with you such reports or dispatches as LieutenantColonel Marshall will have to make.

5. You will have the goodness to show this letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall, as his authority for employing your services in the manner indicated in this letter.

6. Enclosed, I have the honour to forward a letter to all officers under the command of Major-General Brooks, requiring them to afford every aid in the shape of escorts, guards, provisions, &c., &c., that you may apply for, and that may be in their power to afford.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

J. HOLLAND,

Major, Deputy Quarter-Master General.

To Lieutenant T. Smith,

15th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry.

II.

I hereby certify that Lieutenant Smith, of the 15th Bengal Regiment, was sent out to me with dispatches from General Brooks from Sukkur, to make an immediate attack on Nusseer Khan, the Khan of Khelat,

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posted within the hills six miles from my camp. Lieutenant Smith performed this duty in thirty-two hours, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, although he was fired on and harassed by the Brahooes. His conduct during my attack on Nusseer Khan was most praiseworthy; and I have no hesitation in saying he is fully qualified to fill any appointment that may be given him.

T. MARSHALL,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Communding Field Detachment.

Camp Kotree,

2nd December, 1840.

On this occasion, Lieutenant Smith commanded the Irregular Horse to my utmost satisfaction.

I.

FORT WILLIAM.

Secret Department, the 29th March, 1841.

General Orders by the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, in Council.

The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council, has not at an earlier period published, for general information, the result of a bold and successful attack made on the 1st of December last, on the force of the insurgent Brahooes, near Kotree, in the hills

adjoining Cutchee, by a detachment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall, in consequence of not having received the ordinary official reports of the action; but in the absence of such reports, his Lordship in Council will no longer refrain from giving publicity to such official accounts as have reached Government of that brilliant affair, and has been pleased to direct the publication of the following documents, being extracts of and copies from Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall's Detachment Orders of the 2nd, and MajorGeneral Brooks's Field Army Orders of the 6th December, 1840. In publishing these Orders, his Lordship in Council is happy to express his high approbation of the spirit and gallantry of the troops employed in this successful attack.

By order, &c.,

T. H. MADDOCK,

Secretary to the Government of India.

Camp Kotree, 2nd December, 1840.

Field Detachment Orders by Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall. It is with feelings of the highest gratification that the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding this small force, expresses his admiration of the truly steady, brave, and soldier-like conduct of the troops under his command,

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in the attack yesterday morning on the camp of Nusseer Khan. Nothing could have been better executed. To Captain Teasdale, commanding a detail of five hundred men, composed of the 2nd Grenadiers and 25th N.I., his most grateful thanks are due; the difficulty of the pass he had to force before getting into position in the rear of the enemy's camp, reflects the highest credit on all hands, and it is only to be regretted that the nature of the ground, and the guide losing the way in the dark, prevented this brave body of men from arriving at their post earlier, as the chances are, that, in that case, the object of the General commanding us might have been effected. To Captain Boyd and his little band the Lieutenant-Colonel returns his warmest thanks, and requests he will explain to his detachment the highest opinion he has of their bravery.

The Lieutenant-Colonel has not words to express his sense of the service rendered to him by Captain Ennis, in taking two hundred men through the most difficult ground he ever saw, which was praiseworthy in the extreme, and by this movement the enemy were outflanked, and turned into the mouths of our guns, and of a brave body of the 2nd Grenadiers, by which means a number were slain, and one hundred and thirty-two made prisoners.

Captain Rebenack is assured by the LieutenantColonel that he highly appreciated the steady and

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soldier-like way in which he led on the Light Company. To Captain Jackson also his thanks are due for his steady conduct. In fact, the Lieutenant-Colonel must conclude by expressing his warmest thanks to all arms employed, and requests this Order may be explained to the different detachments as early as possible. Lieutenant Pruen, the Lieutenant-Colonel has to return his warmest thanks for the practice he made with his guns; nothing could have been better done, and he trusts he may long have that active officer under his command.

The Lieutenant-Colonel has now to return his warmest thanks to Captain Smith, A.D.C. to the General commanding, for his truly useful services with the Irregular Horse. To Captain Wallace, the LieutenantColonel begs to return his thanks for his activity in gaining information of the enemy when we were in position.

The Lieutenant-Colonel now concludes with saying that he never wishes to lead braver men into the field, for braver cannot be found.

The strength and nature of the enemy's position must have been plain to all who observed it.

It is now his painful duty to express his deep regret at he loss the has sustained in the death of Lieutenant Lodge; a braver, steadier, or better regimental staffofficer there never was; and the Lieutenant-Colonel is