A History of the Mahrattas v2.c37.106

v2.c37.106

General Goddard halted, and again marched on the 23d, when the attack was renewed, but the baggage having been sent forward at two o'clock in the morning, he was thus enabled to get on a considerable distance before the enemy came up. The attack on the rear was at one time very determined, and the 6th Bengal and 13th¹ Bombay battalions particularly distinguished themselves under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Parker of the Bengal establishment, an excellent officer, who fell whilst bravely exerting himself at the head of the rearguard. General Goddard observing that the enemy always retired when they saw him established in his camp, made a show of pitching his tents; the manœuvre succeeded, and being the last march was judicious. The army arrived at Panwell on the evening of the 23d of April without further molestation. On this retreat, which the Mahrattas consider one of their most signal victories, General Goddard's army sustained a heavy loss of four hundred and sixty-six in killed and wounded, of whom eighteen were European officers.²