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the guard in an incloſed ſquare outſde the palace, were moſtly maſſacred by this powerful force which ruſhed onward, like an irreſiſtible torrent, that ſweeps all away before it.

Ramjaum, one of the Raja's Generals, after killing a ſerjeant of the Seapoys, who oppoſed his entrance, broke into the royal manſion, and made way for the ſoldiery, who eſcorted their Prince through a garden which led to the river. As the banks were high above the ſurface, they let him down by turbans tied together, into a boat that conveyed him to the other ſide, whence he eſcaped under

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