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Rh till the others would come up. Near the place where they concealed themelves, three Chokeedars lay aleep, and three Seapoys rahly fired, which had almot defeated the ucees of the enterprise, and acrificed the lives of the little party, which was oon urrounded by alarmed numbers of the garrion. Before they had recovered from their atonihment, of eeing our gallant oldiers within their walls, thirty Seapoys had acended, and the ret followed very fat: a few hot and rockets were exchanged, and their principal Officer being wounded, the enemy dimayed and confounded at the boldnes of the undertaking, took helter in the inner buildings of the fort, from which