Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s14.24

v2.c27.s14.24

The above figures, though correct for 19th October 1760, were modified to a great extent in the battle of 14th January 1761. The wastage of war between these two dates did not exactly cancel each other, because (i) the Maratha casualties at Kunjpura, some 800 to 1,000, were not set off in the Durrānī army, as the latter did not participate in that fight, (ii) in the intervening two and a half months’ skirmishing the Bhāu’s losses exceeded those of the Shah by one-half or even two-thirds, and (iii) Ahmad Shah received reinforcements from home a month before the final battle, and this body may be safely estimated at about 8,000 men (viz., 2,000 regulars and 6,000 irregulars or more correctly raw recruits and apprentices.) These last were really soldiers in the making, born fighters, only lacking in the discipline and experience of their regular brethren.