A History of Assam c20.12

c20.12

About the end of April the Burmese, finding themselves unmolested, advanced again as far as Koliābar. A force was sent from Gauhāti to eject them. They had made a stockade at Hātbar, but, on the approach of the British troops, retreated to Rangaligarh without waiting to be attacked. A party that afterwards attempted to reoccupy the stockade was surprised, and put to flight with considerable loss. A small British detachment was now placed in the stockade. The Burmese made a second attack on it, but the defenuers were on the alert, and routed their assailants, killing a large number. The Burmese then abandoned Rangaligarh and fell back once more on Marā Mukh.