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carried them with a rush, the enemy flying in great confusion towards 
Tjakra Negara. 
The left column (2nd battalion) and the reserve (2 companies, 7th 
battalion) arrived at the cross roads shortly afterwards. 
The town, to the northward of the great main road, presented such 
a maze of houses, in which the enemy still lurked, that it was not con- 
sidered advisable to continue the action further on this day, but rather 
to get a firm hold of the ground already won. 
It is within the experience of British troops that it is not infrequently 
the most economical proceeding to build the enemy a golden bridge. 
To have pursued him further into the labyrinth of the town at once 
would have been to meet desperate men at every turn. Night brings 
not only counsel, but also the means of escape and gives the desperate 
man time to cool and get away. 
The whole of the Dutch force set to work to strengthen a position 
and somewhat clear the foreground, both by pick and by incendiarism. 
The palace at the south-west angle of the cross roads and a couple of 
temples were put into a state of defence and a small enclosure was 
constructed at the western entrance to the town. The troops returned 
to their bivouacs at 5 p.m., leaving two and a half companies of the 
6th battalion, two field and one mountain gun in Materam and a half 
company of the same battalion in the enclosure at the western 
entrance. 
Losses :— 
KILLED. WouNDED. 
Battalion. 6th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 9th Total. 
Officers ...  . 1 000 th 2 1 1 5 
Europeans... 3 000 1 1 21 3 29 
WAVES. coo 00 8 060 1 17 4, 13 43 
12 = 2 20 26 WW hdl 
Besides three convicts killed and several wounded. 
The Balinese lost at least 300 killed, amongst others the Crown 
Prince, ANAK Kerozt, who had been killed, or had stabbed himself, 
rather than leave Materam. There were many wounded, most of whom 
were carried off to Tjakra Negara. : 
The losses among the Dutch are principally attributable to the :44 
Winchester, 14-shot carbine, of which the enemy had a number. 
A considerable amount of booty aud one of the field guns lost on the 
night of the 25th, 26th August was captured. 
The Balinese stabbed a large number of their women and children 
before retreating—no less than 67 being found in one heap. 
At 7 a.m, Major-General Segov started from Ampenan with three sept. soth, 
