104 
HINDOOS T A N. 
Having provided for the fecurity of the baggage and 
ftcres, general Wellefley moved on towards the army of 
the confederates, which he found encamped between and 
along the courle of the two rivers ICaitna and Juab, 
towards their junction. Their line extended eaft and 
wed: along the north bank of the Kaitna, which was lleep 
and rocky, and impafl'able for guns, excepting clofe to 
the villages. Their right, entirely of cavalry, was polled 
near Bokerdun, and extended quite to their infantry, 
encamped in the neighbourhood of the fortified village 
ot AJfyc. The Britilh army had marched fourteen miles 
to Naulnair; thence to the enemy’s camp was fix; thus 
it was one o’clock in the afternoon before it came in 
view of the combined army of the confederates. Although 
general Wc-llelley’s line of march brought him in front 
of the right of the enemy, he determined on attacking 
its left, where the infantry and guns were polled. He 
accordingly moved round to the left flank, covering the 
Britilh column of infantry by the Britilh cavalry in the 
rear, and by the Myfore and the Peilhwa’s horfe on the 
right flank. 
The Britilh army crcsfled the Kaitna, at a ford beyond 
the enemy’s left, and were immediately formed in two 
lines of infantry, with the Britilh cavalry.as a reler-ve in 
a third, in an open fpace between the Kaitna and the. 
Juab, where thefe rivers run nearly parallel. The Peiffiwa’s 
and the Myfore cavalry were ftatioited to the fouthward 
of the Kaitna, on the left flank of the Britilh troops, and 
kept in check a large body of cavalry which had followed, 
though at a refipeclful dillance, general Wellelky’s route 
from the right of their own pofition. The firft line 
confilled of the advanced pickets to the right, two bat¬ 
talions of fepoys, and the 78th regiment: the fecond, of 
the 74-th regiment and two battalions of fepoys; and the 
third, of the 19th dragoons, with three 1 regiments of 
native cavalry; the whole amounting to' about 4-500 men. 
From the moll accurate calculation that could be made, 
the enemy conlifted of between thirty and forty thoufand, 
(of which a third was commanded by French or European 
officers,) and a train of more than one hundred pieces of 
ordnance. Under this vail difproportion of force, the 
engagement began. 
When the enemy difcovered the intention of attacking 
ham on the left, he changed the pofition of his infantry/ 
and guns, from the line along the Kaitna, and extended 
it from that river acrofs to the village of Aflye, on . the 
right of the British army, a lecond line was formed nearly 
at right angles-to the rear of the enemy’s firll line, with 
its left towards the village of Aflye, and its rear to the 
Juah river, along the bank of which it extended in a 
wellerly direction from Aflye. General Wellefley imme¬ 
diately attacked, and the Britilh troops advanced under a 
heavy fire from the enemy’s guns, the execution of which 
was terrible. The Britilh artillery had opened upon the 
enepny at the diftanc of four hundred yards ; but finding 
that it produced little or no effeCt, and that it could not 
advance on account of the number of men and bullocks 
that were dilkbled, general Wellefley ordered the whole 
line to move on, leaving the guns behind: at the fame 
time colonel Maxwell, with the Britilh cavalry, was 
ordered to cover the right of the infantry as it advanced. 
By this prompt and fpirited movement, the enemy was 
compelled to fall back on the lecond line, in front of the 
Juah. In advancing, the right of the Britilh firll and 
lecond lines fuft'ered leverely from the fire of the guns on 
tire left of the enemy’s pofition near Aflye. The 74th re¬ 
giment was fo thinned by the dreadful cannqnade, that a 
body of the enemy’s cavalry was tempted to charge it; 
but was charged in turn by colonel Maxwell, and puflied 
with great {laughter into the Juah river. At length, the 
Heady advance of the Britilh troops completely over¬ 
awing the enemy’s line, it gave way in every direction, 
and the Britilh cavalry, who had- eroded to the northward 
of the Juah river, charged the fugitives along its bank 
.with the greateft e/Iecl. At this moment feveral of the 
enemy's guns, which had been carried, but could not be 
fequred on account of the weaknefs of general Wellefley's 
army, were turned againft his rear by individuals who 
had been palled by the Britilh line under the fuppofltion 
that they were dead, and who had availed themfelves of 
this artifice (of throwing themfelves upon the ground, 
often praCtifed by the native troops of India) to continue, 
for fome time, a very heavy fire ; nor could it be flopped 
till the commander-in-chief took the 78th regiment and 
the 7th of native cavalry, to effeCt this object. In this 
operation the general had his horfe (hot under him. The 
enemy’s cavalry alfo Hill continued unbroken. Juft then 
a part of the enemy’s infantry, which had again formed, 
on a charge of the Britilh cavalry, gave way, and retreated ; 
leaving 1200 men dead on the field of battle, the whole 
country covered with the wounded, and in the poflellion 
of the victors, ninety-eight pieces of cannon, their camp- 
equipage, feven ftandards, a great number of bullocks 
and camels, and a quantity of llores and ammunition. 
The lofs to the Britilh army was on this occafion very 
fevere ; it amounted to about 600 killed and 1500 wound¬ 
ed; -colonel Maxwell was among the former. The afition 
continued for more than three hours, during which the 
enemy’s infantry fought with the molt determined courage, 
and their artillery was ferved with the utmoft prectfioft, 
fteadinefs, and eifeCl. Throughout the whole of this 
fevere and brilliant action, the conduit of general Wel¬ 
lefley evinced.a degree of ability, prudence, and undaunted 
bravery, feldoin equalled and never furpalfed; while the 
exemplary order, firmnefs, and alacrity, of the troops 
under his command, compelled an enemy of more than, 
fix times its number to fly before them, and abandon the 
whole of their guns, llores, and ammunition, to the con¬ 
querors. 
The confederates, with the remains of their broken 
army, now moved to the wefhvard, along the banks of 
the Tap tee, with a view to take the route toward s Poonah ; 
in conlequence of which, general Wellefley determined 
not to defeend the Adjuntee Ghaut, but to regulate his 
movements by. thofe of the enemy. But colonel Ste- 
venfon was directed by him to continue his route to 
Burhampour and Afleergbur, the latter a hill-fort of 
great llrength, and denominated the key of the Deccan. 
While general Wellefley was thus engagsd, the molt 
fevere blows were received by the confederate chieftain::, 
from the fuccefles of the other divifions of the Britilh 
force, in their operations againft the provinces of Guzerat 
on the weftern, and of Cattack on the eaftern, fide of the 
Indian peninlula. 
In conformity to the general plan of the campaign, a 
proportion of the Bombay army had marched to Guzerat, 
whence lieutenant-colonel Woodington, with a llrong 
detachment, confining of-the 96th regiment and-a pro¬ 
portion of European artillery and native infantry, marched 
on the 2ill of Auguft from Baroda, and arrived before 
Baroach on the 23d, of which fort the inveftment imme¬ 
diately took place. A breach was reported to be. practi¬ 
cable on the 29th, and the afiault was given at three 
o’clock in the afternoon. The enemy oppofed a vigorous - 
refifiance to the Henning part)-'; but were loon compelled 
to retreat, and to abandon the fort, which was carried 
with inconfiderable lofs on the part of the aflailants; that 
of the enemy was nearly 600 in killed and wounded. 
Together with the town and fort of Baroach, the captors 
obtained poflMion of the diftrift of .that name, which 
yields an annual revenue of eleven lacks of rupees. After 
this important let-vice, colonel Woodington proceeded-to 
reduce the diftricl of Champaneer, the only territory 
remaining to ■Scindia- in the province. Little difficulty 
enfued in the accoroplilhment of this defign; and the - 
judgment, fpirit, and courage, di/played by the Bombay 
army, reflected the higheft honour on its Hate of difeipline, 
and its gallant leader. 
Nor was the progrefs of the Britilh arms in the province 
of Cattack lei’s diftinguifned by merit or iuccefs. The 
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