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Madras Staff Coqis.—Wur Services. 508
-Aurungabad, 22nd September 1S53. Commanded one of the attacking Columns on the entrenched village of Jesurint
Poora. Brigade ilajor to Brigadier ilayne's Force at engagement with Rohillas at Sailoor 21st Sept. 1854 (severely
■wounded—sabre cut of left arm and two horses wounded under him). Commanded at Aurungabad during the
'disaffection of the troops at that station in May 1857. Sei-ved with the Hyderabad Contingent Force under Colonel
•Orr at the reduction of Peeplia in Malwa. Commanded the ist Hyderabad Cavalry with the Force despatched to
Mahidpoor. Commanded the right attack in the Cavalry action at Rawal in Nov! 1857. Present with the Malwa
Field Force at the battles of ilundepore and Goodariah 21st 22nd 23rd and 24th Nov. 1857. Commanded a Brigade
of Cavalry at the repulse of the attack made on the rear (Brevet of Major). Served in the action in forcing the Pass
of Dhamonee. Present with the force under Sir Hugh Rose at the action at Mudenpore, and commanded the
Squadi-on of the 1st Hyderabad Cavalry sent in pursuit; capture of the Fort of Talbhet 12th March 1858 ; invest¬
ment and siege of Jhansie (wounded). Commanded the Hyderabad Cavalry Contingent at the battles of Koonch
and Golowlee, advance on Calpee, pursuit from Calpee, battle of ilorar (horse killed): pursuit of rebels under Tantia
Topee from Gwalior, action at Jowra AUipoor (Medal with Clasp for Central India, and CB.). Commanded a Brigade
of Cavalry for the protection of the line of the Nurbudda during Tantia Topee's passage into the Deccan in
Nov. and Dec. 1858, and Jan. 1859. Commanded a Field Detachment in pursuit of Rohillas in the Hill country
near Gintoor in Nov. 1859.
'■"^ Major General W. C. R. ilacdonald served the Gwalior campaign of 1843-44, ^^'^ '"'^s present as Extra Aide de
Camp to Lord Gough at the battle of Maharajpore (thanked in despatch, Bronze Star). Served in the Turkish Contin¬
gent with rank of Lt.Colonel dm'ing the Russian war in 1835-56, and was Commandant of a Regiment of Turkish
Cavalry. Commanded at the Cavalry engagement at Kertch on the i6th Dec. 1855, where, with 80 Turkish Cavalry,
he twice charged a body of about 500 Russian Hussars and Cossacks. In this encoimter he received a sword-cut on
the right hand, and a severe spear wound in the neck, besides contusions. In allusion to this affair a complimentary
General order was issued (4th Class of the iledjidie, and Turkish Medal).
^ Colonel F. Young served in the suppression of the mutiny in Bengal in 1857-59, s^ud received the thanks of the
Lieut. Governor of Bengal for a successful pursuit of a body of sepoy rebels in Behar in June 1858, on which occasion
he with nine of his men crossed the Poon Poon river in a flooded state and killed with his own hands two of the
sepoy rebels who had remained behind to dispute the passage of the ford, in a hand-to-hand encounter (Medal).
'* Brigadier General F. G. Kempster served with the Expeditionary Force in China in 1842, and was present at the
storming of Chin-kiang-foo (Medal).
^8 Colonel A. Hewlett was employed in the suppression of tae mutiny in Bengal in 1857-59; served as Commissa¬
riat OfBcer with field columns under Colonel Fischer and Brigadier Carthew on the Grand Trunk Road, and at
Cawnpore from September 1857 to January 1858; was present at the actions on the 26th 27th and 28th November
ES57 with the Gwalior mutineers before Cawnpore, and in the entrenchments during their subsequent investment
by the rebel force till 6th December following ; was with the head quarters of the regiment at Bunnee bridge when
it formed the rear guard of Sir James Outram's Force during the period of its occupation of the Alumbagh, also
during the capture of Lucknow. Commanded a field detachment in Gurruckpoor district from 13th September till 27th
No-vember 1858, and engaged in affiiirs with the rebels at Bansee on the 22nd and 28th September, at Chittra, at Poka
Betwah, at Biscohu, and Doomaragunge. Was senior Officer commanding Head Quarters and Right Wing of his
regiment atthe action before Toolsepore, and was wounded on the 23th September and his horse shot under him.
Served as Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General to the field column under Brigadier Faddy in Bundlecund in
March 1859, and engaged in attack and rout of the rebels under Rumnust Sing by a detachment of 2nd Sikh Cavalry.
Served as Assistant Quarter ilaster General to the Saugor Field Division from July 1859 to the breaking up of the
■division on 31st December following (Brevet of ilajor. Medal with Clasp).
^^ Major General A. K. Gore served at Ungool in 1847 and 1848.
^^ Major General E. W. Boudier served in the Kurnool campaign in 1839. Served in the Turkish Contingent during
the Russian war in 1855-56, and commanded a Regiment of Turkish Infantry till the war was over (Brevet of ilajor,
4th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
=** Colonel S. Mainwaring served with the Expeditionary Force in China in 1842, and was present at the storming
and capture of Chin-kiang-foo and investment of Nankin (Medal).
^8 Colonel E. J. Lawder served as an Acting Deputy Quarter ilaster General of the Army with the Saugor Field
Division during the whole time it was in the field in 185S-59, was present at the attack on Jheeghur, affair of
Kubrai, battle of Banda, relief of Kirwee 25th December, when Division Head Quarters with the Horse Artillery and
Cavalry marched 84 miles in 37 hours, and storming of the heights of Punwarree (Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp).
^' Colonel G. R. Phillips served in the Southern Mahratta Country in 1845-46.
*• Colonel E. F. Burton was employed with a field force against rebels in the Tondiman Rajah's country from
2nd to 31st July 1854.
*i Major General R. Woolley was employed in the districts of Nursingpore, Jubbulpoi-e, and Saugor in sup¬
pressing the rebellion in October, November, and December 1857.
'" Colonel R. D. Ardagh commanded an armed party in April 1852 which was sent up to protect the British
frontier on the Salween river from the inroads of the Burmese; was also present as a Volunteer at the defence of
Martaban in May 1852.
** Colonel J. London served in the Southern Mahratta Country in 1844-45, and was present at Samanghur,
Budderghur, Punulla, Raugna, Seevapore, Munohur, and Munsuntosh, and operations at the Rain ghaut.
■" Colonel M. T. Ffrench served with the field force in Kurnool in 1839, and was present at the affair at ZOrapore,
was employed in 1857-59 ™ Bengal, and present at the aftair at Suhar, Shahabad 21st August and 20th September
1858, Noorpoor Shahaba'd 15th and 22nd September 1S58 (Medal).
** Colonel A. F. Place served with the field force in Kuruool in 1839, and was present atthe affair at Zorapore,
was employed in 1857-59 m Bengal. Served with the Shahabad Field Force under Brigadier Douglas; commanded
a party of one subadar and 25 sepoys, and by stratagem surprised the rebel post of Mairodora and captured 26
boats 7th August 1858; present at the taking of Suhar on the left bank of the Soane and destruction of the rebels
boat on the 21st August 1858, again at the destruction of that town on the 20th September, at the taking of Noor¬
poor, Surragah, and Turcole on the 15th and 22nd September when those towns and several boats were destroyed
(Medal).
*" Colonel W. S. Simpson served with the troops in the Northern Concan in pursuit of the Freebooter Ragogee-
Bangria from January to June 1845. Commanded, a detachment against the Shans andKareens of the Younzareen
district, Martaban Province in 1857.
=" Colonel J. il. Macgregor served with Lt.Colonel Watson's Field Force in the Saugor and Nerbudda Ter¬
ritories from 4th Oct. 1842 to 26th April 1843; was present at the affair at Heerapoor on the Nerbudda and Simee-
riah m Bundlecund. Was actively employed with his Regiment in the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories during the
mutiny in Bengal in 1857-58; commanded a squadron on the nth December 1857, and surprised and captured the
rebel Bugwan Sing ; commanded a squadron at the taking of the forts of Dehayan, Tirol, and Deolee. Formed
part of the force under the personal command of Lord Clyde from October 1858 to 18th January 1859; present at
the taking of Buxar Ghaut, Doondeeakherah, and defeat of Beni Madhoo on the 24th November 1858, Churdah
6th December 1858, and ilujeediah 27th December 1858; on the baggage guard at Bankee when the rebels under
the Nana and Begum were defeated by Lord Clyde on the 31st December 1858. Present at the reduction of Bun¬
dlecund under Major General Whitlock and Brigadier Wheler from 19th January 1859 to 28th January i860 (Brevet
of Major, Medal with Clasp). v .r =y
" Colonel A. Cooper served with the 8th Madras Native Infantry at the operations in the Kolapore State Oct.
1844 to June 1845, and in the Southern Concan.
55 Colonel P. Mardall served in the Southern Mahratta Country 1844-45, and formed part of Colonel Outram's
Escort to Kolapore, was present at the storming of the fort of Samunghur, attack and capture of the heights of
Budderghur, and surrender of that fort, storm and capture of the forts of Punulla (slightly wounded) and Pownghur,
<luringthe whole of tne operations at Sasedroog, and at the attack on the stockades in December 1844; led the
descent of the Elephant rock 8th January 1845, present at the attack and capture of the village of Seerapoor and at
the attacks on the forts of Munohur and Munsuntosh.
« Colonel W. A. Riach served with the expedition to China from 24th February 1857 to 27th December 1859.
59 Colonel A. Ritherdou volunteered and served with the 5th and 9th Regiments N. I. during the Burmese war in
, 1852-53, accompanied the Expeditionary Force, and subsequently officiated as Staff Officer to the column under
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