HINDOOSTAN. 
ral Lake with the main army, Holkar again refumed his 
precipitate retreat; which he continued till he reached 
Corah, a place fo diftant from the troops which followed, 
that he was necefi’arily fecured from an inftant attack. 
About feventy miles north-eaft of Corah Hood the for- 
trels of Rampour, for the attack of which lieutenant- 
colonel Don was felected. At the head of three bat¬ 
talions of native infantry, one regiment of native cavalry, 
with heavy ordnance and field-artillery, that place was 
carried on the 16th of May, 1804. The attack was com¬ 
menced before day-break. Lieutenant-colonel Don de¬ 
termined to affail the gateways. He did not, however, 
take a pofition oppofite to it, left by fuch a movement 
his intention firould be betrayed. Major Doveton's regi¬ 
ment was left within the camp, with orders, as loon as 
the attack commenced, to move down in the direction 
which the fugitives would naturally fake, and to inter¬ 
cept them in their flight. The detachment under lieute¬ 
nant-colonel Don moved forward without difcovery, till 
within two hundred and fifty yards of the gateway, when 
a picquet of the Jonk battalion fired. The garrifon, how¬ 
ever, was ftill not alarmed, nor did any difcharge of muf- 
quetry or artillery take place till the troops were within 
a hundred yards of the pallage. A number of men were 
then feen running along the top of the glacis, endeavour¬ 
ing to gain the gateway; upon whom a heavy fire w r as 
immediately opened on the part of the Britilh, which 
fruftrated their intention. The gates were then blown 
open, and the town entered. The fugitives, taking the 
direction which had been forefeen, were of courfe inter¬ 
cepted. The enemy’s force was from one thoufand to 
eleven hundred men, of w’hom near fifty were deftroyed 
in pafling through the gateways, and little lhort of three 
hundred in the flight towards the plain. A confiderable 
number of guns, with powder, lliot, &c. were taken in 
the fort. Lieutenant Boileau was flightly wounded, and 
lbme lofs was fuftained of natives. 
On the fecond of July was afl’aulted the important for- 
trel's of Hinglais-Ghur; a place, in the language of the 
country, deemed wholly impregnable. At half-paft two, 
a party from lieutenant-colonel Monfon’s detachment, 
compofed of the 2d battalion 2d regiment, fix fix-pound¬ 
ers, and a part of lieutenant Lucan’s cavalry, the whole 
under the command of major Sinclair, advanced to the 
attack. The fire from the fortrefs was in the courfe of an 
hour entirely filenced, the walls were then efcaladed, and 
the place carried without the lofs of an officer. Hinglais- 
Ghur had been polfeffed by the family of Holkar for fifty 
years. It is furrounded by a natural ravine two hundred 
and fifty feet in breadth, and two hundred in depth, the 
fides being perpendicular, on the inner fide of which 
ftood the walls of the fort. 
In addition to the importance of the place itfelf, w'as 
the poffible practicability of communicating with colonel 
Murray, at that time on his march from Guzerat towards 
Ougein. With a view to a junction, and in the hope of 
procuring fupplies, colonel Monfon advanced about fifty 
miles from the Mokundra pals. It was his firft inten¬ 
tion, if poffible, to give battle to the troops under the 
perfonal command of Holkar; finding himlelf, however, 
in great want of provilions, and learning that colonel 
Murray intended to fall back on the Myhie river, he 
judged it prudent to retire again to the pals. It was 
upon this march that intelligence was received of an at¬ 
tack having been made by Holkar on lieutenant Lucan, 
who it was ftated had himfeif with feveral firdars been 
taken prifoners. On the morning of the 10th of July, 
Holkar’s cavalry appeared in fight. So formidable was 
their number, that a demand was made requiring, the fur- 
render of the guns and lmall arms of the Britilh detach¬ 
ment. This requifition was fcornfully rejefted ; and Hol¬ 
kar in vain attempted to make an impreffion upon the 
firmnefs of colonel Monfon’s fmall army. Confiderable 
difficulties were fuftained in the retreat, and the different 
corps drew back in much diforder to Agra, which they 
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all reached by the 51ft of Auguft. No united attack, 
however, was made by the enemy after the 28th. 
We now proceed to the operations fubfequent to the 
march from Caw'npour, in September, 1804, under the 
commander-in-chief, general Lake. After colonel Mon¬ 
fon’s retreat, Jefwunt Rao Holkar advanced to Matura, 
and took poffeffion of that city, which is fituated about 
thirty miles from Agra, whither general Lake arrived on 
the 22ft. Having united his whole force at Secundra, he 
on the 1 ft of October marched againft the troops of Hol¬ 
kar at Matura, which was abandoned by the enemy on 
the 3d. Upon the 8th, Holkar detached his infantry and 
guns to attack the city of Delhi; which was fortunately 
entered by colonel Byrne, in time for its defence. On 
the 7th a heavy cannonade was opened againft the place, 
but it did little injury; the walls, however, being much 
out of repair, and a breach being deemed practicable, it 
was thought neceffary to check the progrefs of the aflail- 
ants by a fortie: two hundred men were therefore fe- 
lecled from the 2d battalion of the 14th regiment, and 
one hundred and fifty from captain Harriot’s corps. Lieu¬ 
tenant Role, who commanded the party, led them in- 
ftantly againft the enemy’s battery ; poffeffed himfeif of 
their guns, and fpiked them. A fiege was fuftained of 
nine days. On the 14th of the month a general aflault 
was attempted, which entirely failing, the enemy on the 
15th abandoned their attempt, and retreated. 
The commander-in-chief, having completed his fup¬ 
plies at Matura, on the 17th of October reached Delin'. 
Holkar with his cavalry immediately paffed the Jumna, 
acrofs which general Lake purfued him, taking the left 
bank of that river with the referve under lieutenant-colo¬ 
nel Don, three regiments of dragoons, three of native ca¬ 
valry, and the European mounted artillery. Major-gene¬ 
ral Frazer, with the remainder of the infantry, two regi¬ 
ments of native cavalry, and the park of artillery, at the 
fame time took the right bank of the Jumna from Delhi. 
This movement was combined with a view to compel 
both the infantry and the cavalry of the Mahrattas to 
rifle an aCtion. The infantry and artillery of Holkar had 
at this period reached the fortrefs of Deig, where they 
were protected by the guns of that place. Their force 
amounted to twenty-four battalions of infantry, a large 
body of liorfe, and one hundred and fixty pieces of ord¬ 
nance. Major-general Frazer found the enemy very 
ltrongly entrenched, the left wing of their force extended 
to Deig, and a large jeel of water covering the whole of 
their right and front. The attack was delayed till the 
morning of November the 13th. At three o’clock a cir¬ 
cuit was made to the left round the jeel, fo as to open 
upon the right flank of the enemy. A large village 
which protected them was inftantly carried. Major-gene¬ 
ral Frazer, following up his fuccefs, marched down on 
their line, and feized the whole of their guns and how¬ 
itzers : he, however, whillt at the head of the troops, 
received lb ferious a wound as to compel him to be 
carried off the field. Colonel Monfon then affumed the 
command, and completed the victory; the enemy was 
driven under the fort, which commenced a heavy fire. 
The lofs of the Britilh army was in confequence very 
confiderable; the whole, however, of the infantry, with 
the ordnance, under the command of Hernaut Dada, the 
chief officer of Holkar, fell into their hands. Two thou¬ 
fand of the enemy were killed or drowned in their efforts 
to el'cape ; and eighty-fieven pieces of ordnance were cap¬ 
tured. The rajah of Burtpour violated on this occafion 
his alliance with the Eaft-India company. The troops 
in the fortrefs which fired upon the Britilh were the rajah’s. 
The gallant general Frazer, having fullered amputation, 
unfortvinately died on the 24th of November. 
While Holkar’s infantry was thus deftroyed, general 
Lake in the mean while continued to purfue the main 
body of his cavalry : a march of four hundred and fourteen 
miles had been performed in eighteen days. On the 17th 
of November the whole force of the enemy’s cavalry was 
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