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GiNGEE was in former days the refidence of a race of Mah- 

 ratta princes, who ruled from hence as far as the kingdom of 

 'Tanjof-e, and were the anceftors of the famous Sevagi, who 

 became fupreme over the whole nation of the Mabratta name. 

 It was that hero, v/ho, in 1677, took this ftrong fortrefs, and 

 added its dominions to his own. 



Still farther to the north the river Paliar falls into the fea. 

 It rifes at the foot of the eaftern Gbauts, flows through a tract 

 drenched in blood, and its waters defiled with gore. On the 

 fouthern branch ftands Aniee, a ilrong fort and town, twenty Arnee. 

 miles fouth oi Arcot. Here Clive, in 1751, totally defeated Ra^ 

 jafaheb, fon of Cbundafabeb, who after his father's death con- 

 tinued attached to the Frencb. Of the different places in this 

 tradf none fuffered the miferies of warfo feverely as Vandezua/Jy, Vakdewash. 

 a town and fort on a fmall branch of the Paliar, in 1760 in 

 polTeffion of the Englijh. Two great rivals in the nrt of v»'ar 

 were then on this ftage. Colonel Eyre Coote, and the unfortu- 

 nate Lally, who had invefted VandewaJJj. Coote inftantly marched 

 to its relief, and on January sad attacked, and obtained a molt 

 brilliant vidlory, the faving, at this period, of hidia to the Britijb 

 empire. In the action, the fnperiority of the Englt/Jy general 

 over the Frencb was molt apparent, who fled in great diforder 

 towards Pondicbeny. He left behind him prifoner M. BuJJVi 

 who, on every occafion, fliewed abilities far greater than thofe 

 of his vaunting commander. On our fide fell, mortally wound- 

 e<l, Major Brereton^ who, in the lait moment, refufed the afijif- 

 ance of his faithful foldiers, telling them to leave him to his 

 fate, and follow the glorious victory *. 



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