that the leifure allowed to officers in the hours of relaxation from their profeffional duties, has not altogether been thrown away; and alfo in the entertaining a confident hope that the honeft pursuit of laudable studies will ever meet with public approbation and support. APPENDIX III. General Statement of the Forces of feveral of the Natives Princes and States in the western Parts of the Peninfula. THE HE prefent force of Dowlut Row Scin- heads. 1ft. Cavalry, Marhatta, and Hindooftany, including the cavalry stationed with the different collectors that might be brought to act in a war Ambajee's cavalry in the district of Gualior Mr. Perron might muster in Hindoostan, that is, Delhi, Agrah, Jauts, Bapoo Scindia, and Madhoo Row's cavalry, exclufive of Seiks or Rajepoots Entire force of Scindiah's cavalry 20,000 4,000 7,000 31,000 Scindiah's Infantry. 2d. The number of battalions at prefent under the command of Mr. Perron amount to forty; each battalion generally consists of five hundred men, gunners and fighting men of every description included. Each battalion is provided with four field-pieces, a carronade, or howitzer, and fome pieces of ordnance of large caliber, for the purpose of throwing grape. A brigade confifts of eight battalions; it has generally a separate park of ten pieces of artillery attached to it. This park is compofed of battering guns and fpare field-pieces. The strength of each brigade will confist as follows. Strength in officers and fighting men of every description Pieces of artillery Strength of five brigades Pieces of artillery 4,150 50 20,750 250 The remains of Colonel Felofe's bri gade, fix battalions, men Ordnance 3,000 бо Five battalions of Col. John Heffing 2,600 Ambajee's battalions may be computed at four hundred men each, of which he has fixteen battalions His artillery is not regularly attached to his battalions, and therefore often varies; but, generally speaking, may be computed at four pieces to each battalion The battering train likewife varies, be computed at pieces but may Total artillery of Ambajee's pieces Begum Somroo. *Five battalions of about fix hundred men each Pieces of artillery Cavalry 30 6,400 64 20 84 3,000 24 150 * I find by this, that the statement of the Begum's force, as given in the History of Shah Aulum, is partly incorrect, REMARKS BY MR. THOMAS. *It is proper to obferve, that Mr. Perron and Ambajee are now levying troops, which may cause a material error in this ftatement a few months hence. Ambajee and Perron are poffeffed of artillery exclufive of the abovementioned; and Scindiah, by the artillery taken from Holkar, is able to add confiderably to his own part. Present state of Scindiah's infantry. They are the worst in India; are not commanded by *This statement was made 1802. |