Riyaz al-salatin 114.1.7

114.1.7

Kamgar Khan Muin also joined the Nawab, who was encamped at the Champanagar nalla, but was sent away to Birbhum by the traitor, Gurgin Khan. (Seir, Vol. II, p. 735). At this time, Mir Ruju-d-din, son of the late Nawab Saif Khan of Purniah, deserted Mir Qasim's army, proceeded to Purniah, and made himself its master, and opened correspondence with Mir Jafar Khan and the English (Seir, Vol. II, p. 736). At Adhua, the Nawab's troops When Nawab Qasim Ali Khan made his entry into Monghyr, he summoned to his presence all the officers of the Nizamat of were wont for some time to sally out in the night by the secret passage, and to do havoc amongst English troops. Once they went so far as to attack Mir Jafar Khan's Camp, Mir Jafar Khan having come to Adhua with the English army. Mir Jafar was about to run away, when the English army re-inforced him. The English were thrown into consternation by these destructive night-attacks, and were at a loss to find out the passage by which the Nawab's troops approached the English entrenchments. At this time, an English soldier who had long ago left the English army and taken service under the Nawab, informed the English army of the secret passage (Seir, Vol. II, p. 737), and undertook to guide them to the Nawab's entrenchments at Adhua. With the help of this man, Colonel Goddard, with an English regiment, moved to the Nawab's entrenchment in the night.