The light company and reserve having been 

 thrown out to the front, the enemy were dii^iSodg- 

 ed from the j ungle, and the sappers and miners 

 commenced destroy in g- the stockades, whieh 

 were placed in the shape of a half moon, so as to 

 concentrate their fire on the road across the paddy 

 field. They were about four feet high, and com- 

 posed of horizontal piles of wood, the outer and 

 inner rows being about three feet asunder and 

 the interstices filled up with earth. Loop-holes 

 forthemusquetry, and embrazures for the jinjals, 

 were cut in them. Two swords, a taum-taim, 

 and a large collection of ranjows, were the onlv 

 spoils of the day . 



When the conbustible materials were fnUy in 

 a blaze, the party returned uumolested to camp, 

 which they reached at ahitfe before 8 p. m. re* 

 joicing that ho.^tilities had at length commenced. 



Sunday, 18th, The rifle company of the ^th 

 (Captain Wtnbolt and Ensign Wright), and the 

 light company 29th I, (Ensign Boulderson} 

 formed the covering party, remaining on the hi- 

 ther side of the paddy field, as the cutters were 

 still employed in the rear. On the arrival of the 

 head of the column at its ground, it was received 

 with a fire of jinjals from Soongei Pattye, which 

 was speedily silenced by the rifles. Captain 

 Winbolt dispersed his riflemen among<it the pad- 

 dy fields, in which they lay concealed at full 

 length, whilst the light company of the 29th 

 took up its position at the edge of the cutting. 

 At 11 A. M, the enemy mustered in force at Soon* 

 gei Pattye, and opened a brissk, but harmless^ 

 fire on that portion of their opponents that was 



