CO129-107 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [10-12] — Page 190

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new of 20 Malays and of Chinese the Mastu ani Chief Officer only being Enereaus, towards woning it feel

calin when a Pilot came

ar

board

We had noticed a large Macas lorcha

evidently dodging us, evening

evening came

ow, and the Porche came

Pilot remarked "stat

piery

crew wew stationed at the

pirate getting under the stern

Commenced

that

cv

regular attain from

which was part which

on beard-

a

replied to fram

general fire of musitets

the

assailed us and not less than 150 stinst

art wnago

of

dover the

Bear

pete

were thrown on board when the deek of the vessel avas one

from the

pirate he makey fight another friery ["last night. Captain Stanibal the

master of the vessel

made

every

{reparation for resistance, 2 sise

pounders

the main deck wew

leaded avith round shot,

three pounders

avo

alov 2

on the quarter deast-

the mussels were

brought up from

below and lagenet's fired the malay

fire which drove the crew

sten to the fore part of the vessel -

many of the pirates at this time boarding from the lorcha the Captain

shot dead in ascending

was now t

rigging,

the

the carpenter was also Killed.

the Chinese

the Malaya

longer

new look refuge below- to not being able to stand on the ship's dease, from the

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