CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Affairs of India. — Retrospect. — Character of Holkar.—Hls refractory and 

 contumacious Bthaviour. — Hogfi/e J'icws toicards the British Government 

 — Acts of Aggresf'ion on his Part — Meditated Treachery — Secret Intrigues 

 vii/h Sciiidiah — Discovered. Pacific Overtures made to him — Unaccepted, 

 and xchu — Jcftial Host Hit ie'^ commenced by him.— The Jeijnaghur Territo- 

 ry plundered. — Moderation of the Governor-General towards Holkar 

 throughout the Whole of this Vcriod. ^-Nature and Conditions of the 

 Treat fi proposed to the latter. — His extravagant Demands in Consequence 

 —Tiiially rejccfed.f—Hnl/car refuses to withdraic his Forces. — Fresh Pro- 

 positions of Peace. — Insolent Letter of Holkar to Major-General Wellesley. 

 — Impossibility of conciliatorij Measures being confirmed — a7?d War re- 

 solvednpon. — General f'ieu oj the mild and lenient Conduct of the Governor- 

 General in these Proceeding's — and its probable Effect upon the native 

 Princes of India. — Disposition of Hie British Forces in India at the Com- 

 mencement of the War icith Holkar. ipb' 



CHAP. XVII. 



.Affairs of India Continued. — Disposition of the British Force. — Outline of 

 the Campaign against Holkar. — Reduction of the Fortress of Chandore, 

 by General Jl'ellesley. — Able Conduct nf Lord Lake. — Signal Victoria 

 gained by General Fraser. — His Death — And Eulogy. — Extraordinary 

 rapid Movements of tiie Force under Lord Lake. — Surprise of the whole of 

 the Enetny's Cavalry, under Ilutkar himself — And complete Victory over ' 

 them. — Destruction of Holkar' s Force — And his dijjicult Escape. — Un- 

 €.vpccted Protraction of the War. — Treachery of the llajah (f Bhurtpore. 

 — His Dtfectio7i from the Company — Unexpected, and why. — His open 

 Union with Holkar — To whom he becomes the sole Support. — Continued 

 Operations of Lord Lake — Whose brilliant Victories are, at length, 

 crowned with entire Success — Reduction of Holkar — And Submission of 

 the Rajah of Bhurtpore.— Reflections upon the military Operations of the 

 Campaign. — Ileoric Conduct of the British Cowmai'ding Ojicers aud 

 Army — To which Efficiency is given by the able Government of the Mar. 

 (fuis IVeilesley. — Result of these Operations — And their future probable 

 Consequences — IVifh respect to India — And to Great Britain. — General 

 Conclusion. — State of the Company's Alliances in Iit^iia. — Uighli/ satisfac- 

 tory — And owing to what Causes. — Return of the Marquis JVellcsley to 

 Europe — Some Ob.\ervations thereon — And upon the Appointment of his 

 Successor as Governor General. — Real State of that Transaction. — Un~ 

 founded Assert i(ms respecting the recall of the Marquis IVcllesley — Motives 

 for his protracted Return. — Highly honourable to Im Lordship. — Hosti- 

 liti) of the Court of Directors, manifested about this Period, to the Marquis 

 Wellesley^ s Administration. — Arrival of the Marquis Cormzallis in India- 

 < — And Departure of the Marquis JFeUesley for Europe. — Address of the 

 Inhabitants of Calcutta to the latter. — Misrepresentations upon that 

 Subject, icecti/ied. — General View of the State of' the British Indian Empire, 

 at the Period of the Marquis JPellesley's Departure. — Its Nourishing Con- 

 dition to be ascribed solely to the wisa and able Government of that Noble- 

 man. — The Subject concluded. > ^36 



