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of wood and jungle, impenetrable, except by private passages, 
known only to the natives. • 
" As soon as it became sufficiently dark to prevent om^ move- 
ments from discovery by the people on shore, the boats were 
hoisted out, and every preparation made for landing, which was 
effected about daybreak of the sixth inst. The party under the 
command of Lieutenant Shubrick consisted of two hundred and 
fifty men. 
" I adopted this mode of enforcing our demands, in hopes of 
getting possession of the rajahs, by surrounding and surprising 
the forts in which they usually reside, and thus, most probably, in- 
ducing the payment of money for their ransom. I regret to say, 
however, that in consequence of their desperate fighting, neither 
giving nor receiving quarter, no prisoners were made, nor was 
any property found belonging to the Friendship, save the medicine 
chest. 
" Lieutenant Shubrick has my warmest acknowledgments for 
the able and gallant manner in which he conducted the expedition, 
and I enclose herewith that gentleman's report, wherein he gives 
a detailed account of the attack, together with other particulars. 
[See Appendix.] 
" The midshipmen who were on shore and engaged in the ac- 
tion, but named by Lieutenant Shubrick, were WiUiam May, in 
the first division under Lieutenant Pinkham; Messrs. Alonzo B. 
Davis, James G. Stanley, and Charles W. Morris, of the second 
division, commanded by Lieutenant Hoff; and of the third di- 
vision under command of Lieutenant IngersoU, Messrs. Charles 
Hunter, Eugene Boyle, and James L. Parker, with Midshipman 
George T. Sinclair in the launch. 
" Their gallantry and good conduct in the action are spoken of 
as deserving the highest praise. Inconsequence of the fort situ- 
ated south of the river having fired upon our men while attacking 
Quallah-Battoo, I ran in with the ship and fired about three broad- 
sides into it, when a white flag was hoisted ; upon this I ceased 
firing, soon after got under way, and stood for this anchorage, where 
1 am taking on board wood and water. 
" While lying here, a flag of truce has been sent off from 
Quallah-Battoo ; and I was informed by the bearer of the same, 
that a great many had been kflled on shore, and that all the prop- 
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