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in colonel M'Crae's absence on 

 general duty ; and he expresses his 

 great obligations to captain Brac- 

 kenburg, of the 61st regiment, his 

 aide-de-camp, and to brigade-major 

 Fitzgerald. Major-gen. Hay speaks 

 most highly of the services of 

 colonel the honourable C. Grevilie, 

 of the 38th, in command of the 2nd 

 brigade ; and of the conspicuous 

 gallantry of lieutenant - colonel 

 Barnes, in the successful assault 

 of the curtain, with the brave 

 battalion of the Royal Scots ; and 

 also of the exemplary conduct of 

 lieutenant- colonel Cameron, of 

 the 9th foot, and lieut.-colonels 

 Miles and Dean of the 38th, and 

 all the officers and troops engaged; 

 and he expresses himself as most 

 particularly indebted to the zeal, 

 intelligence, and intrepidity of Bri- 

 gade-major Taylor, and captain 

 Stewart, of the Royal Scots, acting 

 as his aide-de-camp, formerly men- 

 tioned. 



Major - general Hay likewise 

 expresses his great satisfaction with 

 the gallant and judicious conduct 

 of lieut.-col. Cooke, commanding 

 the detachment of guards ; of 

 lieut.-col. Hunt, commanding the 

 detachment of the left division, 

 who was severely wounded, and of 

 all the other officers and troops of 

 tlie detachment. 



Major~general Hay conducted 

 the division along the ramparts 

 himself, with the judgment and 

 gallantry that has so often marked 

 hi» conduct, 



I have now only to repeat the 

 expressions of my highest satisfac- 

 tian with the conduct of the offi- 

 cers of the Royal Artillery and 

 Engineers as formerly particula- 

 rized in the report of the firct at- 

 tack. Every branch of the artil- 



lery service has been conductett 

 by col. Dickson, with the greatest 

 ability, as was that of the engineer 

 department by lieutenant-colonel 

 sir Richard Fletcher, till the mo- 

 ment of his much lamented fall at 

 the mouth of the trenches. Lieut, 

 colonel Burgoyne succeeded to 

 the command, and is anxious that 

 I should convey to your lord- 

 ship sir R. Fletcher's sense of the 

 great merit and gallantry of capt. 

 Henderson, in the attack of the 

 island, on the morning of the 27tb 

 ult. and of the persevering exer- 

 tions of majors Ellicomb and 

 Smith, in pushing forward the 

 operations of the two attacks — the 

 latter officer having had the merit 

 of the first arrangements for the 

 attack on the right. 



Lieut.-col. Burgoyne was him- 

 self wounded, and only quitted the 

 field from loss of blood ; but I am 

 happy to say he is able to carry on 

 the duty of the department. 



The conduct of the navy has 

 been continued on the same prin- 

 ciple of zealous co-operation by sir 

 George Collier ; and the services 

 of lieutenant O'Reiley, with the 

 seamen employed in the batteries, 

 has been equally conspicuous as 

 before. 



Your lordship will now permit 

 me to call your attention to the 

 conduct of that distinguished offi- 

 cer, major-general Oswald, who 

 has had the temporary command 

 of the 5th division, in lieutenant- 

 general sir James Leith's absence, 

 during the whole of the campaign, 

 and who resigned the command of 

 the division on sir James Leith's 

 arrival on the 30th ultimo. 



Having carried on with indefa- 

 tigable attention all the laborious 

 duties of the left attack, no person 



