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and two bng^. irum Batavia under the command 

 o( Admiral Van Braam, who dropped anchor be- 

 tween the Water islands and Katapang on the 

 main land and maiiitained a constant tire on the 

 i^tockade of Rajah Hadgi, who returned it as brisk- 

 ly. Van Braam, taking advantage of a dark 

 night, laid dtiwn a succession of anchors, with 

 hawsers attached to each, between his ressels 

 and the shore. Bavmg on board six hundred Ja- 

 vanese bayonets, he landed this party about four 

 ill the morning without noise by means of the 

 hawsers, and directed it to remam concealed at 

 Furnoo till day-break, in order to divert the 

 enemy s attention from that quarter* the fleet 

 continued its cannonade until the signal was made 

 for the attack of the land column which, fall- 

 ing suddenly upon the stockade, dispersed the 

 eneuiy with the tosa of 450 killed. Rajah Hadgi 

 was numbered amongst the slain, having been 

 killed by nearly the last round shot fired from the 

 fleet. A- ^- 



Directly that the Admiral saw 

 the Dutch colors fiying over the stockade he land- 

 ed, but, not having as yet learned the death of 

 the Hnjah, he concluded that he hafi marched for 

 Malacca after having evacuated the stockade. 

 He therefore put liis troops in rapid motion for 

 that ])lace, hut discovered the real state of affairs 

 on arriving at Poongoor. Rajah Hadgi's body 

 was found after some search, and brought into 

 Malacca, where it was interred on St. Paul's hill. 



The Rajah of Salangore, on learning tlie fate 

 of his father-in-law, hastily retreated with the 

 whole of his troops. Tuankoo Mahomed Alii 



