They made an attempt to reach the baggage trains, but were sharply repulsed, and on the following day the army took up its position before Bangalore.

As they approached the town, three horsemen dashed out from a small grove, and rode furiously towards a little group, consisting of Lord Cornwallis, General Meadows, and the staff, who were reconnoitring at some little distance from the head of the column.

It was evident that their intention was to cut down the general.
The Rajah, who was riding as usual with the staff, dashed forward with four or five other officers, and encountered the horsemen before they could reach him.

The Rajah cut down one of them, another was killed by one of the staff, and the third knocked off his horse and captured.
It was learned that the enterprise was not a planned one, but was the result of a quarrel between the men, themselves.

One had charged the others with cowardice, and in return they had challenged him to follow them where they dared go.