A History of the Mahrattas v2.c43.9

v2.c43.9

¹ [De Boigne's own description of the battle shows that ‘his battalions were only enabled to resist the furious charge of the Rathod horse by forming into hollow squares—the formation to be rendered so famous in after years at Quatre Bras and Mont St. Jean. After the defeat, the battalions ‘resumed their positions, and advancing with their own artillery, made a general attack on the Rājpūt line. At three in the afternoon the town was taken by assault.’ (Keene, Mughal Empire, p. 200 n.) For accounts of the campaign from the Rājpūt side see Tod, Personal Narrative, chs. xxviii, xxix. (popular ed., vol. i.)]