History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s10.30

v4.c64.s10.30

Both sides made active preparations during the closing months of the rainy season. In October the siege of Chaul was pressed very close, "Shambhuji's forces having taken possession of a hill close by the town on which they have raised four bulwarks and are bringing great guns to plant on it." (Bombay to Surat, 8th Oct. 1683, F.R. Surat, 109.) But though for some months longer, "Chaul lay in a desperate condition," the Marathas failed to take it.