The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-04

C1ans, called rajahs. Although no better
than pirates in morals and practice, they
at times display courage and skill In war
fare. For more than 100 years they had
waged war upon Dutch and Spanish nav
igators and had captured small arms, can
non, ammunition and other materials to
fit out an army. Among other barbarous
practices they adhered to cannibalism.
Commodore Downes resolved to give the
Malays no warning Of his purpose. Heen-
tered the Indian ocean with the frigate
disguised as a merchantmen, and anchor
Ing of the coast of Sumatra sent his Off
GERS in citizens dress to reconnoiter the
shore. The Malays who saw this demon
stration made signs Of hostility, and the
Yankee captain concluded that verbal de-
mands for satisfaction would be useless
A sudden and unheralded night attack,
with the capture OF some hostages to bring
the Darbar1ans to their senses, seemed to
him the only feasible plan for carrying
out the orders of his chieftain, General
Andrew jackson, himself an impetuous
tighter, who in such cases invariably put
the blow before the word
The very night Of arrival on the coast
was selected for attack. The marines, in
three divisions, took their places in boats,
and IN the darkness were quietly rowed
toward the beach. The expedition was
led by Lieutenant Irvine Shubrick, who
had served in the President in 1915 as we'll
as IN the war against the Algerian pirates
and the freebooters of the Spanish main.
On landing the men took up their march
along the beach, and daylight disclosed
them, with a cannon trailing behind
While their boats lay in waiting just out
side the surf.
In spite of precaution on the part of the
Americans, the Malays evidently expected
an attack, for their scouts in numbers
haunted the jungle lying along the wa
ter's edge. Three forts could. be seen on
the land borders of the town, where they
had been built for protection against neigh
boring tribes, and the first division of ma
rines, led by Lieutenant H. K. sHoff, not
hating for a moments parley, marched
to surround the first one in the pathway
The work consisted of strong citadel arm
ed with cannon, surrounded by stockade,
and on the approach of the Americans the
Malays opened fire with all arms. Break
ing through the gate of the stockade, which
the natives bravely defended, Lieutenant
Hoff opened heavy fire on the citadel.
The garrison fought like true soldiers, and
finding it impossible to reduce it at long
range the lieutenant ordered the place
stormed Timbers from the palisade sur
rounding it were torn out to serve as
bridges over the moat, and across these the
sailors rushed, in spite of the CALLING fire
from the walls of the fort. The Malays
only waited to see their front ranks put
to sword and then fled
A second storming party, under Lieuten-
ant - Edison, carried the next fort in the
chain, where the natives fought bravely
until it came to hand to hand struggle
on the walls. Then they ran away, ex-
pecting no quarter. The third fort being
concealed in tho jungle, the party sent
against it failed to discover it and march
ed through the town to the southern edge,
along the beach, where Lieutenant Shu-