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engagement during which four of

Air Crew were killed and six wounded.

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Fiving in obedience to

your

directions trocured from the folice

the

the

informant, to identify the boats

and firates, also an interpreter and lilst I left, this cork on

the with

instant and at 8 A. M. the following morning arrived.

off

Jak. Shui one

Conlan

1 of the firatical villages of

Dere

we

found lying the caltured

junk and a number.

others with

F

flags flying at each mast head.

ви

a near

approach

we observed

several of the largest clearing for action while 6 weighed and escaped under sail. One only of

the former-

the captured dunk - could get

the others

to bear upon us. the

her

- дина

being

moored in a line abreast in side

of her, and the

gunboat steering

with full speed for her beam_ She

kelt up a fire of heavy

мо

guns

and

was not returned

a

jingalls which by us / until we got within hundred yards of her, when the Crews of all the junks moored in line jumped overboard and ervan towarch the shore which was close to

Under these circumstances,

while bearing

bearing in mind

your

general directions to endeavour to calture offenders, without impring,

them to

and

bring

to justice, considering