Note 10 — Chapter XI · BRASHEAR CITY. On Active Service—Action of June Twenty-third—Captured—Paroled and Returned to Algiers.

The official report of General Banks mentions the fact that the officials at Brashear City were fully warned of danger, by orders, and the disaster was due to the carelessness and disobedience of subordinates. General Emory sent word by a steamer (after the telegraph line was severed) to hold out to the last. The place was captured before this steamer could arrive.