Commodore Langworth, with the _Pulteney_, _Trial, _Neptune's Prize_, a bombketch, and five of the largest gallivats, was sent out.

The Angrian fleet stood away to the southward, followed by Langworth.

The demonstration was a trick to draw off the Bombay fighting ships.

When they were well out of the way, Sumbhajee made a sudden attack on Mannajee's territories with two thousand men and forty or fifty gallivats.

Sumbhajee had gained over a number of Mannajee's officers, and Alibagh, Thull, and Sagurgurh fell into his hands at once.