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it marched with the camp; and 

 during the last 24 hours it actually 

 marched 41 miles, not including 

 the pursuit. 



In concluding, 1 beg you will 

 excuse the pjx)lixity of this report, 

 and have the honour to remain. 

 Sir, j'our most obedient servant, 

 H. Smith, 

 Major 14th, 

 Commanding detachment. 



Camp, Soonie, April 19. 



Sir, — I have the honour to re- 

 port, that since my letter of yes- 

 terday's date, I received informa- 

 tion that the body of horse, who 

 were attacked on the morning of 

 the 17 th, fled in such haste imme- 

 diately after that affair, that they 

 crossed the Godavery in the direc- 

 tion of Nassuck. I consequently 

 deemed any furtlier pursuit of little 

 use, and accordingly left Patlre, 

 and arrived here yesterday. 



I have the honour further to 

 mention, that the miraber of killed 

 and wounded found on the ground, 

 and the neighbourhood of i'attre, 

 has been ascertained to have ex- 

 ceeded 70 ; and presume, from 

 the nature of the attack, that 

 many of those who fled must have 

 been wounded also. 



I have the honoui- to be, &c. 

 H. Smith, 

 Major, 14th Regt. 

 Commanding detachment. 

 Colonel Lionel Smith. 



Extract of a Despatch from Mr. 

 Elpliinstone to the Governor- Ge- 

 neral, dated April 16. 



The body of Trimbuckjee's horse 

 that was pursued by Col. Smith, 

 crossed the Neera, at a place to 

 the south-west of Baramatty, and 



the Beema at Coomargong ; some 

 parties and many individuals se- 

 parated from them about this 

 place and beyond it, apparently 

 with the intention of returning to 

 their own country. This reduced 

 the party from 4,000 to 3,000, 

 during the period they were closely 

 pursued by Major Smith, of the 

 14th regiment Madras Native In- 

 fantry, whom Colonel Wilson had 

 detached from the reserve to march 

 to the south of Beema : Major 

 Smith came up with the enemy on 

 the Paiza, after the admirable 

 march which has already been re- 

 ported to your Excellency, and 

 beat him up at Patra, as recounted 

 to your Excellency in the same 

 despatch. This occasioned fresh 

 desertions to a great extent ; many 

 of the fugitives came back to Poo- 

 nah, and the body was now re- 

 duced to "2000. This body was 

 taken up by Colonel Milnes on the 

 Godavery, as reported in his des- 

 patch* of the 19th, transmitted to 

 Mr. Adain, and pursued down the 

 Rajapoor Ghaut into Candeish, by 

 a detachment of 300 men under 

 the command of Capt. Swayne, of 

 the 13th regiment Madras Native 

 Infantry ; at this place they were 

 taken up by the Mnchookur, whose 

 own account of his proceeding I 

 have the honour to enclose. He 

 states himself to have taken many 

 horses, but does not mention any 

 loss on either side. During the 

 period of this pursuit, the body of 

 freebooters that had been forming 

 in Candeish was defeated by Capt. 

 Davies. On first receiving au- 

 thentic intelligence of the com- 

 mencement of this part of the in- 



* Not receired. 



surrection, 



