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APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



ARTICLES FROM THE LOKDON GAZETTE. 



From the London Gazette, Satur- 

 day ^ Feb. 13. 



COPY of a dispatch from colo- 

 nel Gillespie, commander of 

 the forces in Java, to the hon. T. 

 S; Raffles, lieut. governor of that 

 island, dated Djojocarta, June 25, 

 1812:— 



Honourable Sir ;— Without en- 

 tering upon any of the political 

 points on which you did me the 

 honour to consult with me, pre- 

 vious to the adoption of hostilities 

 against the Sultan of Djojocarta, I 

 shall proceed to report to you the 

 various operations of our small 

 force, and the measures adopted 

 under my authority for bringing 

 this insolent and refraetory sove- 

 reign to a sense of what was due 

 to the supremacy of the British go- 

 vernment upon Java. On the af- 

 ternoon of the 18th instant, you 

 did me the honour to acquaint me, 

 that the Sultan of Djojocarta had 

 refused his acquiescence to those 

 terms, which in your wisdom you 

 had been pleased to offer ; that, 

 confident of the strength of his for- 

 tified position, he had determined 

 to brave the consequence our power 

 might inflict ; and that he had as- 

 sembled his army from all parts of 

 the kingdom, who were prepared 

 and determined on resistance. The 



troops I had collected at this pe- 

 riod of the service, though few in 

 numbers, were formidable in gal- 

 lantry ; they consisted altogether 

 of about 600 firelocks, a proportion 

 of artillery, and two troops of his 

 majesty's 22nd dragoons. The re- 

 mainder of our force, with our prin- 

 cipal supply of ordnance, wereconi- 

 ing forward under the orders of 

 lieut. col. Mac Leod, and were 

 expected to join my head-quarters 

 during the course of that night. 

 Hostilities had in some measure 

 commenced upon the preceding 

 evening. On our arrival at Djo- 

 jocarta, lieut. col. Watson re- 

 ported, that a considerable body 

 of the Sultan's troops had left the 

 Krattan, through the east gate, and 

 had proceeded upon some offensive 

 or predatory excursion, which I 

 thought it my duty immediately to 

 prevent. I accordingly desired a 

 detachment of fifty dragoons to 

 escort me on a reconnoitering par- 

 ty, and I proceeded with my staff 

 along the east wall of the Krattan, 

 and pursued them on a road to the 

 eastward, which the people of the 

 country reported they had taken. 

 After a very circuitous route, we 

 arrived again upon the environs of 

 the town, where we found large 

 bodies of the enemy collected, who 

 were well armed, and evidently 



