under the Portugnes^e. 3S 
Portuguese firelocks entirely useless, he fell upon them and 
nearly cut them all to pieces. During the action he himself 
stood in a tree from which he could observe both armies, and 
issue his orders according to exigeiicieSo After the battle he 
had ail the lieads of the Portuguese formed into a pyramid. 
Raja Singa, being now joined by the Dutch forces under 
Westerwold and Koster, lie attacked Batacolo, which capitulated 
on condition that the Portuguese there should be sent to 
Negapatam. The natives in the garrison being delivered up to 
the King, he caused them to be impaled alive as traitors to the 
their country. A new treaty, similar to the former one, was 
now concluded between him and the Dutch, after wdiich 
tlie confederates sat down before Columbo. They soon after- 
wards, however, drew oif tlieir forces to the attack of Point 
de Galle, which was then blockaded by the Dutch fleet. In a 
short time, this fortress was taken by storm ; and before the 
end of the same year 1639, Trincomalee was also compelled 
to surrender, the garrison being sent by capitulation to Co- 
lumbo. In the following year Nigumbo was taken by the 
Dutch, and afterwards Point de Galle which had been retaken 
by the Portuguese. 
The Dutch Commanders Westerwold and Koster, having set 
out to meet the King in the interior, were surprised by a party 
of Cinglese and put to death. The war between the Dutch 
and Portuguese still continued to rage with unabated violence, 
and during several succeeding years many desperate battles 
both by sea and land took place between them. Both parties 
being at Jength wearied out by this long and indecisive contest 
began to wish for an interval of repose. The King of Candy 
was too much exasperated at the Portuguese to agree to dny 
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