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poor and Bejapoor ; troops also 

 still continue to be raised in 

 Candeish. 



Copy of a Dispatcii from Captain 

 George Sydenham, Political 

 Agent in Berar; to Mr. hrlphin- 

 stone (no date); v/ith an En- 

 closure, 



Sir, — I have the honour to for- 

 ward to you a copy of Captain 

 Davis's report of a very brilliant 

 and successful attack which he 

 lately made en the insurgent horse 

 iu Candeish. 



As the ener.iy have lefi the fron- 

 tier, the troops engaged in the at- 

 tack have for the present been 

 recalled to Aurungabad. The Ri- 

 sala, Avhioh was on the way to 

 join them, has been stationed at 

 Kannur ; and the post at the Goo- 

 talla Ghaut in its front strength- 

 ened by a company of regular in- 

 fantry. My hirkarrahs are watch- 

 ing the enemy's movements ; and 

 if they should again approach the 

 frontier, the Nizam's troops will 

 be reinforced. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 George Sydenham, 

 Agent at Berar. 



Camp, April, 11. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to re- 

 port, that in pursuance of the in- 

 tention expressed in my letter to 

 your address of the 19th instant, 

 I put the infantry in motion for 

 the Gootalla Ghaut at three o'clock 

 that afternoon, following myself 

 with about COO horse at four 

 o'clock, and reached Saegaon, a 

 village belonging to Moorteeza 

 Yor Jung, about six miles from 



the foot of the Ghaut, at ten o'clock 

 at nighty where I waited one hour 

 to collect the men, whc had scat- 

 tered, owing to the badness of the 

 Ghaut. By the * patell of this 

 village 1 vras informed, that the 

 enemv had stationed mounted vi- 

 dettes at every village between 

 that place and their cam];, which 

 was about 12 coss distant; but 

 there was a road leading to it 

 through the jungle, frequented 

 only by fBrinjarries, by which I 

 might advance unobserved, and 

 he offered to conduct me- i ac- 

 cordingly mounted him on a horse, 

 and proceeding by the route he 

 pointed out, arrived at the village 

 they were reported to be encamp- 

 ed at, ten coss distant, a little after 

 dav-break, when I found that 

 they had marched from thence the 

 evening before to Gunnaispoor, 

 about two coss. 1 advanced with 

 five or six horsemen to recon- 

 noitre, leaving orders with Cap- 

 tain Pedlar to bring up the horse, 

 and desiring Captain Pedlar to 

 leave the knapsacks of the infan- 

 try in a ravine, and to follow with 

 the utmost expedition. I had ad- 

 vanced about a mile, when I dis- 

 covered one of the patrols of the 

 enemy, whom I immediately pur- 

 sued, and took two of them pri- 

 soners ; a third man escaped 

 through the jungle to the left : 

 from the two prisoners I ascer- 

 tained that the enemy had their 

 horses ready saddled, but had not 

 received any information of our 

 approach. I sent back to desire 

 Captain Pedlar to advance at a 

 brisk pace ; he overtook me in a 

 short time, and we pushed on at 



• The Patell, or Potai!, is the head man of a village, whc collecti the rents, acd hasth« 

 general superintendance of its concerns, 

 t Brinjarries collect grain for the arjay. 



a smart 



