200 RAJA HAJI. 
Aprin 25.—Under command of Lieut. Henry van Nijvenheim a 
detachment consisting of 3 officers, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 1 drum- 
mer, 170 Malay soldiers, 1 ex-Malay soldier, 3 kanonniers, and 18 
native and Chinese musketeers, with two 3-pounder guns complete, 
was sent to Oedjong Pasir in order to attack and if possible take 
possession of the strong fortifications which the enemy had made 
there, but they met with so bold and determined a resistance that 
in the afternoon a Council of War ordered retreat to be sounded. 
On our side five men were killed and six wounded, and though the 
loss of the enemy could not be ascertained it was believed from the 
circumstances to have been considerable. 
Apri 26, 27, 28.—Hvery night the enemy attacked our outer 
batteries in the Bandailhera, but each time were forced by our firing 
to retreat. 
May 2.—In the evening at past 9 o’clock the enemy attacked 
simultaneously our batteries in the Boenga Raja and the Bandail- 
hera, besides the one under Boekit Tjina. On account of this an 
alarm was sounded in the town and every one was under arms. 
The cannonade and musketry lasted at intervals until half-past 
eleven when the enemy retired and everything became quiet, 
except that now and then the whole night through there were 
occasional shots. These were fired at small parties of the enemy, 
who were seen now on one side, then on another, creeping along 
the ground and coming close under our fortification, evidently 
with the intention of setting it on fire and creating a confusion, 
when a fresh attack might be made from outside. 
May 5.—A sampan arrived from Siak, manned by five persons, 
and having on board Abdul Baheer, Envoy of the old King of Siak, 
Radja Mohamad Ali. He br ought a letter from this Prince to the 
Hon’ble Heer Pieter Gerardus de Bruijn, Governor and Director 
of this town and fortress. Also arrived vid Siak from Trengano 
the Malay, Abdul Moehit, who had been sent there on commission 
in 1783, bringing a letter from the King of Trengano to the 
Governor. 
May 6.—The Ambassador from Radja Mohamad Ali, who 
arrived yesterday, was sent back with a letter from the Governor 
to the Prince. 
The cutter Ondernemer and the bark Gertruida Susanna sailed to 
Telok Katapan, and with the Patriot, which was there already, 
bombarded the enemy’s vessels lying in the bay. 
