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remains of poor wretches stuck up 
on poles on both sides of the river, 
-seven of which were full in view 
at the ferry, and the whole num- 
ber counted in that neighbour- 
“hood was 19. 
Major Moffatt, with the ad- 
vance of the 2d division, being a 
few miles in front of the general 
encampment, was, by Major 
Brownrigg, on his return with 
the patrole, directed to proceed 
forward to Gonarooha, in‘conse- 
quence of my orders to that effect. 
On learning the foregoing par- 
ticulars, I, on the 12th, dispatch- 
ed Major Willerman, Deputy 
Quarter-Master-general, towards 
Candy, with instructions to pre- 
vent the possibility of injury to 
persons or property, by prohibit- 
ing the entry of the troops within 
the gates of the city, otherwise 
than as guards, under such dispo- 
sition as Major Willerman might 
‘judge advisable. 
Mr. D’Oyley, who had accom- 
panied the patrole the preceding 
evening, and remained at Gona- 
rooha until joined by Major Mof- 
fatt’s detachment, with which, be- 
fore the arrival of Major Willer- 
man he had advanced to the city, 
-which was found entirely deserted 
of inhabitants and stripped of all 
property ; empty chests, baskets, 
and matts, were the only things 
found, except some few articles of 
furniture, not portable enough 
nor of sufficient value to be re- 
-moved. 
Thedetachment encamped with- 
out the gate. 
On the 13th, in the morning, | 
-left the position at Amenoopoora, 
with Lieut.-col. O’Connell’s divi- 
sion, which I caused to halt ata 
convenient place on the hither 
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side of the river, proceeding my- 
self to the king’sgranary, between 
Gonarooha and the town, where I 
passed the night, and on the fol- 
lowing day entered Candy with 
my personal suite, and fixed my 
head quarters in the palace. 
In the mean time [ had learnt 
byreports from Major Hook, that 
he had been induced to advance, 
in prosecution of a plan formed 
with Captain de Bussche, who, 
with bis detachment,had ascended 
the Jaltoewre Gravet, and was in 
communication with the first di- 
vision, at a short distance to the 
left. 
Information which those officers 
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-had received, renderedit probable 
that the king was about to fly, and 
that the only remaining hope of 
securing him was by a rapid and 
movement of those two 
corps. 
I was apprised by Major Kelly, 
that he had, after a faint resist- 
ance by the enemy,possessed him~- 
self of the batteries commanding 
the Idalgasinha Pass,and ascended 
the mountains. A subsequent let- 
ter of the 13th announced the fur- 
ther progress of this division as 
far as Maturate; and by onedated 
in the afternoon of the same day, 
at Mangala Dobbada Ganeure,one 
day’s march from Haugeraukette, 
received by me on the 14th, scon 
after reaching the palace, 1 was 
informed of Major Kelly having 
seized (together with a great deal 
of treasure) a number of women 
and children, whony he considered 
_to be of the King’s family ; but 
this idea was afterwards found er- 
roneous, though several of the 
women proved to be related and 
allied to persons of the King’s re- 
tinue. The treasure is reported 
