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1841 The rains set in about the middle of June, and the sickness 
Hazareebaugh. which had been increasing in the regiment since the commence- 
ment of the hot season got to such an extent that there were 
one hundred and fifty men in hospital, of whom, in the three 
months during which the rains continued, thirty-eight died. 
1841 In the middle of October orders were received for the march 
March from of the regiment to Fort William, to replace the Fiftieth, or- 
Hazareebaugh to dered to Moulmein, the regiment accordingly marched in two 
Fort William. divisions from Hazareebaugh on the ist and 8th of November, 
and arrived at Fort William on the 30th of that month, and 
9th of December, respectively. 
1842 On the occasion of the birth of an Heir to the Imperial Crown 
Fort William. of Great Britain, the senior Lt.-Colonel of the regiment was 
appointed Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, with the rank of 
colonel in the army. 
Before leaving Fort William (orders having been received 
for embarkation to Dinapore,) an entertainment was given to 
the officers at the Town Hall by the European Society at 
Caleutta, as a mark of the high estimation in which they were 
held. 
Embark for The first division of the regiment embarked in boats for 
Dinapore. Dinapore, on the 11th of August. With the exception of two or 
three casualties from drowning in consequence of carelessness 
and disregard of orders on the part of the sufferers,and detention 
to replace unserviceable boats and deficiencies in boatmen, the 
voyage passed over prosperously till the 5th of September, the 
afternoon of which day (a remarkably sultry one) the fleet 
Luguod on the left side of the river, opposite a place called 
Sickree Gully. 
About two o’clock on the morning of the 6th September, a 
violent hurricane arose, drove most of the fleet from the bank 
to which the boats were moored, many of which were swamped, 
and two officers, Lieutenants Scobell and Gason, five sergeants, 
four corporals, thirty-four privates, six women, and twelve 
children lost. Colonel and Mrs. Reed, Lieutenant and Mrs. 
Evatt had a narrow escape of a watery grave, the pinnace of 
the former, and the budgerow of the latter, were upset im- 
mediately, but the latter remained attached to the bank, and 
Mr. and Mrs. Evatt were saved by the assistance of Lieutenant 
and Quartermaster Guy, whose pinnace had not been driven or 
blown over. Colonel Reed’s pinnace floated down the current 
its inmates having contrived to get upon the sides of it—Col. 
and Mrs. Reed through the window of the after-cabin. In 
this perilous position they remained for about three hours, the 
boat occasionally rolling from one side to the other, sometimes 
bottom upwards, sometimes on her beam-ends, but never 
fortunately righted, in which case she must have gone down. 
The people on the banks near which they passed disregarded 
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