lei 



(♦ Peer Homed), who, it appeared, , had been 

 attacked the precedin|j night by a large body of 

 the enemy, whom they had galiantly repulsed 

 after a defence of about ten hours. The luSii of 

 this party was five wounded, being a third uf the 

 whole. 



The 11th w^as employed by the troops* who 

 had thus fallen back on their supplies, io throwing 

 up a stockade all round the government bunga* 

 low, and clearing away the circumscribing jim^^e. 

 The enemy also erected stockades in the vicinity, 

 and commenced blockading the Roombiyahf 

 forest in the rear of the British. At midnight the 

 enemy attacked the infant position, but were 

 driven back by a volley, as also in two other at- 

 tempts before day light. 



On the twelfth a small party of the 29th reached 

 thecatnp from Malacca, but, in crossing the felled 

 trees in the forest, a grenadier was shot dead^ and 

 another aad three of the Chinese coolies wound- 

 ed. The rest abandoned their loadi?, a[id the 

 sepoys were obliged to prosecute their march 

 without the supplies, which consequently fell into 

 the hands of the enemy. 



By the thirteentli, the defences were complet- 

 ed, and no apprehensions entertained as to their 

 being forced. The principal danger to be guard* 

 ed- against was fire, as the roof oi the bungalow, 

 under which all the ammunition was unavoidably 

 placed, was conn posed of atap, a most inflamma- 

 ble material. 



• For tliis nobie defence, Vk^t Huwtd wa» created n Snbalidai by H* 

 the Cominaoder Lm Chief, but lie diud before jjt» proiuQdati mctied 



t Raombi^ali, tite Metroxylou Safu, or Saso Palp, wMcb froaa i(« 

 ilKiAdaiicQ oerc f h«t tht atBie to tbe fibice. 



