History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s10.26

v4.c64.s10.26

On the very same day the Marathas also attempted to take the fortress of Morro [? Korlai], which is upon a mountain at the mouth of the bar of the city [of Chaul.] . . . . The enemy sent six spies from the side facing the land to scale the bastion of the fortress which looks in that direction as silently as possible, kill the sentinels, and having done so, to sound the two trumpets they had with them, and at the signal the rest of their army would come forward and take possession of the fortress. The spies scaled the wall of the bastion but were caught and being put to the torture confessed the purpose of their coming. The captain ordered the guns to be loaded . . . . . . Then he ordered the spies to blow their trumpets and give the signal for the attack, which being done, so great a squadron attacked the wall that the hill was covered with men. The guns were then discharged with such disastrous effect upon the enemy that they withdrew with the loss of more than 500 men."