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of the King's bad faith and seeing that it was a hopeless 
task to attack Colombo from the sea, he proceeded further 
northwards and anchored off Kammala,^^ f^yg miles from 
Negombo, where on January 29 his forces were joined 
by the combined Sinhalese and Dutch army, 15,000 strong, 
which had hitherto been held in check by the Portuguese, 
who had now retired on Colombo in anticipation of an 
attack on that fort. A. Portuguese force sent from Colombo 
under the command of Francisco Mendoga having been 
defeated, the Dutch on February 9 attacked Negombo^ 
and took it by storm with but little loss of life. The fort 
was occupied by a Dutch garrison, and the repair of the 
fortifications was taken in hand.^^ Raja Sinha appears to 
have taken offence at what he considered the endeavours of 
Admiral Lucasz to alter the terms of the treaty of 1638, and 
also at the conduct of the Dutch in repairing the fortifica- 
tions of Negombo instead of razing them, and he withdrew 
in dudgeon into the jungle. This action created a suspicion 
among his allies that he was going to attack the small 
garrisons of Batticaloa and Trincomalee, and Jan Thyssen 
was therefore sent by sea to warn them. Admiral Lucasz, 
who had been ailing ever since his departure from Batavia, 
now became very unwell, and therefore delegated his powers 
to Coster and sailed for Batavia on February 21, dying on the 
voyage. Soon after his departure Coster made fresh terms 
with Raja Sinha, by which it was agreed that the fortress of 
Trincomalee was to be surrendered to the King and dis- 
mantled (which took place on April 20), the ammunition 
being equally divided, and the King sending ten elephants 
to Batticaloa ; that when the Portuguese had been finally 
expelled from the Island the Dutch were to possess only 
one fortress, but that they should occupy Negombo and the 
other forts until all the expenses of the war had been paid ; 
that when Colombo was taken it was to be entirely demol- 
ished, unless the King desired that one or other fort should 
be garrisoned, which was to be done by Dutch soldiers ; also 
that the booty and prisoners were to be shared by the allies.^* 
