Lieutenant-Colonel  Yule  has  unhappily  fallen,  and  the  Queen's
army  has  to  deplore  the  loss  of  a  brave  and  skilful  officer.
The  thanks  of  the  Government  of  India  are  due  to  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Greathed,  Commanding  Her  Majesty's  8th  Regiment;  to  Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Deacon,  Commanding  Her  Majesty's  61st  Regiment,  and
to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Herbert,  Commanding  Her  Majesty's  75th  Regi-
ment ;  as  also  to  Colonel  Welchman,  who  was  at  the  head  of  the  1st
Bengal  European  Fusiliers,  and  was  severely  wounded ;  and  to  Lieute-
nant-Colonel T.  Seaton,  of  the  35th  Regiment,  Native  Infantry,  to
whose  command  a  column  was  entrusted.
The  example  which  has  been  set  throughout  these  operations  by
the  courageous  and  indefatigable  exertions  of  Major  Reid,  Commanding
the  Sirmoor  Battalion,  is  warmly  acknowledged  by  the  Governor-General
in  Council,


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Major  Coke,  of  the  Punjab  Irregular  Force,  has  added  to  his  high
and  well-earned  reputation  as  one  of  the  foremost  frontier  soldiera  of
India ;  and  Lieutenant  Hodson  s  good  service  at  the  head  of  the  IiTegular
Horae  merits  much  praise.
The  thanks  of  the  Government  are  eminently  due  to  lieutenant-
Colonel  Baird  Smith,  and  the  corps  of  engineers  under  his  directioiL
Theii'  labours  have  been  unremitting  and  have  deserved  success.
The  readiness  and  coolness,  as  well  as  the  gallantry  evinced  by
Major  Tombs,  of  the  Bengal  Artillery,  on  vai-ious  occasions  recorded  in
these  papers,  and  the  signal  daring  of  Lieutenant  Hills,  who,  alone  and
unsupjiorted,  charged  a  body  of  the  enemy  s  cavalry  and  saved  his
batteiy,  command  the  admiration  of  the  Governor  General  in  Council.
Major  Scott  and  Captain  Remmington,  of  the  artillery,  have  well
earned  the  acknowledgment  of  their  services  which  the  Governor-Gene-
ral in  Council  now  tenders  to  them.
