Second Brigade--Brigadier-General Sutton: 2nd (Queen's), 60th (King's Royal Rifles), and 23rd Sikh Pioneers. Second Division--Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.B. Third Brigade--Brigadier-General Jephson: The Buffs, 44th (Essex Regiment), and 20th Brownlow's Punjabis. Fourth Brigade--Brigadier-General Reeves: 67th (Hampshires), 99th (Wiltshires), and 19th Punjabis. To each infantry division a field battery was attached, and a troop of horse artillery acted with General Pattle's cavalry brigade. At the immediate disposal of the Commander-in-Chief were three field and two mountain batteries, a battalion of Sikhs, a company of Royal Engineers, under that fine soldier the late Sir Gerald Graham, who had recently gained the Victoria Cross for a series of acts of gallantry in the Crimea, and with him were two companies of the Madras Sappers and Miners. The 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) were left to garrison Hong-Kong, whilst other points on the coast were occupied by native troops from Bengal and Madras. TAKU FORTS (AUGUST 12, 1860). This battle honour was awarded to the regiments which assaulted the Taku Forts at the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese War of 1860: King's Own Dragoon Guards. Royal Scots. Queen's. Buffs. East Surrey. Essex. King's Royal Rifles. Hampshire. 11th Probyn's Horse. 19th Fane's Horse. 2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners. 20th Brownlow's Punjabis. 23rd Pioneers. Early in June, 1860, the force, under Sir Hope Grant, disembarked in Talien-Wan Bay, where the 99th (Wiltshire) and the 19th Punjabis were left to hold the base, whilst preparations were made for the advance on Pekin. The first objective was the capture of the Taku Forts, at the entrance of the Peiho River--the forts which had inflicted such a serious blow to our prestige in the previous year. On August 20 these were carried by storm by Napier's division, the colours of the 44th and the 67th being almost simultaneously placed on the ramparts by Lieutenants Rogers and Chaplin of those regiments. Both of these officers received the Victoria Cross for their heroism, both having been badly wounded in their gallant dash for the prize of honour. CASUALTIES AT THE STORMING OF THE TAKU FORTS. +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Artillery | - | 2 | - | 15 | |2nd Queen's | - | - | - | - | |3rd Buffs | - | - | - | 2 | |31st E. Surrey | - | - | - | - | |44th Essex | - | 2 | 10 | 50 | |Royal Marine L.I. | - | 5 | 1 | 24 | |67th Hampshire | - | 8 | 6 | 63 | +------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ PEKIN (OCTOBER 12, 1860).