THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD which he was undertaking against Shivram Kamedan, Malhar Rao, and his brother, Hanmat Rao. Simulta- neously the latter also asked for his help, but declining to give assistance to either side, Raghunathji marched his forces back to Junagadh. Kadi fell, and two years afterwards Malhar Rao fled to Kathiawad, and collecting an army from among all the desperate characters of the peninsula, he set up his standard against all. An army from Baroda was sent to apprehend him, and he was eventually captured near Bhavnagar and surrendered to the English. In A.D. 1803 Ranchodji again went into Jhalawad, where he levied double the tribute usually levied by Junagadh. At Dhrangadhra he met with opposition of a feeble nature from Shivram Kamedan and Hanmant Rao, who had been released after the capture of Kadi. Kukand Rao now rebelled against the Gaekwad at Amreli, where he seized the fort. He captured the Nagar Desais of Wasawad, and imprisoned them until they should pay ransom. In their plight they appealed to the Nawab of Junagadh, and Ranchodji, taking an army against Amreli, captured it after a week's siege and drove out Mukand Rao. In the following year Babaji Apaji, Dewan of Baroda, entered Saurashtra with a large army, and levied three times the amount of tribute usually exacted* Being opposed by Nawab Hamed Khan, he besieged Wanthali, but not being able to take the place after two months' fighting, he withdrew along the coast towards Baroda. Ranchodji now hung on his flanks and rear, and harassed the Marathas without giving them any opportunity for fighting a pitched battle. Finally, as the price of desist- ance from this guerilla warfare, Babaji Apaji was glad to restore all the written bonds and deeds he had extracted from the villages and to take only the ordinary amount of tribute. Until the arrival of Colonel Walker with the Gaekwad's army in A.D. 1807 to conclude a settlement 164