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former camp named Hackmine, 1 this information tallying 

 with the news obtained from a certain " black, " seized by our 

 Cingalese on the road ; which il black, " without being able 

 to give further particulars, confirmed, in accordance with the 

 declarations of our spies, that it would be impossible to 

 approach the enemy with our army along this road, on 

 account of the numerous morasses. 



All which having been understood by the Council and 

 maturely considered, 



at the suggestion of the President Jan Thysen it has 

 been unanimously resolved and approved — seeing that the 

 term of three days for which the provisions were to be 

 distributed is to expire to-night — that our army shall 

 return to our former encampment near the river Gindure ; 

 that the President Jan Thysen shall march on before with 

 six musketeers, and sail up the said river Gindure in alight 

 ship's wherry, in order to ascertain whether the whole of our 

 forces can in this way be sent up the river in the boats and 

 sloops as far as Cosgere, 2 at 2 miles' distance from the 

 enemy's camp, from which place there would seem to be a 

 better chance of attacking the enemy. 



And if this should prove to be the case, it has further been 

 approved and pronounced advisable that our forces 



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shall be divided in the way hereunder following, to wit, 

 860 men shall go up the river Gindure as far as Cosgere, in 

 all the small craft at our disposal ; which we conjecture can 

 be done in two parties. 



The remaining 500 men shall go back to Galle, and there 

 be divided into two troops, viz.: — 



One troop of 300 men shall occupy the pass leading to 

 Biligam and the remaining 200 men shall occupy the pass 

 leading to Acuiras ; in order thus to attack the enemy on 

 three sides. 



1 Akmimana. 



2 Kosgoda. 



