6\S ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



APPENDIX to the CHRONICCE. 



Dispatches from lord Lafcc, contain, 

 ing an account of the siege of 

 Bhuripore ; ami from general 

 Smith, coinmnnicatiiig his success 

 over Ameer Khan, in Indostan. 



THE first dispatch from lord 

 Lake, under date January 21, 

 states, that, having made a breach 

 at Bhiirtporc, he attempted to storm 

 the place, but found the ditch so 

 broad and deep, as to prevent his 

 progress. His loss on that occasion 

 v.as 18 officers, 48 Serjeants and cor- 

 porals, and 233 privates, besides 285 

 native auxiliaries, 



[Kiijed, 76th regiment lieutenant 

 D. Macrae, lieutenant C. M. Bland ; 

 2d battalion, 15th regiment, lieute- 

 nant T. M'Grcgor. Wounded, 75th 

 regimen^, captain W. Hcssman, Jieu- 

 teiians T. Grant, J. C. Dumas; 76th 

 regiment. C. Tenipleton, J. Macrae, 

 AV. Bright; 22d regiment, captain 

 Lindsay ; 2d battalion, 9th N. I. 

 lieutenant Trowers; 2d ditto 15th 

 ditto, captain-lieutenant II. Addi- 

 son ; 2d ditto 22d ditto, lieutenants 

 Watson, Day, Pol'ock; pioneers, 

 lieutenant Gallaway (doing duty). 

 The flank companies of the Euro- 

 pean regiment, lieutenants Morris 

 and Watson, the former severely.] 



A letter of the 23d states, that the 

 enemy's cavalry having attacked a 

 comoj of provisions for the camp, 



about 5 coss from it, captain Walsh 

 made a most gallant defence, until 

 colonel Don arrived with a rcin- 

 forcemenf, when he attacked and 

 totally routed the enemy, taking 40 

 stand of colours and 4 guns, with 

 all their stores, &c. Captain Gordon, 

 of the 16th N. I. and cornet Ers- 

 kine, of the 1st N. C. were the only 

 ofQcers wounded. We had 2 pri- 

 vates killed and 20 Avoundcd. 



General Lake, on the 20th of 

 February, made a fourth assault on 

 Bhurtpore, and was again repulsed, 

 owing again to the depth of the 

 water in the ditch. Our force was 

 divided into three parties ; one, under 

 capt. Grant, succeeded in the service 

 assigned to it, and captured eleven 

 of the enemy's guns. Another, un- 

 der lieutenant-colonel Don, %vhich 

 was to mount the breach, but un- 

 able to pass the ditch, made a most 

 gallant but effectual attempt to as- 

 cend a high and steep bastion ; while 

 the third party, under lieutenant, 

 colonel Taylor, was, from the mis- 

 take of its guide, early exposed to 

 a destructive fire, and compelled to 

 retreat. On the 21st of February, 

 general Lake made another assault 

 with the whole of his European 

 force, under the command of the 

 ho.neurable brig. -gen. Monson. Our 

 troops commenced the attack with- 

 the utmost gallantry, and per- 

 severed 



