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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.25987#0164
Igo VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND CONDUCT
Lieutenant-colonel Dunlop was unlortunately disabled by a
wound, in a personal conflict upon the breach with one of the
Sultaurfs chiefs. Although the column which he commanded
soon got possession of the north-west bastion, yet it was afterwards,
in its progress along the northern rampart, so vigorously opposed
by the enemy, posted behind traverses, defending them one after
another, that the front was frequently brought to a stand. The
leading officers being all either killed or disabled, Lieutenant
Farquhar of the pioneers put himself at the head of the column:
he, also, was instantly killed. Our loss would have been still
greater, had not the light infantry, and part of the battalion com-
panies of his Majesty's 12th regiment, under Captain Goodall,
been judiciously detached to reinforce the party upon the inner
rampart, whence they flanked the traverses, which the enemy
defended. Thus supported, the column now led on by Brigade-
major Lambton, pushed forward with irresistable ardour, killed
many, and drove the enemy before them as far as the north-east
angle. Here, the enemy, perceiving the approach of the right
column, were thrown into the utmost confusion ; many attempted
to escape, and thousands were put to the sword.
Captain Goodall's party were of infinite service in Hanking and
taking in reverse the enemy's traverses on the outer rampart, which
were at this time defended by the Sultaun in person; and they
arrived very opportunely at the small gate on the northern face, and
bred obliquely into the rear of the gate, while it was attacked in front
from the outer rampart by the troops composing the left attack.
The passage across the river from our advanced trench, was by
uo means difficult; it was a smooth rock, having two or three
Lieutenant-colonel Dunlop was unlortunately disabled by a
wound, in a personal conflict upon the breach with one of the
Sultaurfs chiefs. Although the column which he commanded
soon got possession of the north-west bastion, yet it was afterwards,
in its progress along the northern rampart, so vigorously opposed
by the enemy, posted behind traverses, defending them one after
another, that the front was frequently brought to a stand. The
leading officers being all either killed or disabled, Lieutenant
Farquhar of the pioneers put himself at the head of the column:
he, also, was instantly killed. Our loss would have been still
greater, had not the light infantry, and part of the battalion com-
panies of his Majesty's 12th regiment, under Captain Goodall,
been judiciously detached to reinforce the party upon the inner
rampart, whence they flanked the traverses, which the enemy
defended. Thus supported, the column now led on by Brigade-
major Lambton, pushed forward with irresistable ardour, killed
many, and drove the enemy before them as far as the north-east
angle. Here, the enemy, perceiving the approach of the right
column, were thrown into the utmost confusion ; many attempted
to escape, and thousands were put to the sword.
Captain Goodall's party were of infinite service in Hanking and
taking in reverse the enemy's traverses on the outer rampart, which
were at this time defended by the Sultaun in person; and they
arrived very opportunely at the small gate on the northern face, and
bred obliquely into the rear of the gate, while it was attacked in front
from the outer rampart by the troops composing the left attack.
The passage across the river from our advanced trench, was by
uo means difficult; it was a smooth rock, having two or three