'Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's Persian campaign in 1857; comprising general orders and despatches relating to the military operations in Persia, from the landing at Bushire to the treaty of peace; also, selections from his correspondence as commander-in-chief and plenipotentiary during the war in Persia.' [‎66] (85/454)

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India will embark on board the steamer Clmsan, bound
for Kurracbee and Bombay, on Wednesday morning,
the 17tb instant. i c- t
On the departure of Lieutenant-General bir
Outram, the supreme authority, political and military,
will devolve upon Brigadier-General Jacob, C.K, to
whom all reports and communications are to be made
accordingly.
The Lieutenant-Geneial begs that Brigadier-General
Jacob will accept his most cordial thanks for the very
able assistance he has afforded him at all times since
joining the Persian expeditionary force, and especially
while exercising the important command oi the troops
at Bushire, where his vigilance and admirable arrange
ments, and the bold front maintained by the small force
under his command, mainly contributed (the Lieutenant-
General is convinced) to deter the Persian army, so far
superior in numerical strength, from venturing upon an
attaC ^' Edward Lugard, Brig.-Gen.,
Chief of the Staff.
B y the Eight Honourable the G overnor- G eneral
of India in Council.
Fort William, 23rd June, 1857-
The following Notifications, from the Foreign De
partment, are published in General Orders:
Authentic intelligence having been received that the
ratifications of the treaty, which was signed at Paris by
the Plenipotentiaries of England and Persia, on the 4th
March last, were exchanged at Bagdad, on the 2nd o
May, the Right Honourable the Governor -General in