A History of the Mahrattas v2.c48.18

v2.c48.18

¹ Hessing, the father, was an Englishman, and held the rank of Colonel in Sindia’s service. He bore an excellent character. [See note on page 219, ante, in regard to George Hessing’s parentage. George Hessing eventually took command of his father’s brigade on the latter’s retirement in 1800. In 1801 he accompanied Sindia to Mālwa. He died in Calcutta on January 6, 1826. His comrade in the arrest of Ghātgē was Fidèle Filose, who after the flight of his father, Michael, divided with his brother, Jean Baptiste, the battalions commanded by Filose. Fidèle Filose was the son of a native mother. Of the eight battalions which he commanded, two were defeated at Ujjain and Nuri respectively, see page 308, infra, while the other six took part in the battle of Indore in October 1801. Soon after, Fidèle was charged with a foul act of treachery in firing on Sutherland’s troops, which were in the service of his master Sindia, and was placed in confinement. He then committed suicide. (Compton, Military Adventurers, &c., p. 352.)]