Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 33.17.5

33.17.5

The Marhattas, on seeing this disposition, came out of their intrenchment and took their post a little farther, at full one arrow's throw in the plain. The combat became furious at once, and a continual slaughter took place between the two parties, from midday as far as the evening; so that there remained but one hour of sun-shine, when the Rohillahs, under Nedjib-ed-dowlah broke through a furious storm of muskets and rockets, and penetrated on foot within the intrenchment, where they commenced fighting with hand-blows. In this action Belvent-rao, nephew to Seda-syo, and his right arm in everything, being struck by a musket-ball, fell dead from his horse; and the engagement would have been final, had not the night fallen upon the combatants, and by throwing her sable veil between them, put it out of their power to distinguish the friend from the foe. The Rohillahs after distinguishing themselves in so glorious a manner, came out of the intrenchment, and returned to their camp. It was after this furious engagement that intelligence came that Govind-pandett, a Marhatta General, at the head of ten or twelve thousand horse, was coming from Atava, with a large convoy of treasure and provisions; that he was already at Shah-dera, in the highroad over against Shah-djehan-abad; and that his intention was, first of all, to plunder Mahtra, and some other dependencies of Nedjib-ed-dowlah, and then to cross the Djumnah at Cundj-pura, from whence he expected to join Seda-syo's army.