A History of the Mahrattas v1.c16.41

v1.c16.41

When Sivajee’s troops arrived in the neighbourhood of Bellary, a few of his foragers were killed by some of the people belonging to the fort, which was then in possession of the widow of a Dessaye.⁴ As satisfaction was refused, the outrage furnished an excuse for attacking the place, which was invested and taken after a siege of twenty-seven days. Sivajee next besieged and took Kopaul.