The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-18 00:00:00

PICTUALLING-OFFICE,

OR. 12, t8o8:
THE COMMISSIONERS for P7CTUALLIN6
HIS 111/17ESTY'J NAVY do hereby give Notice, That on
Wednesday the 2d 01 November next, they will be ready to re..
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titles of WEST INDIA RUM as shill be demanded for the
use
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Sept. 22, ISog.
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SIXPENCE.

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TO THE EDICOR OF fug SUN.

SIR,

The gentlerhanly liberality of sentiment which.
uniformly distinguishes your Publication, induces
me to send.you an Extra& from .t he Asiatic Annual
Register, of 1803, detailed the particulars
of the cattle "of Assye, gained by the gallant Sir
Arthur Wellesley, over -the Mahratta Chieftain
ScindiA.

Independently of the interest which the Public
must take at the present moment in the article it-
self, it is more than ordinarily necessary now to
give it publicity, as it dire&ly tends to obviate the
prejudices which the gross and shameful misrepre-
sentations of that brilliant affair, in a Morning Paper
of Friday last, might tend'to create in the minds of
the ianorant
.and. unwary.
The attacks in the Paper to which we allude, on
the eharaaer 21:0 C.,,3dWq ')t the Marqnia Cesler
and his brother, flay, for augia we Know, t the.
\Vhiggism of the present day. Certain wc,' are,
however,,shat it is not that of a Hampden, a So-
mers, or a Junius, but seems rather to have Izeen
diaated by levelling malignity.

I am, Sir, -
With great respea,
Your obedient Seryant,
Allsopyßus.

" On the 21st of SeptMiber, 1803, Colonel Ste..
venson formed a junCtioe with General Wellesley,
at Badnapoor, when it was resolved that they should
again separate littd. Gil; divisions, and advance to-
wards. the enemy rby different routes. This plan
appeared to afford the best means of forcing the
Confederates" to a general aolion, which 111ey skewed
so strong a disposition to avoid. -Accordingly the
two divisions marched on the 22d : Colonel Steven-
son took the Western, and General Wellesley the
Eastern route, round the Wills between Badnapoor
and Jalna. General Wellesley reached Nanhfair on
the 23d, where informatioe was received 'of the
combined armies being encamped ahvont six miles
from the grannd w hi'h it was his intention to oc-
cupy. With it decisicevand heroic intrepidity which
few have equalled, he' at once determined to attack
them, without waiting the arrival of ColOnel Ste-
venson's dMsion. But this measure, though it could
alone have been undertaken by a gallant and daunt-
less mind, was, nevertheless, founded in the most
perfect prudence, and recommended .by that provi-
dent sagacity which materially contributd to its suc-
cess. General Wellesley foresaw, that if he waited
for,the junaion of Colonel Stevenson's division, the
Confederates would receive intelligence of its ap-
proach, and would, therefore, in conformity with
the defensive system on which they awed, \44,ithdraw
their guns and infantry in the course of the night, in
order to avoid the combined attack of the British
forces : whereas, by boldly attacking them-with his
own diVision, the. smallness of .his force, and their
consequent hopes of defeating it, would tempt them
to engage him. He accordingly moved forward to-
wards the enemy, whom he found encamped be-
tween and along the course of the rivers Kaitna and
Juah, contiguoes to the point of their confluence..
The enemy's line extended East and West along the
North bank of the river Kaitna, which is high and
rocky, and impassable.for guns, excepting at a few
places, close,:so 419. eillages. The right wing of the
enemy, which was entirely composed of cavalry,
was posted in the vicinity of Bokerdun, and extend-
ed to their line of infantry, which was covered by
the fortified village of Assye;
" The English army had marched 14 miles to
Naulnair ; and it being six miles from that'place to
Assye, it was one o'clock in the afternoon before it
came in sight of the enemy. General Wellesley's
approach was in front of the enemy's. right, but he
judiciously resolved to attack their left, where die
pins and infayaryewere posted. Accordingly, he
moved round to theteleitilank, covering his column
of infantry by the BritiShi cavalry in the rear,-and by
the Peishwah's and Mysore hoise on the -Tight flank.
Having' passed the river Kaitna at a ford beyond the
enemy's left flank, General Wellesley formed the
infantry into two lines, with the British cavalry as a
reserve in a third line, in an open space between the
Kaitna and Juah rivers, where they run nearly' pa-
rallel. The Peishwah's and Mysore cavalry occu-
pied the ground to- the Southward of the Kaitna, on
the left flank of the British army, and kept in chec%
a large body of the enemy's cavalry, which
.had 'foi-
-1 lowed its movement from the 'right of their own
position.
" The British army consisted of 4500 men, of
! whom 1800 were Europeans ; the forces of the
Confederates, actually on the.field of battle; amount-
; ed to upwards of 30,000 men ; but superior skill,
judgment, discipline,• and intrepidity, were on the
side of the English ; and these important advan-
tages more than counterbalanced the inferiority of
their number.

" The enemy had commenced a distant cannon-
ade, when they discovered General Wellesley's in-
tention to attack their*t, upon which they changed
the disposition of thtielinfantry and guns from the
line along the'NoaThqbank of the Kaitna, and ex-
tended them from that river to the village of Assye,
on the Juah river, which was on the right of the
British army. At right angles to the rear of the
enemy's first line, a second line was formed, with
its left • towards Assye, and its rear to the Juah
river, along the bank of which it extended in a
Westerly direCtion. In. this position the enemy was
attacked by the English troops, who advanced with
unshaken steadiness under a heavy and galling fire,
from a numerous -and wellserved artillery. The
English artillertv the the same time, opened a
Mire on the e!tegw,al,4;i„distance of 400 yards; but
perceiving that it, pto4tKe4 little effea on their ex-
ensive line of infantty, and finding that the field-
"pieces could not advance, owing to the number of
:nen and bullocks winch had been disabled, Gene-

ral Wellesley moved on briskly with his whole line;
leaving his artillery in the rear, and eireaed Lieut.-
Colonel Maxwell, with the British' cavalry, to cover
the right of the line as it advanced. By this spirited
movement the enemy, in.:Spite:of their tremendous
cannonade, were. soon compeelled to fail back upon
their second line, in front of -the Juah river. -The
74th Regiment, which covered the right flank of the
British line,, sustained so much loss from the fire of '
the enemy's cannon, that a body of cavalry was en-
couraged to charge it ; but the British cavalry, which
was posted on the right, charged the enemy in turn
with such resistless vigour, that several of their bat-
talions were drave into the Jilah river with prodigious
slaughter. The enemy's line broken by this charge,
and overawed, by the steady advance and calm un-
shaken belc-less of the British troops, at length gave
way in every direction ; and theßritish cavalry, led
011- by the gallant Colonel- Maxwell, crossed the
Jealt, and charged with' great effed the enemy's
broken infantry, who fled "along its banks wiilt pre-
ciniiation and dismay.
The smallness of the British force rendered it
impracticable for General Wellesley to secure all the
aavantages of his success during the heat of the
ataion.; sp that several of the enemy's guns which
had nnavoidably been left in his rear, as he pushed
forward the attack, were now turned upon the Bri-
tsh army, by several of the, enemy's artillerymen,
who had. thrown. themselves on the ground, and'
whom the English soldiers, supposing to be dead,
Itad passed unmolested. At this period of the
salon, some of the enemy's battalions, which had
retreated in order, faced about, and. returned the
charge; whilst a brisk fire was kept up on the Bri-
tish troops frOm the guns in the rear, which 'had
been thus turned against them; but theie battalions
were, after a short but spirited contest, broken and
dispersed by Colonel Maxwell, at the head of the
agth Dragoons, who gloriously fell its the onset;
and those parties of the enemy who had seized the
guns, being,at tacked by General Wellesley in person,
a...f the head' of the 78th Regiment and the 7th Bat-
talion of Sepoys, were soon compelled to abandon
them though in this opera/inn-the English suffered
some 'further loss, and the /General had his horse
shot under hint. These attacks were decisive.: the
numerous corps of the Confederates retreated in
Various directions, -in the wildest_ confusion, leaving
behind , theni, on the field of battle, upwards of
1200 slain, the surrounding _c'ountry strewed with
their wounded, and gs pieces of cannon, 7 standards,
their I,yhole camp equipage, a great number of bul-
Jocks and camels, and a large quantity of ammuni-
tion, and other military stores in possession of the
Vietors.

" The loss sustained by tlie,British army was se-
vere; but it is a source oC,proud consolation to the
country, as well as to the heroic leader of the brave
men who, fell, that they have immortalized :their
Memories, by having contributed to the achieve..
ment of a viaory marked with every feature of mili-
tary etiterprze and skill,' and produaive of political
benefits of the most substantial and lasting nature.
Tile talents displayed by General Wellesley, on this
memorable day, were of the highest order. In his
tondud were happily combined a just conception of
the character and capabilities of his enemy, as well as
of his own ; ail accurate knowledge of the strength
Of the position which they occupied; and an enter-
'prizing and daring resolution, founded on quick but
instructed judgment and rational self-confidence,
guided by scientific principles and prudent circum-
epeCtion, and kindled by a noble zeal for personal
fainti and national glory. These qualities in the.
British General; and the admirable discipline and.
Uncommim firmness of the 4500 men whom he,
cdnatnanded, enabled them to obtain this most com-
plete and decisive viaory over an army of at least
30,000 tnen, who fought with an impetuous and
even frantic' bravery, of whom 10,000 were in-
fantry, Icirnied, disciplittecti.'itnd in
.part officered by
Frenchaieti, and who were supported by the power-
ful dikb;lrge of nearly one hundred pieces of cannon,
tervecl With all the ekaEtness and much of the skill
"of the French artil!ery. When these circumstances

itee' attentively considered, and when it is, moreover,
kecolleAed that of the' English forces, 1800 only
tvere Europeans, and •that the rest were natives of

the same.clitnate, possessing much the same degree
of bodily strength, and reared for the most part in
the t:une doniestic babits and usages as the soldiers
of the Mahratta army, "it will be admitted," that a
more striliin,f instance has never been recorded in

the inilitary";:iinais''of 'the Wbrid, of the decided su-
periority .of talents,' science, and discipline, over
great physical force, and 'animal courage, partially
organized and trained.
" 0.. 'he evening of the 24th of September, Col.
Step with his division , joined General Welles-
ley, and wcs immediately dispatched in put-Suit of
the ' Several unforeseen impediment's had
prevented On: j;tin-tion at the expeeled time; but
ro blame et was imputable to Colonel Steven-
ton, '.hose roioue.i has uniformly displayed the
utmost zeal, •aoitity, and spirit." •