The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.60
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.60
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Nusrat Jang, who had arrived to aid the emperor, made steady progress by capturing some of the outlying hillocks and the village of Talwārgerā, in the plain south of the fort gate, after days of gallant fight and heavy loss among his Bundelā soldiers, till Pidiā found further struggle hopeless and evacuated the fort secretly at night (8 May, 1705) with his Marāthā allies. The Mughul camp-followers who first entered it in search of plunder set fire to the grass huts which caused terrible gunpowder explosions. The bare fort was captured, but its chieftain and his clansmen remained free to give more trouble to the emperor.