Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s7.13

v4.c48.s7.13

The loss on Holkar’s side was very heavy. Dudrenec, in an interview with Ahalyā Bāi on 27th August, reported that 800 to 900 men had fallen on his side; this evidently refers to his four battalions, which would mean more than 50 per cent fatal casualties. The deaths among the Maratha horse have not been estimated anywhere, and we are only told, in the accounts that reached Punā, of “great destruction” having been wrought among them. But they took to flight so quickly that more of them died of thirst and fatigue