The Nineteenth and Their Times Being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army That Have Borne the Number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in Which They Served

CHAPTER VIII

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INDIA IN 1803

State of affairs in India in 1803--The Mahratta Confederacy--The Peishwa--Scindia--European Adventurers in India--Scindia’s disciplined forces--Perron--Quarrels among the Mahratta Chiefs--Peishwa takes refuge in Bombay--Places himself under protection of the British--Scindia’s hostility aroused--Mahratta combination against the British--Peishwa restored to Poona--Preparations for hostilities--Summary of campaign that followed 125