This action cleared the vicinity of Rangoon of the enemy, and reinforcements, stores, and supplies arriving, health was restored to the army, and preparations for an advance were strenuously made. Among the reinforcements, were a troop of horse artillery and half the rocket-troop, “corps which excited great hopes, and never disappointed them.” ────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬─────────────── Troop. │ Brigade. │ Captains. │Lieutenants.│Sub-Lieutenant. ────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼─────────────── │ │ │Thompson, │ 1 │ 1 │Lumsden │Timmings, │ │ │ │C. Grant. │ ────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼─────────────── 2 │ 2 │Graham │Paton, │Allen. │ │ │G. Campbell │ ────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴─────────────── But, leaving the force at this point, let us trace the steps of the other divisions, and then return to the Rangoon column, on which the chief exertions of the war fell. The small advanced party at Ramoo, unsupported by the force at Chittygong, fell an easy prey to Bundoola’s force, which gradually closed on and cut it up; a detail of artillery, with two 6–pounders under Lieutenant J. W. Scott, formed part. Lieutenant Scott, severely wounded, was placed on an elephant and carried into Chittygong, whither the few who escaped fled. After this reverse, the force at Chittygong was strengthened and formed into a division, under Major-General Morrison, for the purpose of driving the Burmese out of Arracan, crossing the Yemidong mountains and joining the Rangoon force about Prome. With it were two companies of artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, Commandant; Lieutenant Kirby, Adjutant. ────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬──────────── Company. │ Battalion. │ Captains. │Lieutenants. ────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────────── │ │ │Lawrence, │ │ │Fenning, 3 │ 2 │Rawlings │Lewin, │ │ │Greene, │ │ │Dyke. ────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────────── │ │ │Cardew, 4 │ 2 │Hall │Fordyce, │ │ │Gaitskell, │ │ │Hotham. ────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴──────────── Lieutenant J. W. Scott was attached to the pioneers.