Shivaji and His Times c12.s1.11

c12.s1.11

To retrieve the position, Shivaji next sent a larger force, five to seven thousand strong, under Raghunath Ballal Korde, who beat the Siddi forces, captured Tala, Ghonsala, and other forts, and wrested the sea-coast up to Danda. The Marathas continued the campaign even during the rains, and after a long siege captured the fort of Danda, and following up their success opened batteries against Janjira itself. But their weakness in artillery defeated their attempt on this sea-girt rock. Hopeless of relief from Bijapur, the Siddi came to terms with Shivaji and formally ceded Danda-Rajpuri. Thus, no stronghold was left to the Siddi on the mainland. (Sabh. 67.)