Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s1.14

v4.c54.s1.14

Then he prepared to meet two battalions of Dudrenec’s corps, who had advanced to the south of the Narmadā to hunt him down. He moved from Bhikangāon to Kasrāod, and sent his camp and baggage for safety to the difficult hilly country behind that village. The two battalions, one Telinga and one Najib, with only four guns, were heavily outnumbered, but fought bravely and were defeated and dispersed, leaving their guns and baggage behind, (end of December. 1798).