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Rh March 6, 1811, when about to depart from Madras, on an expedition against Java. The Rear-Admiral immediately hastened towards Batavia for the purpose of conducting the naval part of the armament; but did not form a junction with Commodore Broughton, who had conducted it from Malacca, until the 9th August, whereas the troops had been landed on the 4th of that month, and the place capitulated on the 8th. As, however, the enemy were still in possession of some very strong posts, the arrival of the Scipion and three frigates from the Isle of France proved extremely beneficial, and considerably facilitated the operations of the army, the advanced guard of which, under Colonel Gillespie, on the 10th curried with the bayonet a strong position in advance of the works at Muster Corneliis. The main body of the enemy occupied these works, strongly entrenched, and guarded by several redoubts and a numerous artillery. For some days a cannonade was carried on, by which several of their batteries were silenced; and on the 26th, a general assault was ordered by the commander of the forces, Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, who had with him the royal marines of the squadron. The gallantry with which it was conducted was irresistible; the lines were forced, the fort was captured, and the whole of the defending army of 10,000 men, killed, taken, or dispersed. General Jannsen, the Governor of Java, with difficulty escaped during the engagement, with a few cavalry, to the distance of thirty miles, where he collected all his remaining force for the defence of the rest of the island. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, however, pushed his success with vigour; and marching to Samarang, whither the Dutch Governor had retired, took possession of it on the 12th September, without opposition, the enemy having withdrawn to a position on the road to Solo, the residence of the native Emperor of Java. This post was attacked on the 16th, by Colonel Gibbs, with such success that on the following day an armistice was agreed on, which terminated in the surrender of the European troops, and the delivery of the whole island to the British arms. The adjacent isle of Madura, which had been occupied by the French, was included in the capitulation signed on the 18th; and thus not a vestige was left of the eastern dominion of the Gallo-Batavian empire. The loss