Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-13
GCNECN, Sept. 10.
WAR In INDIA

the Cottio,z Rojai by h. .
overland dIratches we are poleIsd o, =
tcrs to the 4;h otMay, which gives The
lowing account Of .he occaGcn and pro. !
Of the war 70 that date -
In the year 1875, Hydsr Ally su,bl
riied rhe Smyjah kajah to take roG,El
OLA part Of Wynaad, which the Corr"
Rajah had wreitel from Coorga Gx,y
%ieyen,. years before. An attempt u
made iome years after by two you'l
princes OF Georgia 70 retake this diald
out they, ard a great part of their srrI
pcriAned in the enterprife, but the pre,ra
lions ottheir family were rot relinqrih.,
Nagapan, the prefent Rajsh of Cou]
CITE, fome time lince, by projections
friendlh;p iedrced the Coorga Raish !
Costiote on a Witt, when he trcacherousl
threw hiw into priGon, and Compelled h,
to purehaGe his liberty by aGigningto MI
gaPan fome very valuable diAritis.,
Cobrga Rajah was then fufisrea
return; and a ttrong corps followed M
acrols the Chants to take poaeGion of n
coded provinces. Being arrived in nj
country, he quickly attended afup,i1
corps, and surrounding the Co,,ic.e N
tachmens, compelled its leader to Gpp
deed, n only cancelling that which hs
been ,extorted by Nagapan, Blu, in
name, relinqnilh all claims to that par, 7
Wynaad which had been for 70 mani
years the Object Of difputc. This pra]
duced a freh war, which after nearly al
poPu'ating the country, was terminate,
by the Britilh government, which at M
peace of Seringapatam, took the CcoeI
Rajah under its protection. Il
"Nagapan, though refrained from hol
~tilities by the prelence of the Bri,iJ
forces on his frontiers, prepared fotw.l
70 ioon as circumstances would favor IN
commencement: And the moment ovl
troops were called to the northward by ,bJ
rebellion of Doondeah, he renewed his del
predations on the Coorga frontiers, and
aavantaged by the abfcnce of the Raial
to the eaitward, carried deGruHion intd
tie heart of his ~dominions, putting ID
death many women and children of lI
family, d%eiroying whole villages, and
committing the mott wanton ard barba.
rous exceGes.
" TO rcprefs, and puniih thele outrage,
The Myfore army, under the command of
col. S~tephenfon, 10 the beginning Of Janu.
airy lait, commenced its operations. Our
troops had been engaged in numerous Rir.
milhes with the enemy, bu, advantaged by
the nature of the country, he had been en-.
abled to avoid any general action, and.
Narrated and annoyed our people exceed.
ingly. The main body of his army com.
priled about 1000 men, fupplied with Z
numerous park of artillery, is directed, ID
is Rated, by French engineers. Adivii.'
on of the Bombay army was advancing TO
take them in rear, which was expected to
oblige them to abandon the faftneAes which
they occupied, and from whence it would
otherwife be extremely Difficult, /; dilodgs
them. .
TIE movements of the Nasapau are
connected with, and fuppofed to have in.
huenced the hofility of fome Others Of
the native powers. Accounts from Wy
mad fate, that in the beginning of April,
a large body Of troops, %iuppofed to be in
the pay of the Pyche Rajah, had attended,
on the Wombatalum, and encamped en- It's.
banks, Adetachment ofthe Britiih fouth-
ern army was feot to driva them from this
petition, bur the force proved inadequate
to che fervice. Our people attacked win
their uccuaomed ~gallantry, but the enemy
having brought fome heavy guns to bear
on them from an eminence, they were
obliged to retire with lofs.
"a few days after, in %conlequence Of
rains, the river overlooked It's banks
and obliged the enemy to retire from MS
petition, when our troops, conGdcrably re;
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