Lieutenant A.J. Meijer escorted with seven gunboats three wood rafts when he was on 29 June attacked by two British while lying anchored off the corner of Sidarie. He was forced to leave the rafts behind and took shelter off the coast when around 14.00 o’clock the gunfire started which was answered by him. The gunboat No. 7 was destroyed but her crew rescued. Despite the large damaged to sails and rigging managed the Dutch to escape. One of the rafts arrived later safely at Ontong Java.
At Soerabaja arrived on 27 June with a valuable cargo of spiced the brig de Hoop. In the 
