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BENGAL GAZETTE*
OK inE ORIGINAL
alcutta General Advertifef
A Wehly Political and Commercial Paper, Open to ail Parties, but influenced by .None,
92 Fforh Saturday O&ober, the 20th tb Saturday O'floBer 27th 1781. [No. XL]
lUxtraft 'of a "Letter from Bnngdcre dated ding; to Co'ngeyeram. The Colonel find- if water ctyurfe and fupport the rear Guard,
8th May 17 Sr. ' ing that the enemy wete apprifed of his ' at this the Battalions of Sepoys advanced
r&j%&M f UR trcatnvj.it is rather more intended march - and under favour of the ' without Orders out of the Water CputM
« fupportable thqn when I night might eafily have laidan ambufcadc throwing themselves all into cbnfulbty
B O <0 wrote to you lad; we have art- .for him'j thought it incumbent to halt 'and turning thro' the Rar.ks of the Eu-
P ■% allowance of Mutton and until day , light, In the morning the ropeans* and in fhort every thing ak thi$ •
:f.^^>M- Rice with an addition of 9 line moved on; oblerving tlk lame order time had the app'earhhee of a dreadful
'Cam per day; a poor fubfilbnce indeed as in the nignt- Upon the. Army ad- Scene of honor and cpnfufioid. ., Th>
ifor Brittfh Officers; but we fuSmit iv'uh vane in g from the Avenue(which extended tEnemy finding the Britifh Troops iri
fortitude and corifider it as the fortune % miles Into a fine wide plain) it was in- diforcier;vmad(j a General charge oh alj
Of War. what dwells molt upon oiir fiantly attack'd by a general fire of Ar- ., fides with their Artillery in Froiitj. and
minds is the being bound in chains and tillery from ftrong and regular intrench- I large bodies of Infantry firing Ihoweri
put upon a footing-with th'e Convicts of nientsj to which the line was totally ex- |of Mufquetry on thejlihcj (n vain werij
' the efforts of the Sepoy Offiretjj tg
a common Goal. Bur time no d;>ubt will pos'd. In this fituanon a confiderable
(hew theunhuman warriorth12 folly of his lois was fufiain'd; and it was foon found
conduct.—Unfortunate — trueiy unfor- I proper to advance the detachment about '
Mate indeedwas the defeat of Col. Baillie,
and I doubt much if you have yet heard
the particulars of that horrid Mafiacre
of which I would have advifed you long
ago, bat froai a dreid of the dileoVery of
fueh a Correfpondence.---The detach-
m:nt under Col. Fletcher arrived fafe in
C >3. Bailiie's Camp o;i the tjth fept.in the
M >rnirig, without any iriteruptiort in the
ni<-ch. On the evening of thst day itie
ten ts were (truck and the whole march'd u n-
der the Cxrimmd of Col. Badlie. having
advanced 4 miles a large body ot the ene-
my's Cavalry was obferved oh the right
jjadk of our rear guard. The Officer who
commanded there imagining that the
Enemies' intention was to charge him in
the rear orderd the long roil to beat, as
a fignal for the line to half.—Col. Baillie
then order'd that the line mould be fornvd
to the rear, during which time Several
rounds of Artillery were exchanged be-
tween the party of the enemy that ap-
pealed in the rear, and the rear guard of
the detachmen. The line being forrri'd
a genearl fire frdm oUr Artillery was or-
der'd to fi'lence the Enemy's Artillery in
that Quarter, which was eafily cbtain'd.
Finding that the enemy's force which
appear'^ in the rear was totally ciifpers'd,
?t was thought proper to form the line in-
to their fi'rft marching order, and' to" ad-
vance; and having gain'd 600 paces, the
■ft hole front of the Europeans wasattack'd
rVy a fimrt fire of Artillery towards the
front of the line, which was returned by
one of our field pieces then in front of
the Europeans. The Commanding Offi-
cer finding that the enemy ffcill kept fir-
rina With' fuccefs on our lines detached
joo yards to afm.all water colirie that run
acrol'stlie plajiif where moft of the T
rally the Men; and with great difficulty
were rhe bodies of Europeans formed ijd*
to one line, which fu(rained the, attach
tor a Cor.fidcrab.le time with .an intrjpid'
particularly the Europeans Were Under: ;bravery, 'tpitil Col. Baillie finding t!
cover. The Artillery was then placed, his fmail .body of Europeans were uhfit
upon the riling ground for the purpole! to fultsin any longer the charge .of fucfi
of fllencing the Guns of Tippoo Saib's;. immenfe bodies ot Cavalry; from a gfei
party. The A tillery of tiie BiiifK :r nerous motive to favc the lives bf his;
Troops; lb on put all thofe of the Enemy* i'j Countrymen- ordered the Flag of True!?
into great confufio.i. Upon this Caot..
Runfiey was again detach'-d with tlu fame
Command as before with Orders' to take;
thole Grins; which to'all appearance were)
this time abandoned.. Captain Gowdie
with t!:e other Battalion of Sepoy Qrena:
driers was Ordered to fupport him. At',
the fame time that this Detachment wayfj
Ordered out the Cavalry df Tippoo
■Saib's party.made a movement to charge
the Right Flank of the line, and Capt."
Rumley imagining- that this was done
with an intention to cut h'irri off from
the Main Body; retu n.ed without effect -
ing his purpole. , The charge Wuich the
Cavalry made was fu (rained with great
refolution by the Body of Europeans,
form'd on the right and they were at lad
totrily re pu I fed with ConffderabJe Iofs.
The charge made by this party being
broke the whd'le body of H vder's . Army
appear'd in the rear their Ai tillcry to the
amount of 50 pices being brought, into
their front jf the Detachments under
Monf Dally and Pu'm'arein being, polled
with the Artillery of their respective
Corps towards the flanks of our line and
Tippoo Saib's party having from the
appearance of the main body return'd
to their Guns, a General and'exceeding
hot lire of Artillery played on our line
from all Quarters, during which time
our Tumbrils were unfortunately blown
Captain Rumley witha Battalion of Sepoy
Grenadiers with orders to take or fpike ! up and our Ammunition moftly^expende
fhofe Guns.—but upon his advancing it 1 and foon after our Artillery quite filenced
was found impracticable owing to a deep ■ Colonel Fletcher being in the left of the
jjullah extending beyond both flanks j line obfervin'g the rnbtio'ns of the Enemy
of the line, This difficulty being dif- ' and expecting an"attack on the rear Guard ,
over'd the line was order'd to advance, fo callM "out to two of the European Baillie.——A Squadron of 5 Ships.
»;cobc «":de/ cover of a* .AYen'ue lea-, Grajiadicrs Companies to tppve ou; 9't th« , tfc' Line ana jtff^Wi^W^ff
to be railed; biit alas ! to fuch art Er
my this was no proof of amiable, inten-
tions, they without ,the fmalle.fi hefitatj^
on put -Ma-ii Woman, a-od Child.to tl'l
Sword.-After this unfortunate Ac-
tion all that Werefaved were fent Prifoo-
efs to the Enemy's Camp; and after re-
maining there feveral Days,' thofe who.
were but (lightly wounded were fent to
the -Myfore Country,: and the others to
the Garrifon of. At nee. This Garri'brt
is exceedingly Weak; it confifts pnly .of
100 Sepoys and thofe ^ery difaifected.'---.
The F01 tifii ations are fti.ong to appear-
ance, but when examined a; c only. Earth
covered with Clninam. The: Dutch cad
only he fitted., with Water during .the
Monfoons 1 hope the Army will fooa
move this way; this plaice would be ah
eafy prize.
JLxirall of Lkttirs fmm Maiirai dutcd
2 8 th September .178 j.'
(f™jiiR Edward fiughes has within
^% thefe few Days heen joined by
the Monarch of 74-Gun's, direclly
frem England; and the Adtivc Fri-
gate If6.if. Commcd .re I hp$of?$
Fleet,--The former left Eaglajd
oh the 17th April, and bii'ngs ac-
counts that ope of our_CruizerG htacT
taken a Packet from the Ma.uii!*'iori&V'
withcut ic fing any of her Letters/
by .which means, they had thi hrii-
Intelligence of Hyders ipvafion 0/
the. Carnatic; and the defeat of CoL
BENGAL GAZETTE*
OK inE ORIGINAL
alcutta General Advertifef
A Wehly Political and Commercial Paper, Open to ail Parties, but influenced by .None,
92 Fforh Saturday O&ober, the 20th tb Saturday O'floBer 27th 1781. [No. XL]
lUxtraft 'of a "Letter from Bnngdcre dated ding; to Co'ngeyeram. The Colonel find- if water ctyurfe and fupport the rear Guard,
8th May 17 Sr. ' ing that the enemy wete apprifed of his ' at this the Battalions of Sepoys advanced
r&j%&M f UR trcatnvj.it is rather more intended march - and under favour of the ' without Orders out of the Water CputM
« fupportable thqn when I night might eafily have laidan ambufcadc throwing themselves all into cbnfulbty
B O <0 wrote to you lad; we have art- .for him'j thought it incumbent to halt 'and turning thro' the Rar.ks of the Eu-
P ■% allowance of Mutton and until day , light, In the morning the ropeans* and in fhort every thing ak thi$ •
:f.^^>M- Rice with an addition of 9 line moved on; oblerving tlk lame order time had the app'earhhee of a dreadful
'Cam per day; a poor fubfilbnce indeed as in the nignt- Upon the. Army ad- Scene of honor and cpnfufioid. ., Th>
ifor Brittfh Officers; but we fuSmit iv'uh vane in g from the Avenue(which extended tEnemy finding the Britifh Troops iri
fortitude and corifider it as the fortune % miles Into a fine wide plain) it was in- diforcier;vmad(j a General charge oh alj
Of War. what dwells molt upon oiir fiantly attack'd by a general fire of Ar- ., fides with their Artillery in Froiitj. and
minds is the being bound in chains and tillery from ftrong and regular intrench- I large bodies of Infantry firing Ihoweri
put upon a footing-with th'e Convicts of nientsj to which the line was totally ex- |of Mufquetry on thejlihcj (n vain werij
' the efforts of the Sepoy Offiretjj tg
a common Goal. Bur time no d;>ubt will pos'd. In this fituanon a confiderable
(hew theunhuman warriorth12 folly of his lois was fufiain'd; and it was foon found
conduct.—Unfortunate — trueiy unfor- I proper to advance the detachment about '
Mate indeedwas the defeat of Col. Baillie,
and I doubt much if you have yet heard
the particulars of that horrid Mafiacre
of which I would have advifed you long
ago, bat froai a dreid of the dileoVery of
fueh a Correfpondence.---The detach-
m:nt under Col. Fletcher arrived fafe in
C >3. Bailiie's Camp o;i the tjth fept.in the
M >rnirig, without any iriteruptiort in the
ni<-ch. On the evening of thst day itie
ten ts were (truck and the whole march'd u n-
der the Cxrimmd of Col. Badlie. having
advanced 4 miles a large body ot the ene-
my's Cavalry was obferved oh the right
jjadk of our rear guard. The Officer who
commanded there imagining that the
Enemies' intention was to charge him in
the rear orderd the long roil to beat, as
a fignal for the line to half.—Col. Baillie
then order'd that the line mould be fornvd
to the rear, during which time Several
rounds of Artillery were exchanged be-
tween the party of the enemy that ap-
pealed in the rear, and the rear guard of
the detachmen. The line being forrri'd
a genearl fire frdm oUr Artillery was or-
der'd to fi'lence the Enemy's Artillery in
that Quarter, which was eafily cbtain'd.
Finding that the enemy's force which
appear'^ in the rear was totally ciifpers'd,
?t was thought proper to form the line in-
to their fi'rft marching order, and' to" ad-
vance; and having gain'd 600 paces, the
■ft hole front of the Europeans wasattack'd
rVy a fimrt fire of Artillery towards the
front of the line, which was returned by
one of our field pieces then in front of
the Europeans. The Commanding Offi-
cer finding that the enemy ffcill kept fir-
rina With' fuccefs on our lines detached
joo yards to afm.all water colirie that run
acrol'stlie plajiif where moft of the T
rally the Men; and with great difficulty
were rhe bodies of Europeans formed ijd*
to one line, which fu(rained the, attach
tor a Cor.fidcrab.le time with .an intrjpid'
particularly the Europeans Were Under: ;bravery, 'tpitil Col. Baillie finding t!
cover. The Artillery was then placed, his fmail .body of Europeans were uhfit
upon the riling ground for the purpole! to fultsin any longer the charge .of fucfi
of fllencing the Guns of Tippoo Saib's;. immenfe bodies ot Cavalry; from a gfei
party. The A tillery of tiie BiiifK :r nerous motive to favc the lives bf his;
Troops; lb on put all thofe of the Enemy* i'j Countrymen- ordered the Flag of True!?
into great confufio.i. Upon this Caot..
Runfiey was again detach'-d with tlu fame
Command as before with Orders' to take;
thole Grins; which to'all appearance were)
this time abandoned.. Captain Gowdie
with t!:e other Battalion of Sepoy Qrena:
driers was Ordered to fupport him. At',
the fame time that this Detachment wayfj
Ordered out the Cavalry df Tippoo
■Saib's party.made a movement to charge
the Right Flank of the line, and Capt."
Rumley imagining- that this was done
with an intention to cut h'irri off from
the Main Body; retu n.ed without effect -
ing his purpole. , The charge Wuich the
Cavalry made was fu (rained with great
refolution by the Body of Europeans,
form'd on the right and they were at lad
totrily re pu I fed with ConffderabJe Iofs.
The charge made by this party being
broke the whd'le body of H vder's . Army
appear'd in the rear their Ai tillcry to the
amount of 50 pices being brought, into
their front jf the Detachments under
Monf Dally and Pu'm'arein being, polled
with the Artillery of their respective
Corps towards the flanks of our line and
Tippoo Saib's party having from the
appearance of the main body return'd
to their Guns, a General and'exceeding
hot lire of Artillery played on our line
from all Quarters, during which time
our Tumbrils were unfortunately blown
Captain Rumley witha Battalion of Sepoy
Grenadiers with orders to take or fpike ! up and our Ammunition moftly^expende
fhofe Guns.—but upon his advancing it 1 and foon after our Artillery quite filenced
was found impracticable owing to a deep ■ Colonel Fletcher being in the left of the
jjullah extending beyond both flanks j line obfervin'g the rnbtio'ns of the Enemy
of the line, This difficulty being dif- ' and expecting an"attack on the rear Guard ,
over'd the line was order'd to advance, fo callM "out to two of the European Baillie.——A Squadron of 5 Ships.
»;cobc «":de/ cover of a* .AYen'ue lea-, Grajiadicrs Companies to tppve ou; 9't th« , tfc' Line ana jtff^Wi^W^ff
to be railed; biit alas ! to fuch art Er
my this was no proof of amiable, inten-
tions, they without ,the fmalle.fi hefitatj^
on put -Ma-ii Woman, a-od Child.to tl'l
Sword.-After this unfortunate Ac-
tion all that Werefaved were fent Prifoo-
efs to the Enemy's Camp; and after re-
maining there feveral Days,' thofe who.
were but (lightly wounded were fent to
the -Myfore Country,: and the others to
the Garrifon of. At nee. This Garri'brt
is exceedingly Weak; it confifts pnly .of
100 Sepoys and thofe ^ery difaifected.'---.
The F01 tifii ations are fti.ong to appear-
ance, but when examined a; c only. Earth
covered with Clninam. The: Dutch cad
only he fitted., with Water during .the
Monfoons 1 hope the Army will fooa
move this way; this plaice would be ah
eafy prize.
JLxirall of Lkttirs fmm Maiirai dutcd
2 8 th September .178 j.'
(f™jiiR Edward fiughes has within
^% thefe few Days heen joined by
the Monarch of 74-Gun's, direclly
frem England; and the Adtivc Fri-
gate If6.if. Commcd .re I hp$of?$
Fleet,--The former left Eaglajd
oh the 17th April, and bii'ngs ac-
counts that ope of our_CruizerG htacT
taken a Packet from the Ma.uii!*'iori&V'
withcut ic fing any of her Letters/
by .which means, they had thi hrii-
Intelligence of Hyders ipvafion 0/
the. Carnatic; and the defeat of CoL