Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c40.s4.16
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c40.s4.16
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v3.c40.s4.16
Rayaji Patil and his colleagues had at first gained some successes and occupied some of the outlying parts of the Kachhwa kingdom. Then came the Rajput reaction. Towards the end of December 1786, he lost 700 men in an abortive assault on a local mud-fort. The situation became steadily worse after the return of Haldia, and at the end of February Mahadji had to send up a strong force under his Bakhshi Jivā Dādā to support Rāyāji. [*DY.* 173, 216, 199. *Ibr.* ii. 168. *PRC.* i. 80.]