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At 4 o'clock tliis evening Lieutenant Begbic 

 left Malacca with the 18 pr. carronade«, being 

 accompamed by 2d Lieutenant Law ford ol tlie 

 artillery. Commissariat supplies » leaving Ma- 

 lacca at the same time» were placed in charge of 

 tlie s-enior officer, who had a suitable escort of 37 

 rank and tile. The party, however, did not reach 

 KoomDiyah till midnight. 



13tiK The covering party this day consisted of 

 the grenadier company 29th M. N. L under 

 £m»iga Boulder»oo. 



14th. The corering party formed by the light 

 company 29th N. L under Ensign Boulderson, 

 and I he 4} inch howitzer on its bed under Lieut. 

 Begbie, who had rejoined the preceding day. 

 Every thing quiet. 



15th. Sunday. The grenadier company of the 

 5 th regiment under Captain Foul ton with En- 

 sign Walker, and the same piece of ordnance as 

 tlie preceding day under Lieutenant Lawford, 

 composed the covering party, which was unmo- 

 lested throughout. 



16th. The E. company of the 5lh N. L under 

 Lieutenant Poole, with the small howitzer, formed 

 the covering party, the whole uader Lieutenant 

 Begbie ; Engineer officer. Lieutenant BelL The 

 officers proceeded half a mile in ad vance of their 

 position, throus>h the juugie, until they arrived at 

 Priggi to Daitus, where the enemy were said to 

 have thrown up some formidable stockades. Af- 

 ter throwing a shell or two in order to feel their 

 way, they crossed the open space* and found a 

 breast work and unfinished *4iockade, which they 

 destroyed by means of some of the sappers. The 



