Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.18

v4.c47.18

But Madāri’s retainers had now sunk to four hundred men, and Ismail Beg’s to a tenth of that number. In addition a large detachment of De Boigne’s famous army under Col. Perron arrived in Khāndé Rao’s camp, and an assault by them would have been irresistible. Mirzā Ismail Beg, knowing that he had nothing to hope for from the Marāthas, issued from the fort of Kānud on 15th April, with his wife, Ismail Khan (the adopted son of Najaf Quli) and thirty horsemen, three elephants and eight bullock-carriages (*rath*), and took refuge in Perron’s camp, who placed a guard round the party and reported the case to his general De Boigne.