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too Membangia. The enemy fled, and, ae they 

 crossied the paddy field to the rear oHheir positi- 

 on, Easign Wright shot one of tbem dead. The 

 coolness and courage displayed by this party met 

 with its due meed of praise. 



On the morning of the 30th at half past 3 a 

 party eonsi^lin^ of 100 rank and file under Cap- 

 tiiiu Burge.*s with Ensign Hertford quilled Room- 

 biyah m obedience to insiruclions from Colonel 

 Herbert^ for the pnrpose of attacking a village call- 

 ed Luondoo. Two other partiei* also s-tarted from 

 Soongei Paitye, one in the direction of Loondoo, 

 and the other against Paugkullang Nanning. Cap- 

 tain Burge^ss reached Loondoo ai20 minute* past 

 eight, having been delayed coniiiderably by tho 

 narrow and wretched state of the path. He 

 there foimd a mud slockade, 22 paces square, 

 six feel high, and five thick. The village had 

 been abandoned on the approach of the troops, 

 and the party of sappers, which accompanied 

 the detachment, levelled the defences. The 

 paddy fields in the neighbourhood were in full 

 cultivaiion, affording a striking contrast to all 

 those lying in the direct road to Taboo, which 

 had been ujidisturbed by the plough, since tlie 

 collision of ^fanning with the ruling power. 



Captain Burgess tied a copy of the Proclamati- 

 on round a tree, which stood at a corner of the 

 demolished stockade, and, understanding that 

 there was another work three miles further oo» 

 put his detachment in cnotion for it: on arrival, 

 however, he found thai this was Ayer ltam»* which 

 bad been visited by the detachment from Sooa- 



• Ayer Ittia-litMiJly Bktck witw. 



