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ACCOUNT OF CELEBES , AMBOYNA, &C.

Soon afterwards, he fummoned Fort Rotterdam in the name of the three unitedempires of Boni, Goach, and Wadjo. But the governor not being fpeedy enoughin his determination, the whole force of Goach and Wadjo foon appeared upon theplain before the fort. The garrifon, reinforced by a body of Bouginefe, who wereattached to the Company, and by the Company’s fubjects, marched againft the enemythe fame day, being the 16th of May 1739, and falling upon them with great fury,foon put them to flight, and throwing up a battery of fixteen pieces of cannon, wherea good number of them took poll, they returned in triumph to the fort.

The enemy, on the other hand, intrenched themfelves againft us, and daily lkir-rnilhes took place, till on the 14th of July, when the country being fufficiently dry,that the artillery could be tranfported, the garrifon made another fally, and beingjoined by their Bouginefe allies, and other auxiliaries, together with the Company’sfubje&s and the Macafler refugees before-mentioned, they fell upon the enemy earlyin the morning of the 17th of July, by furprize, and after an obftinate refiftance, anda bloody battle, which lafted till four o’clock in the afternoon, they gained a completevidory.

This vidory was of the greater importance, as by it the treacherous hopes of theMacafler refugees were frustrated ; for though they had joined our troops, they werealmoft all inclined to the rebel party, and had concerted with their chief, that, as foonas the balance turned the leaft in his favour, they would join him, and turn themfelvesagainft us.

Three days after this, when the rebels again tried their chance, they were beat anew,and put to flight by our troops, leaving behind them many dead and wounded. CrainBontalancas, who had thrown himfelf into Goach with all his troops, was himfelfwounded. Our men purfued them hotly, and at three o’clock in the afternoon theycame before the town, and immediately threw up fome batteries, which were ready inthe evening, and played with fo much effect during the night, that at four o’clock thenext morning our commander in chief, Admiral Smout, received intelligence that theenemy had abandoned the town, and had fled to the mountains ; by which the war, onthis fide of Celebes , was put an end to. The regalia of Goach were immediately col-lected, and, together with the kingdom of Macafler, were reftored to the monarchwho had laft fled from Goach, Abdul Haerman Shoer, and to the regent of theempire.

Moft of the adherents of Crain Bontalancas then came in, and fubmiflively entreatedfor pardon. Among them, was a man of upwards of a hundred years of age, CrainAlamanpang, a younger brother of Crain Pomliaan, who had been a fugitive of theformer century. On furrendering his kris, he fpoke as follows:

“ I have beheld this city of Goach in its proudeft luftre, when it ruled over thewhole ifland of Celebes ; I afterwards was a witnefs to its firft humiliation, when wewere fubdued by the Company; it was then thought its fame and honour were greatlytarnifhed, yet it was ftill populous and refpe&ed ; but now I look around me, and be-hold nought but ruins and dilhonour. I furrendered my kris the firft time at Sam-boepo, once more at Sourabaya , and now here, for the third time, to the conqueringarms of the Company ; leave to an old man now the only confolation that remains—todie in peace.”

He received a free pardon, and his kris was reftored to him.

A fhort time afterwards, intelligence was received that Crain Bontalancas had diedof his wounds.

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