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tory & entered Poona in triumph. Baji
Rao fled, & came to Bassein. Wellesley
thought it a fit opportunity for British
interference. By the subsidiary treaty
of Bassein, signed on December 6th, 1802,
the Peshwa was to receive permanently
from the Company six battalions of
infantry, for which he yielded to the
Company districts with a revenue of
about [pound symbol] 250,000 per annum. He was,
moreover, to wage no war without the
Company's consent, & the Company were
to supervise his treaties & mediate in
all his claims. Mill's chief accusation
against Wellesley here is that such a
treaty meant certain war. To this it
may be answered that in all probability
war was in any case inevitable.
The effecty of the treaty was to draw the
Maratha nations together, despite their
quarrels, against the common foreign
foe. Bhonsla & Sindhia united their
forces, but were unable to persuade
Holkar to join them, though he had
consented to a truce with Sindhia. On
May 13th, 1803 the Peshwa returned under
British protection to Poona. Bhonsla &
Sindhia refused to retire peacefully with
their armies to their own dominions, &

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[vic] victory & entered Poona in triumph. Baji
Rao fled, & came to Bassein. Wellesley
thought it a fit opportunity for British
interference. By the subsidiary treaty
of Bassein, signed on December 6th, 1802,
the Peshwa was to receive permanently
from the Company six battalions of
infantry, for which he yielded to the
Company districts with a revenue of
about [pound symbol] 250,000 per annum. He was,
moreover, to wage no war without the
Company's consent, & the Company were
to supervise his treaties & mediate in
all his claims. Mill's chief accusation
against Wellesley here is that such a
treaty meant certain war. To this it
may be answered that in all probability
war was in any case inevitable.
The effecty of the treaty was to draw the
Maratha nations together, despite their
quarrels, against the common foreign
foe. Bhonsla & Sindhia united their
forces, but were unable to persuade
Holkar to join them, though he had
consented to a truce with Sindhia. On
May 13th, 1803 the Peshwa returned under
British protection to Poona. Bhonsla &
Sindhia refused to retire peacefully with
their armies to their own dominions, &