pean soldiers two by two, and leading them a ,f«Wi yards ■ .along^ffie^rroad, knQf'ked
•ffi'effikdowutwfitR11 the b u t‘ en d th^^.p iqee^UqM y jw ^'' out..tljell| brains. T h a t , this
• declarers was al|B?'TleffWj®t with1
ear, and a wound on the back o f his neck, which the enemy conceiving to be
sufficient, then proceeded to: ."the murder o f the remainder. That he Jay as dead -for
fsO T ^ 'fira^ and in 'thE^^datidh^dk&dfetly- heardAbje.ffiiingf jlijsiwcb' fe-su ppose s^to
be the putting them all to death. T h a t he took the opportunity, while this was doing,
o f crawling into the jungle , where he lay till night and then proceeded to doit
Macdowal to g iv e the information to Captain Madge; &
(Signed) -* -jil - - G eo rg e ^ ‘-B a n is le y p ’ Co rp o ra l^ g th .reg in j^ n t, , 3
)| B y tfiiSF murder ,tböf> Candians have gained up wards o f vW
brass 6-pounders, g howitzers, a inch mortar, and got in their possession- nearly
500 Malay and gun Lascars. -
Iv is -ftadg-Mn: Gandyv. there was SQ3KGe..aiiman.t . f i l^ n t^ g f r y
owing to the great sickness that prevailed there. - Major D a v ie was obliged to, leave
the sick and wounded, and a wounded officer, Lieutenant Plenderleatb, ly in g helpless
in their cots ; who were all inhumanly'murdered b y the Candians, T h e officers who
suffered in ’ this dreadful, business were— ig th regiment, Lieutenant Blakeneyo'Skiy^ffi;
légd, " I iè h tö tan t s Plenderleatb;n B y n e ,, M 'L e an e , Ensign.«Smyth, ..cm aiders master
B row n , - Assistant Surgèoo H op ep m urdóred; withtjubout s^ .m e a t iM a la y jie g y p e p t ,
■ Major'1-Davie, Captain Rujmley,. - Lieutenants VM'ercer, Ba rry, ^ ^ j^ o ^ ^ jjQ ö p p iJ ,
•|W A s a^& ^ p S tt tgw r f'H o ilow S^ ^ -Q a p tsn ii Humphreys- Bengal^#rtii|ery,r and
Orm sb y 5 *st-reg imen t.'' -.
> Qfficers - mürdéréd ' : ■
1 'Officers ’ died 'from?1 the climate
- To ta l 32
Besides five gentlemen in the civil
■ -service; mm
16 jg Privates 19th regiment murdered 172
16 D o . died at -CandyrL
• total gM j ju; afôfew* rt
besides others who diedhftertHeirlrpttuiji,- *1
and the 5.1st regiment, which lost about
m m m m
'S h o r tly ‘afte r the massacre,: the K in g o f
the island was but weak, determined to attack our forts on the coast ; and accordin
g ly detached large bodies' o f his people into our country, which .obliged our people
to return into Columbo, Triiicomalee, and the other -.strong fonts on the sea
coasts. T h e Governor proclaimed martial law on the island, as some o f our provinces'
1 had revolted.
' T h e Candians in the months o f August and September attacked the
hood ór'iCuliimbo, Jafnapatam, ‘ Trincomalee, Manaar, h^tUraj' Bôfaçolo, uué;jî?%la-
tivoe ; but b y the prudent conduct o f the officers commanding, and the spirit and
activity o f our troops, both European and- n a t iv e , th e y were not able to effect,
any thing o f consequence. D u r in g part o f the month o f September they cut o ff
the communication between Columbo and Manaar ; b y which the tapais or post-
letters could not go to the coast o f Coromandel— A detachment o f the 34th 1
regiment, with s raie Sepoys, and 200 o f the royal artillery from the Cape o f Good
Hope, arriving most seasonably in August and September on the island ; which, , with a
force from Bengal,1 ensured the safety o f our possessions from any attempts o f the
'natives. T h e G overnor ordered detachments to take the field, and disperse those
bodies o f Candians who hady'entered our provinces, as also to bring' back the revolted'
natives‘ to1
"^-ury tbe^ffiiosrwo’n'Summâte and SlSîÿ^èür srnall.ffiody^of utroaps-selon1 retrieved
the almost desperate situation o f affairs. T h e enemy were speedily driven
from b e fo re . the walls and from the neighbourhood o f Columbo ; the communication
was rapidly re-opened between our different settlements, • and the!' Gandiàns
driven back ■ with 'immense loss to their own country. ■ T h e affair mentioned1' in the
'following official H^pâtch côlriplefed thertdiscoinOTijI^eF cthe" Gandistns,1 ahdtlitesawtejl
W s i f# € S h y l l f f
Downing-sirèeh April g. ;
w in c h ' the1’following -is) a 'cfopy, -wa's thi&râày receivfedf f fy Lord
He hjirt.BHESmiTOU _IIon. 1 . ÎS 01 &li,< ©fou nffir* q t G v j in i
HonS p^l't haS'-jpléasedt G od t- to , bless fhei eisïrtions o f ffojjs.isihafl fe c e jew ith
faiirèinâ^» 's'Uôtesê? 'N'dt "-moretthany eight, daysj ag0 ,^th éiK iîig *K)lfeandy,
b u the^mbst ’ nUbaerda« foree whiou '8%feptildf collect. i a , M%)dom!iuons,
Bur^lS'ë^ffiese^Wiÿaièiiiresralif SfttrvâGtîay iSiil^ratt'aGfeed -the-fpettyg f o r t r e s s Haarg-
Vlêîléj 5& j'ïh'é'ffisfeul;ë?;âfeÛ¥^"tE*f!ÿ)&h .'miles .from .thisJ Gtty^swfaidb».v^a,et defended
hV'a*sîH5l4Tgai^iwnÇt f '"l Utopians, <160•ÿSÿpoys,.$a|m 'ifcjjjj;Gun-Lapçars', on, the
3d, 4th, and 6th o f this m o n th . -O f these acjflôns, the lastfwraï ^jpfeU^'thèiVm-qst
èbiafta^iibttfaçiliour and ak'h^I^ÿjîhe.-©ündidhs• wpre
.ffe'fêSÿd^wtfc-^^TOlaugMta'l “'thfeif'^unsi ‘taken, together wifhvtheR ro y ak standard,
^s fcPSS^sÇtlfaiï'i'a io’ï Bengal and Madrass^Eatscara’, î who had been made prisoners
affif 'GOTupfeMeffi toSîÿdrk ab the GahdiaU gunsÿ^er^ffi^ougfefffiafik again1, to
h e^Km g fl'ed..-atfflthe beginning .'6ftuhës«a&àB^c and jwas> fojU.q^tldppy
Leiikè,- D e s s au ve - o f the four co rk s , and b y 'the Maha Mohottiar, or ch ief secretary
o f state, both o f whose heads he ordered immediately to be struck off. A re inforcement;
was. sent up on the night after the battle, consisting o f 5,0 Europeans,
and 80 Seapoys, under Captain Hankey, to jo in Captain Pollock ,, who had com-
iaanded' on that’ day, the ill health o f Lieutenant Mercer,- who had hitherto defended
the-place with great vigour and judgment, having rendered it necessary to relieve
him from that | fatiguing command. Captain P ollock marched forward towards the
Candiau frontier, on the morning o f the gth, and after/ovci(ipiiiiiig all opposition,
ams |ttf 'on the morning o f Che |gth Up Bouanelly, on the Calana Ganga, in the
Can'drau, territory, where the K in g had formed his principal magazine. Captain
Buchan~(\raP had proceeded with a detachment from NegumBnii through the H in a
and the Hapittigam Cories] arrived there, ' at the same time, , on the other side o f
.fhe r iv e r ; the enemy fled;, the stores fell into our hands, and' have been brought
away ; and the town, with the K in g ’s new Palace there, entirely burnt. >
■ phe districts o f G a lle and Matura ,of Chilou and Piitlam, are also delivered
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