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35c IVar Services of ihe General Officers.
laanded the Royal Marines at the storming and capture of Sidon,26th Sept. 1840 (mad"^ Brevet-
Major), and was slightly wounded in the left arm; on 10th Oct. was in command of a super¬
numerary battalion when the city and garrison (2,000 men) of Bey rout surrendered; was senior
officer of Marines at the bombardment and capture of St. Jean d'Acre (Medal). He has
received the War Medal with two Clasps.
132 Major-General Bury served with the Royal Marine Battalion on the north coast of
Spain in 1830-38.
134 Major-General M'Adam, during the service in L'Aigle between Aug. 1805 and May 1809
was at the attack on the French Fleet by Admiral Comwallis on the 21st Aug. 1805; gun-boats
in Vigo Bay 29th Oct. following; blockade of Fort Cygo, July and Aug. 1807; action with French
frigate off L'Orient, 22nd March 1808; Basque Roads, 11th and 12th April, 1809 ; and various
other affairs in the ship or her boats; above forty times under fire. During service in the
Thames, between 7th Oct. 1809 and 27th Aug. 1812, he landed at Mount Cercilly, Amanthea,
Citraco, in the Gulf of Policastro, and near to Cape Palinuro, Porto del Infreschi, Palinuro, and
many other places upon the coast of Calabria, and on the Roman States in the ship, in her boats,
or on shore: about twenty-five times under fire. During service in the J^'orWi,between 31st July
1813 and 29th Sept. 1315, ho lauded on JVorth Beveland, again on South Beveland on staff of
Anglo-Russian Force forming siege of Bathz ; and on the North American shores: above five
times under fire. In all above seventy times under fire, and frequently mentioned in the des¬
patches. Has received the AVar Medal with two Clasps.
135 Major-General C. C. Pratt was at the taking of Capri in the Bay of Naples, under Sir
Sidney Smith, 11th May 1806. At the cutting out of six armed vessels from under the biit-
teries of Lamica, in the Island of Cyprus, in January 1808. Belonged to the Battalion of Royal
Marines commanded by Sir James Malcolm, which served in Spain, the coast of Amrica, and
Canada, for four years, and was present at all the services performed by it, including the battle
of Frampton in the Chcsapcahe, and the storming and taking of the eneipy's fort and post of
Oswego on Lake Ontario. Served also in the Battalion of Royal Marines in Spain and was
present at the battles of the 16th June 1836, and Hemani 16th >Iarch following, together with
all the services performed there for nearly four years.
136 Major-General Gillespie was landed with a detachment of Royal Marines at Rosas on
7 th Nov. 1808, and occupied the citadel. Present at the sortie on the 8 th, when the British
were forced by the superior number of the enemy to retire. Served on the China expedition
(Medal), and was present at the attack and capture of the forts and works at Chuenpee, and
the capture of Annunghoy and North Wantong.
137 Major-General Garmston was at the taking of Fort Koupan, Isle of Timor, in 1814 ;
capture of Java in 1812; attack of Palambang, Isle of Sumatra, and Sambass, Isle of Borneo ;
Algiers in 1816. Present at the Sortie from JBilboa 15th May ; the advance on the 28th May ;
and was wounded at the defence of the lines of San Sebastian 6th June, 1836. He has received
the Military War Medal with one Clasp for Java ; the Naval War Medal with one Clasp for
Algiers ; and the Order of San Fernando for service in Spain.
138 Major-General John Harvey Stevens served in the West Indies, &c. in 1806 and 1807,
during the expedition to AValcheren in 1809, and was engaged in several flotilla affairs on
the Scheldt. Served also at the successful defence of Cadiz and of Tarifa in 1810 and 1811 ;
was engaged in several detached operations, particularly in one of a severe character on the
river Guadalquivcr. In 1813 was employed on the coast of America, where he was engaged
in an attack on Craney Island, and at the taking of Hampton and Ocracoke under Sir
George Cockburn. Served in Canada at the taking of Oswego, on which occasion he was
mentioned in Sir Gordon Drummond's despatches. Engaged during a six weeks' siege of
Fort Erie, and was intrusted with the construction of a field-work for the defence of the
right of the position on Chippewa Creek, which was menaced by a very superior force. In
1816 he was on board the Queen Charlotte at the attack on Algiers under Lord Exmouth
by whom he was detached to fire carcases at the enemy's vessels within the Mole. He was
also present at the demonstrations before Algiers under Admiral Sir H. B. Neale. Has received
the War Medal with one Clasp.
139 Major-Geueral Reignolds served with the 49th on the China expedition (Medal), and
was present at the storming of the heights and forts above Canton, taking of Amoy, second
capture of Chusan, storming of the fortified heights of Chinhae, taking of Ningpo, attack and
ctipture of the enem}''s entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan (severely wounded), capture
of Chapoo (wounded), Woosuiig, and Chin Kiang Foo, and landing before Nankin. Served
throughout the Burmese war of 1852-53 (Medal), nearly the entire period as a Brigadier. On
the 4th April 1852 embarked with a force of 1,400 men from Maulmein for the attack on Mar-
taban. Commanded at the attack on shore. Was on board H. I\I. S. Battler during the ship's