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FROM THE iON 'DO AT C.; AZEITE, EXT RAO ;WIN :I,NY , APRIL 9. 17b;ttba,7, April 9, I Sc 4. FITE fail , wing I)i,patches !Live been received at .1 India Hou:.e, from the Governor in Coon_ at Bombay : SECRET DEPARTMENT. ,r -tlie-Sthlet Committee of the Ilonolirable the Court of ;...Diteztors for_ the Ailairsof the Uniied Company of :%ic;r chants of England, trading to the East Indies, London. HONOURABLE GErILEMEN, i. Our Address to your Honourable Committee die 14. th ultimo, conveyed a detail of the events 'of the Mahratta War up to that petiod. — 2. Since the dice of that Di,patch we have re ceived from the Supreme Government, the Reports (I General Llke'r cratiuns before AgrA, that are rnntained in the inc:osed Dispatches from his Ex cellency the Comminder in Chief, under dates the )oth, tzth, 14th, and iSth of oAoher, from the ;as.t of which it will appear that the important fort ress of Agra capitulated on the night . 4 the 17th of th at m o nt h, upon which the place was immediately Occupied by the British Troops. 3. To these Advices we have much satisfaftion in being able to add the turther reports annexed un der dates the 14th and 15th of Oztober, from Lieu tenant Colonel Harc, , urt, containing a detail of the measures acinpted by that Officer, io the course of the Expedition prepared under the orders of the Supreme Government fOr the occupation of the va luable Pro vine of Cat tack, the conquest of which appears to have been completed by the siege a nd as . fault of the Fort of Birthutty, 4 . n event in refetence to which His Excellency the Most Noble the Go vernor General issued the General Orders, under date the 22d of that month, of which a Copy will be found in the Voucher, 6. 4. On the receipt cf the Intelligence of the Re. dukttion of the Fort and City of Broach, by the Troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Woodington, his Excellency the Governor General in Council, issued General Orders, under date the i 4th of ORober, as per Copy inclosed, in which ample testimony is borne to the merits of the Of. ficers and Troops employed on that important Ser. vice. s. The Details of the splendid Vidory obtained over the Enemy, by the Troops under the perional command of the Honourable Major Gmerel Wel lesley, at Assye, on the 23L1 of September, having been already submitted to your Honourable Com mittee, it remains now only to add a Copy of His Excellency the Governor General's Orders, under date the 30th of Oitober, in reference to that signal 6. Among the consequences derived from the exer. tions of that day, which terminated in the complete defeat of the combined forces of Dowlut Row Scin. dia, and of the Rajah of Berar, was an overture from the Enemy's Camp, as received by General Welles ley, on the sth of October, requesting that a British Officer, 'together with an Officer of the Soubandan of the Dekan, might he dispatched to the Enemy's Camp, for the purpose of negotiating Terms of Peace between the Allies and the confederate Mahratta Chieftains. 7. Major-General Wellesley did nor, however, comply with this request, hut signified his disposi tion fo receive, at the British Camp, with every mark of honour and respect, any person duly em powered by dire& authority from Dowlut Row Scindia, or from the Rajah of Bcrar, to propose Terms of Peace to the Allied Powers. 8. Accordingly : it appears that the former of those Chieftains has sent a properly accredited Agent into the Camp of the Honourable Major. General Wel lesley, and the inclosed Copy of a Dispatch from that Officer to our President, under date the 24th will shew that the consequence of that measure has been.a cessation of hostilities between the British forces and those of Scindia ; hut the terms of the Agreement concluded on that-occasion, do not include the Rajah of Berar's forces or territories, nor have we any further information on the subject of the important event in question, than is contained in the Honourable Major-General's dispatch ; but we trust, that this approach towards an accominoda lion, may be speedily followed by the restoration of Peace to Hindostan and to the Dekan, a result which the auspicious wogress of our arms, in all quarters of India, is so well calculated to accelerate. 9. Since writing thus far, we have received from Bengal the further important intelligence contained in the accompanying Paper, advising of a glorious and important victory, obtained on the Ist of Nov. Near Cassowly in Hindostan, by the Army under the personal command of his Excellency General Lake, over a very large body of Dowlut Row Scin dia's regular Infantry and Cavalry, in which the EnerHy were entirely defeated, with the loss of all their guns, tumbrils and baggage, though not with out considerable loss on our parr. We have the Honour to be, with the greatest re spat, &c. .&c. Ste. (Signed) J..DUNCAN. • THO. LECHMERE. GEO. PARRY. Bombay Castle, Dec. 3, 1803 . jottcthan Duticav, E q . SIR, Camp, /Core. 24, 1803. r i I have the honour to inclose a Letter Which I }lave written to Col. Murray, which I request you to forward, and to make known to the Colonel your sentiments regarding the order which I have given him. I must beg leaiie to delay, for a lew days, to make you acquainted with my reasons for agreeing to this Cessation of Hostilities, as I am at present much pressed for t4ne. I have the Honour to be, Sir, With great tespea, Your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. SECRET. SIR, Camp, Nov, 22, 1803. I have the honour to inform you, that I have this day concluded an Agreement with the Vakeels of Powlut Rao Scindiah, for a Suspension of Hostilities belonging to their Chief. I shall hereafter have the honnur of transmitting you a Copy of this Agreement ; in the mean time, have the honour to inform you, that the articles of this Agreement, referable to the Troops in Gozerii are, that the British Troops are not to advance hey,:' yond Dohud ; and those in the service of Dow Jut Rao Scindiah are not to approach Dohud funn the Eastward nearer than twenty cosy. If you should have pushed your Corps or a De_ tachment from it beyond aaluid, I request you to draw it into that place. If you should have drawn it off from Dolitad, you will not advance, it further towards Oo'jein than the place at which this letter will find you. This arrangement is liable to lit.broken off by either of the parties, upon giving notice of such in. tention. I have the Honour to be, Sir, Yt,ur most obedient humble S-rvant, (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. This Agreement is applicable only to the Troops of Dowlut Rao Scindiah. COPY OF AN ♦GREEMENT, &or. Maj ir_Gcne r ral Wellesley, on the part of the Honourable Company and their Allies, and jeswunt Ran Goreparah, and Naroo Punt Nana, on the part of the Maharaje Ali Jal► Dowlut Rao Scindiah, hav ing each communicated to the other their full powers, have made the following Agreement: rst, There shall be a Cessation of Hostilities ictween the Troops commanded by Major-General Wellesley, in the Dekan and in Guzerat, and those in the service of the Maha- rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ad, To prevent accidents, and in order to ensure the exe cution of the rst Article, it is agreed that there shall be an interval of twenty coss between the different British and Al lied Armies and that of the Maharajah, and the Maharajah will march with his Army, and take up a position twenty coss to the eastward of Oulpoor, and he will forage still fur ther to the eastward. 3d, In case the operations of the British and Allied Armies against the other enemies of the British Government should draw either of them nearer than twenty coss to the position which the Al.tharajah will have occupied according to the 2d Article, previous notice of such operation will be given, in order that the Alaharajahlmay take timely measures always to preserve an interval of 23 coss between his army and the British and Allied Armies. 4th, In Guzerat the British Troops shall not advance be yond Dohud, those of the Maharajah on the side of Guzerat shall not advance nearer to Dohud than 20 coss. sth, Notice must be given, in case either of the parties should be desirous to put an end to this agreement. 6th, This. Agreement is to be ratified by the Maharajah Dowlut Rao S.indiah, and his Ratification is to be given to Major-General Wellesley in the space of ten days from this date. (True Copy.) (Signed) 11. BARCLAY, Camp, Nov. re, tS33. Dep. Adj. Gen. Mysore. BOMBAY COURIER EXTRAORDINARY. Saturday, 3d December, tBo3. It is with infinite satisfaction that we publish the following intelligence, received this day from Fort William, of an important and glorious victory ob tained on the Ist November, 1803, near Cassowly in Hindostan, by the Army under the personal com mand of His Excellency General Lake. Borackpoie, 13th Nov. 1801. Dispatches have this instant been received from his Excellency the Commander in Chief, by which it appears that a most complete and glorious victory has been obtained on the Ist inst. at Cas. sowly, over a body of the enemy, consisting of the battalions detached in July from the Dekan, with some battalions which had escaped from Delhi (amounting altogether to 17 battalions), and a large body of horse. All the enemy's battalions were cut up or taken, and near 7o guns, their whole baggage, bazars, &c. are in our possession. General Lake had for some days been in pursuit of the enemy ; on the morning of the 31st of Odober, the General had marched twenty miles, and hearing that the enemy were halted at a considerable distance, at twelve P. M. the night of the 3 tst of October, he advanced twenty miles with the cavalry (making the whole distance marched in twenty-four hours forty miles), and came up with the enemy at day-break on the Ist. We immediately attacked, to detain them until the arrival of the infantry. This plan suc ceeded completely. When the infantry arrived, a general attack was made on the enemy, who, after a most desperate resistance, were entirely defeated, but with a severe loss on our side. The details of the Adion are not yet received, but His Excellency states, that Major-General Ware, 'Colonel Vande leure, Major Griffith,, Aid-de-Camp to the Go. vernor-General, Major Campbell, Deputy Quarter. Master General, and Lieutenant Duval, Aid-de. Camp to the Commander in Chief, were killed. The General had two horses killed under him, and his coat torn with a grape snot. Major Lake was wounded in the knee with grape shot; he will not, however, lose his leg. GENERAL ORDERS. By His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor-General and Captain-General of the Land Forces serving in the East Indies. Fort t3th Nay. 1803. A royal salute and three vollies of mu sketry, to be fired at all the stations of the army, in honour of the glorious and important victory obtained on the est November, 1803, near Cassowly, in H!ndostan, by the army under the personal Corn. maw! of His Excellency General Lake, over a large body of the enemy's regular infantry and cavalry, in which the ene my were entirely defeated with the loss of all their guns, tumbrels, and baggage. By His Excellency's command, (Signed) I. ARMSTRONG, Acting Military Secretary. 4 f. 1 The several IncMures referred to i t the above Dispatch will appear in a subsequent Gazette. FARTHER DETAILS-FROM THE INDIA GA. ZETTES. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, Fg!RAY, 0cT.21, 18,3. FDrt IfiWiam, Oti. 21, 1803. A Dispatch, of which the following is an Ex. tract, has been this day received by His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor-General, trout Ills Excellency the Commander in Chief. To I lis Excellency the Most Nob Marquis Wn. L sLi (iovernor-Gent:liti, &c. &c. MY LtiRD, Finding it iniro;sible to mak Agaiilst this Videt , , ii)og as the seven B acta ii o ns u t Elie I WCFC u. r;MN::,31011 the. town of Agra, of an encampment with a large r of guns on the Glacis, and of the ravines L'''.44(4:'‘which the south and. lthe south_ ace of surroun4e4 I determined to dislodge the My from thetown, anci,'occupy the ravines this hrnibg, answer as trenches, and afford Lcomplete cover for carrying on our works. With this view, I ordered Brigadier-General Clarke, who was encamped with his brigade in the rear of the town, to take possession of it, at the same time that thiee battalions advanced to oc cupy the ravines. The attacks have succeeded, and the town, as well as the ravines, arc now occupied by our Troops. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Cullock, IVlajor Haldane, and Captain Worseley, led the battalions that ad vanced on the ravines. Every praise is due to those Officers, who performed every thing required of them, with the greatest alacrity and steadiness. I am sorry to say that a number of men have been killed and wounded, as well as Officers, owing to their high spirit and anxiety to possess themselves of the Enemy's guns ; they quitted the ravines and gained the glacis, driving the Enemy from their position; in effeeting which, from being close tin der the Fort, they were exposed to a very heavy fire. My thanks are due to the Hon. Maj )r-General St. John, for his spirited condua in advancing at the head of the 2d Battalion of the 23 Native Infantry, which I found it necessary to order up to ►upport the attack. Brigadier-General Clarke, in his attack on the town, met with considerable resistance, which by the gallant conduct of the officers and men under his command, was at length surmounted. I feel myself under particular obligations to Lieutenant- Colonel White, who commanded five companies of the 16th Regiment Native Infantry, for his judi cious and gallant conduft on this day. I feel myself under the greatest obligations to Lieutenant-Colonel Gerrard, Adjutant-General, who undertook to point out to Lieutenant-Colonel Mac cullock, the road he was to pursue, and I am sorry to report that in the performance of this duty, he received a very severe contusion; but I trust it will not he attended with any serious consequences. Major Thomas, of the 4th Native Infantry is, I am sorry to add, very severely wounded ; his exertions throughout this day were most meritori ous. Lieutenant Hay of the Artillery, who went with a detachment of that Corps to bring off the Enemy's guns, merits my approbation for his successful exer tions in this service. To Mr. Lucan's information and exertions on this occasion, as %veil as on every other, I feel myself mach indebted. I have the Honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most faithful humble Servant, (Signed) G. LAKE. fbad.o.arttrs, Camp hef&rt A g ra, 03. to, 1803. P. S. A List of the guns taken shalt be forwarded to. morrow. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 1803. purl IV/11am, Wl. 22, 04)3. The following Extraa of a Dispatch, received this day, is published by command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council. To Captain ARMSTRONG, Acing Military Secretary to the Governor General in Council. sTR, I had •the honour of briefly stating to you yes_ terday, for the information of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General, that the-Fort of Btrabutty had been taken by assault, by a part of the Troops under my command, direded to perform this service under the orders of Lieut. Col. Clayton of the zoth Bengal Regiment. I now have the ho nour to acquaint you, for His Excellency's infor mation, with the further details of this operation. . On the night of the rz th a spot was fixed on for a r 2-pounder battery, distant about soo yards from the outer gate of the Fort. This Battery was com pleted on the night of the t 3th and the r 2-pounder placed in it, together with 2 howitzers and a• - rounders, the whole of which opened their fire on the morning of the 14. th. By eleven o'clock in the forenoon most of the defences on the South face of the Fort against which our fire was direded were taken off, the Enemy's guns silenced, and every ap pearance promised success. Upon which I direded Lieutenant Col. Clayton to advance with one 6- pounder, and a party of Artillery men, two hundred Europeans from His Majesty's 22d, and the Madras European Regiment, and four hundred Sepoys from the 20th Bengal, and the 9th and 19th Regiments of Madras Native Infantry. The party had to pass over a narrow bridge, and under a very heavy but ill directed fire of musquetry from the Fort, to which they were exposed for forty minutes.—They at length succeeded is blowing open the wicket, (the remaining part of the gate having been fortified with thick masses of stone.) Having once accom plished this, ihe party entered singly, and although they met with considerable resistance whilst entering the Fort, and passing two other gates, the British Troops were soon completely vidorious. I cannot too highly praise the condun of I,ieut.- Cul. Clayton, and that of the Officers and Troops under his command. The whole party manifested a degree of persevering steadiness and bravery that does them infinite honour. The Fort of Barabutty is of considerable strength, and, with the exception only of the bridge over which our party passed, is inaccessible, as it is sur. rounded by a ditch from 3; to 135 feet broad, and 20 feet depth of water in it. I am happy to acquaint you, that our loss has not been considerable, but I have to report with regret, that Capt. Kenney of the 19th Regiment of Madras Inf antry , C apt . H u rlston e of Hi s Majesty's lt d Re g i ment , and Lieutenant Faithful of the Bengal Artillery, are wounded, though not dangerously ; [heir coodat was highly meritorious, as well as that of every other Officer on the storming party. Reiurni of the Killed and Wounded are inclosed, I cannot omit expressing in the strongest manner, the high sense which I entertatin of the services of Capt. Blunt, Field.Engincer, who has been through. out our Campaign, indefatigably ktive ; and of C l'r , Hetzler, of the Bengal Artillery, whose well vice. The lois of the Enemy within the Fort wai y fr , considerable, and many were drowned in the ditc h, when endeavouring to escape. CO- I should not omit mentioning, that a Stant, `A. Co lours of the Enemy . vvas taken by the Detachment His Majesty's zzd regiment, a second Stand of C a " lours by the zoth Bengal regiment, a t hitil by th e 9th Madras •Native regiment ; and a fourth by tk e , t9th Madra , Native regiment ; for the dispo sal ;' 1 which I hope to be honoured with His Excellency a CUlntilarlas. The zealous and efficient se i rCiieidf nijor of Bri gade Thlimpson, demand my warmest acknowleag' ments, and I must further beg leave to re port you for His Excellency's. information, that the ge: nerai conduer of the whole force under my comman d has been such as to m-rit the most favourablerepre sentation of their services to His Excellency's lice. I have the II ,nour to be, &c. &c. &re. (Signet) Litut -Colonel Military Secretary to His E x cellency Most Noble the Governor General. Corur G ita E nd °. in Ef in Al C t u C t ° tac ij ki aa , ldi c ", Laul Baug Tart, Cuttack, t 5, iSo3. • Total killed, Europeans 2—Natives 3. Total wound, Europeans 16—Natives I;. Officers If 7ouptdecl. grail s Capt. litirlstone, of His Majesty's 2itt Regiment ; C a Kenny, of the tat Bat. lytti Regiment 111.1ras Native • tantry ; Lieutenant Faithtul, vt the Bengal ArtillerY• GENERAL ORDERS, the Most Noble the Governot-General in Council , Ott. 22, 1803. It affords considerable satisfaction to the Governor-u g l e t of in Council to remark, that this important service • so the Fort of Barabuttv, or Cuttack) has been elletted little loss; and His Excellency trusts, that Capt. Hurl'.,:tl, of His Majesty's azd Regiment, Captain Kenny, of th e 91, Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and Lieut. Fait h ate of the Bengal Artillery, will speedily be restortei t° l oo Public Service, in which their courage and resolutio n ' already been distinguished. rk The Colours taken in the assault of the Fort of Cut" if f by the detachment of His Majesty's 22d Regiment, 14c ' a in er• to be publicly displayed in the Fort of Cuttack, and a rl wards lodged the principal building in the Fort, wi t , ote inscription, signifying the names of the Corps by vvlti c ' Standards were respectively taken from the enemy. • (1• CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINAR Y ' OCTQBER 14. LO' To His Excellency the Most Noble MarquisW ELL E S- . Governor General, &c. &‘. &c. MY LORD, Or I have the H onour to i nc l ose h erew i t h for Lordship's i n f orma tion, a Return of the for, Wounded, and Musing, in the Affair of the i° l instant. I have the Honour to be, My Lord, Your Lurdbhip's most faithful humble Servin" (Signed) G. L . I/cad Qulrters, Camp before Agra, . oei. t 2, 1803. Names of the Officer: Killed and Wooded. Artillery—Lieutenant Beagh Gram, wounded. ad Bat: 9th Regt --Lieut. a le wounded, since dead. Ist Pat. lath Regt.—Lieut. Woollet k , il wo d und L e i d e . ut. Ist B wo a ti t je ttl Regt ; 1 Ensig — n N o lad v o e r r T , 111,o.omula, wounded. Roi f ' tst Bat. iith Regt. —Lieut. Perry, wounded. otal killed, 35 —Total wounded, 179 —Missing, 15;.1ett,. (Signed) I. GERARD, Adi . „' • To Ms Excellency the Most Noble Marquis IVSL Governor General, &c. &c. &c. MY LORD, I have the satisfaaidn to inform your P r t b ! P bc i that the 4attalions who were opposed to u s /. „1 1 t• Affiir of the To instant, came over last nib and are now encamped near Their number is about 2500. ore I have reason to believe that their cump lig with my terms, was chiefly owing to the severe I °s . - ; and complete deteat they experienced in the of the loth instant. By their own account the I ` ) , c they sustained was upwards of 600 killed. 1 11211 the Honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most faithful humble Servar',l!. (Signed) G. Head Quarters, Camp before A - ifo• Agra, 08ober 13, CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDIN AO' UCTOBER -2s,' I . For William, Oi 1 • I " v ' IS , y, A Dispatch, of which the following is a e''' l 'l, c has been this day received by His ExcellencY:x, c T e o l I l e i n i s cy F tuhnea ;Most tr Noble Marquis 1 - s, s 1;07 Most Noble the Governor General, from il ls . Excellency the sLct'• Governor General, &c. &e. Sze. • . . MY LORD, I , tha t I have the pleasure to inform your Lorus"tr the' the im,)ortant Fortress of Agra, , termed lair natives The Key of Hindustan, capitu latet n liv e night, and the Garrison, consisting of between-dall and six thousand men, marched out at noon th,.', Of when the place .was immediately occupieti,.,!":,ers' Troops, under the command of Brigadier uc. Macdonald. vie" The only terms required by the 'Garrison,K coy, prole Lion to their persons and private P which was agreed to on my part. _ t ; t he I attribute the early surrender of this Place w 1 ti . cp great impression our Breaching Batrell es ' 0 00 opened yesterday morning within no Yari a is' sac, on the-walls, and which would have cause" ' ticable breach in a few hours more battering' r Caps' i To Col. Horsford of the Artillery , an`u as to Wood, of the Corps of Engineers, as vie-eel my 'every other Officer in those two Corps, 1 - j Or.' self under great obligations for their unremitte, ally prine i r ertions on this occasion,.and to which I attribute my early success against this rlzie e ', e on' I hive the pleasure to say o ur los s, since ro oo g. struttion of the Batteries, has bee n very tr,_ o loo- 1" Three European Artillery Men, and three dauz killed, are the only casualties. for d i ° A Return of the Ordnance, Scores, Sce• ,`„ r you r the Fort, I shall have the honour to forward '" Lordship's irforniation to-morrovr. My Lord , o ri ... I have the Honour to be, e sery .t„ Your Lordship's most faithful humbl i A l, G. ''' (Signed) Thad Quarters, Agra, 08. / 8, 1803. . c. „,,,„t t,,'11. . . • Return of Killed in General Wellesley's A`""1 W''' M ud of September, 1803—Lientenant-Cona), V•iaio. 19th Dragoons. Captains R. Boyle. l i • i ,:cll. C 4 tonne, A. Dyce, R. Macicod, T. 1N141% ,~•' .~''".