A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.9
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.9
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v1.c15.9
The preconcerted signal of success was setting on fire a thatched house in the fort, a joyful intimation to Sivajee; but when he heard that Tannajee Maloosray was killed, he was deeply concerned, and afterwards, on being congratulated, mournfully replied, in allusion to the name he had given the fort, ‘ The den is taken but the lion is slain; we have gained a fort, but, alas! I have lost Tannajee Maloosray!’