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found so inaccessible, and so véry 
much stronger than my informa- 
tion had given me reason to ex- 
pect, that he very judiciously de- 
termined not to risk the chance 
of an instantaneous assault, but 
to make use of his artillery. His 
letter, which I have the honour 
to enclose, together with a copy 
of my instructions, details his 
proceedings from that date, and 
renders. it only necessary for me 
to. express my approbation of 
‘Lieut.-Col. Thompson’s conduct, 
and entire satisfaction with that 
of the detachment in general. 
I would, however, be unjust 
not to mention, that the reports I 
received from Lieut. Lawrie, En- 
gineer, of the very great labour 
and fatigue sustained with cheer- 
fulness by the pioneers, induced 
me to express to Captain Baines, 
Lieutenant Armstrong, and their 
officers, who set them the meri- 
torious example, my particular 
thanks, and to send a pecuniary 
donation to the men. 
Lieutenant. Lawrie, with his 
accustomed zeal, accompanied the 
detachment, and on this, as on 
every occasion, deserves my high- 
est consideration; from him I 
have the honour to transmit a 
slight sketch of the ground and 
point of attack. 
It remains only to add, that the 
enemy no sooner perceived the 
movement to the right, and con- 
templated its obvious object, than 
they evacuated all their stockades 
but the two small redoubts imme- 
diately under the fort, and risked 
the attempt which Lieut.-Col. 
Thompson has detailed, and‘on 
its unsuccessful issue, retired to 
Munghooka Dhar, where he is 
mow. assembled with his whole 
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1815. 
force, the right covered by the 
stockades which I had intended to 
attack, and their left resting on 
or towards the fort of Tarragurh. 
Apprehending that the enemy 
might venture a second, I direct- 
ed Lieut.-Col. Lyons and the se- 
cond battalion of the 7th, with 
two six-pounders, to reinforce 
Lieut.-Col. Thompson, in the 
hope of preventing it, or render- 
ing it ineffectual. They have, 
however, remained stationary 
since their repulse. 
I have, &c. 
D. OcuTERLONY, Maj. Gen. 
Camp Nehn, Dec. 31, 1814. 
Report from Lieutenant-Colonel 
Thompson to Major-General 
Ochterlony, enclosed in the pre- 
ceding. 
Sir,—Agreeably to your in- 
structions I have the honour to 
report that, after dusk on the even- 
ing of the 27th, I commenced my 
march towards these heights with 
the light battalion, and eight com- 
panies of the 2nd battalion 3rd re= 
giment, native infantry, two: six- 
pounders, and a mountain. train 
of two light howitzers, Although 
the night was extremely favour- 
able, the whole of the artillery did 
not reach the opposite side of the 
ridge of hills, about one coss be- 
low Deboo-ka-Tibba, until past 
eight o’clock in the morning of 
the 28th. I then advanced up the 
face of the hill with the light bat- 
talion and four companies of the 
2nd battalion 3rd regiment to gain 
possession of the ridge on my 
left, immediately opposite to the 
enemy’s stone stockade; from this 
ridge the stockade is about seven 
hundred yards, with four different 
heights iptervening. 
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