A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.43
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.43
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will reach Burhānpur.’ The absurdity of this proposal is apparent on a consideration of the distances dividing Ahmadnagar from the several bases of the troops above-mentioned, as compared with the distance of Burhānpur from the Nizām’s frontier. General Wellesley in a very firm reply treated the proposal as tantamount to a choice of war on the part of Sindia and the Bhoslē, and commenced hostilities on August 8. (Forrest, Selections (Marāthā Series), i. xxxiii–iv.)]