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distant, arriving at 9.15p.m.; and finding there Simonds and his guns, He reported having blown down the gates of Sheung Ts'un.
Lieut. Hillman and 57 men R. N. had arrived with a convey of provisions for our men, but nothing for officers.
After consultation with Lockhart, we started early, marching through the Pat Heung Valley (the scene of the previous afternoon's encounter). I left 45 soldiers at Sheung Ts'un to be joined in a couple of hours later by 55 men from the Taipo detachment. A hundred under Berger were detached to reconnoitre the hills in the direction of Tsun Wan, and with 2 guns and 200 rank and file of the Hong Kong Regiment and the R. N. detachment (who by the way were terribly sore at missing the little engagement at Sheung Ts'un and were pining for a "go" at the enemy) we advanced through Kam Tin to Un Long, where a few old men came to kotow.
We entered the village, got hold of some of the Elders, and Mr. Lockhart addressed them, endeavouring to remove the feeling of disquietude evidently prevalent among them. All this neighbourhood was full of rowdies who stirred up revolt throughout the district, terrorizing the peaceful inhabitants and compelling them, under pain of death, to take up arms against the British. Plausible arguments were used by them that...