Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s17.2

v2.c27.s17.2

* Nana Fadnis says that it was only nightfall that saved the entire Maratha army from destruction. Indeed, if Abdali had driven home this individual thrust of the Ruhelas with his own troops, or even made a diversion on another wing of the Maratha army, the trenches would have been completely carried and the 14th of January anticipated by a month and a week. But the Ruhela attack was a spontaneous and unauthorized movement and begun with too little daylight left to call up distant supports. Thus the valour and heavy sacrifice of Najib's troops were thrown away through their lack of disciplined obedience to the supreme command. An army cannot win unless all parts of it work in concert like an organized team.