Travels in India (Tavernier) 39.4.8

39.4.8

On the day upon which we arrived the whole army was encamped at the base of the mountain in a plain, where there is a very fine river, and the Nawáb was just ending the review of the cavalry, which were very smart. An English gunner, with his comrade, an Italian, seeing M. du Jardin and myself pass, and recognising us to be Franks, as it was late politely came to meet us, and invited us to spend the night with them. It was from them that we heard that there was a French gunner then in the town, named Claude Maillé of Bourges, and that he was engaged in casting some cannon which the Nawáb wished to leave in the place.