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same body to the Secret Com- 

 mittee, dated the 23rd of January, 

 gives a letter from the first 

 Assistant to the Political Agent 

 of the Governor-General, dated 

 Mundissoor, signifying that the 

 victory over Mulhar Row Holkar 

 brought about a treaty between 

 that potentate and the British 

 government, relieving the latter 

 from the anarchy which has 

 lately prevailed in that state ; and 

 also that all the Pindarries have 

 been driven into one quarter, and 

 are now in the vicinity of Johud. 



A letter from Major-General 

 Sir W. G. Keir to the Adjutant- 

 General, dated Camp, Dewdah, 

 January 10, was sent for the in- 

 formation of the Commander-in- 

 Chief, which informed him, that 

 the division under his command 

 was detached by Sir Thomas 

 Hislop for the purpose of attack- 

 ing a Pindarry chief who had en- 

 camped in the neighbourhood of 

 Johud. Sir W. G. Keir moved 

 towards the spot, and heard of 

 the fugitives at a considerable 

 distance. At length he was in- 

 formed on the 7 th that a large 

 body of the enemy were atDhiruh, 

 eight miles south of Sodree, with 

 their baggage and families. He 

 got within sight of Dhiruh on the 

 next morning, bat found to his 

 great disappointment, that the 

 enemy had decamped on the 

 preceding da}' on hearing of the 

 approach of the Bombay division 

 of the army, leaving their guns, 

 and a considerable quantity of 

 baggage to follow them across 

 the hills. 



The last reports at Bombay 

 from the Major- Gen. on the 21st 

 and 26th of January, mention that 

 he had succeeded in surprising a 



body of Pindarries at the village 

 of Mundassee near Veera. The 

 same authority also speaks of a 

 letter from Lieut.- Colonel Mac- 

 morine to the Resident, in which 

 he reports the entire defeat of a 

 body of the Rajah's troops at 

 Sreenuggur, by the detachment 

 under his command. 



A letter from Brigadier -Geo. 

 Lionel Smith, to the Hon. Mount- 

 Stuart Elphinstone, Resident at 

 the court of the Peishwa, com- 

 municates some curious intelli- 

 gence respecting that sovereign. 

 It is dated Camp, Kurkumb, 

 Feb. 21. The enemy having on 

 their route turned upon Kurkumb 

 were pursued thither, when it 

 was learned that the Peishwa, 

 had encamped the preceding 

 evening near Ashta. General 

 Smith pursued, and about half 

 past eight on the morning of the 

 20th had the satisfaction of hear- 

 ing their drums beating below a 

 hill which concealed them from 

 view. On their descent from the 

 hill, the enemy descried them, 

 and Goklah took the resolution of 

 risking an action. It was main- 

 tained on both sides with great 

 spirit ; but after much difficulty, 

 the dragoons and horse artillery 

 succeded in making a fair charge, 

 in which Goklah, the chief of the 

 Mahratta army, , fell fighting 

 bravely to the last. The whole 

 were now broken and pursued, 

 and our troops were soon brought 

 upon the enemy's baggage and 

 followers. The Peishwa aban- 

 doned his palanquin early, and 

 took to horse, but our men were 

 unable through fatigue to pur- 

 sue. Twelve elephants, fifty- 

 seven camels, several palanquins, 

 and a fiew horses, fell into our 



hands. 



