The paucity of British troops in the ceded provinces induced several of the zemindars to resist the revenue authorities, and, among others, Doondia Khan, who possessed two strong mud forts in the vicinity of Aligurh. The failure of the attacks on Bhurtpoor added to their contumacy, but the want of power to punish, rendered it necessary to pass it over for the time, and be content with some show of submission, which Doondia Khan made to Major-General Smith on his return from Afzulgurh to Bhurtpoor. Causes of complaint continued to arise, and towards the end of 1806, the collector reported he had strengthened Komona with a new outwork and attacked a neighbouring zemindar. All efforts at accommodation proving useless, a force was collected in August, 1807, under Major-General Dickens, and proceeded against Komona on the 12th of October. With this force were— ────────┬──────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────────── Company.│Battalion.│Captain-Lieutenant.│ Lieutenants. ────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────────── 3 │ 1 │ Lindsay │MᶜQuake, Harris, Pryce, ────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────────── 2 │ 2 │ 〃 │Forrester, and Parlby. ────────┴──────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────────────── Lieutenant-Colonel Horsford was also present, commanding a brigade, but also specially directing the artillery. An assault was made on the 18th November, but proved unsuccessful, owing to the determined opposition the enemy made, and the way in which he defended the breach, with mines, powder-bags, burning choppahs, &c. The assailants were beat back with heavy loss, but the enemy deserted the place during the night. Lieutenants Harris and MᶜQuake, acting as engineers, were wounded; 5 Europeans and 9 natives killed; 10 Europeans and 10 lascars, of the artillery, were wounded. From Komona the force proceeded to Gunnouree on the 22nd November, and carried on the attack of that fort until the 11th December, when the enemy evacuated it. For the detail of these operations we would refer the reader to the fourth volume of the _East-India Military Repository_. The strength of the artillery, as fixed in 1802, having proved itself quite insufficient for the duties of the Presidency, in August, 1805, five companies of golundaz were raised; they were formed from the “component parts” which remained on the alteration in 1802. These companies were added without any officers, but in the following year (19th June, 1806) a lieutenant-colonel and major were added to each battalion. The regiment, therefore, at this period consisted of—