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238 HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
wallis,") four frigates of tliirty-eight guns, six of thirty-six gnus,
two of tliirty-two guns, mid seven sloops of war. The ]5ombay
Marine likewise supplied a division of eight ships, under the
command of that veteran seaman, Commodore John Hayes, who
resigned his post as Master-Attendant at Calcutta in order to
place his services at the disposal of the Governor General, under
whose immediate auspices the expedition was fitted out. Com-
modore Hayes hoisted his broad pennant on board the 'j\Iala-
bar,' twenty guns, Commander Maxfield, as a first-class Com-
modore, and he had under his command, the ' Mornington,'
twenty-two, Captain Robert Deaiie ; the 'Aurora,' fourteen,
Commander Watkins ; ' Nautilus,' fourteen, Commander Walker;
' Vestal,' ten, Commander Hall ; ' Ariel,' ten. Commander
]\Iacdonald ;' Thetis,' ten. Lieutenant Phillips ; and 'Psyche,'
ten. Lieutenant Tanner. There were also fifty-seven transports
and several gunboats, making a total of nearly one hundred sail.
On the 18th of April, 1811, the first division of the troops,
commanded by Colonel Robert Rollo Gillespie,* sailed from
Madras Roads, and, on the 18th May, anchored in the harbour
of Penang, or Prince of Wales' Island, the first ren-
dezvous. Three days later the second division of the Army,
imder command of Major-General Frederick Wetherali, also
arrived, having quitted Madras six days later. On the 24th the
entire expedition sailed from Penang, and, on the 1st of June,
arrived at Malacca, the second rendezvous, where the Bengal
troops had preceded them five or six weeks. Lord Minto, who
Ijad taken great personal interest in the preparation of this
expedition, had also arrived in the ' Modeste ' frigate, Lieutenant-
General Sir Samuel Achmuty, the Commander-in-chief of
Madras, in command of the expeditionary army, in the 'Akbar,'
and Commodore Broughton, senior naval officer, in the 'Illus-
trious,' seventy-four guns. On the 11th of June, the fleet, leaving
behind twelve hundred sick, sailed with the army, numbering
ten thousand seven hundred effective men, of whom five thousand
were Europeans ; and, passing through the Straits of Malacca,
arrived on the 3rd of July at the High Islands, wdiich was the
third rendezvous. On the 10th the fleet quitted the High
Islands, and, in ten days, reached Point Sambur,t at the ex-
tremity of the south-west coast of Borneo, forming the fourth
and last rendezvous. Sir Samuel Achmuty, having assembled
the whole expedition here on the 26th of July, sailed on the
following day for Java. On the 30th the fleet reached
* Tliis gallant soldier fell on tlie 31st of October, 1814, wliile leading a storming
party in a second abortive attempt to carry the fortress of Kalunga, in Nepaul.
t According to James, the naval historian, the fleet arrived at, and sailed from
Port Sambur on tlie 20th and 21st of July respectively ; but we have preferred to
rely for our dates in the " Memoir of the" Conquest of Java " by that careful and
able military historian, Major William Thorn, who was Deputy Quartermaster-
General to the Expeditionary army.