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the captains of his Majesty's ships, 

 requesting them to give similar or- 

 ders. I sailed the same evening in 

 the Mocleste, and, after meeting 

 the Windham transport, and order- 

 ing her witit the 3rd volunteer bat- 

 talion to Cheribon, directed my 

 course to Samarang. I arrived 

 there on the 9th, and was shortly 

 afterwards joined by Rear- Admiral 

 Stopford, the commodore, and a 

 few transports, having onboard a 

 part of his Majesty's 14th regiment, 

 half the 78th, the artillery de- 

 tachments, six field pieces, and the 

 detachment of pioneers. 



To ascertain the fact of General 

 Jansens' presence, and feel how 

 far the capture of General Jamelle 

 and the troops from Bugtenzorg 

 might have changed his plan, I re- 

 peated to him on the 10th, in 

 concert with the admiral, an in- 

 vitation to surrender the island on 

 terms of capitulation ; and Captain 

 Elliott and Colonel Agnew were 

 charged with the communication. 

 They saw the general — received his 

 reply, — ascertained that he had still 

 with him at least a numerous staff, 

 — and that he professed a determi- 

 nation to persevere in the contest. 

 The small force with me did not 

 admit of my attempting to assault 

 the place, while it was supposed 

 to be thus occupied ; but an attack 

 was made that night by the boats 

 of the squadron, on several gun- 

 vessels of the enemy moored across 

 the entrance of the rivers leading to 

 the town end ; the precipitation 

 with which they were abandoned, 

 gave a character of probability to 

 accounts which reached us from 

 fishermen and others, that the 

 general was occupied in withdraw- 

 ing hia troops to the interior, and 

 had fortified a position at a short 



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distance on the road towards Solo 

 or Soercarta, the residence of the 

 Emperor of Java. 



On the 12th of September, as 

 no other troops had arrived, it was 

 determined to attack the town : a 

 summons was first sent to the com- 

 mandant, and it appeared, .that the 

 enemy had''(as at Batavia) evacu- 

 ated the place, leaving it to be 

 surrendered by the commander of 

 the Burghers. It was that night 

 occupied by a detachment under 

 Colonel Gibbs; and all the troops 

 I could collect were landed on the 

 following day. 



It was ascertained that the enemy 

 had retired to a strong position, 

 about six miles distance on the 

 Solo road, carrying with him all 

 the chief civil, as well as military 

 officers of the district, and that he 

 was busied in completing batteries 

 and intrenchments in a pass of the 

 hills, where he had collected the 

 residue of his regulp.r troops, some 

 cannon, and a force, including the 

 auxiliary troops of the native prin- 

 ces, exceeding eight hundred men, 

 cavalry, infantry, and artillery, 



commanded by many European 

 officers of rank. 



As any check of the attempts 

 of our troops at this important 

 period might have been productive 

 of the worst effects, I thought it 

 prudent to wait the hourly expect- 

 ed arrival of a larger force ; but 

 after two days passed at Samarang 

 without their appearance, I resolv- 

 ed to risk an attack with the slender 

 means at my disposal, rather than 

 to give the enemy confidence by a 

 longer delay, or afford them time 

 to complete their works, which 

 were said to be still imperfect. 



For these reasons, on the even- 

 ing of the Htb, I had directed 

 preparations 



