Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s18.3
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s18.3
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v4.c56.s18.3
The five French chiefs of the Maratha army in Delhi,—Louis Bourquien, Major Geslin, Major Guerinnier, Del Perron and Jean Pierre, surrendered to the British army on the 14th and were sent away to Calcutta. "Such was the general feeling of the people of Delhi . . . that the French party, after evacuating the city and forts, found themselves under the necessity of soliciting British protection, from the effects of popular resentment." [Thorn, 118; *As. An. Reg.* for 1803, App. 13.]