Star.
London, England, 1801-08-31 00:00:00

z.ds‘T
,;• •

Wait IN 'a former paper we Ravi
the commencement ot a new watr in Indoflan, and
the movement of the Myfore and Bombay armies
againft the CottiOte Rajah; by the late overland
difpatehes we arc polfened of letters to the 4th nr
May, which give the following account of tlieuc*
cation and progrefs of the war to that date :
is In the year 1775 llvotß ALLY authorifed the.
Sinjah Rajalt to take potfafion of a part of Wy-
naad, which the Cottiote. Rajah had wrefied frogs'
Coorga fizty or feventy years before. Au attempt,
was made fume years after, by two young Princes,
of Coorga to retake this Aida, but they, and a
great part of their army, perithed in the enter.
prize, but the pretenfions of their family were not
relinquithed. • '

" NAGAPEN, the prefent.Rajah of Cottiote, forme
time (ince, by profeffions of friendflaip, reduced the
Coorga Rajah to Cottiote on a iffit,. when he trea-
clieroufly threw him into prifint, and compelled,
him to'purchafe his liberty by assigning to NAG*.
pia Tome very valuable dißriasi
" The Coorga Rajah was then fuffeted to re-'.
turn; and a flrong corps followed him acrofs the
Ghauts, to take poffeffion of Abe Ctded province's.
Being arrived in his country, he quickly affembled
a foperier corps, and furrounded the Cottiote de-
tachment, compelled its Leader to fign, a deed,-
not only cancelling that which had been extotted
by .NAGAPEN, but in his name relinquiffiing 211
Claims to that part of Wynaad which had been for -
fo many years the objet[ of difpute. This pro.
duced a fresh war, which, after nearly depopulat-.
ing the country, was terminated by the pritith Go.. •
yernrnent, which, at tht 'peace of Serfngapatans,
took the Coorga Rajah under it's proteCtion.
‘‘ NAG A I.E W, though roft talittir Irrigt ialue;«,
by the pretence of the Itijtilh trees on bis fro&
tiers, prepared for .War (o Coon as circtimilances
would favour its commentellont • and the mo-
ment our troops were called to the Northward by
the rebellion of Doondeah; he renewed his depre-
dations on the Coorga frontiers, and advantaged
by the abfence of the Rajah to the eastward, car.
ried deflruaion into the heart of his dominions,
putting to death many women' aifd children of his
family, deltrOying whole villages, and committing
the molt wanton and barbarous excelfes.
Td reprefsand.puniffi thefe-outrages, the My,
fore army, under the command'of Colonel Sys.
PMEI{IOII, in the beginning of januavy.laß... com-
menced its. operations. Our troops had been en- -*
gagedin numerous lkirmilhes with the enerny.but
advantaged by the nature of the country, he had
been enabled to avoid any general adion, and
haraffed and annoyed our people exceedingly.
.The main body of his • army comprifcd about
'4OOO men, fupplied with a numerous park of and-
lcry, direaed, it it Rated, by French engineers.
A division of the Bombay army was advancing.
to take them in the rear, which it was expeeted
would oblige them to•shandor, the fafineffes ss hn.h
they occupied, and from whence it would other.
wile be extremely difficult-iv dillodge them.
" The movements of Nagapen are connelted
with, and fuppofed to have inflnenced the hottiliry,
of louse others of the native powtts.—Acconnts
from Wynaad Rate, that in the h;_;.itining of Aptil,
a large body of troops, fuppofed tube in-the pay of
the Pycbe Rajah, had aflembled en die
talum, and encamped on its Isittits. A
ment o* the Britillt Souther* Army was f tb
driserlapin from this. pot-scion, but the forte pWiweih
iiutdequate to the fervice. Ottr. people attacked
with their accuftomed gallantry, hut the ince*
having brought tome heavy guns to bear on them
from an eminence, they were obliged tb retire with
lots.

t. A Caw days afler, in confcquence hf fiver*
rains, the river overflowed its banks, and obliged
the enemy to retire from his polition, when. our
troops, confiderably reinforced, rgiewed the at-
tack, routed, and purfued him up the cleauLsi
where we have ellablithed polls to übferve his fur-
ther movements.

" Amongfl the killed and wounded, three or
four Frenchmen have been discovered ; and it has
been afeertained that feverAl others have been lent
from the Mauritius, for the purpofe of exciting the
Pyche Rajah to batik,' with the Blitilh, And or-
ganising and direding his army.
Theft contelts, however, although now pro-
duelive of extreme toil, sad form lots to our p.o-
ple, muff ultimately tend to the eztenfiob of our
empire in India, now too firmly eflablidied to be
frriowily affeeled by the impotent guits of patfion
which fo freqnently agitite that hemifphere; they
have 'prevented the purpofed reduCtion of the mi-
litary etlablilhment on the lino of frontier' from
Riflery Durgam to Advigaram, and induced con-
derable reinforcements being fest thither."