Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c33.s5.15
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c33.s5.15
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v3.c33.s5.15
This close approach of the Marathas to the frontier of the district of Kora excited great alarm at the Court of Lucknow. Shuja-ud-daulah sent his son with a strong force, including Umrao-gir's Gosain corps, to the frontier post of Cawnpur by way of precaution, and wrote urging the English Governor to move up a body of their own troops from Patna to the Kora district in support (early in January 1771); and some time later he himself arrived at Cawnpur. The alarm spread even to the English city of Patna. [*CPC.* iii. 562, 564, 577.]