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146 some 10,000 men, were seen drawn up on the parade square, with numerous cavalry and two 18-pounders, besides other guns.

Brigadier Smith having come up in the meantime and turned the enemy's left, Sir Hugh Rose sent Cornet (now Major-General) Goldsworthy, 8th Hussars, a 'gallant and intelligent officer,' for the Field Battery and Horse Artillery. The gunners soon opened a successful fire, which killed and disabled a large number of the enemy and put the rest to flight.

The troops now entered the town without difficulty; and, marching up the main street, took possession of Sindhia's palace, with the intention of capturing the fort in the morning. Brigadier Smith co-operated with good effect on the left near the palace of Phúl Bágh, which he took, killing numbers of the enemy and capturing several guns.