Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.46
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.46
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v4.c44.s2.46
This probing attack having failed, Gopāl Bhāu spent the next four weeks in trying to starve the enemy out. But a stinging letter of reproof from Sindhia roused him out of his Fabian strategy and he gave battle on 20th June. The interval was used in inducing Abdul Matlab's corps, for a bribe of 1½ lakhs of rupees, to agree to desert to the Maratha side in the next battle.