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the light company of the 5th under Captain 

 Sinnock, with Lieut, and Adjt, Mackenzie, as 

 a volunteer, joined the covering party. At half 

 past twelve, »he battery was completed, and at 

 this juncture Brigadier Herbert, with his SiafF, 

 Captain Wyllie, and Captain Bond, as a volun- 

 teer, Arrived at the spot, Syed Sabban came up 

 also with his men, but positively refused to co- 

 operate, on the plea that it wa^ an unlucky d.iy. 

 The light company, and a fection of another 

 under Captains Sinnock, and Justice, and Lieut. 

 Mackenzie, moved off to the left in order to get 

 to the rear of the stockades by actmcealed march 

 throu;j^h the jungle. Lieutenant Minto remaining 

 with twenty men, to protect the ^juns. The 12 

 pr. having around of cannister set home upon 

 the round shot, now opened on the stockade, this 

 being the first shot ^red that day by the Hriiish 

 whilst the mortar shelled in the direction of the 

 Taboo lines. The angle of the stockade, whence 

 the jinjal had been playing, was speedily breach- 

 ed, and the enemy apparently silenced. Cap- 

 tain Bond directed the artillery to move out in 

 front of the battery and take up a position fur- 

 ther in advance, during which move out the 

 enemy rallied and again opened a fire, which did 

 no further injure than wounding a convict through 

 the throat, and the limber wheel in a couple of 

 spokes* Captain Sinnock*s party being still in 

 the jungle, and the stockades again emptied by 

 the artillery, Lieutenant Minto obtained permis- 

 sion from Captain Bond, (the Brigadier and his 

 staff having returned to camp), to cross over the 

 field and occupy them with his section. 



Past not only these, but also the Taboo, stock- 



