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visible to tbem. The fire was returned, and the 

 riflemen picked off four of the enemy. Half an 

 hour afterwards, the firing totally ceased. One 

 rifleman wounded by a ranjow, 



1 9th. The grenadiers under Captain Poulton 

 and Ensign Walker, and the C. company, (Cap- 

 tain Burgess,) of the 6th, formed the covering 

 party; »n exchange of shots took place, and 

 three of the ent-my said tn have fallen. 



20th. The nfles, and the light company of 

 the 5th with their officers out to-day. and a few 

 shots fired ; a strong stockade on tiie brow of the 

 hill of Sootigei Pattye, which had annoyed the 

 British position in the former expeditioji, was 

 discovered by tiie working party, and destroyed, . 



2Ut Head Quarters of the 6th N. I* under 

 Major Farquharson, and the grenadier company 

 of the 29th N. I. under Lieutenant Harding, 

 joined to-day in pursuance of orders. Covering 

 party composed of grenadiers of the 6th and 

 light company 29th under their respective offi- 

 cers* 



22d. Thegrouua . ..ungei Pattye having been 

 cleared sufficiently for an encampment, the flank 

 companies of the 5th and 29lh with the rifie 

 company, and the two companies of sappers 

 and miners, marched for that place at 10 a. 

 having been delayed until that hour by heavy 

 rain. One of the 29th severely wounded by a 

 ranjow, which, entering at the hall of the toe, re- 

 appeared at the surface of the foot. 



Sunday 25th. The Head Quarters of the 5th 

 and Colonel Herbert marched for Soongei Pattye. 

 At 7 A. M, a detachment frcm that post, under 



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