724 
A Defcripion of G E Y L O N. 
Q«vA/^ " Whilfl: the Ships and Men are enga- 
fTjfj" gedagainfl: the Water-Fort, the City 
is to be afTauIted at the fame time, 
" near the Sea-fhoar, at the Baftion of 
St. John, and on the Land-fide near 
" the Gate of Rajuha : The Attack up- 
" on the Baftion of S. John fhall be com- 
" manded by Captain Kous^ and the o- 
" ther by Captain Kuylenhurgh^ either of 
them to be feconded, as Occafion re- 
^' quires, by Mr. John van der Laan^ the 
''^ Companies of Kuylenbuygh^ Govert 
Quartd^ Jurian Gevel^ Andrew Stec- 
kens J Lambert Steenhagen^ Hans Chrifio'- 
^her^ Joachtm Bloci^ Melchior van Scbo- 
nenbeck and John A^oU, with 36 Javane- 
" fes^ and half a Company of Bandane- 
*' /ex, to be employ'd in the Aflault of 
" the firft Baftion: Thefcaling Ladders 
" (hall be carried and fixed by the Ban- 
^' danefes^Javanefes and Mard/kers, m'lx'd 
*' mth fome Dutch Seamen, arm'd with 
" Hand-Granadoes, Pikes and Hangers. 
" TheBaftionsof Clergos and S. Philippe^ 
*' near that of Saint Sebafiian (at the 
" Gate of Rajuha ) fhall be attack'd 
*^ by the Companies of Captain Wef- 
trcncn^ Lieutenant Wildtjthut^ John 
'^^ Hartman^ John Cooper^ Hardenbergh^ 
■^•^ Roggenkamp^ James Alenbier^ Diedehf 
" van der Beeh^ Henry Broekhuyfenj John 
" Coertfen, with the Javanefes^ half a 
Company of Bandanefes, and the Gom- 
" pany commanded by Captain Ruyfck 
Captain Wejlrenen fhali command 
" the Attack againft the Baftion of Cler- 
" gos^ and Captain Ruyfch that of S. Phi- 
lippo^ to be feconded Ly frelh Forces as 
" Occafion requires. The Bandanefes^ 
" Javanefes and Mar dykers^ in conjundli- 
on with the Dm^c^ Seamen, (hall fix the 
" fcaling Ladders, and the Lafcaryns of 
" Ceylon be employ'd in carrying off 
" the Slain. 
About the fame time we received In- 
telligence, that the Portuguefe Succours 
were arriv'd at Goa^ and that they intend- 
ed to come to the Belief of Columbo : 
Word whereof was fent immediately to 
G^/etobeupon their Guard, for fear of 
a Surprize. T\\Q\\th oi Novcmb. (tftie 
Day appointed for the General Afiault) 
it being calm, fo that the Ships could 
not enter the Bay, the fame was defer'd 
till the next Day, tho we did not ceafe 
in the mean time to play more fai ioufly 
with our Cannon than ever before, and 
we obferv'd that the Enemy had takea 
in their red Flag upon the Baftion of S- 
Crus, 
CHAP. XXVII. 
A General JJfault both by Sea and Land made upn Columbo, hut mthout Suc^ 
cefs. Letters from Raja Singa to the General, Dutch Prifoners come out df 
Columbo- 
The Wa- ♦T^H E 1 2th by break of Day, the Maid 
ter-hoTt Qf Enchuyfen, and foon after the 
SifJf ^eing followed by the Ter Goes 
^ and the Erafmtis^ thunder'd moft fu- 
rioufly againft the Water-Fort, from 
. whence they anfwer'd them very briskly. 
Immediately after the AfTault was begun 
. on the Landfide in three feveral Places : 
The General in Perfon with ten Compa- 
dies attack'd the Gate of Rajuha, and 
the Baftions of S. Philippo and Clergos ; and 
Major John van der Laan with nine Com- 
panies, thofe of St. John and Coura/i \ 
whilft James Lippens with two Companies 
of Soldiers and fome Seamen^ pafs'd 
the Fens in feven Chinefe Champans or 
Boats, in order to attack the Gity where 
it was leaft fortify'd. 
Coiumbo BefiegM fir'd fo furioufly upon 
agat^ed our Men, efpecially with their Firelocks, 
Sea that the Seamen could not be brought 
AniUnL forward to fix the fcaling Ladders \ which 
the General perceiving, he advanc'd in 
Perfon with fome of the braveft Officers, 
and fix'd thefcaling Ladders to theCor- 
tin : but having receiv'd a Wound in his 
Left Thigh, he was forc'd to be carried 
off. In the mean while News being 
brought that they had enter'd the Breach 
on Major v^M der Laan's Attack, he re- 
turn'd to his Station (before his Wound 
wasdrefied) but found things infuch a 
Confufion, that he was forc'd to retreat, 
the Major and his Forces not being able 
tfo maintain therafelves in the Breach, re- 
treating at the fame time, after they had 
in vain attempted three times to recover 
it. Lieutenant Melchior van Schoonheek, a 
High-German by Birth, and of a Noble With a 
Family, was the only Perfon who got ■^"^'^^'A' 
upon the Baftion of S. John^ but for want 
of being feconded, loft his Life there like 
a brave Soldier, his Head being after- 
wards ftuck upon a Pike by the Pgrtuguefes^ 
upon the fame Baftion. The 
