The Anglo-Maratha Confrontation of June and July 1803

A. S. Bennell

doi:10.1017/S0035869X00120891

The Anglo-Maratha Confrontation of June and July 1803

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A. S. Bennell

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At the beginning of June, 1803, a new phase opened in the relations of the British Company and the Marathas. It was symbolized by two events; the march northwards from Poona on 4th June of the detachment of East India Company troops commanded by Arthur Wellesley and the assembly near Malkapur on the 5th or 6th June of the armies of Daulat Eao Sindhia and the Raja of Berar. Since what was at stake, in diplomatic terms, was the contest of the British Company and Sindhia for overlordship of the Peshwa, it was appropriate that in military terms this should be expressed by the confrontation, not far from the capital city of the Maratha people, of the Company's army and what could be formed of an army of the Maratha Confederacy.

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Information: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 94 , Issue 3-4 , October 1962 , pp. 107 - 131

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^{page 107 note 1} Edmonstone to Close 30 May 1803 Despatches… of the Marquess Wellesley 5 vols. (London 1836–1837) ed. Martin, M., iii. 106Google Scholar. Cited as Martin.

^{page 108 note 1} Collins to G. G. 30Apr. 1803 Poona Residency Correspondence Vol. ix (Bombay 1943) 188Google Scholar. Cited as P.R.C.: Shawe to Malcolm 25 May 1803. Wellesley Papers: British Museum Additional Manuscripts 13602 f.13. Cited as Add. Mss.

^{page 109 note 1} Edmonstone to Close 30 May 1803. Martin iii. 106.

^{page 110 note 1} Edmonstone to Collins 3 Jun. 1803. Martin iii. 120, P.R.C. ix 243.

^{page 110 note 2} W. to the Peshwa 9 Jun. 1803. Martin iii. 135.

^{page 112 note 1} W. Petrie Mem. Jun. 1803. Nottingham University Library: Portland Papers: Bentinck Madras Mss. P. 3 (unpaged); Clive to Chairman C. of D. 12 Mar. 1803. Madras Letters Received, vol. 28; Madras to C. of D. (Revenue Department) 9 May 1803. Abst. Madras Letters Received vii. 338. India Office Records, Commonwealth Relations Office.

^{page 113 note 1} Arthur W. to Stuart 10 May 1803. P.R.C. ix. 202, Despatches of… Wellington ed. Lt. Gurwood, Col. (London 1837) i. 558Google Scholar. Cited as Grwd: Arthur W. to Stevenson 18 May 1803. Grwd i. 579: Arthur W. to Close 17 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 11.

^{page 114 note 1} Arthur W. to Close 9 Jun. 1803. Grwd i. 632.

^{page 114 note 2} Arthur W. to Close 8 Jun. 1803. Grwd i. 628.

^{page 115 note 1} Malcolm to Shawe 5 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13746 f. 163. Partly printed. Kaye, , Life of J. Malcolm i. 221. Partly printedGoogle Scholar.

^{page 115 note 2} Malcolm to Shawe 10 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13746 f. 172; Close to See. G.G. 10 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13598 f. 151.

^{page 115 note 3} Collins to G.G. 29 May 1803. Martin iii. 159; P.R.C. ix. 234.

^{page 116 note 1} Arthur W. to W. 4 Jun. 1803. Grwd i. 614; to Collins 4 Jim. 1803 Supplementary Despatches of the Duke of Wellington (India) iv. 105. Cited as S.D.; to Close 4 Jun. 1803. Grwd. i. 617.

^{page 116 note 2} Arthur W. to Close, 18 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 12.

^{page 116 note 3} Arthur W. to Stevenson 19 Jun. 1803. Grwd. ii. 15; Collins to G.G. 12 Jun. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 262. Martin iii. 170.

^{page 116 note 4} Arthur W. to Close 15 Jun. 1803. Grwd. ii. 8. P.R.C. x. 110; 19 Jun. 1803.

^{page 118 note 1} Malcolm Mem. 18 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13746 f. 182: Arthur W. to Malcolm 20, 22 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 20. SD. iv. 120.; to Close 23 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 33.

^{page 118 note 2} Collins to G.G. 3 Jun. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 258; Collins to Arthur W. 4 Jun. 1803. Wellington Mss. (India) Apsley House, vol. 11. Quoted by permission of the Duke of Wellington. Cited as A.H. Mss.

^{page 119 note 1} Collins to G.G. 7 Jun. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 260; Collins to Arthur W. 9 Jun. 1803. A.H. Mss. 11.

^{page 119 note 2} Collins to G.G. 12 Jun. 1803. Martin iii. 170, P.R.C. ix. 262; Mem. to Sindhia 12 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 1 n, P.R.C. ix. 264; Collins to Lake 12 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13742 f. 37; Collins to Arthur W. 12 Jun. 1803. A.H. Mss. 11.

^{page 120 note 1} Collins to G.G. 15, 22 Jun. 1803. P.E.C. ix. 268, 283; Collins to Arthur W. 15, 29 Jun. 1803. A.H. Mss. 11.

^{page 120 note 2} Arthur W. to Collins 29 Jun. 1803. S.D. iv. 123.

^{page 121 note 1} Malcolm Mem. 4 Jul. 1803. Add. Mss. 13746 f. 196; Malcolm to Shawe 4 Jul. 1803. ibid. f. 194; Arthur W. to W. 8 Jul. 1803. Grwd ii. 74.

^{page 122 note 1} Close to Arthur W. 10 Jul. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 314.

^{page 123 note 1} Collins to G.G. 6 Jul. 1803. Martin iii. 236; Collins to Arthur W. 8 Jul. 1803, to Close 9 Jul. 1803. A.H. Mas. 11.

^{page 123 note 2} Arthur W. to Collins 14 Jul. 1803. Grwd ii. 82; Arthur W. to Sindhia 14 Jul. 1803. Grwd ii. 88; Close to Collins 15 Jul. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 335.

^{page 124 note 1} Arthur W. to Close 17 Jul. 1803. P.R.C. vii. 97 p. Grwd ii. 96; Arthur W. to Collins 17 Jul. 1803. S.D. iv. 139; Close to Webbe 4 Aug. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 401; Malcolm to Shawe? 17 Jul. 1803. Add. Mss. 13746 f. 204.

^{page 124 note 2} Malcolm to ? Stuart 24 Mar. 1803. Kaye, , Malcolm i. 213Google Scholar: Arthur W. to W. 10 May 1803. Grwd i. 557: 4 Jun. 1803. Grwd i. 614.

^{page 125 note 1} See “Wellesley's Settlement of Mysore, 1799”, Journal Royal Asiatic Society (1952), p. 124.

^{page 125 note 2} Shawe to Malcolm 28 Jul. 1803. Add. Mss. 13602 f. 29; W. to Arthur W. 26 Jun. 1803. Martin iii. 149., Grwd ii. 49 n, P.R.C. ix. 287; Edmonstone to Collins, Close 27 Jun. 1803 P.R.C. ix. 295. Add. Mss. 13597 f. 64.

^{page 126 note 1} W. to Arthur W. 27 Jun. 1803. Grwd ii. 53 n, Martin iii. 153, P.R.C. ix. 291.

^{page 127 note 1} W. to Lake 7 Jan. 1803. Martin iii. 28; 27 Mar. 1803. Martin iii. 62; Perron to Lake 9 Apr. 1803, Lake to Wellesley 12 Apr. 1803. Add. Mss. 13742 f. 18, 20; Collins to G.G. 2 May 1803. P.R.C. ix. 191.

^{page 127 note 2} Edmonstone to Close 7 May 1803. P.R.C. x. 97; copied to Collins Add. Mss. 13601 f. 57; Shawe to Malcolm 25 May 1803. Add. Mss. 13602 f. 13.

^{page 127 note 3} Lake to W. 28 Jun. 1803. Add. Mss. 13742 f. 33, 41.

^{page 128 note 1} W. to Lake 28 Jun. 1803 (two letters). Martin iii. 164, 167; P.R.C. ix. 298.

^{page 128 note 2} Arthur W. to Collins 18 Jul. 1803. Grwd ii. 99; to Stevenson 18 Jul. 1803.

^{page 129 note 1} Collins to Arthur W. 22 Jul. 1803. A.H. Mss. 11.

^{page 129 note 2} Collins to Arthur W. 26 Jul. 1803. Grwd ii. 137 n, P.R.C. ix. 356, A.H. Mss. 11.

^{page 129 note 3} Collins to Arthur W. 30 Jul. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 373. Grwd ii. 151 n.

^{page 130 note 1} Collins to Arthur W. 1 Aug. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 379; Grwd ii. 155 n. Add. Mss. 13738 f. 65.

^{page 130 note 2} Arthur W. to Sindhia 6 Aug. 1803. Grwd ii. 178; Mem. 6 Aug. 1803. P.R.C. ix. 402; Grwdii. 181.

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