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the part of the assailants ; that of 

 the enemy was nearly 600 in killed 

 and wounded. Together with the 

 town and fort of Baroacli, the cap- 

 tors obtained possession of the dis- 

 tri6l of that name, which yields an 

 annual revenue of eleven lacks of 

 rupees. After this important scr- 

 Ticc, colonel Woodington proceed- 

 ed to reduce the distritl of Cham- 

 paneer, the only territory remain- 

 ing to Scindiah in the province. Lit- 

 tle difficulty ensued in the aceom- 

 plishment of this design, and the 

 judgment, spirit, and courage dis- 

 played by the Bombay army in the 

 Guzerat, at the same time that it 

 bereft the enemy of the whole of his 

 possessions in that province, reflect- 

 ed the highest honour oh its state 

 of discipline, and its gallant leader. 

 Nor was the progress of the Bri- 

 tish arms in the province of Cut- 

 tack less distinguished by merit or 

 success. The total number of 

 troops destined for the reduction of 

 this province, amounted to 4916 

 men, of which number 3041 formed 

 the main body, which was to ad- 

 vance from Garijam, under the com- 

 mand of lieut.-col. Harcourt, of the 

 12th regiment of foot, and who 

 was appointed to the generalcom- 

 mand (jf all the forces employed up- 

 on this service, (colonel Campbell, 

 for whom it was originally designed, 

 being incapacitated by illness from 

 assuming it.) Five hundred Bengal 

 native volunteers were on their way^ 

 tinder captain Dick, to reinforce 

 colonel Harcourt. A second de- 

 tachment of 521 native volunteers, 

 four field pieces, and a proportion 

 of artillery-men and stores, were to 

 embark from Calcutta, under cap- 

 tain Morgan, on the 13th of Sep- 

 tember, and to occupy Balasore, a 

 place belonging to the rajali of 



Berar, situated on the coast of the 

 bay of that name, and distant about 

 25 miles from the river Subanreeka, 

 which forms in that quarter the 

 barrier between the British terri- 

 tories and the province of Cuttack. 

 Eight hundred and fifty four men 

 were placed under the command of 

 lieut.-col. Ferguson, at Jelasorc, 

 a town situated on the English side 

 of the Subanreeka, 20 miles from 

 the sea ; and was designed to form 

 a junction with the force at Bala- 

 sore, when the state of the interme- 

 diate country, and the progress of 

 the main division from Ganjam, 

 should afford a favourable oppor- 

 tunity; and 1300, of which 800 

 were Sepoys, and 500 Bengal na- 

 tive volunteers, remained at Mid- 

 napore, a military station in the 

 British dominions, 45 miles north 

 of Balasore, to sui)ply the troops 

 at Balasore and Jeiasore, and at 

 the same time to protect the com- 

 pany's territories against the incur- 

 sions of tlic rajah of Berar's preda- 

 tory cavalry. 



On the 14th of September, the 

 troops under the command of colo- 

 nel Harcourt, took possession of 

 Munickpatam, atownin theBlioon- 

 sla's territory, and on the 18tli, 

 encamped at Jaggernant, where the 

 Bramins of the celebrated pagoda at 

 that place, put it und(^r British pro, 

 tcction. After leaving .rasgernaut, 

 colonel Harcourt received Httle mo- 

 lestation ou liis rout, from the ene- 

 my's troops, and he took possession 

 of Cuttack without any ap]3osition. 

 The delacivment under capt. Morgan 

 was equally successful at Balasore 

 and Sooring, a post 20 miles to the 

 southward of that town, both 

 places being taken possession of 

 with little or no loss, on the 21st of 

 Septcmberj and the ist of October. 



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