Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c51.s7.24

v4.c51.s7.24

Lesteneau’s disbanded men—formed the nucleus of this brigade, and eight more battalions were composed of new recruits from the Doab and Oudh territory.* Five months of constant drilling by their European officers, often under De Boigne’s own eyes, turned them into first-class soldiers, and when they were sent to Rajputana under Gopāl Bhāu, they won the astonishing victories of Patan (20th June) and Mertā (10th September 1790.)