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a smart canter^ and in ascending- 

 a rising ground perceived the ene- 

 my drawn up to receive us, their 

 right flank protected by a strong 

 * gurhee, into which they had 

 thrown some infantry, and their 

 front covered by a -f nullali witli 

 steep banks. As they consider- 

 ably outnumbered us, being about 

 two thousand strong, and chiefly 

 armed with matchlocks, I deter- 

 mined upon instantly charging 

 them with the sabre, and accord- 

 ingly ordered the men to sling 

 their matchlocks, and advance in 

 as compact a body as tKe nature 

 of the ground, which was covered 

 with low jungle, would admit of; 

 on receiving tiiis order our line 

 advanced at full speed, every man 

 endeavouring to be first on the 

 enemy ; they fired a few shots 

 from their matchlocks as we were 

 crossing the nullah, which fortu- 

 nately passed over us without do- 

 ing any Injury. The instant we 

 got over the nullah the enemy 

 broke and fled in all directions, 

 and were pursued upwards of three 

 coss, sustaining a loss of about 

 200 men killed, besides a great 

 number of wounded : amongst 

 the latter was a person who ap- 

 peared to be a chief of conse- 

 quence, called by his own men 

 Appall Sohab, and who when 

 wovnidcd threw down his spear, 

 and being well mounted made his 

 escape. Finding the enemy by 

 this time completely dispersed, I 

 ordered the piu'suit to cease, and 

 the men to retuin to the enemy's 

 camp. 



Having been wounded during 

 the pursuit, I had dismounted to 

 tie up my aim, when I v/as in- 



* Gurhees are mud forts ; some of 

 t Nullah, 



formed that a fresh body of the 

 enemy was coming down on our 

 right : I ordered Capt. Robinson, 

 who had arrived with the infantry 

 during the pursuit, to fall in with 

 his men. I mounted, and collectmg 

 as many of the horae as I could, 

 advanced with tlie infantry in co- 

 lumn left in front, and the horse 

 formed in line on the left of the 

 infantry, about five miles, when 

 I found Risaldar Alum Alie Khan, 

 and first Jemedar Meer Suffdeer 

 Ah, had collected about 200 men 

 on the banks of a nullah, with 

 whom they kept the enemy in 

 check, by a fire fiom their match- 

 locks : the instant they saw our 

 line advancing they went off at 

 speed in a north-westerly direc- 

 tion ; and our horses being com- 

 pletely jaded by the length of the 

 march and pursuit, I considered it jj 

 useless to fo^ow them. | 



A few prisoners were taken, 

 from whom I learnt that the body 

 of horse collected, which they 

 stated to be 2000, was commanded ,[ 

 by Godajee Row, a nephew of 

 Trimbuckjec Dainglia, and that 

 Trimbuckjee himself was shortly 

 expected to join them with a large 

 reinforcement. The body of horse 

 which threatened to renew the 

 combat were said to consist of 

 500, which had !)een detached to 

 a village at some distance, with 

 about 300 of the fugitives wlio 

 had rallied. One of the prisoners 

 also stated that they had been 

 joined, the evening before, byabout 

 ITdO hoise from the southward ; 

 that a body of Arabs, from Mulle- 

 gaon, was expected in two days ; 

 and that Godajee Row Dainglia 

 had written to Setoo for assistance. 



them are surrounded with ditches, 

 a rivulet. 



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