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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
on the Coromandel coast, to assist Lieutenant Sweny, he
resigned the command to Lieutenant Duval, who left Acting
Lieutenant Cotgrave to take charge of No. 5 Detachment at
Gya, and, in November, 1859, brought No. 3 Detachment
down to Calcutta for disbandment. On their quitting Buxar,
a correspondent of an Indian paper writes :—" On the departure
of No. 3 Naval Brigade, upwards of one half were hors de
combat from fever, and the chaste obelisk which these gallant,
well-conducted fellows raised in generous sympathy to the
memory of their lost shipmates, and which adorns the Buxar
burial ground, tells too truly how the brigade suffered."
Mention has been made of Lieutenant R. G. Hurlock, as com
manding No. 10 Detachment at Alipore. On being relieved by
Lieutenant Burnes, who was succeeded by Lieutenant Carew,
in November, 1858, he was placed by Captain Campbell in
command of No. 12 Detachment, raised to garrison Julpigoree,
which numbered a hundred petty officers and seamen and the
following officers: — Acting-Master C. H, Brown; Acting
1st Class Second-Master J. Dolmage ; and Mr. Lackington,
Gunner. The Detachment conducted itself in a manner to
command the approval of the authorities, and the confidence of
the planters, though suffering from great sickness and want of
shelter. In April, 1859, the Detachment was disbanded, its
services being no longer required, and Lieutenant Hurlock was
placed in command of the depot at Dumdum, and, on being
relieved there by Lieutenant Carew, proceeded in command of
a Naval Guard, on board the 6 Sesostris' and 4 Boanerges/
which conveyed prisoners to the Andaman Islands. In No
vember, 1859, Captain Campbell placed this young officer^ in
command of the ' Coromandel,' which participated in the China
Expedition of 1860.
No. 8 Detachment, which was stationed at Jessore, only
consisted of fifty men, and was first placed under the command
of Acting-Master Connor, who had served at Dacca under the
command of Lieutenant Lewis, with No. 4 Detachment, and
when that officer proceeded to Assam, remained behind with
the time-expired men. As it was desirable that a commissioned
officer should command the Detachment, Lieutenant H. Jackson
proceeded to Jessore, and, in October, 1858, when Commander
Batt went on sick leave to England, took command of No. 3
Detachment at Buxar until he was ordered to join Lieutenant
Sweny in the survey. On his departure Lieutenant Duval
brought down No. 8 to Calcutta, leaving Acting-Lieutenant
* Lieutenant Hurlock joined the Indian Navy in June, 1849, and thus had
only ten years' sea time, but, as has before been observed, as characteristic of
the Service, the entire period had been passed in continuous active service,
without a day's intermission, and he had already gained a medal for Persia and
Burmah, where he was employed for eight months in the boats of the ' Ferooz
on the rivers Irrawaddy, Salween, and Sittang.