ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



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peaceably succeeded by his eldest 

 son. Mirza Sccunder Jahjah, as soii- 

 bahdar of the Doccan, who ascend- 

 ed the miisnud on the following 

 day. The preservation of tranquil- 

 lity at Hydrabad, at this important 

 crisis, must be ascribed, principally, 

 to tiie position of the armies of ge- 

 neral Wolicsley, and colonel Ste- 

 venson, and of the force under ge- 

 neral Campbell, at Moodgul. 



Having thus laid before our rea- 

 ders the disposition of the several 

 armies, the plan of the campaign, 

 and its ultimate objects, we shall, 

 in the following chapter, detail the 

 more a6tivc operations of the field, 

 and carry them along with us 

 through a brilliant series of events, 

 finally crowned with victory and 

 triumph. 



CHAP. 



August, 1803," amounted to 54,913 men ! Such amies set in motion nearly in the 

 same time, from so many distant parts, embracing so wide a field of operations, 

 belonging to the same power, and directed against the same enemy, were never 

 before seen in Hindostan, fully equipped for the field in the short space of four 

 months. 



