Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s4.12

v3.c41.s4.12

In this decisive battle* of the entire campaign, Sindhia's planning showed consummate generalship and promptness of movement, joined to unfailing combination. The Jat-Maratha alliance had by this time been perfected; the courage and endurance of the Jat peasantry had been hitherto unavailing for the lack of capable leaders; but now the Marathas supplied this brain power, while the French-led musketeers added the necessary steadying element to the mobility of the Deccan light horse. These facts explain the completeness of the victory.