A History of the Mahrattas v2.c59.20

v2.c59.20

Another small detachment, under Lieutenant-Colonel M’Dowell, was equally successful in reducing the forts in the Chandore range; and by the end of May the Arabs in Candeish, and the insurgents under the pretended Chitoor Sing in the Satara territory, were the only opponents of the British Government within the dominions of the late Peishwa. On the 13th June the Arab garrison of the strong fort of Mallygaom¹ surrendered to Colonel M’Dowell after a very obstinate defence; during which they repulsed an assault and occasioned a loss to the besiegers of upwards of two hundred men in killed or wounded. In the opposite quarter of the country, and on the ensuing day, the fort of Prucheetgurh and the pretended Chitoor Sing were taken by a detachment under Lieutenant-Colonel Cunningham.²