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I am sure I need not say more to induce His Grace the Duke of Wellington to look as favourably as may be consistent with the rules of the service on Major Caine's claims; I will therefore only add, that this recommendation in favour of that officer springs from the purest public motives, and from the sense I must ever cherish of the assistance I derived from him in the complicated and difficult position in which I was placed in China.
Lieutenant-General
I have, &c. (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER.
The Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., &c.
True copy.
(Signed) W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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EXTRACT from General Orders by the Honourable Major-General D'Aguilar, C.B., Commanding the Troops in China.
April 2, 1847.
With the concurrence of his Excellency Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., &c., the Major-General Commanding, gladly avails himself of the services of the Honourable Major Caine, and appoints him commandant of the garrison of Hong Kong, during the absence of the Major-General and the main body of the troops on service at Canton.
True extract.
By order,
(Signed) J. BRUCE, Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-General. J. CLARK KENNEDY, Captain,
Officiating Assistant Adjt.-General.
True extract.
(Signed)
(Signed)
Copy, No. 687.
Sir
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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Assistant Adjt.-General's Office,
Victoria, Hong Kong, May 3, 1847.
I have the honour to acquaint you, that the Major-General Commanding has had much pleasure in forwarding your military report of the 9th ultimo, to his Grace the Commander-in-Chief, and that in so doing he did not fail to express his acknowledgments of the services rendered by you whilst in temporary command of the garrison during the recent operations at Canton.
Hon. Major Caine,
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. BRUCE, Captain,
Assistant Adjt.-General.
Colonial Secretary, Victoria.
True copy
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
SCHEDULE of Major Caine's services.
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Major Caine entered the service in November, 1813, was employed in the Nepaul War of 1814 and 1815, and in action with the enemy at Jeetgurh on the 3rd January, 1815, when in the Light Company of the 17th Foot; was in the war of the Dekhan in 1817 and 1818, and engaged with the enemy at Jhubbulpoor on the 19th December, 1817, when he planted the regimental colour of his regiment, and destroyed in single combat the Arab Chief commanding on the Mussulman Saint's Tomb at Jubbulpoor; present during the siege of Bhurtpoor, when he volunteered the forlorn hope, and was wounded in the assault whilst carrying the enemy's guns:- Major Caine had the good fortune to destroy three of the enemy on this occasion to whom he was singly opposed; commanded the Grenadier company of the Cameronians at the capture of Chusan, 5th July, 1840. Major Caine has filled the various appointments of Regimental Judge Advocate, of Adjutant and of Major of Brigade at Bhurtpoor, as well as that of Major of Brigade at Meerut, and Deputy Judge Advocate General of that division. Whilst in the 14th Regiment had the honour of being Aide-de-Camp for six years and a half to his ever to be lamented chief the late Sir Samford Whittingham; Aide-de-Camp for one year to the late Major-General the Honourable John Ramsay, and appointed by the British Government in India as Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, with whom Major Caine continued during the sojourn of His Royal Highness in the Bengal Presidency in 1838. Major Caine was also nominated in General Orders Brigade Major to the late (then Brigadier) General Oglander, in the Shekawatty force in 1834, and performed the duties of Aide-de-Camp to that deeply regretted officer from February, 1839,
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I am sure I need not say more to induce His Grace the Duke of Wellington to look as favourably as may be con- sistent with the rules of the service on Major Caine's claims; I will therefore only add, that this recommendation in favou of that officer springs from the purest public motives, and from the sense must ever cherish of the assistance I derived from him in the complicated and difficult position in which I was placed in China.
Lieutenant-General
I have, &c. (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER.
The Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., &c.
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copy.
(Signed) W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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EXTRACT from General Orders by the Honourable Major- General D'Aguilar, C.B., Commanding the Troops in China.
April 2, 1847.
With the concurrence of his Excellency Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., &c., the Major-General Commanding, gladly avails himself of the services of the Honourable Major Caine, and appoints him commandant of the garrison of Hong Kong, during the absence of the Major-General and the main body of the troops on service at Canton.
True extract.
By order,
(Signed) J. BRUCE, Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-General. J. CLARK KENNEDY, Captain,
Officiating Assistant Adjt.-General.
True extract.
(Signed)
(Signed)
Copy, No. 687.
Sir
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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Assistant Adjt.-General's Office,
Victoria, Hong Kong, May 3, 1847.
I have the honour to acquaint you, that the Major-General Commanding has had much pleasure in forwarding your military report of the 9th ultimo, to his Grace the Com- mander-in-Chief, and that in so doing he did not fail to express his acknowledgments of the services rendered by you whilst
lu temporary command of the garrison during the recent operations at Canton.
Hon. Major Cane,
I have, dc.
(Signed) J. BRUCE, Captain,
Assistant Adjt.-General.
Colonial Secretary, Victoria.
True copy
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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SCHEDULE of Major Caine's services.
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Major Caine entered the service in November, 1813, was employed in the Nepaul War of 1814 and 1815, and in action with the enemy at Jeetgurh on the 3rd January, 1815, wheu in the Light Company of the 17th Foot; was in the war of the Dekhan in 1817 and 1818, and engaged with the enemy at Jhubbulpoor on the 19th December, 1817, when he planted the regimental colour of his regiment, and destroyed in single combat the Arab Chief commanding on the Mussulman Saint's Tomb at Jubbulpoor; present during the siege of Bhurtpoor, when he volunteered the forlorn hope, and was wounded in the assault whilst carrying the enemy's guns:- Major Caine had the good fortune to destroy three of the enemy on this occasion to whom he was singly opposed; commanded the Grenadier company of the Cameronians at the capture of Chusan, 5th July, 1840. Major Caine has filled the various appointments of Regimental Judge Advo- cate, of Adjutant and of Major of Brigade at Bhurtpoor, as well as that of Major of Brigade at Meerut, and Deputy Judge Advocate General of that division. Whilst in the 14th Regiment had the honour of being Aide-de-Camp for six years and a half to his ever to be lamented chief the late Sir Samford Whittingham; Aide-de-Camp for one year to the late Major-General the Honourable John Ramsay, and appointed by the British Government in India as Aide-de- Camp to his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, with whom Major Caine continued during the sojourn of His Royal Highness in the Bengal Presidency in 1838. Major Caine was also nominated in General Orders Brigade Major to the late (then Brigadier) General Oglander, in the Shekawatty force in 1834, and performed the duties of Aide. de-Camp to that deeply regretted officer from February, 1839,
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