Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s5.13

v1.c14.s5.13

Here they formed an entrenchment in the forest, and fed with supplies furnished by the Rajah of Almorah they succeeded in holding their own for many months. All efforts to dislodge them from this inaccessible refuge failed. But the malignant jungle fever of this Tarāi region carried off thousands of Afghāns and Marāthas alike. (Siyar, iii. 37, G-i-R. 43.) Four months dragged on in this kind of desultory fighting till March 1752 came to an end, "The Marāthas were weary of a contest in which no plunder could be gained, and suffering from disease in a climate peculiarly unhealthy," they were eager to go back.*