The Commander-in-Chief of the English army that day halted on the same ground; the next day he moved on to the neighbourhood of Yousufabad, otherwise called Dewun Hulli, where he encamped, and having despatched an officer with a party of men to the fort, and having brought over the officer commanding there to surrender without resistance, he took possession of the fort, and divided the stores of grain and other articles among his own men. After the lapse of two days the Com­mander-in-Chief again marched and encamped near Balapoor Khoord, but the officer in charge of the fort there, agreeably to the Sultán’s orders evacuated the fort before the arrival of the English army and with all the infantry, Náíkwars, and stores, retired to the Hill Fort of Nundi and con­sequently the advanced guard of the English took possession of the fort without opposition, and the stores and provisions that were lying about fell into their hands. The Commander-in-Chief here taking pity on the misfortunes of Ram Swamy Koor, to whom the possession of that district belonged in hereditary right, made it over to him with the fort, and its dependencies, on condition that he paid yearly a tribute of one lakh of rupees. He then marched on towards Ambajee Droog and as after a very long time his (Ram Swamy’s) good fortune had favoured him and the capital of his district fell into his hands, at a fortunate moment he entered the fort, and after repairing and making arrangements for its security, he left there six hun­dred foot under his own followers and strengthen­ing it with stores and artillery proceeded to Tulkai Goonda, a town or fort seated in the midst of a dense jungle. The conquering Sultán now ordered Ancupa Naír and the English officers, who had been taken prisoners at the fort of Tripatoor, to be delivered over to the executioners, and Jogi Pundit the nephew of Achna Pundit the Náíb of the Souba of Arkat, who during the reign of the Sultán, had been advanced to high dignity and had received the title of Raja Ramchundur, and was also appointed Serishtadár of the whole of the Talookas of Bangalore, but who from his evil des­tiny, had not acted in conformity to the orders of the Sultán, but had leagued with the enemy, was put to death in company with the Poligars of Hurpun Hully, and Rai Droog, who had been imprisoned, and were executed because for some days the fire of the Sultán’s wrath burned fiercely, at the bare mention of the names of the Poligars. Kishn Rao was at this time sent to take charge of the capital (Seringaputtun), and to despatch money for the payment of the troops, while the Sultán himself with the army and its departments marched in pursuit of the English army to Bala­poor Khoord. The splendour of the Sultán’s standard, however, no sooner shone on that fort, than the garrison with great folly beat to arms and sounded their trumpets on the ramparts, at the same time howling and barking like a pack of hounds. The Sultán, therefore, determined to punish them, and ordered his brave troops to the assault, and they with ladders and ropes soon esca­laded the walls and conquered their enemies, for although the garrison with one heart and hand giving up all care for their lives, fought so desperately that two thousand Ghazies bit the dust, they were at length subdued, and gave their heads and breasts as an oblation to the sword and spear, and three hundred foot soldiers who were taken alive, according to the orders of the Sultán for an example to others, had their hands and feet cut off, or broken with saws and hatchets by his exe­cutioners and they were then left on the ground. In a moment, therefore, the clamour of the day of judgment arose from these unfortunate men, and after this (most unjust and cruel act) the Sultán marched from that place and encamped in the neighbourhood of Sulket.

The Commander-in-Chief of the English army, Lord Cornwallis, in the mean time had taken the fort of Ambajee Droog from the Killadár Muham­mad Khán Boorka, and had razed the works to the ground, and after that encamped there two or three days. The Poligars who have been before mentioned in this period, forwarded provisions and cattle to the English camp, and received great praise and reward for their service. The Sipah­salar or Commander-in-Chief of the English, then marched on and encamped near the fort of Murg Mulla, when Assud Alí Khán and Bhar Mul, the Dewán of Mushír ul Moolk, with five thousand horse, entered the English camp, and the next day they marched from that place by the road of Chin­tumani and Morwakul to Vinkut Giri Pala. The brave and powerful Sultán with his victorious army had at this time turned the head of his generous steed towards the English army with the intention to attack it, when a jasoos, or spy dressed in a suit of mourning arrived, sent by his mother from Seringaputtun, and this man in private informed the Sultán that the villain Kishn Rao con­spiring with some other traitors, had so concerted and arranged that probably by this time a sedition had broken out in the capital, or would soon break out, the repression of which it would not be very easy to accomplish,— he having followed the path of the rejected* Khundi Rao, and had sent for a large body of English troops from Bombay, and that the Queen, (the Sultán’s wife), had given up all hope or care of her life,— at hearing this intelligence the Sultán despatched Syud Sáhib with a body of troops to provide for the security and order of his capital.