A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.7
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.7
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³ [De Boigne wrote an account of the battle in the Calcutta Gazette of July 22, 1790, in which he estimated Ismail Beg’s cavalry at 5,000 sabres. Apparently Ismail Beg confined his assaults to the Marāthā horse, having learnt by experience the difficulty of breaking De Boigne’s squares. Seeing this, De Boigne brought up his men, numbering 10,000, under the protection of his own guns, and stormed the Rājpūt camp. He estimated his own losses at 120 killed and 472 wounded—the enemy’s infantry, being entrenched, did not suffer greatly; but they lost ‘a vast number of cavalry.’ (Keene, Mughal Empire, p. 196.)]