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arrived fVom Malacca, in addition to the howitzer 

 of the same calibre, in th<* eveoiii^» the enemy 

 endeavoured to intercept the supplies at Kakma, 

 whicli were en roufe from Malacca, but wer^ 

 driven back by the li^lu company under Cap- 

 tain Justice and Lieut. Poole, which quitted 

 camp for the purpose of succouring the convoy. 



20tb, Owing to the weakness of the force, con- 

 sequent on ca?iualties and sickness, there being- 

 at thi,^ period about three hundred sick in hospi- 

 tal, offen'^ive operations to the front were discon* 

 tinn£?d» until such lime as the arrival of the rein- 

 forceraents expected from Madras and Pinang 

 shouM enable the troops to resume their attitude. 

 As the attacks of the enemy upon all convoys 

 coming frum Malacca had asssumed a sytitcmatic 

 appearance, the grenadiers of the Stb, under Cap- 

 tarn Poulton and Ensign Walker, were ordered 

 to cover the sappers, who were engaged, in es* 

 tending the cutting on each side of the road from 

 Roombiyah. A little sniping, but no casualties. 

 The enemy threw away a few .shots on the advance 

 picquets, and at 20 m. past 8 p. fired one of 

 the G prs. at Taboo, in mockery of the British 

 evening gun. 



21st, Ensign Wright, and some of the most 

 teverely wounded men, escorted by the light 

 company of the 6th with its officers as far aa 

 Hoombiyah, proceeded route 16 Malacca. Ar- 

 tillery engaged in throwing shells from the 8 

 inch mortar into the enemy's stockades situated 

 at the head of a paddy field, 1,100 yards in frout 

 of the right battery. 



Sunday 22d. Ihe fire returned by an 8 o z 

 jinjal from the stockades, the balls of which fell 



