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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
521
In some minor points the above account requires supplement
ing. The boats of the squadron that captured the fort in such
gallant style, on the 19th of October, were commanded by
Lieutenants Wilson and Hall; in addition to the officers
mentioned as employed on shore at Dwarka, Midshipman An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. Greig
had charge of the 6 Clyde's' 24-pounder, and Mr. Parker
participated in the operations with the force of blue-jackets
forming the Naval Brigade under Lieutenant Sedley, which
consisted of one hundred and fifty (and not one hundred
and twenty) petty officers and seamen, their services being
necessary, owing to the military force not being large enough
to invest so^ extensive a place. The sailors' battery was
traced out one night with a piece of tape by the Engineer
officer, and, on the following night, the Naval Brigade con
structed it, mounted the guns, consisting of two 32-pounders
from the 6 Clive' and six 12-pounder howitzers, and opened fire
on the following morning, a piece of smartness not often sur
passed we should say. All these guns, with stores, sandbags for
the batteries, and ammunition, had to be dragged up a stony
place covered with prickly pears, one mile and a quarter from
the point of debarkation. On the Monday evening preceding
the evacuation, the enemy were observed burying their dead,
who lay scattered over the ground in considerable numbers,
and the Waghers either carried away or buried their treasure, as
little loot was discovered.
The 6 Ferooz 5 and 4 Zenobia' arrived at Bombay on the 13th
of November, towing the transport 6 Empress of India' with
troops and three baghalahs with stores, and soon the remainder
of the Okhamundel field-force returned, with the exception of
the 6th Native Infantry and the Sappers and Miners. It was
certainly a regrettable circumstance that the Waghers suc
ceeded in stealing away from the fort without being observed
by the 28th, close to whose pickets they passed, as they re
treated to the Burda hills, and it required a second force to
take the field in order finally to subdue them. The officers and
men of the 'Ferooz,' 4 Zenobia,' 6 Clive,' 6 Victoria,' 'Berenice,'
6 Clyde,' 4 Constance,' and 'Lady Falkland,' engaged in the
of the force before order had been restored, after the occupation of the fort, but
he trusted that when the Hindoos are made aware that their idols are safe, that
enough treasure has been preserved to enrich any temples which they may here
after erect, and that their enemies, the Waghers, will not be in a position to
molest them again, they will feel that they have received all the consideration
which, under the circumstances, was possible. He did all in his power to pre
serve and respect property, and permitted no one to approach the temples outside
the fort. One of these had been plundered by the Waghers before they re
treated, but none were disturbed by the men of his force. In conclusion, he
observed, that if the Hindoos will convert fortified castles into places of worship,
and then surround them by strong fortresses close up to their very walls, and
out of which they can neither keep their own nor our enemies, they must expect
to find that their temples cannot be preseved inviolate.
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