Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c40.s9.13

v3.c40.s9.13

On the 13th and 27th of July the fights between the patrols were of a severer character and the casualties were heavy, one sardar of the Deccan horse being slain at each, and the Rajput side getting the worst of it. There was no activity in the Maratha army for four days from the 15th of the month, when Mahadji's little daughter fell ill of anasarca. She died in the night of the 16th and her fond father was stricken down by grief; he told Rana Khan, "Act as you think fit for the next two or three days, but do not ask me, as I am not in a mood to reply to anything." [Akh. DY. i. 240.]