A History of Assam c20.4

c20.4

The British detachment was soon afterwards withdrawn to Badarpur, whereupon the Burmese advanced to Jātrāpur, some eight miles distant, and erected stockades on both banks of the Barāk, which they connected by a bridge over the river. Their forces at this point amounted to about six thousand men, of whom two thousand were Burmese and the remainder Assamese and Kachāris. There was a separate detachment of about two thousand men at Kilā Kāndi in the south-east of Cachar. The Burmese gradually pushed forward their stockades on the north bank of the Barāk until, at last, they were within a thousand yards of the British advanced post on the south bank. They were then attacked and put to flight. The Nowgong and Manipur contingents retreated in different directions. The former were again attacked at the foot of the Bhertika Pass, on the bank of the Jatinga river. They were driven from their stockades, and fled into the hills, whence they made their way back to Nowgong.