A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.38

v2.c57.38

¹ [They were captured at Urulī, about fifteen miles east of Poona, and were sent first to Kangorī fort in Kolāba, where they were harshly treated, and thence to Vāsota. The British force advancing from Medha by Bamnoli and Tambi, drove in outposts at Vāsota and met the Pēshwā’s forces at Indoli. Negotiations were opened with he commandant, Bhāskar Pant, but he refused to surrender. The British forces then advanced a detachment and dug shelters for themselves in the hillside. A battery was set up on the old fort, and the bombardment lasted for twenty hours. The commandant finally surrendered on April 6, 1818, and the two British officers were recovered uninjured (see pages 517–8, post). See also Colebrooke’s Life of M. Elphinstone, vol. ii, p. 34. Elphinstone was himself present at the capture of Vāsota.]