12 THE SIXTH WAR: IN BORNEO. 



Struggle of the War, for there England had to cope with the most 

 formidable foes who have ventured to withstand her in the field. 



Glowing eulogies were everywhere pronounced upon the skill of 

 British Generals, the intrepidity of Officers, and the dashing bravery of 

 the British troops, and the immediate consequences of the brilliant 

 series of victories was the annexation of the Punjaub to the Empire 

 of India. 



It was the triumph of brute power, and the victory must be written 

 in letters of blood. 



Stars and Garters, titles and promotions were profusely lavished, 

 besides Peerages and Pensions for the few favoured ones. Viscount 

 Gough, gorged with the wealth and treasure of Indian Princes, sent 

 home ;^7o,ooo to buy an estate in Ireland, and was rewarded with 

 an Earldom and a Marshal's baton; and what for? because a magnifi- 

 cent Province of India was conquered, its brave defenders put down 

 by sanguinary violence, its soil saturated with blood, villages burnt, 

 towns sacked, and tens of thousands slain. 



Surely this conquest of the Punjaub by War could have no other 

 result than plant the traditions of vengeance in the breasts of a brave 

 people. 



To atone for the past, may England strive in the future to con- 

 solidate her conquests in India by ruling that Empire on the only true 

 basis which can secure its permanence — the development of her 

 material resources, the devotion of all the energies of Government 

 to elevate the moral and social civilization of the vast population 

 whose destinies are committed to her hands. 



THE SIXTH WAR: IN BORNEO. 

 1849. 



The originator of this War in Borneo was Mr. James Brooke, a 

 subaltern in the East India Company. 



On his return from India, in 1838, he fitted out and armed a yacht, 

 called the " Royalist," and with a commercial cargo sailed for the 

 Archipelago, and thence to Borneo. 



On landing at Sarawak he found the Rajah of Borneo engaged in 



