corps escorted the battering train to Jaulnah, where it arrived on the 25th December. On the 28th, the detachment of the regiment, with the artillerymen and sappers who had served in Candeish, with some field-pieces and treasure, marched under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Crossdell, to join the head-quarters of the Hyderabad division between Ellichapore and Warkeera. On the 21st January, 1819, the detachment of the corps joined Colonel Pollock's force near Tilpyaumneir.

In the beginning of the year, the corps took a part in the different combined movements into the Mahadea Hills, and towards the end of February, formed part of the besieging force marching against Asseerghur, a hill-fort situated on the top of a precipitous rock about 700 feet high, accessible in two places only, and these fortified in the strongest manner: under and to the west of the hill is the lower fort called Maleeghur, commanded by the upper, and surrounded by a strong wall but no ditch. Beyond, on the same side, was the Pettah, surrounded partly by a wall and by ravines and deep hollows.

By the 17th March, General Doveton took up his position before Asseerghur, his army consisting of the Hyderabad subsidiary force, partly composed of the foot artillery, H. M.'s Royals 30th, and the Madras Europeans, the Wallajabad and Chicacole light infantry native regiments, and the 1st battalion of pioneers, Sir John Malcolm's division, and

the Bombay brigade, partly composed of Bombay foot artillery, H. M.'s 57th 1st battalion Bombay native grenadiers, and 1st of the 8th regiment Bombay native infantry and a detachment of pioneers. Early on the morning of the 18th, the following storming party was paraded for an attack on the Pettah:-five companies of the royals, the flankers of H. M.'s 30th, 57th, and the Madras Europeans, five companies of the Wallajabad light infantry, with the sappers and miners, all under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser of the Royals, and supported by the remainder of H. M.'s 30th, two companies, one of H. M.'s 57th, and one of the Madras Europeans, with nine companies of Sepoys, and detachments from the 2d and 7th light cavalry, and four horse-artillery guns, under command of Major Dalrymple, of H. M.'s 30th. At daylight the Pettah was stormed and completely taken possession of, the troops establishing themselves under cover in the streets running parallel with the walls of the lower fort. Before the close of the day, a battery of five howitzers was completed in one of the streets; on the evening of the 19th, the enemy made a sally, but were repulsed by the troops in the Pettah; by daylight, on the 20th, a heavy gun battery was completed, and opened at about 500 yards distance from the lower rock, and by the same evening had nearly effected a practicable breach. The same night the enemy made a determined sally into the Pettah, and were repulsed with some loss,

but not before Colonel Fraser had been killed, and several men killed and wounded. On the 21st, the lower fort was evacuated, but not taken possession of on account of the commanding fire from the upper. The magazine in rear of the breaching battery, containing nearly thirty barrels of powder, unfortunately exploded at 7 A. M, as the covering parties were relieving: a company of the 15th Bengal Native Infantry were blown up, and all either killed or wounded; several Europeans were also wounded by the explosion, which encouraged the enemy to descend and re-occupy Mallyghur; the mortars and howitzers continued their fire into the upper and lower forts, and two more batteries had been opened by the 29th, and every arrangement made to storm Mallyghur. The following day, however, the enemy had early in the morning abandoned it, and it was taken possession of at daylight. The batteries in the Pettah were during the day dismantled, and at night the mortars were brought into the fort. On the night of the 31st, the breaching guns were got into the new batteries, and all opened their fire with good effect; the same day, the Bengal division, under Brigadier-General Watson, C.B., arrived in camp; the batteries continued their fire, and by the 4th April, had destroyed the defences on each side of the intended breach; by the 6th, the breaching batteries were completed, on the 7th, opened their fire, and before evening made a practicable breach : by eleven A. M. next day, the garrison accepted terms,

and the firing ceased. Early on the morning of the 9th, the British flag was hoisted on the western tower of the upper fort, under a royal salute from all the batteries: at the same time, the garrison, consisting of 1200 Muckrannees, Arabs, and Sindees, descended into the Pettah, and grounded their arms. The loss sustained by the enemy was trifling, for they fought behind walls; only forty-three were killed, and ninety-five wounded. The loss on the side of the British was eleven European officers, four native officers, ninety-five Europeans and 113 native non-commissioned rank and file, killed and wounded, of these ten belonged to the Madras European Regiment, besides one officer, Lieutenant D'Esterre, wounded.

After the fall of Asseerghur, which closed the Mahratta campaign of 1817, 18, 19, the force under General Doveton was broken up and the troops marched to their respective cantonments and stations. Six companies of the Madras European Regiment, with the 2d of the 13th Madras native infantry, remained to garrison Asseerghur, the rest of the corps, with one company of the 1st native infantry, proceeded to Nagpore with the Nagpore train of artillery, where they arrived on the 7th May.

During the whole campaign a detachment from the regiment had served as sappers and miners, and were present at almost every siege and operation before the numerous forts captured during the war. At the battle and operations before Nagpore on the

16th, 19th, and 24th December, 1817, a detail of twenty-four men of the regiment served as sappers, and had two sergeants and twelve privates killed and wounded.

In July, the following extract, from a despatch from the Honourable the Court of Directors, regarding a distinguished officer who rose in, and for a long time, served with the European regiment, and who died in England on the 17th of April, 1813, was published in Government Orders :

Shortly after the decease of the late MajorGeneral Sir Barry Close, Bart., formerly of your establishment, we resolved to mark our sense of the distinguished services of that officer, by erecting a monument to his memory, in the Cathedral of St. Paul. But being subsequently of opinion, that it would be more suitable to place this public testimonial of our regard in the country which has been the scene of his services, we altered our intention, and determined to erect the monument at Fort St. George. It is accordingly forwarded to you; and we direct you to cause it to be carefully erected in a conspicuous part of St. George's Church."

In Government Orders of 27th September, the following extract regarding the honorary badge, for the battle of Mahidpoor, was published :

"The Governor in Council is pleased to permit the undermentioned corps to bear in their appointments, or similarly embroidered on their regimental standards, the words 'Mahidpoor, 21st December,

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