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Extracts of official and Demi-Official letters from Lieutenant General Sir James Outram [5v] (10/12)
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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2. In the acoampllshment of tliese results, the Horse Artillery commandecl by Rt.
Major TMake, bore a prominent part, and the steadiness of their simultaneous formation
with the Light Field Battery, and the efficacy of their fire were also quite satisfactory,
and all that could be desired.
3. At one period of the engagement, two Horse Artillery Guns under Lieutenant
T. Gibbard, that were detached in support of the Cavalry, attracted attention from the
very efficient manner in which they were served, and the precision and eftect of their
fire, and it may further be here mentioned, that the above named Officer, commanded
with much credit to himself the guns on the rear guard, when the night attack commenced.
4. Captain Pottinger, the Brigade Major of Artillery, an Officer of old standing
and much professional experience, exerted himself most 'zealously and usefully from the
onset of the night attack until the termination of the engagement, communicating orders
to Officers m diffeient paits of the position and Ime, and rendering every possible assist
ance to me and the Brigade, that circumstances required, which service proved particularly
valuable on such emergency, and tended materially, I conceive, to the attainment of
the complete success of the Artillery operations at Kooshab.
t). Although I am unable to particularize any act of individual gallantry from the
absence of opportunity for such display (as far as concerned the Artillery), all ranks
were steady under fire, and evinced a cheerful alacrity in performing the duties assigned
to them, and whilst on this subject, 1 may add, that Captains Hatch and Gibbaixfare
very desirous that I should bring especially to notice the excellent conduct of their
Battery drivers, for exercising those praiseworthy qualities throughout the action.
G. Moi co\ ei, the latter Officer, Captain Gibbard, is further desirous that the name
of Sheikh Ameer, llavildar of Drivers^ who drove the leading pair of Horses in No. 2
Gun Team of his Battery, should be mentioned with distinction, for conducting himself
on the occasion with, the greatest coolness, and at the same time encouraging tho other
drivers, to follow his example^
i. AV ith reference to the foregoing, I would lieg to observe that 15 Officers of
Artillery (exclusive of Medical Officers) were present at the battle of Kooshab, five of
whose names, viz., Bt. Major Blake, Commanding 3rd troop H. A., Captain Pottinger,
Majoi. of Brigade, Captains Hatch and Gibbard, Commanding Light Field Batteries,
and Lieutenant 1. Gibbard, H. A.^ are> for the reasons I have given, brought promi
nently forward in this despatch, and with Sheikh Ameer,
Havildar
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of Drivers, I would
Respectfully but earnestly recommend them to the favorable consideration of the Briga
dier General Commanding, and to the highest authority.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) H. VY. Theveltan, Lieutenant Colonel,
Commandtng Artillery, P. F. F.
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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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