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Published by command of his 
Excellency the most noble the 
governor general in council. 
J. Lumsden, 
Chief sec. to the govt, 
Fort William, Oét. 30, 1803. 
Dispatches, of which the following 
are Hutracts, have been received 
this Day by his Excellency the 
- Most Noble the Governor General, 
from the Hon. Major General 
Wellesley. 
Camp at Assye, Sept. 24, 
My lord, 1803. 
I was joined by major Hil), with 
the last of the convoys expected 
from the river Kistna on the 1$th, 
and, on the 20th, was enabled to 
move forward towards the enemy, 
who had been joined in the course 
of the last seven or eight ‘days by 
the infantry under col. Pohlman, by 
that belonging to Beguin Sumroo, 
and by another brigade of infantry, 
the name of whose commander | 
have not yet ascertained. The ene- 
amy’s army was collected about Bo- 
Kerdun, and between that place and 
Jaflierabad. 
J was near colonel Stevenson’s 
corps on the 2ist, and had a con- 
ference with that officer, in which 
we concerted a plan to attack the 
enemy’s army with the divisions 
under, our command on the 24th in 
the morning, and we marched on 
the 22d, col. Stephenson by the 
western route, and I by the eastern 
route, round the hills. between Bud- 
napur and Jalna, 
On the 23d L arrived at Naul- 
niah, and there received areport that 
Scindiah and the rajah of Berar had 
moved off in the morning with their 
cavalry, and that the infantry were 
about to follow, but were still in 
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camp at the distance of about six 
miles from the ground on which 
had intended to encamp. It was 
obvious that the attack was no 
longer to be delayed; and, having 
provided for the security of my 
baggage and stores at Naulniah, L 
marched on to attack the enemy. 
J tound the whole combined army: 
of Scindiah and the rajah of Berar 
encamped on the bank of the Kaitna 
river, nearly on the ground which I 
had been informed that they oecu- 
pied. Their right, which consisted 
entirely of cavalry, was about Bo- 
kerdun, and extended to their corps 
of infantry, whieh were encamped 
im the neighbourhood of Assye. 
Although I came first in front of 
their right, I determined to attack 
their left; as the defeat of their 
corps of infantry was most likely: 
to be effectual: accordingly Ef 
marched round to their left flank, 
covering the march of the column of 
infantry by the British cavalry in 
the rear, and by the Marhatta and 
Mysore cavalry on the right flank. 
We passed the river Kaitna at a 
ford heyond the enemy’s left flank, 
and | formed the infantry immedi- 
ately in two lines, with the British 
cavalry, as a reserve, in a third, in 
an open space between that river 
and a nullah running parallel to it. 
The Marhatta and Mysore cavalry 
occupied the ground beyond the 
Kaitna on our left flank, and kept 
in check a large body of the ene- 
my’s cavalry, which had followed 
our march from the right of their 
own. position. 
‘Lhe enemy had altered. the po- 
sition of their infantry previous to 
our attack ; if was no longer, as at _ 
first, along the Kaitna; but extend. 
ed from that river, across to the vil- 
lage of Assye, upon the nullah which 
was 
