My suggestion is that you take up strongest available position that will enable you to keep touch of the enemy and harass him constantly with artillery fire, and in other ways as much as possible.

I can make food last for much longer than a month, and will not think of making terms till I am forced to.

You may have hit enemy harder than you think.

All our native spies report that your artillery fire made considerable impression on enemy.

Have your losses been very heavy?
If you lose touch of enemy, it will immensely increase his opportunities of crushing me, and have worst effect elsewhere.