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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
hill tribes, who were only waiting to see which was going to
win. Colonel Hannay has mentioned us very handsomely in
his despatch; it was a very fortunate thing he kept our doctor
(White) on, as, when he arrived here, he found he was ordered
to return. There is only one doctor here, and if anything
happened to him, it would be a very long time before another
could be got. I should think this ought to be one of the
very last stations where Europeans should be left without a
surgeon."
The following orders express the approbation of the gallant
conduct of Lieutenant Lewis and his officers and men, enter
tained by the Governor-General and Lord Clyde. Extract from
Governor-General's order, No. 656, of 1859 " His Excellency
the Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct the publi
cation of the following letter from the Deputy Adjutant-General
of the Aimy, No. 99, of the 8th ultimo, with enclosures, report
ing the successful operations of Lieutenant-Colonel Hannay
against the Meyong clan of the Abors. His Excellency in
Council concurs with the Commander-in-chief in the approba
tion expressed by his lordship regarding these operations.
'No. 99, from Major H. N. Norman, Deputy Adjutant-General
of the Army, dated Delhi, the 8th of April, 1859. To the
Secretary of the Government of India, Military Department
"I am directed by the Commander-in-chief to transmit for the
information of His Excellency the Governor-General in Council,
a letter dated the 11th ultimo. No. 107,* from Colonel F.
Jenkins, Agent to the Governor-General and Commanding
North-East Frontier, enclosing a report from Lieutenant-
Colonel S. F. Hannaj', of his recent successful operations
against the Meyong clan of the Abors. Lord Clyde desires to
express his approbation of the manner in which these opera
tions were conducted, and of the gallantry of those engaged in
them, but especially of the detachment Indian Naval Brigade,
under Lieutenant Lewis.'The Governor of Bombay also,
in a resolution communicated to the Commander-in-chief,
* The following is a copy of the above letter, addressed by Colonel F. Jenkins,
to Major Boss, Assistant Adjutant-G-eneral, Barrackpore :—" Sir,—I have the
honour to submit for transmission to the Bight Hon. the Commander-in-chief,
in original, a letter, No. 41, of the 28th nit., from Lieutenant-Colonel Hannay^
accompanied by a sketch map and six enclosures, reporting the complete success
of the detachment under his command in carrying, by assault, on the 27th ult.,
the strong stockaded position of the confederated Meyong clans of Abors, and
the destruction of two of their villages. I have pleasure in drawing notice to the
high satisfaction expressed by Colonel Hannay at the conduct of the whole of the
troops under his command, and particularly with the gallant manner in which
the attack was led by the Naval Brigade, under the command of Lieutenant
Lewis, I.N."
" Forwarded to the Adjutant-Q-eneral of the Army for submission to the Eight
Hon. the Commander-in-chief by his Excellency's obedient servant,
"J. B. Heaesey,
" Major-General Commanding Bresidency Division.
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