Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s2.35
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s2.35
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v3.c41.s2.35
At the end of October, Mahadji was forced into action. His general Ambāji Inglé (with 8,000 horse and foot) had been sent on a raiding campaign into Jaipur territory in order to create a diversion; in this he failed and also in his attempt to wrest Ajmer city which had been captured from the Marathas by the Jodhpur Rajah on 27th August. In the end Ambaji was surprised, severely defeated and forced to flee to his master's side at Alwar, with the loss of his baggage. [Ibr. iii. 53. Akh. 204—237.] Meantime, Ghulām Qādir Khan's audacious attack on Delhi (16th Oct.) drove the Emperor into making frantic appeals to Sindhia to come to his rescue.