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INDIA.

TORT WILLIAM, MARCH 6, 1809.

The Right Honourable the Governor-:9eneral in
Council' hating received the official stivices of the
final accomplishment of the objet of the detachL
'pent lately employed in Bundelcund, under the
co'nmand of Lieutenant-Colonel Martindell, by
the surrender of the fortress of Adjey-Ghur,
deems it proper to dire& the publication of the
follrwing c, ,pies of letters from the Governor-Ge--
neral's 'Agent in Bundelcund, and froM Lieute-
nant-Colonel Martindell, to the Address of the
Adjutant-General, containing reports of the opera-
tiolis of the detachment; and at the same time, to
express the sentiments of approbation and applanse
with which his Lordship in Council-contemplates the
professional- skill, judgment, :anti-ability, displayed
by. Lietuennant-Colonel Martindell, iu regulating
the operations of the detachment; -and of the real
and exertion which have distinguished the condua
of the Officers and men-under his command.

70 N.B. EDMONSTONE, ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERN•
MENT, 1N THE SECRET AND POLITICAL CEPART-

lei ENT, FORT WILLIAM.

SIR—My dispatch, of the 21st instant, stated-,
that it was Lieutenant-Colonel Martindell's intention
to move forward to within about a cuss of Adjey-
Ghur,-the next day ; there to determine upon) and
take up, the most expedient position for the_com-
mencernent of the siege.
2d. Lieutenant-Colontl Martindell was induced
to altet iris determination, in my judgment, very
properly, from finding that a very strong post, on
a bill,. near a small village, called Rugowley; about
two miles in trout of. our camp, and a littin to the
right,' on our way to Adjey-Ghur, which was occu-
pied by -Sirdar Sing; Kass Kullani, and Adjodeo
Purshaud, a near relation of Lutchrnan Dowah, and
some of his chosen troops, had been greatly strength-
ened, and amounted to the number of 500 men, and
upwards, commanded by the above-mentioned Sir-
dars, estimated by Lutchman ,as amongst the most
attached and bravest of his adherents.
3d. Lieutenant-Colonel Martindell baying certain
intelligence of +be above, which all my information-
corroborated-, .and being aware of the danger of leav-
ing these alive and attached partisans in our rear, to
issue from their strong hold at pleasure, for the pur-
pose of cutting off our supplies, or plundering the
villages in the internal territories of Government.
• 4th. For the above reasons, and to strike terror
by a determined and decisive attack, Colonel Mar-
tindell determined on halting that day, and dislodging
the enemyyprevious to the detachment's advancing;
in which determination, as a military precaution,
rendered necessary by circumstances, I agreed with
Colonel Martindell in opinion.—Colonel Martindell,
in pursuance of his determination, proceeded him.
self, with his Staff, Brigade-Major Grant, a little
after noon, with the troops destined for the enter-
prise.
3th. Not having accompanied Col. Martindell,
and not having been aft eye-witness of the attack, I
beg leave to reit r the Right Honourable the Gover-
nor-General- in Council, -to No. I. Lieutenant-Colo-,
nel Martindell's report of the attack, to the Adju-
tapt-General, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Martin-

all has favoured me with a copy. No. IL is a list
of the casualties.

6th. The gallantry of the attack, and the perse-
verance with which it was kept up, under a deter-
mined resistance, excited by despair, .nd rendered
insurmountable by natural obstacles, could not pos-
sibly be exceeded, ei►her in officers or men.—The
casualties, I.- ich as they are to be lamented, are by
no means what might have been expected trona the
resistance, the nature of the obstacles, or the perse-
vering continuance of a close attack, upon-an enemy
shelteied behind rocks, and of the works.

7th. The loss of the rebels has beeu great; sixty
have been ascertained to have been killed, and their
bodies found ; amongst the killed, it has been as-
certained, beyond a doubt, the Sirdar Adjodeo Pur-
shaucl is one. This Sirdar was Lutchman Dowah's

near relation, a man on whom be placed great de-
pendence, and whose loss will, by all accounts,
much embarrass his affairs. At a moderate estima-
tion, nearly treble the number of wounded, com-
pared to the slain, may be reckoned ; indeed, my
intelligence from Adjey-Gbur states, that the report
made to Lutchman Dowah, was between 60 or 70
(including Adjodeo Purshaud) killed ; and 150 or
160 wounded.
Bth. The above intelligence, in which I have

faith, rnakLs the numbers of this body considerably
gfeater than mentioned in
,the foregoing part of this
letter, and states, that the intention with which
they were posted in this uncommonly atrong hold,
vas from considering the post invulnerable; that this

body, who were all chosen troops, should sally out
in our rear, when we advancud, cut off our supplies,
and spread devastation and plunder amongst our in-
ternal territories, to the interruption and luss of uur
revenues.

9th. The consequences of this gallant, and, in
my judgment,
,necessary attack, it will be obvious
to the Right Honourable the Governor-General in
Council, to have been highly beneficial, and will, I
and confident, ultimately tend to accelerate the fall
of Adjey-Girur.
loth. It would be presumption in me to mention
indivjuuals, or w point out particular instances of ex-

traorain4r) merit, where the zeal and intrepidity of
211 were eminently conspicuous. On the profes-
sional merit, and unexampled exertions of the gal-
lant parties concerned, both Officers and' men, i❑
this brave ,attack, the testimony of the Commanding
Officer is conclosive.

t th. I take the liberty of adding, before I con-
clude this letter, that I am convinced the storm of
Adjey-Ghur, or almost any fortress, could not pre-
sent the difficulties that were encountered, and in
many instances surmounted, in the attack of the
esterday ; and•l am perfetily confident, that,
tinder Colonel Martindell's military skill and ex-
perience, iris assiduous and unremitting zeal, and the
gallantry of the brave troops, under his command,
the capture of Adjey-Ghur will not prove a very dif-
ficult achievement, or be long protraCted.
I have, &c.

(Signed)
Camp at Rugowley, Jan. 23, 180 g.

J. RICHARDSON,
, A. G. G.