Shivaji and His Times c9.s2.25

c9.s2.25

Shivaji was not the man to miss such an opportunity. He broke off friendly relations with the new regent and recalled his ambassador Babaji Nayak Punde, from Bijapur. Then he sent a strong force under Annaji Pant on a secret enterprise of great importance. This force assembled at Rajapur. One division of it, equipped for scaling and storming forts, was sent in advance under Kondaji Farzand, with orders to march secretly by night only, while Annaji himself with the rest of the troops remained concealed in the great forest of the Ratnagiri district.