Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s11.2

v2.c27.s11.2

On 16th September we have this astonishing report from the Bhāu’s camp in Delhi, “In our army even big men are fasting, the horses have forgotten what it is to eat gram. Our soldiers are ruined; nowhere is a loan obtainable. There is no life left in any man or horse; our men can procure rice with difficulty. The end of it all threatens to be very hard. None has seen such a year ever before.” Each trooper and his horse now required Rs. 200 a month for food, and yet for three months the Bhāu had not been able to pay any subsistence money to his soldiers.