A History of the Mahrattas v2.c54.40
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c54.40
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v2.c54.40
In every thousand Pindharees, about four hundred were tolerably well mounted and armed; of that number, about every fifteenth man carried a matchlock, but their favourite weapon was the ordinary Mahratta spear, which is from twelve to eighteen feet long. The remaining six hundred were common plunderers and followers, armed like the Bazar retainers of every army in India with all sorts of weapons.