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Extracts of official and Demi-Official letters from Lieutenant General Sir James Outram [5r] (9/12)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 3 May 1857. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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9
Rank and Names.
Remarks.
I have further to observe that though not actually engaged
in the Charge on the enemy's square, the conduct of Lieutenant
LeGeyt and Riding Master Brooke, appears to be worthy of
distinction.
It is found; quite impossible to specify other individual
i instances of distinguished, bravery among the lower ranks of the
Regiment, where all appear to have dbne their duty heroically,,
but in addition to the list of n^mes giv;en above, I would re
spectfully recommend that two Crosses be given to each Troop
of the Regiment, according to the provisions of the Thirteenth
Article of the Rules regarding the decoration of the Victoria.
Cross.
Private Kooda Buj , Ma-. | It is possible that the conduct for which these men are-now
chee. Private Mctta Kuan , brought to notice, may not be such as is deemed to entitle men
Soomra. 1st Compy, 211(1; to the decoration of the Victoria Cross, but it appears to me to.
Belooch Regiment., j have been most meritorious and to be worthy of honorable
notice, and if the Cross, can be given to.them, I think that tliey
will well deserve the honor.
After the battle of Kooshab, certain doolies, in which some-
sick men- ; of the 78 th. Highlanders were being carried,.
: were abandoned and left on the ground by the- bearers.
The helpless European Soldiers would in alt probabi
lity have been killed had not the men of the Belooch Regiment
| volunteered to carry them on in the doolies, which they actually
did, although themselves weary with marching. The two men
whose names are given above were the first to set the-example*
of carrying the doolies of the-European Soldiers, and afterwards,
exerted the most themselves in doinjiso.
(Signedj John Jacob, Brigadier General,
Commanding at Bushire.
No. 5/ of 1857.
From
Lieutenant Colonel Treveltan,
Commanding Artillery Brigade,
Persian Field Force.
To
The Assistant Adjutant General, Persian Field Force.
Camp Bushire, 13th, June 1857.
Sir ,—Having been called upon by Brigadier General Jacob, Commanding at Bushire
to ««bmit for his information, the names of such of the Officers and men who composed
e Artillery Brigade at Kooshab, under my command, and participated in the signal and
ecisive victory gained-there by the Field Force under Lieutenant General Sir James^Outram
Jv. C. B on the 8th February 1857, as might be considered worthy of mention with dis-
— Z!7n 0 :; ^ 0n th - 0 ~' 1 110 the honor therewith
to Stat, that of all the Officers.engaged in that action, none were-more conspicuous for the
able and efficient: performance of their duties than Captains Hatch and, Gibhard, No. 3
and o L'ght 1-ield Batteries, the steadiness of whose formations at daylight and subsequent
advance the quickness and accuracy of their fire, in conjunction with the rapidity of
pursuit by the 3rd Troop Horse Artillery, resulted in the capture of two brass' 9-pou„ders
and the destruction of great numbers of the enemy.
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The extracts relate to Sir James Outram's work in Persia as head of the Persian Expeditionary Force and discuss the conclusion of the force's work, troop withdrawals and recommendations for medals including the Victoria Cross. The extracts of correspondence include:
- Extract of a letter to Viscount Canning, Governor General of India, 3 May 1867, written from Bushire, regarding Outram's intentions relating to the withdrawal of troops from Persia, his disappointments at the ongoing delays in regards to ratification of the peace treaty with Persia and his eventual decisions of which troops to return to India and which regiments to keep at Bushire and Karak [Bandar-e-Charak].
- Extract of an official letter to the Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, 28 May 1857, written from Baghdad, regarding a list of individuals who should be considered for meritorious services and highlighting in particular the work of General John Jacob in having assumed command at Bushire following Outram's departure to Mohumra [Khorramshar].
- Extract of a demi-official letter to Robert Vernon Smith, MP, President of the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. , 28 May 1857, written from Bagdad, requesting his support of Outram's request for recognition for General John Jacob.
- Extract of a demi-official letter to Ross Donelly Mangles, Chairman of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the Honourable East India Company, 28 May 1857, written from Bagdad regarding the services of those whom Outram had solicited for rewards and again highlighting his application for recognition of General John Jacob's services to the expedition. [Letter signed by Charles Herbey, Aide-de-Camp and private secretary to Sir James Outram]
- Extract of a letter from Edward Lugard, Brigadier General, Chief of Staff, Persian Expeditionary Force, Bagdad to Brigadier General John Jacob, Commanding the Troops, Bushire, 29 May 1857 informing Jacob that the Lieutenant General Commanding of the Persian Expeditionary Force intends to recommend the force under his (Jacob)'s command at Bushire for rewards and asking that Jacob submit the names of any other officers he may wish to have included with that list.
- Extract of a letter from Brigadier General John Jacob, Commanding at Bushire, to Brigadier General Edward Lugard, Chief of the Staff in Persia 14 June 1857, forwarding a list of officers and men recommended for the Victoria Cross and also enclosing a report by Colonel Henry Willoughby Trevelyan of the proceedings of the Poona [Puna] irregular horse at Kooshab [Khaşab] as part of the Persian Field Force, written 10 June 1857 and supporting Colonel Trevelyan's recommendations in the report of them officers and men from that force that deserve recognition (the list of individual officers recommended by Colonel Trevelyan can be found at folios 3v-5).
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