COMPLIMENTARY ORDERS. 41 convinced his memory will be lasting with his brother officers and men. The brave fellows killed have met a soldier's deathone of glory; the wounded, the Lieutenant-Colonel, on visiting the hospital this morning, was happy to find in good spirits, although some of them were severely wounded. The Lieutenant-Colonel returns thanks to Doctors Jephson and Knight for their kindness to the wounded. (Signed) T. MARSHALL, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Field Detachment. (COPY.) Field Army Orders, by Major-General Brooks, Commanding the Forces in Scinde. Camp Sukkur, 6th December, 1840. Major-General Brooks has much satisfaction` in notifying to the troops composing the field army, the signal success which has attended that portion of it stationed at Kotree, under Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall. The Major-General having received authentic intelligence that Nusseer Khan, with the garrison of Khelat, about four thousand men, had been encamped in a strong position in the hills, within eight miles of Kotree, and that reinforcements to the extent of many thousands were on the road from Thull to join him, directed Lieutenant Smith, 15th Regiment Bengal N.I., and Acting A.D.C. to the Major-General, to proceed express to Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall's camp, with orders for the Lieutenant-Colonel to attack the Khan in his position. Lieutenant Smith left this at two o'clock on the 28th ultimo, and although his progress was greatly impeded by falling in with a large body of the enemy's cavalry, who followed and fired on him for several miles, he succeeded in reaching LieutenantColonel Marshall's camp on the morning of the 30th, completing a march of one hundred and fifty miles in thirty-eight hours. The attack was made the following morning at daylight, by Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall, at the head of nine hundred infantry of the 2nd Grenadiers, 21st and 25th Regiments, commanded by Captains Boyd, Ennis, and Teasdale, with sixty Irregular Horse, under Lieutenant Smith, and two guns, under Lieutenant Pruen. The enemy were completely surprised-Nusseer Khan, with two. followers, escaped on foot at the first alarm, but his chiefs and followers made a long and desperate defence; nor was it until four of the principal chiefs, and upwards of five hundred men, were left dead on the field, and nearly the whole of the rest put to flight, hat the enemy's chief commander, Meer Bohur, with COMPLIMENTARY ORDERS. 43 his son, six other chiefs, and one hundred and thirtytwo of their bravest followers, surrendered themselves prisoners. The whole of the enemy's baggage, and a large quantity of arms, fell into our hands. The loss on our side, considering the obstinate nature of the conflict, was wonderfully small :-Lieutenant Lodge, 25th Regiment, one Havildar, and nine rank and file, killed; two Havildars, and twenty-eight rank and file wounded. The Major-General returns his best thanks to and sincerely congratulates Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall, the European and native officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates on this brilliant achievement. The service of Captain Boyd, 2nd Grenadiers, Captain Ennis, 21st Regiment, Captain Teasdale, of the 25th Regiment, and Lieutenant Pruen, of the Artillery, deserve particular praise, and will be brought to the notice of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. The services of Lieutenant Smith deserve the Major-General's warmest praise, not only for his gallantry in the field, which was conspicuous, but for the determined perseverance and courage which he displayed, in pressing on, despite of fatigue and the danger which surrounded him, in a country occupied by the enemy, so as to deliver his dispatches to Colonel Marshall in time to insure the instructions they contained being carried into effect, before the arrival of the reinforcements expected by In reporting the departure of Lieutenant Smith, 15th Regiment Bengal N.I., to join his regiment, pursuant to instructions, I do myself the honour of requesting, as a particular favour, that you will bring to the notice of his Excellency the Commander-inChief in India, that Lieutenant Smith's conduct during the late active operations against the Brahooees has obtained for him the admiration of every individual of the Scinde Force. A braver young soldier, and a more active zealous officer, I never met with; and I deeply regret that cir |