Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s4.9

v2.c28.s4.9

∗ DC. It is probably this fight of which Nur-ud-din, 108b-109b, gives the following description :—Najib crossed at Kutana ghat by night and learnt that the Sikhs had halted 5 kos off. Leaving his camp and baggage there, he set out after them, and sighted the Sikhs after advancing 2 kos. The Sikhs, ignorant of Najib’s approach, had left their camp and were out plundering villages. On hearing the tramp of the Ruhela cavalry and the roll of kettle-drums. they retreated in bewilderment to their camp. But the Ruhelas by hard riding overtook them and captured vast quantities of booty and animals from them. He drove them beaten for 10 miles to near Kandhala, slaying and wounding many of them. In the end they recrossed the Jamuna and went back to their own country. (This was the Budha Dal.)