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he fortified, town belonging to 

 which, was, ou the same day, at- 

 tacked and carried by escalade. On 

 the 10th, batteries were opened 

 against the fort, and, on the 12th, 

 it surrendered at discretion. The 

 possession of this fortress at once 

 secured the communication with 

 Poonah, and afl'orded a depot for 

 supplies of provisions and military 

 stores. Immediately xipon its cap- 

 ture, general Welleslcy proceeded 

 to take possession of the distri6ts 

 dependant thereon, yielding an es- 

 timated annual revenue of 634,000 

 rupees, and placed them under the 

 management of a British officer. 

 General Wellesley then put a re- 

 spectable garrison into Ahmednug- 

 hur, and moved towards the Go- 

 davery river, Avhich he crossed on 

 the 24th of August. On the 29th, 

 he arrived at Aurungabad, 



In the mean time, the confederates 

 had entered the territories of the 

 nizam, by the Adjuntee Pass, with 

 a large body of cavalry, having 

 passed between colonel Stevenson's 

 corps (wiiich had moved eastward 

 towards the Badowly Ghaut) and 

 Aurungabad, and reached, nnmo- 

 lested, a small fort called Jalna- 

 pore, the capital of a distrirt of the 

 same name, about forty miles east 

 of Aurungabad ; but they no sooner 

 heard of general Wellesley having 

 entered that city, than they imme- 

 diately advanced to the southward 

 and eastward, with the intention, as 

 it was believed, of crossing the river 

 Godavery, and advancing to Hydra- 

 bad. In this project, however, the 

 enemy was frustrated by the judi- 

 cious movements of general Wei- 

 leslcy, who continued to proceed 

 to the eastward, along its left bank, 

 ■which measure obliged him to return 

 to JaluaporCj aiidaifordcd the Bri- 



tish commander means to cover two 

 valuable convoys in the road to the 

 army, from Rloodgul. 



Diiring these operations, colonel 

 Stevenson returned from the east- 

 ward on the 1st of September, and 

 the next day attacked and stormed 

 tlie fort of Jalnapore, from whence 

 the enemy had previously retired to 

 the northward. For several suc- 

 cessive days, this officer endeavouFed 

 to force the confederates to a general 

 adtion, but without success. His 

 spirit and activity were, however, 

 amply rewarded on the ninth, in 

 the night of which he succeeded in 

 surprising and beating np their 

 camp. 



The united chieftains now de- 

 termined on a change in their 

 operations, and moved northward 

 towards the Adjuntee Pass, near 

 Avhich tliey were joined by a de- 

 tachment of regular infantry, under 

 the command of M. I'ohlraan, and 

 of M. Dupont, consisting of 16 bat- 

 talions, with a large and well-equip- 

 ped artillery, in the whole amount- 

 ing to 10,400 men. The whole of 

 their force was now concentrated 

 between Bokerdiin and Jaffierabad. 



On the 21st of September, the 

 divisions under general Wellesley, 

 and colonel Stevenson, being united 

 at Budnapore, it was determini'd 

 that they should move, separately, 

 towards (he enemy, and attack him 

 on the morning of the 24th : with 

 this view, the two corps marched 

 on the 22d, colonel Stevenson by 

 the western route, and general NVel- 

 lesley by that of the east, round 

 the hills between Budnapore and 

 Jalna. Early on the morning of 

 the 23d, the latter division reached 

 Naulnair, at which place intelli- 

 gence was received, that the com- 

 bined force of Scindia and Bhoonsla 



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