Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 14.3.3

14.3.3

Although the roads were scoured day and night by the enemy's horse, and there was no passing undiscovered, nevertheless without minding the times, they had the imprudence to sally forth from the city, and to advance towards the army with a small number of brave men that chose to stand by them. But they did not go far; the Marhattas having overtaken them, wanted to plunder and strip them; and as they refused to submit to that indignity, they were surrounded and attacked with spears and long swords; and a sharp engagement took place, in which the enemy mixed contumelious language with heavy blows. At last both those officers were dangerously wounded, and both were felled to the ground; and both were stripped, and their baggage was plundered and rifled. Nor was it but some time after, that they recovered so far their senses, as to arrive at the army, both naked, and both very much wounded; the Gentoo officer in particular, having lost the whole of his nose by a stroke of a sabre. It was over a country so totally ruined that Aaly-verdy-qhan arrived at Azim-abad, where having observed that Rhago-dji was hastening his march, he quitted that city, to follow the enemy to Baghal-pûr, where having advanced towards the river that runs by Champa-nagur, a suburb of that town, he took shelter under some trees, from whence he sent forwards the brigade he had with him, together with most of the officers present; and these had orders to look out for a proper encampment.