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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
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Cotgrave to bring down his own Detachment (No. 5) from
Gya.
Good service was rendered by No. 13 Detachment, under the
command of Lieutenant G. B. Templer, at Chuprah, the chief
town of the district of Sarun, on the route from Dinapore to
Goruckpore. No. 13 Detachment, which was despatched from
Fort William on the 15th of December, 1858, consisted of a
hundred seamen and the following officers:—Acting-Master
J. M. Paul, Acting 1st Class Second-Master A. Powell, and
Mr. Gibson, Gunner. The usual two 12-pounder field pieces,
with two horses to each gun, were attached to the Detachment.
Lieutenant Templer rendered good service at Chuprah, and
when the services of the Detachment were no longer required,
brought it down by boats to Calcutta, where it was disbanded
on the 29th of September, 1859. Mr. Fergusson, the Commis
sioner of Patna, reported to the Government, on the 30th of
January, 1860, of the Detachments in his Division, that " the
assistance of the Brigade was very valuable, and on all occa
sions they performed their duties with the utmost zeal and
alacrity. I consider the officers entitled to much credit for
their good management under peculiarly difficult and unprece
dented circumstances." After pa3 7 ing off his Detachment, Lieu
tenant Templer proceeded to the depot at Dumdum, whence
he was directed to take charge of three transports, conveying
troops for the China Expedition of 1860, in which he partici
pated.
In addition to the Detachments whose services have been
detailed, there were four twin-screw gunboats stationed in the
Ganges between Calcutta and Buxar, which were manned and
officered by the Indian Navy, and armed with two 9-pounder
brass guns. These gunboats, which rendered valuable service
in preventing the rebels from crossing the rivers and keeping
the banks and ferries clear of them with their guns, had no
names, but were numbered from 1 to 4. They were com
manded by the following Acting-Masters, between October
1858 and September 1859, when they were all put out of com
mission No. 1, Mr. C. S. Wanick; No. 2, Mr. J. Stephenson;
No. 3, Mr. K Salmon; No. 4, Mr. J. Saunders. Lieutenant
Lewis had also under his orders at Dacca two armed pinnaces,
and there were four paddle-wheel river steamers of the local
Marine, which were occasionally employed under the orders of
Commander Batt, Lieutenant Duval, and other officers, and
were of service in transporting the Detachments and patrolling
the rivers.
The services of No. 6 Detachment were not less meritorious
than those of the others of the Brigade, while it was not only
one of the largest, but was embodied for a longer period than
any other. Between the 19th of November, 1857, when Cap-
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