text: " On the appearance of our army on the border however the Ameers demurred not very unreasonably to the passage of this formidable host; and considerable delay ensued from the imperfect information possessed by the British commanders of the amount of resistance to be expected; but at last the country and fortress were forcibly occupied; the seaport of Kurrachee (where alone any armed opposition was attempted) was bombarded and captured by our ships of war; and a treaty was imposed at the point of the bayonet on the Scindian rulers by virtue of which they paid a contribution of twenty-seven laks of rupees (nearly L300 000) to the expenses of the war under the name of arrears of tribute to Shah-Shoojah acknowledging at the same time the supremacy _not of Shah-Shoojah_ but of the English Government! The tolls on the Indus were also abolished and the navigation of the river placed by a special stipulation wholly under the control of British functionaries