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there and drove the enemy back into their intrenchments up to 
the side of the road towards Semabok, which intreachments they 
afterwards attacked, but the enemy made so brave a resistance and 
our troops were so exhausted from the great heat, that the latter, 
seeing no chance of taking the place, were obliged to retire. Our 
loss was two men killed and thirteen wounded, but that of the 
enemy it was impossible to estimate, for they kept always in the 
wood, and behind their fortifications, but 1t was observed that at 
several points breaches were made. 
Marcu 14.—The outer batteries in the Boenga Raja * were 
attacked several times last night by the enemy, and the Lieutenant 
posted there, Nicholas Christian Vetter, hearing from native scouts 
that they had thrown up some intrenchments on the road to Pang- 
kalanrama, he marched out with a corps of one hundred men, 
attacked the enemy in their fortifications, put them to flight, and 
destroyed their works, without suffering any loss whatever on this 
occasion, while that of the enemy, as far as could be scen from those 
who were carried off to the jungle, must have been, more or less, 
eighteen men; one of these who was taken by us, was immediately 
decapitated and his head was brought to town and stuck on a pole 
outside the town hnes. 
Marcu 19.—Nothing noteworthy happened, except that, like 
most nights, first one, then another of the outposts was attacked 
by the enemy, but they are always repulsed without doing any 
harm. 
Marcu 20.—In the afternoon a vessel was seen towards the 
south, which seemed to be making for this port, and as it was 
supposed that it was the sloop of Heer John Henry Wiegerman, of 
Batavia, which had left for Palembang, the pantjalang Philippine 
was sent to the ship to bring her up to the roads; but to our great 
astonishment it was noticed that the little ship, which afterwards 
was seen to bea packet-boat, made many manceuvres to escape 
from the pantjalang which continued to give chase, but the dark- 
ness soon prevented our seeing the ships from the land. 
Marcu 21.—At daybreak the pantjalang Philippine and the 
packet-boat which came in sight yesterday were seen at anchor in 
the roads. The commander of the first-mentioned craft reported, 
on landing, that it was the packet-boat of the Englishman James 
Scott, coming from Riouw and bound for Selangoer; that though he 
had ordered him to strike sail, he contimued to sail away, and as he 
* The eastern suburb of Malacca town. 
