■2IC 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



the equivocation and duplicity of 

 these chieftains in their negotia- 

 tions with the British resident ; — and 

 wifh the critical stale of health of his 

 highness the nizara, on whose suc- 

 cession as sovereign of the Deccan, 

 it was well known these chieftains 

 had the most serious designs ; the 

 marquis Wellesley found himself 

 obliged, upon every principle of po- 

 licy and justice, to demand the se- 

 paration of the armies of the confede- 

 rates, and tlicir retreat from the fron- 

 tiers of the British allies : or, should 

 this temperate and moderate requi- 

 sition be refused, then to consider 

 them as unprovoked and dangerous 

 enemies to the general tranquillity 

 of India, as well as to the British 

 government in particular, and con- 

 sequently to employ every means 

 witliin his power for their chastise- 

 ment and humiliation. 



No sooner, therefore, had the de- 

 parture of colonel Collins from the 

 camp of Scindiah, ascertained the ter- 

 mination of the negotiation, than 

 the various measures arranged and 

 combined by the governor-general, 

 (in contemplation of such an event, ) 

 throughout the several parts of the 

 empire, and in profound secrecy for 

 the last four months, burst forth in 

 one general blaze, to the dismay and 

 confusion of the enemies of the Bri- 

 tish name, and cheering and ani- 

 mating its subjefts and allies to the 

 contest. 



The vast plan of operations, to 

 which the several armies of the Ben- 

 gal, Madras, and Bombay Esta- 

 bli'-hments were to be applied ; was 

 to commence by a general and com- 

 bined attack, as nearl_v as possible, 

 at the same time, and before the pe- 

 riodical return of the rains, on the 

 inilted arm}' of the confederates in 

 thsDewciiu; oa Perron'^ establish- 



ment in the Douab ; and on every 

 assailable point of the vast tcrrito- 

 ries of Scindia and the Berar rajah 

 in Ilindostan ; — on the plains of 

 Delhi ; amidst the mountains of the 

 Deccan, on the shores of Cutback, 

 and in the fertile province of the 

 Guzzerat, were the banners of 

 England at once to be displayed. 

 To these great and various objects, 

 therefore, four armies were held in 

 readiness to march. 



The force under the command of 

 major-general Wellesley, which had 

 occupied during the ncgociation 

 with the confederated chieftaius, an 

 advanced position in the Deccan, 

 consisted of 16,823 men, and was 

 destined to oppose the combined 

 army under the command of Scin- 

 diah, posted at Julgong, near the 

 foot of the Adjuntee Pass. This 

 army was supported by a force at 

 JMoodgul, a town about 14 marches 

 from llydrabad, situated between 

 the rivers Krisna and Tumbudra, 

 under the command of major-gen, 

 Campbell, which consisted of 4,277 

 cavalry, 820 European, and 1,9J5 

 native infantry, with its proportion 

 of ordnance; it prote6ted, ellcc- 

 tually, the dominions of the nizam, 

 as well as the possessions of the Eng- 

 lish within the Peninsula, from the 

 insult or spoliation of the southern 

 Mahratta feudatories. 



Colonel Murray, of the 8ith re- 

 giment, was placed in the command 

 of the force in the G uzerat, amount- 

 ing, in the whole to 7,352 men : 

 part of which was disposed in gar- 

 risoning Surat, Brodera, Cambay, 

 Kouah, Songhur, Purneerah, and 

 (eventually) Baroach ; one portion 

 of the remainder was stationed in 

 front of the Guickwar's capital, in 

 order to proteft his dominion : and 

 the other, of 2,094 men, took a 



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