Captain Poulton, cariied five stockades at Kala- 

 ma, wili the loss of two sepoys wouaded by rims* 

 quetry* (one mortally), and two slightly by ranjows. 

 An*>tbci deiachiiient under Captain Justice car- 

 ried two others in a different direction at the 

 same time. Engineer officers, Lieutenants BeU 

 and Walts. The delences were much blood 

 stained, and the enemy wa^ supposed to have 

 suffered severely. The Paughouioo of N aiming 

 was said to have been in tlie neighborhood of 

 these stockades. A httle belore nonn another 

 party pushed on to ICakma ; and, finding, it eva- 

 cuated, returned at 12 o'clock. 



2711). The riQes and the grenadiers of the 

 29th under their respective othcers C^iptain Win- 

 bolt. Ensign Wright and Lieutenant Harding, 

 with Lieutenant Bell, S and M,, Captain Win- 

 bolt in conunand, crossed the xMalacca river to 

 the right of the camp, and buined five stockades 

 at Malacca Pinda, whch were occupied by about 

 sixty or seventy of the enemy, who ran off with- 

 cut firing a shot. A good deal of sniping ex- 

 chunged between the light company of the 5th 

 which formed the covering party under Captain 

 Justice, and the enemy, but no casualties. 



28th. Dool Syed threatened the Panghooloo 

 of Doorian Toongal, a [ilacc in the vicinity of 

 Roombiyah, that he would hamstring alt his buf- 

 faloes, if he continued to supply carriage to the 

 troops. Covering party, F. company of the 6th 

 under Ensign Thomson. 



29ih. Information having been received by 

 Colonel Herbert of a veiy ijtrong stockade at 

 Ayer Alangis, * a place which lies at the left, or 



* Ay«r 51attgii, or Uie fttaa^oe «trt«m. 



