Dutch General Andreas Victor Michiels had been ordered not to enter into negotiations with the Balinese, but to capture dead or alive the Rajas of Buleleng and Karangasem and Patih Jelantik.

In an apparent effort to awe his enemy Michiels ordered thousands of his troops to line the western side of the Singaraja main road.

Michiels now had no choice but to pretend he was interested in negotiation since any attempt to capture the Balinese leaders would be sure to give way to a bloody pitched battle.

Thus Michiels met with the Balinese and informed them that if they followed the general agreements laid out in the 1841-1843 treaties and destroyed all their fortifications then the government would be appeased.

On 15 April around 4,000 Netherlands Indies soldiers began the steep march to Jagaraga where they met with stiff Balinese resistance.

[2] Through the intervention of the trader Mads Lange and the ruler Kesiman of Badung, a new treaty was signed in July 1849, giving control over Buleleng and Jembrana to the Dutch.