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∗ Fortescue, v. 12, 16-18. Sup. Des. iv. 100 (Ahm. had, in June, 1000 sepoys, 1000 Arabs, and 3 French mestizo officers,—outside the fort). "In Ahm. fort there was an Englishman in Sindhia's paltan; he turned traitor and delivered the fort to Wellesley. The qiladar Mallhār Kulkarni of Chambhargonda, made terms to save his own property." "The two battalions in the garrison turned disloyal. The English seduced the artillerymen, hence there was treachery." Kharé, xiv, 6683, 6685. Curious story of the capture of the peth by firing smoke-filled shells. Ibid. 6682.