History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c29.93

v2.c29.93

Mir Jumla had been waiting for this development. He now sprang forward in pursuit. Starting at 9 a.m. next day, he sighted the fugitive enemy behind a nullah flanked with swamps. After an ineffectual artillery duel, Shuja fled from his position next morning, at 3 a.m. Very timely reinforcements with artillery, material, 700 rockets, and 12 lakhs of rupees now reached Mir Jumla from the Court. At sunrise he crossed the nullah, continued the chase, and at night halted at Fatihpur, 8 miles behind the enemy's former