Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s13.19

v4.c56.s13.19

Thus the ground was cut away from under the armed strength of Sindhia by the withdrawal of his European officers—who were the only higher officers in his trained brigades—and also his best infantry, who were Purbiās or men of Oudh and “the Upper Provinces,” while the indigenous Marāthas supplied only the enemy’s cavalry. At the same time, the army of the E. I. Co. was greatly increased by the addition of the large subsidiary forces (under British officers) paid for by Oudh, Mysore, Haidarabad, and the Peshwā's Government, without their cost being thrown on the English Company.