n position, two miles
distant. It consisted of sixteen battalions of regular infantry,
six thousand cavalry, and a large train of artillery; commanded by
Monsieur Bourquieu, Perron's second in command.

General Lake at once, with the whole of his cavalry, reconnoitred
the position that the enemy had taken up. It was two miles from the
camp, and consisted of a low hill, covered by broken ground on each
flank. Seeing that the enemy could only be attacked in front,
General Lake ordered the infantry and artillery to come up.

While waiting for their arrival, the cavalry suffered some loss
from the enemy's artillery fire. The general, seeing that it was
doubtful whether an attack on so strong a position would be
successful, determined to attempt to draw the enemy from it. The
cavalry advanced a short distance and then, as the fire upon them
redoubled, they were ordered to fall back. Their line had hidden
the approach of the infantry from the enemy; and the latter,
believing that the cavalry were retreating, left their entrenchments
and started in pursuit, with shouts of victory. The cavalry opened
right and left, and the enemy found themselves face to face with a
steady line of infantry; who at once advanced, the general himself
leading them, at the head of the 76th Regiment.

A tremendous fire was opened upon them by the Mahratta guns but,
when within a hundred paces of the enemy, the whole line fired a
volley, and then charged with the bayonet. The enemy did not stand
for a moment but, seized by a panic, fled in all directions,
pursued by the cavalry and the horse artillery battery. These
followed them as far as the banks of the Jumna, and great numbers
of the enemy lost their lives in endeavouring to cross the river.

The British loss, in killed and wounded, was nearly six hundred
men; while that of the enemy was estimated at two thousand.
Sixty-eight pieces of cannon, two waggons laden with treasure, and
thirty-seven with ammunition fell into the hands of the victors
who, on the 14th, crossed the Jumna, and took possession of the
city without opposition; being welcomed enthusiastically by the
population, who had long groaned under the terrible oppression of
their Mahratta masters.

Two days later, General Lake paid a visit to the unfortunate
emperor, who was now eighty-three years old. He had been blinded by
his brutal conquerors, and lived in a state of misery, and poverty,
greater than that of any of the tillers