The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.144
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.144
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The imperial troops having suffered losses at the rate of about 200 daily, in direct assaults, Akbar resolved to rely chiefly upon mines and upon covered ways for the approaches. On 17 December two mines were fired, but the storming party rushed into the breach before the second exploded and lost 200 in killed, 100 of whom were officers. The garrison had lost no more than forty men and, as they repaired the breach, mocked the discomfiture of their assailants.