Akhbarat-i Hind 1.4

1.4

After the acquisition of these two territories, viz. that of Tipu and that ceded by the Nawab Wazir, which extended from Allahabad up to Farrukhabad, the English prepared themselves for the Mahratta campaign, and in 1803 A.D. a battle was fought with Sindhia and Holkar, an account of which shall be given in the history of the Peshwas and the Dakhini chiefs. General Wellesley, the brother of the Governor-General, who commanded the Dakhin army, defeated the Mahrattas, and having placed Baji Rao Peshwa on the masnad, took a small portion of the territory of the Dakhin and half of Gujarat for the British Government. Afterwards, the English defeated the Bhonsla Mahrattas, and took some territory from them also. Then they conquered the entire provinces of Dehli and Agra, and repulsed the French army which was in the pay of the Mahrattas. They also gave a signal defeat to Har Nath, the bondsman of Holkar, at Shah-Jahanabad.