text:  Her Majesty's ships Volage 28 and Cruiser 16 gun-brig which had been employed in some operations about the mouth of the Indus were accordingly ordered on this service and sailed from Bombay December 29 accompanied by two transports conveying about 800 troops--Europeans sepoys and artillerymen--under the command-in-chief of Major Baillie 24th Bombay native infantry