The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.60

v4.c21.s1.60

Their expulsion was, however, temporary and they returned to the province almost immediately. Again, in 1750, they were defeated at Midnapore, but it was as useless to defeat them in the field as it was to expel them, in face of the mobility of irregular troops living on the country and independent either of a base or of lines of communication. The Muslims, after a victory in the field, often found the beaten enemy immediately laying waste the country in their rear, and were obliged to hasten to save their capital from pillage.