188 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



detachment of artillery with two 

 guns, under the order of Colonel 

 Wood, and directed his embark- 

 ation, in communication with 

 Rear Admiral Stopford, who order- 

 ed three frigates on this service, for 

 the purpose of occupying the fort 

 of Cheribon. Transports were at 

 the same time put in a state of pre- 

 paration for a force, consisting of 

 the detachment of the Royal, and 

 a company of Bengal artillery, a 

 troop of his Majesty's 22d dragoons, 

 his Majesty's lith and 78th regi- 

 ments of foot, the 4th battalion of 

 Bengal volunteer Sepoys, the Ma- 

 dras pioneers, and a small ordnance 

 equipment, with which it was my 

 intention to embark, and accom- 

 panying Rear- Admiral Stopford 

 with the squadron, for the attack 

 of Sourabaya and Fort Louis, to- 

 wards which place it was supposed 

 the enemy had retired. 



A large part of his Majesty's 

 14th regiment, the royal artillery, 

 and six field- pieces, were, by the 

 kindness of Rear-Admiral Stopford, 

 received on board his Majesty's 

 ships of war, and they, with the 

 transports, sailed as they could he 

 got ready for sea, with orders to 

 rendezvous off the point of Sidayo, 

 near the western entrance of the 

 harbour of Sourabaya. I embark- 

 ed on the 4th of September ; and 

 early in the morning on the 5th, 

 sailed to join the troops in his Ma- 

 jesty's ship Modeste, which the 

 admiral, in attention to my conve- 

 nience, had allotted for my accom- 

 modation. 



On the 6th of September, when 

 on the point of Indermayo, I 

 learned from an express-boat which 

 had been boarded by Commodore 

 Broughton, that Cheribon was in 

 possession of the frigates detached 



on that service, having separated 

 from the transport on board of 

 which all their troops but the com- 

 modore had embarked. Captain 

 Beaver, the senior officer of the 

 squadron, had landed the seamen 

 and marines, and occupied the fort, 

 which surrendered to his summons 

 in time to make a prisoner of Bri- 

 gadier Jamelle, while passing on 

 his route from Bugtenzorg, with 

 many other officers and troops. 

 Letters intercepted on this occasion 

 from General Jansens, announced 

 his intention to collect his remain- 

 ing force near Samarang, and to 

 retire on Solo. This intelligence 

 determined me to sail for Cheribon, 

 where I arrived on the evening of 

 the 7th of September; and finding 

 that no troops had yet arrived, that 

 a detachment of seamen and ma« 

 rines had marched inland on the 

 Bugtenzorg road, and been success- 

 ful in securing great numbers of 

 the fugitives from thence, and 

 gaining possession, on terms of 

 capitulation, of the post of Carong 

 Sambong on that route, I sent im- 

 mediate orders for the march of 

 reinforcements from the district of 

 Batavia. The cavalry, half of the 

 horse artillery, and the detachment 

 of his Majesty's 89th regiment from 

 Bugtenzorg, were desired to join me 

 at Samarang, by the route of Che- 

 ribon, and the light infantry volun- 

 teer battalion was ordered to em- 

 bark at Batavia for the same place. 

 1 obtained from Captain Beaver, 

 of his Majesty's ship Nisus, the 

 dispatch of vessels in every dii'fec- 

 tion to meet the straggling trans- 

 ports on their route to Sourabaya, 

 and direct them all to rendezvous 

 at Samarang ; addressings letter to 

 the Hon, Admiral Stopford, to 

 Commodore Broughton, and all 



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