t they threw back
their right flank, and opened a tremendous fire upon the village.

The British artillery now opened, but the enemy's cannon were far
superior in number, and were well served; and the ranks of the
76th, who were in front of the advance, were terribly thinned. The
general was with them and, as soon as a battalion and a half of
Sepoys had come up, led them against the enemy's position.

The latter now opened with canister and, the ground being of a
broken character, the formation of the assailants' line was to some
extent disordered and the Mahratta cavalry charged. They were
repulsed by heavy volleys from the infantry, but they rallied and,
being reinforced, were about to resume the attack, when the general
ordered the 29th Dragoons to charge. They burst through both lines
of the enemy's infantry, wheeled round and charged the cavalry, and
drove them from the field; and then turning again, fell on the rear
of the second line, which was now hotly engaged with the British
infantry who, following the Dragoons at the double, had rushed
forward on the guns, captured them, and driven the first line back
on the second.

The rest of the British infantry had now come up; but Perron's
regular infantry, who were all drawn from hill districts, and had
been victorious in many a fight, resisted to the last. Two thousand
were surrounded and made prisoners, but the rest all fought until
they fell.

The victory of Laswaree cost the British eight hundred and
twenty-four men, killed and wounded; but it completed the overthrow
of the whole of the regiments trained by Perron and de Boigne, and
laid the tract of country watered by the Jumna under the power of
the British.

Harry, who had accompanied the general, having carried the order to
the Dragoons to charge, rode with them and came unhurt out of the
desperate fight.

A few days later the army quitted Laswaree and moved towards Agra,
resting for a fortnight at Besawur. The great successes gained by
both the British armies had had their effect, and a number of
rajahs came in to make a treaty of alliance. General Lake's force,
after a short rest, then marched southward, and took up a position
at Biana.

While these events had been going on, a detachment from the army
had entered Bundelcund. This had been under the control of the
Peishwa but, by an agreement made with him in August, it was ceded
to the Company; he receiving, in exchange, grants in the southern
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