History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s1.4

v4.c60.s1.4

But Fazl Khan attacked the Marathas with relentless vigour and by seizing a neighbouring hillock threatened to make Panhala untenable. So, one dark night (13th July) Shivaji slipped out of the fort with half his forces, and made his escape to Vishalgarh, 27 miles to the west. The men he had left in Panhala held it till 22nd September next, when, learning that the Sultan himself was coming to take the fort, they gave it up to the Bijapuris.