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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
by an Indian naval Detachment, known as No. 11, which, in
July, 1858, left the depot at Fort William, under the command
of Lieutenant T. Barron. The Detachment, consisting of one
hundred men and Acting-Masters S. S. Ridge and G. Gladwin,
arrived at Gya in August, having passed through Berhampore
—in the Nuddeah division, the military cantonment of Moor-
shedabad—Bhaugulpore, and Patna, where they were detained
a short time. Lieutenant Barron writes:—"We had a very
tedious march from Patna to Gya, but got over it in four days.
We brought with us two 12-pounder howitzers, which Lieu
tenant Duval had left behind on account of the roads being so
bad. It was with great difficulty we managed it, and eight
bullocks were left dead on the road. The Collector talks of
sending a party to the River Soane, to disperse the pirates that
infest the river. I am expecting to be sent to Shergotty with a
detachment, as the Shannon's Brigade that were there, have
left for Calcutta* The whole of the first day's march, the men
were wet through to the skin."
In November, 1858, Lieutenant Barron's Detachment relieved
the Marine Police Brigade at Moozufferpore, on the Little
Gunduck, the chief town of the district of Tirhoot, Mr. Mid
shipman Cotgrave (with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant) march
ing, on the 27th of November, to Mooteeharee with thirty men,
to relieve a party of the Marine Police stationed there. On the
3rd of January, 1859, Lieutenant Barron writes of his men:
" A better behaved set I could not wish to have, and I hppe
that my next month's punishment-roll will be blank. It is
rumoured that eight thousand rebels, with ten guns, have given
our troops the slip out of Oude, and are not more than t^o
hundred miles from us ; if this is true, I hope No. 11
Brigade
* The 4 Shannon' Naval Brigade arrived in Calcutta on the 14th of August,
1858, and were received by the Europeans, official and mercantile, wit a e
honours that were so justly their due. The route to the river was line y p.
(the depot) Detachment of the Indian Naval Brigade, numbering at , thl8 /"r
five hundred men, under Captain Campbell, and they were met on board tne
4 Shannon' by the General under whom they had served, the noble Outram, wno
had a kind word for every officer and man ho recognised. On the ist oi
September, the inhabitants gave a banquet at the Town Hall to the riga ,
which three hundred and fifty blue jackets and marines were presen ou o
five hundred and sixteen forming the force present under Peel at uc 110 ,
November, 1857, and Sir James Outram made a characteristic speech. J
4 Pearl' Brigade, under Captain Sotheby, which disembarked on the i^tn
September, 1857, rejoined their ships in .Tanuary, 1859, after fifteen mo
most meritorious serpice, during which they formed the main P°* , j u
Goruckpore field force under Brigadier Kowcroft. The Go ™'" or , Brigade
the case of the ' Shannon,' issued a complimentary General 0rder e d fw
on their passing through Allahabad, dated the 7th of January, ,
were also specially thanked in General Orders, by the Commander- n-chief herd
Clyde. The ' Pearl' Brigade, which originally numbered two hundred andhlty
men, returned two hundred and five strong, but they only los te( l anc i
action. The officers, as in the case of the 'Shannon,' were all promoted, an
Captain Sotheby received the C.B.
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