| ” | John Malony | Reached the top, bayonetted two | | | | of the enemy, saved Burke and | | | | Rohan’s lives, and was severely | | | | wounded.--Three medals. | | | | | | ” | Bartholomew Rohan| Reached the top, bayonetted one | | | | of the enemy, and was very severely| | | | wounded.--Two medals. | | | | | | ” | George Campbell | Reached the top, and killed two | | | | of the enemy. | | | | | | ” | Phillip Fay | Did not quite reach the summit.--Two | | | | medals. | | | | | | ” | Mark Davis | Did not quite reach the summit.--Two | | | | medals. | | | | | | ” | Charles Hawthorn | Did not quite reach the summit.--Two | | | | medals. | | | | | |Camel Corps| Ruinzan Aheer | Did not quite reach the summit. | +-----------+------------------+--------------------------------------+ “_Horse Guards_, “_12th June 1845_. “SIR, “I have had the honor to receive your letter on the 15th of April, with a letter and its accompanying return from Major-General Sir Charles Napier, setting forth the conspicuous gallantry of a party of Volunteers from the Thirteenth Light Infantry to the THIRTY-NINTH regiment, in storming the almost inaccessible hill position of Truckee, occupied by a strong force of the Mountain Desert Robbers; and having laid these papers before the Commander-in-Chief, I am instructed to request that you will cause the expression of his highest approbation to be conveyed to such of these brave men as have survived the attack; and that you will further be pleased to recommend them specially to the notice and protection of the commanding officer of the THIRTY-NINTH regiment, and ascertain and report for His Grace’s information whether the Serjeant is qualified to hold a commission in Her Majesty’s service. “The Duke of Wellington deeply laments the loss of those who fell on this memorable occasion. “I have, &c. (Signed) “FITZROY SOMERSET. “_General Sir Hugh Gough, Bart., G.C.B._, “_Commander-in-Chief in India_. “&_c._ &_c._ &_c._”