Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s16.3
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s16.3
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v4.c56.s16.3
Major Geslin, whom Perron had detached with the second brigade to reinforce Bourquien and escort the Emperor to Mathurā, on ariving at Delhi on 3rd September, was thrown into confinement by the new commander-in-chief. Next day, when Perron’s vakil (foreign secretary and envoy) Harsukh Rāi waited on Bourquien to convey his master’s message, he was dismissed with the curt reply, “Your master is nobody now. I am all in all here.” Meantime two couriers of the English had reached Delhi with the Governor-General’s letters addressed to the adjutant of each battalion there, tempting them to desert to the English with their men.