Star.
London, England, 1818-07-17 00:00:00

CGpy.of a Report from Major-peneral Sir W. C. Ken, to the

Adjutant-General, datt:d Camp, bewdah, January le.

SIR—I have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief, that on.the 3d instant the division under my
command was detached by his Excellency Sir Tho-
mas Hislop, for the purpose of attacking a Pindarry
Chief, who had encamped in, the neighbourhood at
Maid (1); on the sth in:t. I received informadon of
the enemy having moved towards Buna Sodtee, a
village about SO miles from Johud, in a westerly di-
rection, and immediately turned off the road to that
place in the hope of overtaking the freeboceers.—
Contradictory report,., however, prevented my pro-
secuting my route with any effect till the 7th, when
I received intelligence that a large body of the ene-
my were at Dhirah, a village eight miles south-east
of Sodree, with their baggage an 3 families. I set
out from camp at eleven o'clock that night, with the
17th Light Dragoons, six compari: s of the 47th
Regiment, and about 800 of the Mysore' orse, but
did not succeed in getting within .fight of Dhirah till
nine o'clock the next morning, on account cf the
badness of the roads, and the distance being greater
than I expecte.d ; to my great disappointment,, how-
ever, I found the enemy had decamped en the pre-.
ceding day on hearing of the alsproach of the Boni-
bay division of the army, and fled in tEe direction of
Oudypoor, leaving their guns and a considerable
quantity of baggage to follow them across the bills.
Five guns and some baggage have fallen_ into our
hands, and, although it is much to be regretted that
the rapidity of the enemy*: Eight has saved him from
destruction, it is satisfactory to reflect that the loss
he has sustained will materially injure him in the
eyes of his followers, and tend considcrabl7 to the
dissolution cf the only remaining body of his adho-
rents.—l have, &c. (Signed)
W. GRANT Fein, Major-General.
'enclosed in the dispatch of Sir Thomas Maur is the Getter:l
Order which hi. issued on the victory obtained by Lieutenant
Colonel Score. It is fisted Gunny, Dee. 14th. Ic recapitu-
lating the events of the action, Sir Thomas says:
" The severe loss in killed and wounded is a sub-
ject of deep regret; but it will be a considerable
consolation to the relations and ti lends of those brave
men who have fallen, to remember that they have
died in the most devoted and honourable struggle
for the interests of their country, and the glory of
her arms, and that their memory will be handed
down to posterity with honour and grateful respect.
4, The sufferings of the families of the naive corps
during. the action were unavoidably great ; and
many, it is feared, have perished from their exposed.
situation, and the inveterate cruelty of the enemy--
The Commander-in-Chief deeply deplores this me-
lancholy event, and assures the native army, that the
widows and orphans left destitute shall have his im-
mediate attention and consideration ; and that be
will recommend them in the strongest terms to the
generous protection of Government, which is ever
watchful to reward merit, and relieve the wants and
distresses of its faithful soldiers."

Este ct from a Dispatch from the Governor In Couni! at
Bombay to the Secret Committet% d:tcd Feb. IP.

By the last accounts from Major-General Sir W.
Keir, dated the 21st and 266 i January, he has ap-
prised us that he had succeeded in complete y sur-
prising a body of Pitidarries at the village of Mut-
dapee, near Veera. • The loss on the part of the
Pindaiiies appears to have been about 100 men, and
such of them as escaped seem' to have fled with great
precipitation. One sepoy only was wounded on the-
occasion.
We have the pleasure of acquainting 7our Honour-
able Committee, that since the.dat.p of our last letter,
the Forts of Ouche..gar Sungher, Pence and 13co-
rup-(2), have rarrendered to the force in the Conean,
under the cemmitbd of Lieutenant-Colonel Brother,
without any loss having been sustained by his At-
tachment ; and that the Yen of Muddinghur, lying •
between Severndroog and Baucoote, has been eap-
tured by a small force under the command of. Lira:.
' Colonel Kennedy, stationed at Severndroog.
P. S. Since the above letter was closed, we have
rettived a letter front Lieutettiat-Colonel Macmorine,
commanding Ist brigade N.,.—pore subsidiary force,
to the Resident, dated 6th January, reporting Ake
entire defeat of a body of the Rajah s troops at Stet-
nuggur (3) by the detachment under his commautd.
Lite report which follows contains the particulars
(1) Marked upon Arrowsmith's large map, about 50 tuna is
a oil-cotton S.E. from Oudypoor.
(a) These places are situated in the Conant, mouth of Basal s;,
andir, the vicinity of the road betweea Scutbay_and-PoopA.
, (a) Situate upon the southern balk cf tips Ferba44o, accost
1 40 tittles to the eastward cf ilaostlaiiatr.4.