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immediately weighed and swept into a shallow creek the bun Boat following to a depth of 10 feet when we anchored and I proceeded with the boats. The crew deserted to the shore as we closed and opened fire with gingals and musketry from behind an embankment getting under cover of getting the boats the junk and boarding her we fired with good effect from her stern and two round shots from the Sun Don't's 68r routed them and they fled over the hills.
After dark a banderin dragon boat full of soldiers arrived. aping ashore from Dinghai I sent with them and being joined by the villagers hostile to the pirates they chased to the seaside where they put off in Sempes and attempted to retake the loucha then a ground but being met by a volley from the meu I had left in charge they boarded a small salt jumbe cut her cable and made sail across the bay. Sit being very dark with little chance of securing did not purssic the men I had.
The soldiers and villagers had killed one man and two the villagers were slain. I towed ...