Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c49.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c49.7
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v4.c49.7
From what Bāpu Holkar saw from his position in the first stage of the fighting, arose the myth that the battle of Mertā had been won entirely by the Holkar cavalry after De Boigne had lost the day. This story, as developed in their camp-fire gossip, finds its most fantastic form in the Holkar Family Chronicle written 26 years after the event, which runs thus: —