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my's attention from the real point of afl'ault. At the ap¬ 
pointed hour, the three parties moved forward ; that un¬ 
der colonel Chalmers reached the north-weft gate juft as 
the enemy were attempting to elcape through it, from 
the bayonets of the afl'ailants under colonel Kenny. A 
dreadful daughter enfued, and colonel Chalmers entered 
without difficulty. The wall in the inner fort, in which 
no breach had been made, was now to be carried : after 
fome attempts upon the gate of communication between 
the inner and outward fort, a place was at length found 
at which it was poffible to efcalade the wall. Here cap¬ 
tain Campbell, with the light infantry of the 94-th regi¬ 
ment, fixed the ladders, fcaled the wall, and opened the 
gate to the ftorming-party, who were quickly mafters of 
the place; the garrifon was numerous, and numbers of 
it were flain. 
By the fuccefs of this timely, vigorous) and brilliant, en- 
terprife, the war was brought to a fpeedy conclufion. The 
rajah of Berar, awakened to a full fenfe of his danger, de¬ 
termined upon an immediate and feparate peace, without 
waiting to confult the wifhes or opinion of his ally ; and, 
without the lofs of a day, difpatched an ambafi'ador to 
the camp of general Wellelley, at Deogur, in the vicinity 
of «his recent conqueft; and the negociation for a treaty 
of peace immediately commenced, and was concluded 
and figned on the part of the Britifh government, and 
the rajah of Berar, on the 17th of December, 1803. 
On the part of the rajah it was agreed, Firft, to re¬ 
nounce all adherence to the confederacy formed again ft 
the Britifh government, between Scindia, liimfelf, and 
other chiefs; and to engage to give no afliftance to thofe 
chiefs, fhould they continue the war. Secondly, to cede 
to the company, in perpetual J’overeignty, the province' of 
Cattack, including the fort and diftrift of Balafore ; alfo 
all the territories, the revenues of which he had previ- 
oufly collected in conjunction with the nizam of the 
Deccan, together with all thofe fituated to the weltward 
of the river Wurdah. And laftly, to engage never to 
rake, or retain in his fervice, any Frenchman, or the 
fubject of any European or American ftate, the govern¬ 
ment of which might be at war with the Britifh govern¬ 
ment;. or any Britifh_ fubjeCt, whether Indian or Europe¬ 
an, without the content of that government. 
The Britifh government agreed, that the forts of Nor- 
nullah and Gawil Ghur fhould be reftored to the rajah 
of Berar, together with the diftridfts dependant upon them ; 
that the river Wurdah, from its lource to the Godavery, 
fhould be the boundary between the dominions of the ni¬ 
zam and the rajah of Berar; that no aid or countenance 
fhould be given to any difeontented relations or fubjefts 
of the rajah who might fly from, or rebel againft, his au¬ 
thority ; and finally, it was agreed, in order the more ef¬ 
fectually to preferve the relations of amity and good un- 
derftanding between the contracting parties, that accre¬ 
dited minifters from each government fhould conftantly 
refide at the court of the other. 
This treaty, ratified by the rajah of Berar on the 25th 
of December, and tranfmitted to Calcutta, was fpeedily 
followed by one with Scindia. That reftlefs prince, find¬ 
ing that no chance exifted of gratifying his ambition and 
revenge at the expence of the Britifh government; having 
exhaufted his refources and expedients, and without an 
ally; fent inftruCtions to his ambafladcr, (who ftill fol¬ 
lowed general Wellefley’s army,) ferioufly to open nego- 
ciations for a durable and definitive treaty of peace : to 
which meafure that officer acceded. By his firmnefs and 
decifive tone, the treaty was concluded in a few days ; and 
on the 30th of December, 1803, a peace between the Bri¬ 
tifh government and Scindia was figned in the Englifh 
camp at Surge Angengaum. Its principal conditions were 
as follow: 
On the part of Scindia it was agreed, firft, to cede to 
the company, in perpetual fovcreigniy, all his forts, territo¬ 
ries, and rights, in the Douab, together with all his forts, 
territories, rights, and interefts, which lie to the north- 
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ward of the dominions of the rajahs of Jeypour and Jod- 
pour, and of the rajah of Gohud : fecondly, to cede in 
like manner the fort and territory of Baroach, in Guze- 
rat, and the fort and territory of Ahmednagur, in the 
Deccan, and likewife all the territories which belonged 
to him before the commencement of the war, which are 
fituated to the fouthward of the Adjuntee hills in the 
Deccan, including all the diftriCts between that range of 
mountains and the Godavery river: thirdly, to renounce 
for ever all claims upon the emperor Shah Aulum, and 
to engage never again to interfere with that monarch ; and 
laftly, not to take into pay any Frenchman, or the fubjeCt of 
any European or American ftate, the government of which 
might be at war with the Britifh government; or any Bri¬ 
tifh fubjeCt, whether European or Indian, without the 
content of that government. 
On the other hand it was agreed, firft, to reftore to Scin¬ 
dia the fort of Afleergur, and the city of Burhampour, 
in the Deccan, and the forts of Dohud and Povcan Ghur, 
with the territories in Candeifh and Guzerat, appertain¬ 
ing to thefe forts x fecondly, to allow Scindia, under the 
protection of the Britifh government, to retain certain 
lands, which he had long held in his family, by gift from 
the kings of Hindooftan; and that certain other lands, 
fituated in the provinces conquered by the Englifh, in 
Hindooftan, which were held in jaghire by perfons be¬ 
longing to the family of the late Mahadjee Scindia, fhould 
remain in the pofieinon of thofe perfons; and further, to 
prevent any individual from incurring lofs or fullering 
diftrefs by this arrangement, that the company fhould 
either pay penfions, or grant lands in jaghire, to fuch 
other perfons as Scindia fhould name, provided the fum 
to be paid did not exceed feventeen lacks of rupees by 
the year: thirdly, to reftore to Scindia certain lands and 
villages, fituated in the peifhwa’s dominions, and lately 
taken pofleffion of by the Britifh government or its allies, 
and which the family of Scindia had long held as a per- 
fonal eftate : laftly, Scindia was invited to partake of the 
benefits of the fubfidiary treaties exifting between the 
Britifh government and the peifhwa anchnizam; and it 
was ftipulated, that for the future, accredited minifters 
from each government fhould conftantly refide at the court 
of the other. 
The treaty was ratified by Scindia, and returned to ge¬ 
neral Wellelley for tranfiniffion to the feat of government. 
On the 15th of January, 1804, that with the-rajah of Be¬ 
rar was ratified by the governor-general in council; and, 
on the 13th of February, that with Scindia was alfo rati¬ 
fied by the marquis Wellelley, who immediately caufed 
the complete reftoration of peace with the. Mahratta 
princes to be proclaimed with the ufual forms, through¬ 
out the Britifh empire in India. Thus, in little more 
than four months from the commencement of hoftilities, 
was this formidable and alarming Mahratta war, upholden 
and inflamed by the French, brought to a happy and glo¬ 
rious termination. The celebrated battles of Delhi, Af- 
fye, Lafwaree, and Argaum, will be remembered as long 
as the records of Britifh magnanimity remain. In thele 
engagements we feverely experienced the eft'eCt of Euro¬ 
pean difcipline, manifefted by the d eft ru Clive fire from 
the improved artillery, and the obftinate defence made by 
the regular battalions formed under French officers. In 
faff, every aCtion demonftrated, too forcibly, the pro¬ 
gress which the French had made in teaching the natives 
of India the art of war, for the purpofe of overthrowing 
the Britifh empire in Hindooftan. The infantiy flood till 
the Englifh bayonets came to their breafts; the artillery¬ 
men ferved their guns without receding an inch, till they 
fell under the wheels of their own cannon ; the cavalry 
charged to the very muzzles of the Englifh firelocks! 
There is not, perhaps, in the records of human carnage, a 
more defperate engagement recounted than that which 
was fought between the Britifh army commanded by fir 
Arthur Wellelley, and the Mahrattas, aided by the French 
regular battalions, on the plain of Aflye, an. event-which 
