Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c25.s4.1

v2.c25.s4.1

So the war broke out afresh on 30th August. Raghunāth fought against the Delhi Gate (in the south) and Imād against the Lahor Gate (in the north-west.) In the night of 29-30 August, the Marathas opened fire from all sides of the city. "Their cannon-balls reached the Hayāt Bakhsh Garden, the Diwān-i-khās, the Diwān-i-ām, and the imperial Wardrobe, within the palace. Two bastions of the Delhi Gate were demolished. The 31st also passed in this kind of artillery attack from all sides of the city. The Ruhelas made a sortie from the Lahor Gate, drove away the men of Imād and Ahmad Bangash who had advanced from the Idgāh, and returned after plundering the Tobacco Mart and carrying away everything there, even the timber of the houses.” They made another sortie from the Turkomān Gate, killed some soldiers of the wazir’s diwan Dilel Singh, and captured his banner.