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'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎480] (499/622)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (575 pages). It was created in 1877. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAYY.
bad, and Lieutenant Burnes had temporary command; the
former officer would not, however, invalid, but remained with
the Detachment until their return to Calcutta, though only able
to accompany them by palanquin dawk. Lieutenant Burnes
writes to Captain Campbell from Raneegunge, on the 8th of
January, 1860;—"I have just arrived here with the advanced
guard and stores, which will be returned to-morrow morning
early, and Davies will be in about ten a.m. to-morrow; I have
marched twenty-five miles this morning, and feel as if I were
going to have a return of fever and ague, but I hope I shall be
all right in the morning. With the sanction of Davies I am
making the arrangements for starting to Calcutta. The number
of men is as follows :—Petty officers and A.B. one hundred and
seven, two warrant officers, three officers. On their arrival at
the dep6t at Dumdum, the Detachment was disbanded, and
Lieutenants Davies and Burnes proceeded to England, where
the latter eventually succumbed to the effects of climate and
exposure.^
Senior Lieutenant Batt did good service with No. 3 Detach
ment in the disturbed districts of the Patna division. He was
in command of the 4 Zenobia' at the time of the outbreak of the
Mutiny, but proceeded on shore sick when Commander Stephens
succeeded to the command of the steam-frigate. His health
being improved by a residence of a few weeks on shore, in the
latter part of July, 1857, he proceeded up-country with No. 3
Detachment, consisting of one hundred men and four guns, with
the following officers :—Midshipmen G. C. Parker, H. E. Han-
nay, and R. Scamp. No. 3 Detachment embarked in the
4 Jumna, ? t a small river steamer, and, on the way up from Cal-
* This young officer was entitled to great credit for the care and trouble he
took under conditions so novel to a naval officer, as providing for the wants and
enforcing discipline among so large a body of hastily raised seamen on shore.
He wrote at the time :•—" Often I have ridden and sometimes had to walk
thirty-six miles so as to keep the men properly fed, and even paid a man twenty
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month out of my own pocket to interpret for and assist me."
f During the month of October, 1857, portions of the Detachment were
frequently embarked in the 4 Jumna' to operate on the Arrah side of the Granges.
An officer of the ' Jumna ' writes on the 30th of October :—" On the 28th instant,
the Commissioner of Patna sent us orders, and in consequence the officers of the
Indian Navy, with their seamen, embarked for the third time. We were to
proceed with the least possible delay to about fifteen or twenty miles beyond the
Gogra river, and communicate with the people on the Arrah side of the Ganges.
Should we learn that the mutinous detachment of the 32nd Native Infantry was
approaching the banks of the Ganges, with the intention of crossing into Goruck-
pore or Ghazeepore, we were to proceed on and do everything in our power to
intercept them ; they were reported to be at Shnpore factory An East India Company trading post. , sixteen miles wes
of Arrah. After doing this service we were to proceed to the mouth of the
and survey it carefully, and if able to enter it without fear of being shut m by t e
fall of the river, we were to proceed and report ourselves to Captain feot le y,
R.N., and he would avail himself of our services on the Gogra.^ Early on ie
29th of October the ' Jumna' started, passed by Shapore at four o'clock the same
evening and proceeded on to Perbutpore, where we anchored for the nig •
This morning we ran down for the purpose of surveying the Gogra, receive w

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History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).

Author: Charles Rathbone Low.

Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-vi); octavo.

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1 volume (575 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.

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