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the Grenadiers, who had only some invalids and marine 

 artillery, a company of Moors newly raised, and one of 

 Sinhalese, to man that fortress. There was still in the Disa- 

 vany of Matara a company of Sepoys that had been sent 

 against the insurgents, who were led by a [native called] 

 Don Simon (Dorsimori). For some time he had been 

 spreading sedition in the Province. This company was 

 recalled. The Disava and those under him abandoned 

 Matara and withdrew to Galle. 



The Prosalot company, composed of deserters from the 

 Meuron [regiment], — the greater part Frenchmen, — having 

 complained of its Captain, was offered by Colonel Driberg 

 and the Governor to Captain Legrevisse, who accepted 

 it. Captain Prosalot was compensated by being appointed 

 Major and Aide-de-Camp of the Governor, who placed 

 entire confidence in him. Lieutenant Hayer was promoted 

 to the rank of Captain, and took the command of the 

 former Legrevisse company. Lieutenant Vandestraaten 

 commanded that of Major Driberg. Lieutenants Osel of 

 the National Battalion and Wekel of the Wurtem- 

 berg [regiment] were named Aides-de-Camp of the 

 Governor. 



Many other promotions were made, both of captains and 

 lieutenants, amongst them one named Le Sieur Deviile, a 

 Frenchman, formerly a non-commissioned officer in the 

 Meuron regiment. Men being wanted in all branches, they 

 were obliged to make engineers of artillery officers. 



It was during this time that the English men-of-war and 

 transports assembled at Negombo. Several frigates and 

 coasting craft cruised continually before Colombo, and 

 approached it very closely every morning to discover if 

 anything had left during the night. 



The frigate UHeroine passed and repassed within range 

 of the guns of the Flag battery, and it would have been 

 easy either to sink her or to have made her strike her 

 colours ; but the Governor having commanded that there 

 should be no firing without his order, — which order never 



