A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.19

v2.c51.19

The aversion with which Rughoojee Bhonslay had always regarded the Peishwa’s connecting himself with the English was well known, and his sentiments on the present occasion were in entire unison with those of Sindia. Yadow Rao Bhaskur, Sindia’s prime minister, was deputed by his master to consult with Rughoojee on the best means of cementing a general confederacy of the Mahrattas against the common enemy ; and Sindia, who had been preparing troops to oppose Holkar, crossed the Nerbuddah on the 4th February with a large army, with which he encamped at Burhanpoor on the 23d of that month. It was a few days after this period when Colonel Collins,¹ an envoy on the part of the Governor-General, arrived for the purpose of again inviting him