A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.75

v2.c51.75

In the meantime five thousand of the Mahratta cavalry, which retired from Coel, prosecuted a successful enterprise under the direction of a Frenchman named Fleury,¹ by attacking the cantonment of Shekoabad, where there was a detachment of five companies of Sepoys and one gun. The assailants were repulsed on the first attempt, but having renewed the attack after the intervention of a day, the detachment, when nearly destitute of ammunition, capitulated, and were permitted to retire with their arms, on a promise of not serving against Sindia during the war. This attack obliged General Lake to send off a strong detachment, which arrived too late to save the cantonment, but was of importance to the security of an expected convoy.