▁de alt ▁with . ▁In ▁this ▁period , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁pl ato on ▁commander ' s ▁war ▁for ▁the ▁British . ▁Pl ato ons ▁deployed ▁individually ▁in ▁semi - per man ent ▁pat rol ▁bases , ▁initially ▁in ▁villages ▁but ▁then ▁outside ▁them ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁risk ▁to ▁inhabitants ▁in ▁event ▁of ▁an ▁Indones ian ▁attack . ▁Hel ic opter ▁landing ▁sites ▁were ▁cleared ▁a ▁few ▁kilometres ▁apart ▁all ▁along ▁the ▁border ▁area , ▁and ▁pl ato ons ▁pat rolled ▁vig or ously . ▁Small ▁parties ▁of ▁G urk has , ▁police ▁and ▁Border ▁Sc outs ▁were ▁station ed ▁in ▁many ▁remote ▁villages . ▁ ▁Battle ▁of ▁Long ▁J aw ai ▁ ▁The ▁Battle ▁of ▁Long ▁J aw ai ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁inc urs ion ▁for ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁Division , ▁directed ▁by ▁an ▁R PK AD ▁Lieutenant ▁M uly ono ▁So er j ow ardo jo , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁N ang abad an ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁year . ▁Up ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁guer illas ▁with ▁ 3 0 0 ▁por ters ▁and ▁long bo ats ▁moved ▁to ▁Long ▁J aw i , ▁some ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁border ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁about ▁ 5 0 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁j unction ▁for ▁river ▁and ▁track ▁communic ations . ▁The ▁British ▁out post ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁establish ing ▁a ▁new ▁position ▁on ▁a ▁nearby ▁hill , ▁but ▁their ▁communic ations ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁school