§ COMMANDER YOUNG (Berkshire, Wokingham)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any despatches have been received from the officers in command of the Naval Brigade describing the proceedings of that brigade at the battle of Graspan and the battle of Colenso; if so, when will such despatches be published in the same way as the military despatches relating to those battles have been published.
MR. GOSCHENYes, such despatches have been received, transmitted through the Naval Commander-in-Chief. It is still uncertain whether copies were sent to Lord Methuen and General Buller, under whose orders the actions in question were fought, but I am trying to 576 ascertain this by telegraph. I have every hope that it will be possible to publish these despatches in the course of a day or two.