[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c51.75 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.75 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.75 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c51.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.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. - [Previous: v2.c51.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.74) - [Next: v2.c51.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.76) - [Up: v2.c51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c51.75) · Pramāṇa