Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c51.s4.1

v4.c51.s4.1

Military discipline as cultivated in ancient Macedonia and Rome, or in modern Europe, requires certain qualities of character and nerve which the races forming the Maratha light horse or the Rajput tribal levies, utterly lack. Even parity of weapons could not have made these men the equals in fighting efficiency, of the Oudh sepoys of the East India Company’s army, or of the Sikh soldiers who have upheld England’s banner beyond the Indian frontier and across the sea. These Oudh men formed the bulk of Sindhia’s campoo with a small force of Ruhela cavalry for De Boigne’s personal guard.