permission to attempt to turn the led flauk of 

 these, the only visible stockades. 



As the firing was very hea\y upon this party 

 ©hortly after it had quitted wiiii thi^ object, a fur- 

 ther parly srm sent lo strengthen it, while the artil- 

 lery moved on about thirty yards to the edge of the 

 jungle in which it was poHed, with the double 

 view ofattractin^r part of the enemy's fire, an^ 

 thus drawing it off from the storming party, and of 

 covering the advance. Noihing cotdd be seen of 

 Ensign Thomson's party, and the stockades were 

 found to be re-occupied, in eon.^equence of which 

 the artillery again opened upon ihem, but with 

 little effect. » Word was at leu^fh brought that 

 the little detachment bad soffired severely from 

 an extensive breast-work, which had been tfirown 

 up during the night in the Du^un, which Lieut. 

 Bell had reconnoitred the precedins? day, and 

 through which Mr. Thomson had intended to 

 proceed in order to turn the tiauk of the visible 

 position. The officer was the fir^t that iUl, being 

 stunned by a severe graze and contui^ion on the 

 cmwu of the head by a musket ball On coming 

 to bis senses, he found his party killed, wounded, 

 or d] aspersed, and his tfwkrn, or boy, lying along- 

 side of him. The enemy closing upon him, he 

 started to Im feet, and ran, accompanied by his 

 «ervant, towards the artillery, whicb position he 

 fortuuately reached. It sufciseqnenily appeared 

 thai Endika commanded on thii* occasion. 



Out ol fifty four rank and tile, which had march- 

 ed that morning, twenty seven were now hor.f d€ 

 combat, six of whom, either killed or wounded, 



• The 41 iftd* bomutr m bitxily »nv *en Ma t the war' 



