Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s23.4

v4.c56.s23.4

To reach Laswari the rivulet has to be forded a mile east of it, at Hasaoli, on the opposite bank. Here the Marāthas had cut the dam of a large tank and flooded the road to impede the march of the British cavalry. Even after Lake had crossed over to the northern bank, the exact dispositions of the enemy were at first concealed from his eyes by the cloud of dust raised by the movements of the Maratha horde and the thick jungle-grass, twelve to fifteen feet high, along their entire front.