Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s23.1

v4.c56.s23.1

The Sindhian army that General Lake was trying to catch had only 14 hours' start of him. Leaving Katumbar in the morning of the 31st of October, they had reached Laswari in the evening. Next morning they were breaking camp and marching northwards into Mewat when they learnt that the British cavalry was close on their heels. As usual in Maratha campaigns, their cavalry and transport carts had already set out on the march a few hours earlier, nine battalions had begun marching after them, and only four battalions of infantry were left on the site to bring up the rear. It was this tail of the Maratha army that Lake discovered through the dust and turmoil two miles ahead of him, when he stood on the bank of the rivulet at Laswari.