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afforded valuable co-operation. In February, 18 1 G, operations
were commenced in the peninsula, by the reduction of the
fortified post of Dhengee, which was captured by storm after
a siege of three days ; thence the column marched to Dwarka,
famed for its temples dedicated to Krishna, but just as the bat-
teries and ships, the latter under Captain Blast, were about to open
fire on the place it surrendered at discretion. The Expedition
now proceeded to the island of Beyt, but the chief, considering
resistance hopeless, sent in his submission. The 5th Regiment
Native Infantry wt^s left to garrison the captured places, and
the remainder of the troops proceeded to Nowanuggur, the
Jam's capital, and Joonughur, a strong fort on the southern
coast of Kattywar. The squadron remained some time longer
on the coast, until the peninsula of Okhanjundel was delivered
over to the Guicowar. Between the years 1818-19 a squadron
was kept cruising off the coasts of Scinde and Cutch, under
command of Lieutenant Tanner, in the ' Antelope,' who had
considerable success in destroying several pirate vessels.
In 1820 the garrison maintained in Okhamundel b}^ the Gui-
cowar, was so insufficient for the purpose of keeping the restless
Waghers in order, that they rose upon the troops whom they
overpowered, when they obtained possession of the province.
To retrieve the loss, in November of that year, a British force
was despatched against Dwarka, under command of Colonel the
Hon. Leicester Stanhope ; and, on the 2t5th of November, the
place was taken by escalade, with the loss of four killed and
twenty-eight wounded. The 'Nautilus,' of fourteen guns,
commanded by Lieutenant Middleton, participated in this
Expedition, and her officers and crew were honourably mentioned
in Colonel Stanhope's despatch. A column has been erected at
Dwarka to commemorate its capture, a little to the west of the
great temple* and close to the edge of the cliffs.
In the latter part of the year 1817, Captain Grant received
the thanks of the Bombay Government for fitting out, with
extraordinary promptitude, a corvette of sixteen guns, belonging
to the Governor of Diu, and a brig, which he armed with the
guns and men of his own gunboats, in order to cruise against
some Joasmi pirate vessels, which were infesting the Kattywar
and Cutch coasts ; none of the Company's cruisers were at the
time on the station, and his zealous exertions were rewarded
with success, until he fell in with the 'Teignmouth' and

next twenty-two miles from the Rimu at Mucllii to Miani, form part of Halar,
the territory of the Jam of Nowanuggur ; the southern ten mik's, hke Okha-
mundel, is also under the Guicowar. From Mul Dwarka to Seel Bunder, foi'ty-
Jive miles, belongs to the Nawab of Joonughur, and fi-om Mahadeopore to Miani
owns the sway of theRana of Porebunder.
* This temple, wliieh is built of stone, and is whitewashed, stands at an eleva-
tion of 168 feet above tlie sea level it is a prominent object, being visible in
;
clear weather a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles.