 | 1846 - 706 páginas
...of their fort — was so novel ' and incomprehensible to our enemies, that they fled, panic' struck, into the jungle ; and it was with the greatest difficulty...by the burning of the capital, Paddi, and adjacent vil' lages; at which work and plundering our native followers were ' most expert. We took all their... | |
 | 1846 - 602 páginas
...breaking through the fence across the river. This once done, the Dido made short work of the rest. ' While the pinnace kept up a destructive fire on the...and adjacent villages ; at which work and plundering ouc native followers were most expert. We took all their guns, and burnt the stockades level to the... | |
 | Sir Henry Keppel - 1846 - 864 páginas
...once in the very face of their fort — was so novel and incomprehensible to our enemies, that th«y fled, panic-struck, into the jungle ; and it was with...very cleverly placed. We took all their guns, and burned the stockades level with the ground. The banks of the river were here so confined, that a man... | |
 | 1846 - 610 páginas
...rushed for the summit. This mode of warfare — this dashing at once in the very face of their forl — was so novel and incomprehensible to our enemies,...plundering our native followers were most expert. We took all their guns, and burnt the stockades level to the ground.' The destruction of Paddi, however,... | |
 | 1850 - 814 páginas
...of the Eastern Archipelago, we are constantly, meeting with such record» as the following :-r-. ' That evening the country was illuminated for miles,...plundering our native followers were most expert.' (Vol. ii. p< 53r.) ( The same work of destruction was carried on (at Pakoo) ; but the town was larger... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1863 - 364 páginas
...panic-struck into the jungle, and the leading men of the British could scarcely get a snap shot at them. That evening the country was illuminated for miles by the burning of the capital. Paddi, and the adjacent villages. The guns in the forts were also taken, and the stockades burnt. The banks of... | |
 | 1846 - 556 páginas
...breaking through the fence across the river. This once done, the Dido made short work of the rest. ' While the pinnace kept up a destructive fire on the...by the burning of the capital, Paddi, and adjacent vil' lages; at which work and plundering our native followers were ' most expert. We took all their... | |
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The other boats soon followed; and while the pinnace kept up a destructive fire on the fort, Mr. D'Aeth, who was the first to land, jumped on shore, with his crew, at the foot of the hill on the top of which the nearest fort stood, and at once rushed... 