A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.53

v2.c57.53

at first in the direction of Poona; then changing his route, he retreated to Seroor, where he arrived next morning, with the loss of one hundred and seventy-five men in killed and wounded, of whom twenty were of the small detachment of artillery. Besides these, about one third of the auxiliary horse were killed, wounded, and missing.¹ The Mahrattas lost five or six hundred men, and have the generosity, on all occasions, to do justice to the heroic defenders of Korygaom. During the conflict, the Peishwa sat on a rising ground on the opposite side of the river, about two miles distant. Gokla, Appa Dessaye, and Trimbukjee directed the attacks, and at one time Trimbukjee entered the village. Bajee Rao frequently expressed his impatience, and asked his commanders ‘where were now their boasts of defeating the English when they could not overcome one battalion.’ The Raja of Satara was with the Peishwa, and having put up an aftabgeer,² or screen from the sun, the latter begged he would put it down, ‘otherwise the English would send a cannon ball through it.’