govt. of India, with... Page 296 - ... arduous and harassing ; but it has been cheerfully and thoroughly performed, and the discipline of the Pearl's Brigade has been admirable. The Gazettes of the 9th and 23rd March, 27th April, nth May, 22nd June, 6th and 13th July, 13th August, 12th and 19th October, 23rd and 26th November, 1858, and nth 2 January, 1859, have shown that, when the Goruckpore Field Force has been engaged, the Brigade has signally distinguished itself. The Governor-General cordially thanks Captain E. Sotheby, CB,... Page 118 - ... officers and men engaged on this occasion, and particularly that of Captain Sotheby, whose performance of the very arduous duty of escorting that large fleet up so rapid and difficult a river, with one bank crowned with forts manned by the enemy, has been such as to merit the best acknowledgements that I can bestow. The crowning exploit of attacking and capturing the strongest fort on the river with his handful of men will recommend itself at once to the notice of his Lordship in Council. Page 293 - Brigade leaving the force under his command ; while he said, " The successes we have gained are mainly due to your courage and gallantry. I have also observed the excellent discipline and conduct of your brigade, which reflects great credit on Captain Sotheby and the officers, as well as on yourselves ; I therefore regret to lose your services, but am glad that, upon your departure, you are homeward-bound, which you all so much desire. Page 217 - The drills were relaxed, the season not being suitable for that exercise, and all hands relapsed into reading or sleeping on a charpoy ; a state which lasted for a longer or shorter period according to the state of the weather. No orders having arrived that the brigade should return to the ship, all hands settled down with the prospect of another campaign, and several kinds of amusements were got up for the men. Books were sent for, a reading-room was established, which, afterwards, when the force... Bibliographic information
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