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Rh the cavalry, and of the Commander-in-Chief, was directed to it at the same moment: it was, however, found deserted. Some feeble attempts at a stand were made by parties of the foe; but they were only for the purpose of covering the retreat of the remainder. The fortune of the day was decided. The Anglo-Indian Army were masters of the field, and of the whole of the enemy's artillery, amounting to above sixty pieces. The loss of the enemy in men was estimated at three thousand; that of the English, though considerably less, was still lamentably heavy. Their killed and wounded amounted to seven hundred and seventy-eight, including thirty-eight European and twenty-seven native officers.

Though the Mahrattas retreated with a great part of