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'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎554] (573/622)

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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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554
HISTORY OP THE INDIAN NAVY.
further time should be allowed him to capture more of them,
and to recover the plunder, failing in which his villages should
be burnt down, to all of which the Sultan finally agreed, but
stipulated for six weeks instead of a month
The decapitation of the eight Soomalies took place in the
presence of six boats' of the 6 Semiramis' and one of the 4 Pen
guin ; and Commander Adams insisted that these men should
be executed by the Sultan, a condition which was carried out,
and, doubtless, contributed in the eyes of these lawless savages
to vindicate the outraged majesty of the British name. The"
( Semiramis' proceeded to Aden, and the 6 Penguin' to Zan
zibar; but it was understood between the commanding officers
that one or both the vessels should return to Bunder Muryah
to enforce the execution of the remaining stipulations as to the
surrender of the other murderers and the plundered property,
and the tender of an ample public apology. On his return to
his post at Aden, Brigadier Coghlan, on the 4th of January,
despatched Commander Adams, with the 6 Semiramis' and 'Pen
guin,' to Muryah, to ascertain the result of the demands made
on the Sultan.
The 6 Semiramis,' towing the 6 Penguin,' proceeded to Ber-
bera, and thence to Muryah, where they arrived on the 10th of
January. He says, in his report to Brigadier Coghlan, dated
the 25th of January:—" On Sunday the 18th, about ten a.m.,
the Sultan, accompanied by a number of horse and foot men,
marched into the town, when Lieutenant McHardy and I went
* Commander Adams says in this despatcli:— c£ I cannot omit to state that
the Sultan declared that there were only fifteen concerned, that three were killed
by the sailors, two had escaped inland, and two in a boat to the opposite coast,
and eight he gave to the sword, while the principal instigator, or chief of the
tribe (Haji Awadth), declared to Lieutenant-Commanding McHardy and Lieu
tenant Morland, shortly before he was put to death, that there were only ten.
In the interpreter's deposition, taken by Captain Play fair, the said Haji Awadth
is reported as having, in the conversation that took place on the hill at Baraida
on the 27th of October, said that eighty or ninety were engaged; and I cannot
believe that an officer and fourteen British seamen, even supposing the gig's crew's
arms to have been abandoned in the boat when they swam to the cutter for their
lives at Has Mabber, could fall a sacrifice to treble the number of Soomalies, see
ing the cutter's crew were armed with three revolvers and three cutlasses, seven
rifles and sword-bayonets or bayonets, and a 12-pounder rocket-tube, unless by
treachery, the more especially that they had not only been warned but knew per-
4 fectly well that the whole coast was unfriendly on account of the late proceedings
of H.M.'s cruisers in suppression of the slave-trade, besides the warning they
had at Has Mabber, where the gig had been sent for water, and, as before stated,
the crew had to abandon her and swim off to the cutter for their lives. The
massacre is said to have occurred on the 26th of September ; the bodies of those
who were not drowned appear to have been burnt with the boat, and one
marine's rifle shows two sword cuts, evidently as if he had clubbed it. I waited
for Lieutenant-Commanding McHardy's despatches until ten a.m. of the 14th,
and returned to Aden this day. The ' Penguin' set out for Zanzibar to pick up
her other two boats ; and Lieutenant-Commanding McHardy has informed the
Secretary to the Admiralty that it is his intention to return to Aden and place
himself under my orders, to assist in carrying out such further retributive mea
sures as Grovernment may deem necessary."

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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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Dimensions: 229mm x 140mm

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