Mijlorkal Chronicle, 



xxi 



* I (hall refer you entirely at 

 prefcnt to the accounts that 

 you will receive from the diffe- 

 rent goveri-.Tients of the details 

 of their refpedive bufinefs ; and 

 fhall only add, t\\?X the perfonal 

 attention that I have experienc- 

 ed frr»: the members of the 

 Supreme Board, and the zeal 

 which they have manifefted 

 fince I left Calcutta, in promot- 

 ing the public good, have gi- 

 ven me very particular fatisfac- 

 tion. 



' The Swallow -packet will 

 remain in readinefs to he dif- 

 patched in Auguft, or fooner 

 if it fhould be thought expedi- 

 ent ; and I (hall, by that op- 

 portunity, have the honour of 

 writing fully to you on feveral 

 of thofe (ubjeifts on which you 

 muft no doubt be anxious to 

 receive minute information. 

 i cannot, however, conclude 

 this letter, without bearing 

 moft ample teftimony to the 

 zeal and alacrity which have 

 been uniformly manifefted by 

 his Majefty's and the Compa- 

 ny's troops, in the perform- 

 ance of the various duties of 

 fatigue and danger in the 

 courfc of this campaign, and 

 a(ruring you that they are en- 

 titled to the molt diftingui(hed 

 marks of your approbation. 

 I have the honour to be, &:c. 

 CornwalLis." 

 Camp at Faiketligbertj, 7 

 jlpril 21. 179 1. y 



In another letter from Lord 

 Cornwallis to Lord Grenville, 

 Secretary of State, his Lord- 

 (hip fays : 



" You will have the fatisfadi^ 

 on to obferve, not only that our 



ftfccefs has already been confi- 

 dernble, but that we have a 

 reafonable profpecft of humbl- 

 ing Aill further a prince of 

 very uncommon ability, and of 

 boimdlefs ambition, who had 

 acquired a degree of power, ia 

 extent of territory, in wealth, 

 and in forces, that threatened 

 the Company's polTeflions in 

 the Carnatick, and thofe of all 

 his neighboui's, with imminent 

 danger.. 



' Our fuccefs at Bangalore 

 has tended to e(tabli(h, in the 

 general opinion of the natives, 

 the fuperiority of the Britifli 

 arms : and it has, in particular, 

 made fuch an impre(Iion upon 

 the minds of our allies, as will 

 contribute to induce them to 

 ufe vigorous exertions in pro- 

 fecuting the war to an honour- 

 able conclufion. 



' At prefent we can only look 

 for the fpeedy accomplilhmcnt 

 of that defireable objedt, by 

 proceeding to attack the ene- 

 my's capital, which I clearly 

 forefee will, from the near ap- 

 proach of the feafon of the pe- 

 riodical rains, and the danger 

 of a fcarcity of provifions and 

 forage for the large body of 

 troops that are to be employed, 

 be attended with many difficul- 

 ties. B'.:t having received the 

 ftrongell affurances of exertions 

 from the Chiefs of the Nizam's 

 cavalry, and the Mahrattas, I 

 am encouraged to entertaiu 

 fanguinc hopes that all obftacles 

 will give way to our efforts, 

 and that the enterprife will 

 fucceed." 



The fortrcfs of Darwar, a 

 ftrong and well fiipplied garri- 

 fon in Myfore, capitulated to 



