p ip « » preveP th .t J h e s i - i0 j .p l™ were meant for-lhe .assistance,«!; the
Peguets; and directed «oiBeinga D ella,* d h is b to th e rA p p o ra » .
p ra became so ineensed, th a t belgaèeeorders for the in s t^ irex e cu tio ip q f
Böurao, Marline, and th e Captain a h io f f if liK o f d * Galitbié. - T h » Sang
u i n e mandate was obeyed with nnrelenting.promptitude,' a few seamen
an d Lascars alone e sc ap e d ;.» « ! these were preserved,for.Ho othe r reason
ll - JM I - lr i— ■— 1 o f n s e in the f a t h e r prosecution o f th e war, an d su r-
vived but to experience a ll th e miseries o f hopeless bondage. ),
T h e Diligent was more fo rtu n a te ; having separated frorn.her .consort,.
She mét w ith adverse-winds,.and was obUged to b ea r aw t® fo r the Ntco--
b a r W a n d s; th is delay prevented her reaching h er intended p o rt n n td sut
weeks subsequent to th e disaster. T h é c a u tio n ,o f the Captain saved fru ,
Sum suffering a similar f a t e ;Ü g o . iW liig en c e .p f the massacre o h »
countrymen in time to r e tir c .a n d cturied back news o f th e W u r e .o f Jhe
expedition, t o F o n d idm riy , w h e n » it was impossibledo a t t e m p t « . ^ ,
tension o f fcrth er succour to th e u nhappy Peguers. . ; .
T h e rage o f the. conquerer was, o n this occasion, exhausted o n .th e
French. F oreigne r, o f othe r nations, who h ad been c a p tu red -m S y n am ,
were tre ated less rigorously; » m e who incurred h i. displeasure, F»4
h ad reason to d ie ad its effects, were dismimed with admowtmns; aM A * -.-
fered to depa rt. Among these were a few English, who. h ad s a p b e e n
able to w ithdrew horn Syrian., before it came into th e enemy's p o sse s.« » ,
T h e fall o f Syrians seems to have determined th e Site o f th e P eg u e rsi
cut off from communication with d ie western countries o f DaHS and PaMien,
deprived o f th e navigation o f th e Rangoon riv e r an d th e Irrawaddy, and
shot out from all foreign aid, «heir rewm.ee. MW, a n d so p p h e , by water
„ » I d no longer reach them. T h e Bago Miop, o , Pegue river, extends a
'tery nart-briaoSI/h^easi alone renders« it navi-
,wher'ei||ia|I^Aiiiaensiefays,^4^en^aitgSfi-|iii|ofa streamlet, which issues
f r ^ n # range city, remarkable only for
theix*nois®mfesa®dWesrtrjf#ive«' atmosphere'. §
NotwitMandSfeg^hese^^iA^gfenaffifcs^thdPPd'gue't-s-ipiiepafed to. ^ystaiii
a^iesre m then capita I,rwhich was'iift.u h a te r sum ofMcicnte than istcom-
mont isfehtimpaaMiMy^iiniierstood.
Situated- on an '-e^feasiife-pllaSifsiBe'gue feasfStar^o'a^dfe^S^i'tht'a-high*and
sdlid wall t^#er^a'H'di^P^g%l^ehed®ii dachdifee^t&^mi-1
b.istiolis'JeijuifMam: i a* broad! ditch ^ont-S-ieed* about-« dSll'c-Mconi dcpthVdf
w'aTcr'f-\\LiMvhihtd.er\^Hfs^si]j^Ii(,cl*yul4 tenfri, thu'stfupdnddus pi^oda, of
ShP'etJ^adfen^neMy-eentri'Cali^bM^fmSarif^fii^y^ela^riGs’A-aimdlliiiciIliised
fey-aisubstantiil w;^Ife®fo^ifck«^Mkedc>isiia^®ad^|‘&d\ WoMed'« anfenferged
vsewboftiie ac^acfent'^oiintry. T,iIthefextetHt,1‘ii|ih'w'everJ dfltHe- Wo rks-, tbiSlchDpS
ne'cessary io« defend them,' iaftd'th&mmnbeferd®inhabTte,TitslfWi'tkgdf:hB;wgl%
operated to the disadvantage d£ the ^teh^d^vn&aggrifatbiiitftSi^s^s&es
they «were shortly to «‘endure.' |p
* A's'moh y sih e'ra in y s’easori s u b s ik ld ^ f e d iit4 ^ laM ^ \y if c ll betw'eliS 1
Pegue tandcSyniam is low and j swampy, 'hath emerged 'from«, the, inundations
of-thes«monsoon,« Alompra. ordered« hiS |5ener-alf«MeiMarMSingouhg; 'to ads
vance towards Pegue at the head of%i)6dy Gh*roopS.<-4B f e w 'd a ^ f e r
h'e followed in person with his^hoteaimyi: da four marches ffefreaohbd
the ffiscmityof-the cky,. through*^-estmtry; laid' waste 'atid: d g j^ fa fed i.
Circumvallation is 'a «favourite practice o f warfare withithe- Birmans,'arid -
famine a weaphn-OB^whkh they repos© the -gr-eaUest rdiMce..' Albni^rS^re-
ferred thfese to« the hazard of a repulseifiti sip attempt tb ^ s fe r^ f heJihyeitted
Pfigue with his army,* and erected numerous.stockadesv at!voiice.?to»proiect.