Supplement to the Bombay Government Gazette [‎26r] (7/12)

SUPPLEMENT
to the
BOMBAY GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
D u 1) U 01) r tt fi p a u t!) o r i t in
THURSDAY, 17th JUNE 1852.
NOTIFICATION.
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
The following Notification, issued by order of the Most Noble the Governor .General of
India in Council, dated the 5th instant, is re-published for general information.
By Order of the Right Hon hie the Governor in Council,
A. MALET,
Bomhan Castle. \Gth June 1852. Chief Secretary.
No. 118.
NOTIFICATION.
Fort William, Foreign Department,
l^he 5th June, 1852.
The Governor General in Council has the gratification of announcing the capture of
Bassein, and of publishing, for general information, the Despatches which report the com
bined operations of the Naval and Military Force by which this service has been executed.
In ascending for sixty miles a River still very imperfectly known, in effecting the landing
of the Troops, and capturing the City, the Fort, and the Stockaded Defences on both sides of
the River, fully garrisoned and armed, and in accomplishing all this with very unequal num
bers, and within the limits of a single day, the combined forces at Bassein performed a
gallant and spirited service, which well deserves the approbation and applause ot the
Government of India.
To Major General Godwin, C. B., and to Commodore Lambert, the Governor General in
Council has again the satisfaction of offering his cordial acknowledgments of the ability and
good-will with which they have united their exertions for ensuring success to the operations
in which they were engaged.
The Governor General in Council begs to repeat his thanks to Major Boulderson, Deputy
Judge Advocate General, to Captain Latter, to Captain Chads, A. D. C., and to Lieutenant
Ford, of the Madras Sappers, for their conduct in the field on this
His Lordship in Council desires especially to mark his sense of the services rendered by
Major Errington, li. M. 51st Light Infantry, commanding the detachment of Troops at
Bassein, and to Commander Campbell, of the Indian Navy, by whom the Stockade upon
the right bank of the River was stormed and taken.
To Captain Rice, Captain Darroch, and Lieutenant Carter, of H. M.'s 51st Light Infantry,
to Lieutenant Ansley, 9th M. N. I., to Lieutenant Craster, Bengal Engineers, and to Dr.
McCosh, of the Medical Department, the Governor General in Council begs leave to convey
his best thanks.
Equal acknowledgments are due to Lieutenant Rice, R. N., to Lieut. Elliot and Lieut.
Nightingale, R. M., to Commander Hewett, to Lieutenant Robinson and Lieutenant Lewis,
Indian Navy, and to Captain Dicey, Captain Burbank, and Mr. F. Duncan, of the Bengal
Marine, whose services have been commended.
The Governor General in Council has particular satisfaction in adding the expression of
his entire approbation of the gallantry and good conduct of the Officers, Non-Cornmissioned
Officers, and Men of H. M.'s 51st Regiment, of 9th Regiment M. N. I., of the Madras Sappers
and Miners, and of the Seamen and Marines employed in the capture of the City of Bassein.
By Order of the Most Noble the Governor General of India in Council,
C. Allen , Offg. Secy, to the Govt, of India.