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Colonel Harley, C. B., Administrator-in-Chief of the Gold Coast, 1873. '...this gallant officer...has directed the operations of this year to repel the Ashantee invasion...He was acting Governor of British Honduras during twelve months...He commanded the western division of the troops and native allies on the Gold Coast against the forces of the King of Ashantee in 1863...[He] also defended Lower Combo, Gambia, in February, 1864...against the hostile natives of Goongom. In June, 1864, he commanded an expeditionary force 180 miles up the river Gambia, bombarded and destroyed the fortified positions of the hostile natives at Junca Cunda, and restored peace in the country after two years of war and bloodshed. For this service he received the thanks of the Colonial Government and the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served as Brigadier-General in command of the expeditionary force employed against the hostile Indians of Yucatan, in February and March, 1867; [he] bombarded and destroyed four Indian towns, including the fortress of San Pedro, the principal stronghold, and recovered the northern and western districts of British Honduras, which had been temporarily in the hands of the invading Indians'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.