The other, under Captain Rowe, attacked the village adjoining.

The Burmese stationed there gave way, after a very faint resistance.

They were accustomed to rely always on stockades; and this attack upon them, when not so protected, shook them at once.
Those in the stockade, however, made a resolute resistance.
Captain Rowe, after gaining possession of the village, and seeing the occupants in full flight, moved his force to aid the other division; and the Burmese, dispirited by the defeat of their countrymen, and finding themselves attacked on two sides, gave way and fled, leaving a hundred dead behind them; while on the British side but six sepoys were killed.
The Burmese fled to the hills, at a speed that rendered pursuit hopeless by the more heavily-armed troops; and the fugitives soon rallied, and effected their junction with the division advancing from Manipur.

After the action Major Newton returned to Sylhet, and a few days later Mr.Scott, who had been appointed commissioner, arrived there and, advancing to Bhadrapur, opened communications with the Burmese.

As, however, it became evident that the latter were only negotiating in order to gain time to intrench themselves near Jatrapur, to which they had returned, he again placed the matter in the hands of the military commanders.
The Burmese force amounted to about six thousand men.