Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s13.32
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s13.32
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v4.c56.s13.32
The effect of Lake’s victory on the Indian world was electric. In three hours’ time the French military prestige in India had been destroyed and Perron publicly shown to be a coward. His Indian allies and vassals now took heart to abandon his side. The white rats hastened to leave Sindhia’s sinking ship and come over to the British to surrender and share in the Governor-General’s promised bounty to deserters.