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London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

EXTRACT from a DISPATCH from the GOVERNOR in Cottsct,L

at B,,nll)ay to the Secret Committee, dated 24th April..

We have• the honour of transmitting to your
Honourable Committee a copy of a dispmbh from
the Honourable the Commissioner in the Deccan,
inclosiOg ti copy of a report from Brigadier,•Cie-
neral DoVeton, C. B. announcing the occupation
of the lower tort of Asset, Our, by the division
under the command of Briganier-General Sir John
iMalcoin), On its brit% evacuated by the enemy.
We have much satisfaction in accottsjothyi,i'g
this dispatch with a- copy of a letter from
.13trpt-

hTrii;i7tween the Nerbtolda anti Tapty, which
.had been bell by ono of ti,itliab's refractory Chiefs. 'I be
iiinee of the same none would appear to be a (Ott itl the do-
luioiotis of the 'Ate hajalt of Ni.gpure.

Oic fle.sinen't
the Court of DOwltit Rao Scittilia, dated the 1 I t ►
insr. repori int that the tipper fat was also ocen;:.
pied by the British troiltri fin the 9th; on the gat?
yison: tnaeehing out and Itiyiag arms

on the public parade.
We beg. leave to offer ont• warmest eongratida-
linos to your Honourable Committre,on the re 7.
(faction of this important hill re9'3 but regret at ti e
same time to observe, that the person of •the !t
Rajah of Nagpore, regarding whose• reception into
the fort no doubt can. now exist, has tiM been se-
cured. Letters which have been received at
Bombay state, that it is supposed he had been
allowed tu.escape from the fort prior to its surren
ty, and had proceeded in- wmortherly direction.

tXTRACT from a LETTER from Brigadier-General DoVETO',
C. B. to Captain STEWART, Acting Resident at the Conti.
of Scindiah., dated (;anip, before Asseergimr,-.Blst March,
1819, inclosed in a Divatch from the Ilonourabk Moto:I"-
STUART ELPHINSTfiNE, CvniiiliSsiuner in the Deccan, dated
7th of April, 1819.
I have herewith the honour of transmitting a
Copy of Sir John Malco]tu's Report of yesterday,
and of the List of NVounded of his ,Division., tei-
gether a' Copy of the Orders isstted by :me
this day. ‘.

ExTa.ve-r from a REPORT from Rrigadiir General:Sir J. MAL-
coLm, K.C.B. to,Drigmlicr-General DovGtoNp;clated Camp
near Asseerghor, 30th March. 1619. •
1 have great satisfaction in
.informin4 you, thfit
I this morning occirided with the division tinder
my eiimmand Atalaghtir, on the tower tort of
Alseer.

The enemy had been made very uncomfortable
for the last three days by my approaches to the
southward, and- par:it:11)1;1y to the occupation of;
a high peak called the Moglitil's Cap, that com
pletely cpturnands. the lower tort, and to which
1 had, with dig aid of elephants, carried op and
placed in battery, a
,brigade of s;* pounders soil_
wo small howitzers. The symptoms of alarm
I had seen. Made me observe more than I otit*4-,
wise idioold,
.when I this morning went to the
batteries at -day-light, the stillness in the lower..
lot t. I battened to my advanced post within one
hundred yards of the foot- of the beach, to the_
top of which I sent a man (lately belongiug to the
garrison,•and well acquainted with 41)e -colt) pro-
tectedby three sepoys. When lie reached the top
end looked round, be made a signal to advance
satisfied from this that I could at all events take
possession of the beach and the: heights or) its
right, I deemed it of importance not to lose a hid-
mew in doing so, and ordered Captain Esdell, who '•
commanded the posts at the Northern batteries, to '
collect his party (four handfed melt), and lading
one hundred under cover near the top of the
breach, to occupy with the remainder :he ram-
parts of Malagbur as. far s the gateway, but not
to advance .further till supported by Cwu hundred
men from the troops on duty in the pettish, and a-
party of pioneers with crow-bars .to force its gates
These I directed to join hitn,.while Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Smith was ordered to' move with
three hundred men and a. light howitzer to the
gateway to blow it open, in the event of the ene-
my trying to oppose Captain Esdell's progress.—
The party protecting tie South bat let y were or-
dered alSo to advance, and from a lodgment near
the bretich that hadl heel safected in that part of
the wall, but not to . enter the fort. unless there
was,opposit ion.

To guard against the Possibility of accident,
all the troops that had been warned for the as-
‘ilere 'directed tr) rnove to their positions.---
The rapid execution of these orders placed me in
possession of the fort in a few minutes; and the
gotemays .were burst open in little more than a
(rarer of an hour. 'The enemy appeared so tar
taken hy surprise that they did not open a heavy
fire from the tipper works till the troops were tt ell
under cover. The ire was soon tendered uncer-'
rain, and afterwards silenced byti;at which Alajor
Blair opened upon them from his different bat', e-
rieS ; owing to these circutusuances the casualties
have. been very. tew.

ORDERs by Brigadier7Gerientl-DovETON.
Head-Quarters,,llydrabad Subsidiary Force,
Cann), Asseerghur, 31st ,March, 1819.
,Tbe Brigadier-General. has: re.etved.4l rrport.
from Brigadier-General SirJohni Malcolm, C.ll.
and K.L.S., of his ,having• early yesterday morn-
ing occnpieo Malaghur, or the I,,vt er tort cat As
seer, which was intended to have been asault-
dd in the, afternoon by the Brigadier'-General's

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The promptitude and decision with which Bri-
gadier-General Sir John Alalcolm availed himsrlf
of the information which he received of the enemy
having evacuated it, is highly creditable 10 him.
The Brigadier-General having also received a
report front Lieut.-Colonel Ctosdill, the Com-
manding Officer of Artillery, of the uncommon
and incessant. labour of the whole of the troops.,
pioneers, 4c. employed in.working yarties_ht get-
ting the gni►.s into the batteries of a very steep
and most difficult ascent, fully,appreciates their
extraordinary and cl;eertul exertions, which rt:=•
fleet such distinguisl►ed credit' on 'them all, and
which he will have gicat sathfaction in bringing
to the notice of superior authority.
a. DOVETON, Brigadier-General.
List of Wounded among the Troops employed in the Peculia-
lion of the Lower Fort this morning, March 300819.
Madrab European Regiment-1 private and 4 sepoys.- .
.1. NAPIER, Assistant Adj.,-in.
J3rigtdier-General Sir J. Malcohn's

EXTRACT of- a LETTFT2 from Brigadier-General Domyr. to
Captain STEAVAaT,•Aetiag Resident at the Court of tie:N.
DIATI; -dated Camp, Aseergbar, Ii th April; 1819.

.....
M.y. dispatch .of the :7th:instant will have in,
formed yon of my breaching battery having
opened, as well as that of Brikadicr•General Sir
Joon,Malcolm from the north face, on 4he morn-
.ins of coat day. They kept up an incessant and
'well-directed fire 'on' the walls of the upper
.fort
until the fOreupon of the. Bth. On the eVenitig
of the 7th I received .a comninnication from, Si,
John Malcolm that irsivunt Rao Lar had sent
out a message, expressive of his wish to surrender
the, fortress onconditjonally, and of paying his
respects to toe, as the next .mormintl, with the
refpiest that the firing from our hattcries rusi4ht
cease. This was. complied with, and he accord-
ingly waited on me, accompanied by lirigodier-
General Sir 'John Molcohn.

I have forther ►he honour to report, fir the
information ►►f his Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor Genera, that the Lai at first made con-