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War Services of the General Officers. 22
At the capture of the Island of Powza, 27th February 1013 ; at the cutting out of an armed
vessel from under the batteries of Orbetello, 9th May; and Ulh Oct. following, at the capture of
seventeen vessels at Murinello, after dettroying a battery which protected them; fit the siege
and capture of St. Maria in March, and the siege and capture of Gerona in April, 1814; com¬
manded the lioyal Marines at the storming and capture of S;doD,2Gth Sept. 1840 (madf; Brevet-
ISIajor), 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 Beyriut suiiendered; was senior
oiRcer of Marines at the bombardment and capture of St. Jean u'Acre (Medal). lie has
received the War Medal with two Clasps.
37 Mijor General Bury served with the Royal Marine Battalion on the north coast of
Spain in 1836-38 (Knight 1st Class St. Fernando).
38 Major General C. C. Pratt was at the taking of Capri in the Bay of Naples, under Sir
Sidney Smith, llih May 180(5. At the cutting out of six armed vessels from under the bat¬
teries of Lainica, in the Island of Cyprus, in January 1808. Belonged to the Battalion of Royal
Marines commanded by Sir .Tames Malcolm, which served in Spain, the coast of Amrica, and
Canada, fur four years, and was present at all the services performed by it, including the battle
of Frampton in the Chcsapcalte, and the stcrming and taking of the enemy's fort and jiost of
Oswego on Lake Ontario. Sirved also in the Battalion of Royal Marines in Spain and was
present at the battles of the 16th June 1S3G, and Hernani 16th March following, together with
all the services performed there for nearly four years (Knight 1st Class St. Fernando).
39 Major General Gillespie was landed with a detachment of Royal Marines at Rosas on
7th Nov. 1808, and occupied the citadel. Present at the sortie on the 8lh, 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.
40 Mnjor General John Harvey Stevens served in the West Indies, Sec. in 1806 and 1807,
during the expedition to Walchertn 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 Guadalquiver. In 1813 was employed on the coast of America, where he was engaged
in fin attack on Craney Island, and at the taking of Hampton and Ocracoke under Sir
George Cockburn. Served in Canada at the taking of Oawego, on which occasion he was
mentioned in Sir Gordon Drummond's despatchts. Engaged during a six weeks' siege of
Fort Erie, and was intrusted with the construction of a tield-work for the defence of the
right of the position on Chippewa Creek, which was menaced by a very superior force. In
1816 ho was on board the Queen Charlotte at the attack on Algiers under Lord Exmouth
by whom he wai 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.
41 Major General 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
capture of the enemy's entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan (severely wounded), capture
of Chapoo (wounded), Woosung, 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 attJck on Mar-
taban. Commanded at the attack on shore. Was on board H. ^I. S. Rattler during the ship's
engagement with and destruction of the stockades on the river side in front of Rangoon, 11th
April ; the following morning landed at Rangoon in command of the 18th Royal Irish. On
13th April succeeded to the command of the Ist Bengal Brigade, which he commanded
throughout the war, and was present at the storm and capture of Rangoon, capture of Prome.
and repulse of the enemy on the night of 8th December 1852. For his services, was several
times recommended by General Godwin to the Governor-General of India in Council.
Reti'.rned from India with the 18th Royal Irish in May 1854 ; embarked December following
for the Crimea, auel wa3 at the siege of Ssbastopol until April 1855 (Medal and Ciaip, and
Turkish Medal).
42 Major General Hugh Evans served in Ulysses and Barossa from 1810 to 1815 on the
West India and North America station, and w as engaged in the whole of the operations of the
squadron up the Chesapeake in 1813.
43 Major General Yule served in Canada during the greater part of the war of 18121814;
was present at the affair of Street's Creek, and dismantled under fire the bridge there, by which
the advance of a sup»riorforco of the ejnemy was retarded ; was also in the actions of Chippcwa
horse mortally wounded) and Lundy's Lane.
44 Major General James Gordon's services:—attack on the Castle of Scylla, June 1809;
hiege and capture of Santa Maura, March 1810.
45 Major General Ashmore was in the ]\ron(irch iu Sir Samuel Hood's a<tion with the
French frigates in 180G. From November 1807 till August 1809 in the (7)y/h(;j)(4', emi..l(iycd
at the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, and blockade of the Mauritius. From February 1810
to Janunry 1812 io the Poivtiem blockading Brest, Basque Roads, and iu the Tagus: whilst in
Basque Roaels, was frequently in the buats sent to annoy the coasting trade, a service that
brought them continually under fire of the batteries, or into action with the gun-boats. When
in the Tagus, was with the detachment of Marines sent with a small force of Portuguese under