576 THE DUTCH EXPEDITION TO THE ISLAND OF LOMBOK. 
AMPENAN, 
Ist and 3rd companies, 9th battalion. 
Remainder of half squadron of cavalry after deducting orderlies. 
Night of — Hvents at Tyakra Negara.—Everything was so quiet inand around 
oth, 26%. the bivouac that it appeared as if the rumours were only a false alarm, 
Midnight. When, just before midnight, a great disturbance of loud cries and 
beating of drums was heard in the palace and immediately after, a 
heavy rifle fire was brought to bear on the bivouac from the palace 
walls, which had been secretly loop-holed from within. 
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The first to suffer were some 50 convicts in a shed under the palace 
wall and close to the cooking places—these men rushed shouting 
towards the bivouac and, being taken for the enemy, a great number 
of them were shot down. 
The officers got their men well in hand and returned the fire from 
behind the walls with but little effect. An assault on the bivouac was 
repulsed, after which the enemy did not venture from under cover of his 
walls during the night, but increased his fire by placing ladders 
against the wall, in order to fire over it. Those firing over the wall 
were, however, soon driven off, 
