Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c34.s13.3
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c34.s13.3
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the Ruhelas lost 300 out of their force of 2,000 men and the Marathas 900. But a son of Ahmad Khan held out in Asadpur, which Tukoji invested. The English army at Sāhaswān, warned by the heavy sound of firing at night, made a rapid march next day and arrived before Rāmghāt (20th March.) At the news of their approach, Tukoji abandoned the siege and made a lightning raid on Sambhal (35 miles north-east of Rāmghāt) and Morādābād, both of which large cities he plundered. Then, with equal speed, he fled back, crossing the Ganges at Puth, and rejoined Visāji at Aligarh.