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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
Lthendge, who received over charge in July. The Detachment
garrisoned a small fort guarding the ferry over the river Soane
at Dehree, close to the Great Trunk Road, and parties were
'constantly employed in large covered boats, protecting the
fords right and left of Dehree, and preventing the rebels from
crossing the river. Lieutenant Etheridge frequently proceeded
in chase of bodies of rebels, who succeeded in eluding pursuit,
and, in March, 1859, was relieved by Lieutenant M. P. Tozeri
in command of the Detachment, which numbered about one
hundred and twenty seamen—the other officers being Acting
Masters Braybrooke and Poole, and Mr. T. Wilson, gunner.
On one occasion, fifty seamen of No. 7 Detachment marched
in company with a flying column of one hundred and fifty men
of H.M.'s 77th Regiment and one hundred Beloochees, under
Major Kent, but the mutineers moved with the lightest of
light baggage—musket, ammunition, and a bundle of rice per
man—and succeeded in effecting their escape. In May, 1859,
Lieutenant Tozer proceeded with No. 7 Detachment to Dumdum,
where it was paid off and disbanded.
On the 11th of July, 1857, about the time when parties of
seamen were landed from the 4 Punjaub,' 'Auckland,' and
6 Zenobia,' Lieutenant D. L. Duval, of the 4 Coromandel,' was
directed to proceed to Fort William, with one hundred seamen,
and Midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. C. A. Wray and R. Scamp, to reinforce the
garrison at that critical time. This Detachment, known as
No. 1, was highly commended for the good service it performed
in guarding the gates of Fort William, and the State prisoners;
and, later on, it became the Depot of the Brigade, in which
seamen were trained and drilled prior to proceeding up-country,
in response to the pressing appeals poured in from all quarters
for European troops; the numbers of No. 1 Detachment, con
sequently, greatly fluctuated, and sometimes there were as
many as five hundred men on the muster-rolls, though the
strength was one hundred and fifty. Early in December, 1857,
Lieutenant M. A. Sweny arrived at Bombay and took command
of the Detachment, with Acting-Lieutenant F. Warden as his
subaltern, and Lieutenant Duval proceeded to Gya with No. 5
Detachment, but, in the following February, he was ordered on
survey duty, and Lieutenant Windus assumed command until
April, when he succeeded Lieutenant Carew at Barrackpore in
charge of No. 2 Detachment. Lieutenant Warden now took
command until November, when he relieved Lieutenant Templer
in command of No. 6 Detachment, at the Andaman Islands,
and was succeeded by Lieutenant Hellard, who was in command
of No. 1, until its removal to Dumdum, in January, 1859,
when Colonel (now General) Orfeur Cavenagh, Commandant at
Fort William, wrote in the following terms to Captain Camp
bell, regarding the services and good conduct of the men