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as they came up, with the effect, 

 though fired from a considerable 

 distance, and with great elevation, 

 of confusing the enemy's artillery 

 in directing their fire, from which 

 a very trifling loss was sustained. 

 Their flank was turned with Uttle 

 difficulty but what arose from the 

 extreme steepness of the ascent ; 

 and after a short but ineffectual 

 attempt to stop, by the fire of some 

 guns advantageously posted across 

 a deep ravine, the advance of the 

 body of our detachment, the enemy 

 abandoned the greatest part of their 

 artillery, and were seen in great 

 numbers, and in great confusion, 

 in full retreat. 



Our want of cavalry to follow 

 the fugitives with speed, the steep- 

 ness of the road, and the necessity 

 for removing chevaux de frise witli 

 which the passage was obstructed, 

 gave time for the escape of the 

 enemy, while our troops, exhausted 

 by their exertions, were recovering 

 their breath. 



It was evident that their army 

 was completely disunited ; several 

 officers, some of them of rank, 

 were taken ; their native allies, 

 panic struck, had abandoned their 

 officers, and only a iew pieces of 

 horse artillery remained of their 

 field ordnance. With these they 

 attempted to cover their retreat, 

 pursued by Col. Gibbs, who, with 

 the detachment, passed several in- 

 complete and abandoned batteries ; 

 and at noon, and after twelve miles 

 march over a rugged country, ap- 

 proached the village of Oonarang, 

 in which, and in the small fort 

 beyond it, the enemy appeared to 

 have halted, and collected in irre- 

 gular masses. Small cannon from 

 the fort and village opened on the 



Hne as it advanced. Our field- 

 pieces were brought up to a com- 

 manding station, and by their fire . 

 covered the formation of the troops, 

 who, led by Colonel Gibbs, were 

 advancing to assault the fort, when, 

 it was evacuated by the enemy; 

 alarmed by our fire, they were 

 seen to abandon it and its vicinity 

 in the utmost confusion, leaving 

 some light guns with much ammu- 

 nition and provisions in the village, 

 where they had broken the bridge 

 to impede pursuit ; the road beyond 

 it was covered with the caps, cloth- 

 ing, and military equipments of 

 their troops, who seem to have 

 been completely routed and dis- 

 persed. 



A number of officers made pri- 

 soners confirmed this belief; our 

 troops had however marched so 

 far, that they were unequal to a 

 longer pursuit, and were quartered 

 in the fort and the barracks which 

 the enemy had quitted. 



Early in the night Brigadier 

 Winkleman, with some other offi- 

 cers, came into my quarters with a 

 flag of truce from General Jansens, 

 who was stated to be fifteen miles 

 in advance of my position, Solatiga, 

 on the road to Solo ; the brigadier 

 was charged to request an armistice, 

 that the governor-general might 

 communicate with your lordship on 

 terms of capitulation. He was in- 

 formed by ray direction, that he 

 must treat with me, and that with- 

 out delay ; I, however, consented, 

 in consideration of the distance of 

 his position, to grant, for the ex- 

 press purpose of capitulation, an 

 armistice of twenty-four hours, to 

 commence from six o'clock on the 

 following morning, and limited in 

 its effect to the forces present. 



With 



