Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s5.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s5.7
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v4.c54.s5.7
The defeat was decisive so far as the eastern half of the line was concerned. If there had been a military genius in command of Daulat Rao’s operations and the heavy rains had not made the soft soil of Malwa impassable for guns and laden carts, the victors would have pushed on westwards and effected a junction with Hessing’s corps advancing from Ujjain towards it. To avoid being caught between two such forces, Jaswant slipped out of Satwās and hastened back to Indore. His genius enabled him to retrieve his fame and nullify Sindhia’s triumph by a lightning blow which he alone knew how to deal. He crushed George Hessing at Ujjain only 13 days after his own repulse by Brownrigg.