Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c53.s3.44

v4.c53.s3.44

The attempt at surprise failed, as the Jaipur troops got the alarm, through the recklessness of the advanced cavalry patrols of the Marāthas before the infantry had forded the river. A heavy cannonade was opened from all their line. Major Pohlmann, on this, ordered the second brigade to advance with its guns, but to reserve its fire till it was close to the enemy. These orders were punctually obeyed and his artillery did great execution. Sweeping over the five hundred yards of open space from the river bank to the line of Jaipur guns, Pohlmann’s infantry took forty of the pieces, though at some sacrifice of their own men.