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to Nls txcattirscr THE MOST WORMS MARQUIS WEL.
GOVIRSIOR-GINIR•Ls &C. Sec.
Head quarters, Camp at Aligunge, Nov. :6, An,
SS My Lord.—l have the honour to inform your
Lordthip of my arrival at this place.—Jefwunt Rao
1-loivar, according to every information, has proceed-
ed eft to Futtehghur. I have only halted here to re-
froth my men and horfes, and (hall move again early
this night with the cavalry to Futtehghur, diflant
from hence about thirty-two miles, and Mall reach it
about day-light in the mor.ting, time enough, I truft,
to prevent his making any irnpreffinn on the town of
Fnrruckabad, or doing any confiderable damage to
the cantritments. I have the honour to be, my Lord,
your Lordfhip's moll faithful bumble fervanr,
(Signed " G. LARS."
err HIS szerttioser THE MOST WOOLS MARL I 5 wit-
!Astir, uovralloit•GraritAi., &C. ice.
• Head•quarters„ Furruckihad, Nov. r 7, 1804.
"My Lord-1 have the honour to inform your
Lordthip, that, in porfuance of my intentions, eapref-
fed in my difpatch of yeflet day', date. I reached this
place this morning, with the cavalry,before day-bleak,
after a march of upwards of thirty font miles. The
enemy occupied a pofirion clofe under the walls of
Furruckabad, and I completely fucceeded in furprif-
ing them. The crinfequence has been, that vaft num-
bers of their men and hurfes have been deftroyed, and
the whole cattle and baggage taken, which they pof-
feffed. Jefwunt Rao Ho.kar efcaped by an early
flight, but his troops, in the greatta contemn, were
purfued, and every where cut to pieces by my caval-
ry. lam happy to add, that we have fultained very
little lots. either in men or !tonics. I have not time,
at the prefent moment, to exprefs the latisfaftion I
have derived from the good condo.% of all the corps
engaged, but I flail have the honour of forwarding
to your Lordlitip my fentiments on this fubjeft as loon
as pi,ffthle. I have the honour to he, my Lord, your
Lordthip's utoft faithful humble fel vant, "a. Wis.!'
An authentic letter received from an Officer of
rank, in the camp of the Commander in Chief, gives
the following account :—" After a march of thirty-
four miles, this morning we reached the enemy's
camp before day break, and completely furprized
him. We gave them firft feveral difcharges of grape
from the horfe artillery, and then his Majefly's 8:h
dragoons moved on upon them, and great havock
turned. So complete was the furprize, that many of
their horfes were remaining at their pickets, when the
Bth got in among them. I was with the Bth all day,
and I allure you their execution was molt eenfidera-
ble, and the enemy's lots mull have been enormous.
the whole plain was covered with themfelves and
horfes. Our marching for thefe ball feventeen days
has been very great. This day our hunks went up-
wards of fifty miles."
MADRAS, JAIL 4.—A1l the 'hips are arrived at
Bengal from Europe, and it is intended that both
the Bengal and Madras fleets than tail iu February
under Admiral &atom.
The following is a statement of the arrivals :
AT CALCUTTA. Dec. 1, Sovereign
Woe. 29, Lady Barges Dec. it, 'Tottenham
Dover Cattle lord Eldon
Dee. ~ United Xingdom Dec. es, Copenhagen, Smith,
Duke of Montrofe from Copenhagen,
Worcefter AT MADRAS.
1-lawkdbury Dee to. lu• inionen
A irley Cattle Dec. z 6, Marquis of Exeter
Baring A fia
Alexander Dec. 17, Marquis Wellefley,
Monarch from Penang.
BOMBAY, Jaw. T 7. AdMitAl Ramer( having
fallen in with an American fhip from Batavia, from
which he received advice of Admiral HARTSIHCK
being at Ourooft with four fail of the line, two frigates
and a corvette, became apprehenfive for the fafety of
our returning fleet of Company's and private (hips
from Canton. He failed in the beginning of hitt
month from Penang fir the Straits of Sincapure, there
to cruize for them and convoy them to Ceylon, where
they will be joined by fix regular and fit extra Mips
from Calcutta, and by the Carlo, St. Vincent, Walt-
hamllow, and Experiment, from this port. From
Ceylon the Admiral will convoy this valuable fleet
to England, and I judge will fail the beginning of
March.
JAN. 19.—Yefterda.y anchored in the harbour, un-
der a falute from the battery, his Majelly's (Lip TSR
s tcmon e, Captain Barn VEST, together with his prize,
the Elizabeth, a valuable Dutch Ealt Indiaman.
JAN. 20.—Our letters from Calcutta, to the 24th
of December, mention, that General LARS was in-
yelling the Orong fortrefs of Derg, tinder the walls of
which Holkar was encamped with his army ; the fall
of that place was shortly expelled.
CALCUTTA GAZ FrrE.
Fort William, Dee. 6, 1804.
TO COLONEL CLOSE, RESIDENT at POONA 4.
Sir-1 have the pleafure to acquaint you. that this day the Bri-
till troops under my command obtained poffertion of the fort of
Galna. In my difpateb of the 12th init. I informed you ache fall
of Chandore. The fort of Dboorb having been on the 14th loft.
Surrendered tog detachment from my force, and the forts of An •
chelia, Jeewunta, and feveral other kffer polls on the fame range
of hills, having been evacuated by the enemy's troops, and taSen
poffeffion of by the Peithwes, 1 was enabled to move on the 1701
MIL from Chandore, in which place I left a fuLfueient garrilort.
I arrivccl before Gahm on the 2111, and took pofilifion of the
Pettals on the following morning, without meeting with much op.
patina. During the night of the 2,3 d 1 erected an eight gun bat •
tory on the north fide of the fort. which appeared to me the molt
affailable ; at nine o'clock of the morning of the asth, two prac-
ticable breaches, within a wort dillance of each other, were made
in the walls of the fort, and my Rorming parties were on the point
of adv tieing, when the garrifon fent to use to intimate their with
of furrendering the place.
The terms were quickly agreed upon. I permitted them to
mar. h out with their arms and private property, on condition of
my being put in poireffion of the principal gate, early this morning.
Thole terms have been adhered to. The garrifon confuted of about
re fighting men. The fort of Galna Rinds upon a fipgle hill.
which is not very high, but is Beep and rocky. It is fortified all
around on the rettah, or catkin fide, where the bill is molt flam-
ing, by three and two walls, the ruafonry of which is good. The
afcents of the breaches made by my battery were rather fteep ; I
however, have no doubt but that the ftorming parties would have
gained them.
Ths corine! of the officers and men employed under my com-
mand, on this fervice, merits as high an encomium as I can be.
Row; in all, i have oblirved the molt zealous and anxious
to forward the public fervice —and f am particularly indebted to
the affiftanee I received from Lieutenant Colonels Colman and
Yung, Brigadiers commanding in the trenches—from Captain
commanding the artilbsy—from Captain Johnfan, oldie
engineers—and from Captain Barclay, o' the pioneers
My lofs, during the fiege, ha: been trifling. Ni officer has,
believe, been wounded. Returns of any cafualiti-1 which may
have occurred, mall hereafter be tranfruirted ; as alfo returns at
the military :texts and grain found Lo the fort. !have the honour
ro be, See. (Signed) W. WALLACE, kicut. Cob
Camp a-. Galna, October 26,1804.