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* F. R. Surat, Vol. 107, Madras letters of 20 and 29 Nov. 1677. Father Andre Freire wrote from a town of Jinji district in 1678, "The soldiers of Vyankoji, transported by fury, fell on the enemy's army like lions, broke the ranks, &c...... Shantaji, obliged to flee, preserved enough coolness to place a large detachment in ambush; the victors, carried away by the ardour of success, fell into the trap; taken in the rear by the detachment, they saw in an instant the fugitives returning against them with irresistible impetuosity. After some hours of fierce combat, they were crushed and left the field of battle.... Shantaji's losses were, nevertheless, very much more considerable than those of the vanquished." [Mission, iii. 270.]