A History of the Mahrattas v2.c37.109

v2.c37.109

Although the Mahratta troops, particularly the infantry and that part of the horse under Pureshram Bhow Putwurdhun, behaved well, it may be here remarked as a symptom of the decline of military spirit, that the dispatches of Hurry Punt are written in a style of the most vaunting gasconade, in which Bramin commanders, before this period, were less apt to indulge than