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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAYY.
their finally quitting the coast. A good proportion of the men,
whose services are here recorded, were subsequently selected
for promotion by the commandant of the Battalion.
In conformity with instructions from the Supreme Govern
ment, a complete company was sent in December, 1834, to
Socotra, under the command of Captain Baily, of the '5th
.Regiment Native Infantry, to protect a depot of coals ; the de
tachment suffered so much from sickness that, in June, 1835,
it was relieved, with the exception of about sixteen men, who
were considered well enough to remain. This relief, under the
command of Captain Corsellis, of the 18th Regiment Native
Infantry, suffered much loss, and casualties continued to take
place until a change was made in the site of the canton
ments from the low land to the hills, a guard only being
left over the stores on the coast. The force was finally with
drawn in November, 1835.
On the 28th of May, 1838, a detachment, of the following
strength, proceeded to the Island of Kharrack, forming a por
tion of the field force under Colonel SheriffOne subahdar,
two jemadars, eight havildars Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. , five drummers and fifers, and
one hundred and twenty-three rank and file. In September,
1839, a detachment, consisting of one havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. , two naique»,
two drummers and fifers, and twenty privates, serving on
board the 4 Coote' and 6 Mahi,' took part in the capture of Aden.
In June, 1840, the party, left at the Island of Kharrack, re
turned to Bombay in the ship 4 Lord Castlereagh/ which was
wrecked at the mouth of the harbour, and one jemadar, three
havildars Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. , three drummers and fifers, and thirteen privates
were drowned.
In 1843, the detachments in the 'Satellite' and 'Planet,'
were engaged with the enemy during the attack on the
Hyderabad Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , prior to the Battle of Meanee; and the
detachments on board the 4 Comet,' 'Nimrod,'and 4 Meteor/
were present, with the officers and crews, under the command
of Captain A. H. Nott, I.N., in the defence of the entrenched
camp during the Battle of Dubba, near Hyderabad.
In 1845, agreeably to instructions from Army head-quarters
and by a Garrison Order, dated 29th of October in that year,
a subahdar-rnajor of the Marine Battalion was invested with
the order of 46 British India," on which occcasion the whole
of the troops in garrison paraded at five o'clock in review
order.
A detachment, consisting of two native officers, seventeen
non-commissioned officers, and ninety-five privates, proceeded
on service to the head-quarters of the Indus flotilla at Kotreein
Scinde, on the 10th and 11th of January, 1846. Detachments
of the Marine Battalion, consisting of ten non -commissioned