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in the reduction of Nanmng, began to arrive at 

 Malacca. Tlie force now consisted of the 5th 

 M, N, I., five CorapaDies of the 29tb N. 1. two 

 Coinpanies of Sappers and Miners, and a propor- 

 tion of European a'nd Native Artillery, with a 

 good park, and cattle for the Ordnance and Conn- 

 in issari at Departments. The Staff was as fol- 

 lows ; 



Lieutenant Colonel C. Herbert.Commanding^. — 

 Captain J. S. WylUe» 29th N. Brigade Ma- 

 jor—Lieutenant J. H. BelU S. k M., Superin- 

 tending Engineer. — Captain F.Bond, Command- 

 ing Artillery. — Lieutenant Milnes, Commissariat 

 Officer. — Major P, Farquharson, Commanding 

 5ih N. L 



By the end of January nearly the whole body 

 having arrived, preparations were made for at) 

 immediate advance into the interior. In the in- 

 terval that had elapsed between the terminatioa 

 of the first, and commencement of the second, 

 expedition, the local authorities at Malacca had 

 not been idle, and several coolies had been em- 

 ployed for months together in cutting down the 

 jungle on the high road to Nanning, as far as 

 Koombiyah, to the width of about eighty yarda 

 on each side. Timber had alito been cut and col- 

 lected at Koombiyah, for the purpose of construct* 

 ing a s^tockade, m it was intended that a Depot 

 should be iormed there. In order to protect 

 these cutters, a body of Malays was raised, and 

 armed with mu^kets^ to which was given the 

 name of the '* Malay Contingent." 



On the 7th February 1832, the Light Compa- 

 ny of the 5th M. N. 1. under Captain Justice 

 with Ensign Walker, and that of the 29th M. N, L 



