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,% VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND CONDUCT
With a view of rendering them as efficient as possible, and of de-
riving tiie utmost advantage from their services, they were arranged
into battalions commanded by British officers, and the whole placed
under the command of Captain John Malcolm, whose zeal and
ability, added to a perfect knowledge of their language and customs,
rendered him peculiarly qualified for this situation. To Captain
Malcolm's command were attached two troops of native cavalry,
clothed, accoutred, and disciplined in the same manner as the
Company's regiments. These troops were placed under Captain
Walker, an active officer, from whose example it was expected,
that the Nizam's cavalry would become more useful than if left to
the direction of native commanders.
In order to give the whole force with Meer Album Bekauder the
utmost respectability, and to render it equal to any service in which
it might be employed, the Commander in Chief deemed it proper
to strengthen the Company's battalions serving with it, under the
command of Colonel Roberts, with one of his Majesty's regiments;
and, as that officer had expressed a wish to be relieved from his
command, his Majesty's ggd regiment was appointed to join the
Nizam's contingent; and the general command of the British force
serving with his Highness's troops was given to the Honourable
Colonel Wellesley. This arrangement, which was highly pleas-
ing to Meer Allum, added greatly to the confidence of his troops,
and could not fail to render them essentially useful. However, as
Colonel Wellesley's command was only temporary, and the
services of Lieutenant-colonel James Dalrymple, with that detach-
ment, had merited every attention; the Commander in Chief consi-
dered him as succeeding to Colonel Roberts in the command of
the subsidiary force, although at that period, whilst acting with his
With a view of rendering them as efficient as possible, and of de-
riving tiie utmost advantage from their services, they were arranged
into battalions commanded by British officers, and the whole placed
under the command of Captain John Malcolm, whose zeal and
ability, added to a perfect knowledge of their language and customs,
rendered him peculiarly qualified for this situation. To Captain
Malcolm's command were attached two troops of native cavalry,
clothed, accoutred, and disciplined in the same manner as the
Company's regiments. These troops were placed under Captain
Walker, an active officer, from whose example it was expected,
that the Nizam's cavalry would become more useful than if left to
the direction of native commanders.
In order to give the whole force with Meer Album Bekauder the
utmost respectability, and to render it equal to any service in which
it might be employed, the Commander in Chief deemed it proper
to strengthen the Company's battalions serving with it, under the
command of Colonel Roberts, with one of his Majesty's regiments;
and, as that officer had expressed a wish to be relieved from his
command, his Majesty's ggd regiment was appointed to join the
Nizam's contingent; and the general command of the British force
serving with his Highness's troops was given to the Honourable
Colonel Wellesley. This arrangement, which was highly pleas-
ing to Meer Allum, added greatly to the confidence of his troops,
and could not fail to render them essentially useful. However, as
Colonel Wellesley's command was only temporary, and the
services of Lieutenant-colonel James Dalrymple, with that detach-
ment, had merited every attention; the Commander in Chief consi-
dered him as succeeding to Colonel Roberts in the command of
the subsidiary force, although at that period, whilst acting with his