CHAPTER VI.
_EXPEDITION AGAINST KENNERY_ Sivajee's occupation of Kennery--A naval action--Minchin and Keigwin--Bombay threatened--The Seedee intervenes--Conajee Angria occupies Kennery--Boone sails with the expedition--Manuel de Castro--Futile proceedings--Force landed and repulsed--Second landing--Manuel de Castro's treachery--Gideon Russell--Bad behaviour of two captains--Defeat--Attack abandoned--The _St.George_--The _Phram_--Manuel de Castro punished--Bombay wall completed--Angria makes overtures for peace--Boone outwitted.
The islet of Kennery, about ten miles from the mouth of the harbour, and three from the mainland, had long been a thorn in the side of Bombay trade.
At the time of the first occupation of Bombay it was uninhabited.

In 1679 it was suddenly occupied by Sivajee, who began to fortify it.

The danger of this to Bombay was at once seen, and part of the garrison was sent in small vessels, afterwards reinforced by the _Revenge_, frigate, to intercept the communication between Kennery and the mainland.

On the 18th October, the Mahratta fleet bore down and engaged.

In half an hour the _Dove_, grab, hauled down its colours and was captured, and all the smaller vessels made sail for Bombay, leaving the _Revenge_, like its more famous namesake, alone amidst its foes.