182] . ANNUAL REGISTER, 181S. 



the Governor-General, from the 

 Camp on the Soopra, of the date 

 of Dec. 21, 1817, upon the news 

 of a battle, in which he had com- 

 pletely defeated Mulhar Row 

 Holkar by means of the first and 

 third divisions of his army. Briga- 

 dier-General Sir John Malcolm 

 was then in full pursuit of the 

 fugitives, with the greater part 

 of his cavalry. The Camp of 

 Holkar, and a number of his 

 guns, remained in possession of 

 the victors. 



Previous to this action, Lieut.- 

 Colonel Scott, commanding a 

 British detachment at Nagpore, 

 gave a defeat to a large body of 

 horse and foot of the enemy, on 

 the 26th and 27th of November. 



On the 19th of December, 

 Brigadier - Gen. Doveton, from 

 the Camp near Nagpore, address- 

 ed a report to the Adjutant-Gen. 

 for the information of the Com- 

 mander-in-Chief, relative to his 

 arrival at Nagpore after a severe 

 action with the enemy'stannon. 

 The total number of guns taken 

 from him are stated at 75, which 

 were put into the Brigadier's pos- 

 session by the Rajah after the 

 action. 



Despatches received at the 

 India-house on June 8th, con- 

 tained the following copies and 

 extracts : 



The Governor-General, who 

 dates from Camp Sonarie, Dec. 

 17, 1817, expresses the liveliest 

 satisfaction in announcing the 

 repulse and entire defeat by the 

 British troops at Nagpore, of the 

 forces of the Rajah of Berar, who 

 had attacked them without any 

 previous declaration of hostility. 

 After some account of the action, 

 it is added that reinforcements 



are on their march to Nagpore 

 from several quarters, and that a 

 considerable British force will 

 shortly be assembled there. 



Lieut. -General Hislop then 

 addresses the Governor-General 

 for the purpose of giving him a 

 particular relation of his late en- 

 gagement with Holkar, and all 

 the events of that day. A return 

 of the heavy loss with which it 

 was attended, with all the com- 

 pliments due to the several 

 officers who distinguished them- 

 selves, fill up the remainder of his 

 letter. The Mysore horse, who 

 acted with the British, and well 

 supported them, ai'e handsomely 

 spoken of. 



Brigadier-General Doveton, to 

 whom this business was finally 

 committed, writes on Dec. 30, 

 for the information of the Com- 

 mander-in-Chief, that the Arab 

 Chiefs, in tlie city of Nagpore, 

 having communicated their wil- 

 lingness to evacuate the place on 

 certain conditions, and having 

 sent out their principal Chief to 

 conduct the negotiation, the 

 whole was satisfactorily settled, 

 and the whole evacuated the 

 town at noon whilst the British 

 marched in and took possession, 

 hoisting their flag on the old 

 palace. 



By a despatch from the Gover- 

 nor in Council at Bombay to the 

 Secret Committee, dated the Hth 

 of January, 1818, it is asserted that 

 the Peishwa was at Sapar, about 

 30 miles S. E. of Poonah, moving, 

 as it was supposed, towards 

 Sattarah. The approach of 

 Brigadier-General Smith seems 

 to have led the Peishwa to pro- 

 secute his flight to the southward. 

 Another despatch from the 



same 



