Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c40.s9.9

v3.c40.s9.9

The Jaipur Rajah, on his part, repressed the ardour of his supporters for a fight, as he was waiting for the junction of helpers from Bikaner, Bundi, Khichiwara and other Rajput centres and particularly for a large body of hired Sindi musketeers who were fondly believed to prove more of a match for Mahadji's French-led sepoy battalions than the Rajput levies mostly armed with the sword and the spear. Nor was he without strong hopes of starving the invaders out, as he had set his vassals to raid the paths of Sindhia's grain supply and his Minas,—those expert hereditary thieves,—to rob the Maratha camp itself every night. This was being done with striking effect and success.