CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843 — Page 30

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them,

Hantley rushed on tot pepulsed until they almost camed

and were

cnto action

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tant. Ford Paktown executed his oder mest vatisfac

the

beth. Kin

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the guns, had placed on

Minty, dirving

the hills, and destinyring

Ch

the

The 26th having la.. did, preceded whe chi Letinal Montgomerie

to the west of and

position

ding the

been

Lealously as my rehas ABC.; Scent Hodgson, of the Cornwallis, and Simill Heatly, Deputy, Assistant Adjutant General, who has com

d where he could be useful. These four

the canal, this a return in

and the incorrectness of

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its impracticability, and the inc my a jormation.

suburbs would

I was with gates, but perceiving

alley distant from

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tro

egu

that the

I decided on forcing

we cover,

1.

the west and south

a.

low hill

give

lov

former;

parties

3.

the walls, of

which we could take a considerables portion in

reverse; Icould. perceive that no

evi

strong. although

reserve at this point, alth

lee..

and loop

holes

Rexe

a. A

bed. Le

ved

dently by Tartan hoops prepared to defends these post . Here Idetermined to make the afsouth Majer General Barley's Brigade should

felt assured that meng

de de

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wes would

Jorn

brai

I

soon clear the ramparts of the Tartars, and I

все чи

одини

to

understand that the

fordable, a ridge of earth evidently "the original

at excav

ation,

to within 50 paces of the walls.

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at was

thrown up.

trie

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prosest cove

the 18th and

greater.

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to a certain.

part of the 119th joined d me the 16th being for the time alborked to this Brigades, every thing prepared for

the assault; I directed however the ty Quart. Master

Master General, Majer bough, to the correctness of my information as to the Canal. three officers pushed down the bank with him and I think it but right here to mention their

hame :

Captain Pack, R. it who being

this Eqredition, has

and

led most.

acte

we soon reached this point, and

shed on close to the banks

of the canal. Major Malcolm, of the ?? Ira who rated throughout the

dary

t. +

brany

a goons, extra A.DC.

and Bor Capt. Balfour, Brigade Major of Aikellery discovering the et Moleswrth

the approaches

lokal

to the

very

active in dis

gated.

Ae. Two

of the Madias Achtboy

besc

were

also judic.

Indiciously.

"placeds, so as to take the works in flank.

as the in

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Under this. cover, Captain Pease, the daing Engineer, with great spirit and

jud, ment, pinced the powder be

ent in the

the

gate, giving

enhance through

bag. the troops

and effectically

clear

orchway, not, as it

crits. In this

and

proved into the body of the place, but in

out-work of considerable extent. cut-work, we met la plair Richards of the (omwallis who had most porom po thy landed the inanies

f

that ship, ond hearing that two bon to with. Belittery

in processing up the Can it had unexpectedly approached the

and were

walls, an

finding however the attention:

diverted, he escaladed this

by prefor "the

is work in the

Zealandy

angle

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