History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s4.13

v4.c60.s4.13

To surprise him here was an enterprise that required no less agility and cunning than bravery and dash. Shivaji picked out a thousand of his bravest and most expert soldiers and took them with him, while two supporting divisions of one thousand each (including cavalry and Mavlés) under Netaji Palkar and Moro Pant the *Peshwa*, were directed to take post on the two flanks of the vast Mughal encampment, at a mile’s distance from its outer side. Babaji Bapuji and Chimnaji Bapuji, of Khed, accompanied Shivaji as his body-guards and right-hand men in this enterprise.