Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c39.s5.18

v3.c39.s5.18

This was a most treacherous stab in Sindhia's back, while he was engaged in front with the recalcitrant Rajah of Jaipur in the distant west. The whole of the Doab threatened to be up in arms against the Marathas, with the Nawab Wazir and the English standing behind the rising. Even the newly planted Maratha garrison in Aligarh quaked with fear. Mahadji acted promptly; his scattered detachments in the Doab were hurriedly united under Abhaji (a son of Jaswant Bablé) to strengthen Aligarh. But this force was too small; and Umraogir, after driving out the Maratha collectors of Atrauli, Chharra Bhamauri and other mahals, attacked Abhaji and routed two of his sepoy battalions, capturing their guns. [Ibr. ii. 151 and ASB., 474. HP. 373.]